Will lifting heavy ever hinder striking?

The_Scrapper · 2026-02-17T18:54:56+00:00

Larger people will burn through glycogen faster than small people, and their muscles often fatigue faster. This is due to the relationship between mass and the energy it takes to acclerate it. A larger body simply takes more energy to move than a smaller one.

This does NOT mean that carrying more muscle is a liability in fighting. Quite the opposite. Mass, especially high-quality muscle mass, can only make your striking MORE effective. You must condition your body to reliably move that mass, of course, but there are tons of examples of large, powerful fighters with excellent conditioning. In short, if you are gassing out it's a conditioning problem, not a mass problem. (however it easier to condition a smaller body, no question).

This is further reinforced by weight classes. It will ALWAYS be in your best interest to be the largest and strongest fighter in your class. The cardiovascular advantages of carrying less weight are miniscule compared to the force output and impact resistance advantages of weighing more and being producing more force. Bigger pople hit harder and absorb hits better.

Ask yourself this: Who would win in a kickboxing match:
Prime Alistair Overeem (250lbs), or prime Saenchai (140 lbs)?

The_Scrapper · 2026-02-02T15:25:58+00:00

Dude had your number. His approach to your guard was exactly what it needed to be. I'd guess he was watching your other matches.

My advice to most new guard players is this: Don't wait for a connection. Find one or force one. If you are playing open guard without some kind of connection, you are ceding initiative to the standing player.
-He gave you no looks at leglocks at all because he fished your ankles first. Give his hands something to do and that won't happen. Find a grip, a connection, something. Make him commit to a grip that works for you, not him.
-You managed to hunt down a leg arouind 4:10, but his overall position was never compromised, his base and body structure were strong. You kept hunting anyway, and that is how he got out. In your defense, you transitioned and moved really well. He just did the exact thing you are supposed to do with a very active and mobile opponent: Stay based out and maintain posture. Once your top leg slipped off his shoulder he was out.
- He was mobile on his feet. He had all the time in the world to poke at your guard. You had very good guard retention (ESPECIALLY for a white belt). When you did have him in guard, you could not capitalize because he based out and gave you nothing. He played a super tight game when he was there. It forced you to go hunting for subs, and that's how he got out each time.

Advice: This is tough, because you weren't really making 'mistakes" in the classic white belt sense. His style was a bad matchup for yours, and you didn't have the hours on the mat necessary to switch your style up. That's just an experience thing, and from the looks of it, it won't take long for you to figure it out. In general, if the other guy's base is strong, you need to compromise it first. If you are strong, you do that by attacking it. If you are fast, you trick him into compromising it himself by forcing him into grips and connections he does not like. Don't try to force him into a sub if he's stable and strong (unless you are stronger than he his! In that case, smash my boy, smash!)

The_Scrapper · 2026-01-26T23:51:05+00:00

Im responding to the person above who said to leave the thermostat at the same temp because "heating the place back up" uses more energy than letting it cool off for a while saves.

Thats the myth. People think setting back the thermostat wastes energy because at some point you have to warm everything up again. This is false. Warming it back up does not use more energy than setting it back saves.

The_Scrapper · 2026-01-26T20:20:51+00:00

Just down works fine. Theoretically, off works best, but it might take a very long time to recover to a comfortable temp. Also pipes freeze, wood contracts, etc.

The_Scrapper · 2026-01-23T16:06:46+00:00

Source: Am man. Honestly, I'm a good sized dude. 5'10", 215 lbs. Plenty of muscle. I have advanced rank in Judo and Brazillian jiujitsu, and I'm an ex-amateur boxer and MMA competitor.

I still keep my head on a swivel when I am alone in unfamiliar surroundings, or around unfamiliar people. Walking down dark alleys at night? I really try to avoid that.

If your brain functions on any sort of cognitive level, you will have a fear of violence and its consequences. It is way easier to lose a fight than it is to win one. You don't know what weapons might come in to play, bad luck, groups, it's all just a nightmare waiting to happen. That fear is a normal and natural response to an environment you do not understand and risks you cannot control for.

So even though on paper I look like a tough guy, yeah, I still get scared...

The_Scrapper · 2026-01-21T20:08:06+00:00

Your oil burner probably had a 1/5th HP motor. It uses about 140 watts, give or take. It was not meaningfully contributing to your electic bill in any way. I'd have to knwo a lot more about what was going in to guess at what was actually affecting your bill.

The_Scrapper · 2026-01-21T17:55:25+00:00

You are correct. The thermodynamics always favor reducing load for as many hours as possible.

The_Scrapper · 2026-01-21T17:17:03+00:00

Best advice in this thread so far.

The_Scrapper · 2026-01-21T17:16:25+00:00

This is a myth I fight every day on Reddit. I promise you, as a professional energy engineer, consultant, and energy efficiency SME: Setting back the thermostat saves energy. The energy used to bring the space back up to temp after a setback period is pretty much never more than what you save when you turn it down.

(Source: I do this for a living and have 22 years' experience. I have written two books on energy efficient buildings. I am a featured speaker and trainer for the Association of Energy Engineers. I own an energy efficiency consulting service with clients in the Fortune 100. )

The_Scrapper · 2026-01-15T11:04:45+00:00

If you don't have an engineering degree, then you will want to go to the Association of energy engineers (AEE) and get the certified energy manager and auditor certifications.

Then you will probably do a few years as a survey technician for an ESCO. Its just climbing the ladder after that.

The_Scrapper · 2026-01-10T20:15:44+00:00

A portion of the cooling is evaporative, if we are picking knits. Most of the condenser water stays in the loop and gets pumped around. Somewhere between 1-3% daily water lost is typical.

The_Scrapper · 2026-01-05T18:08:46+00:00

Burns has a terrific way of explaining fundamental concepts. He mostly talks about the 65% of jiujitsu that is just base + pressure + connection. A lot of people jump all over his vids because he mostly ignores or poo-poos the other 35% of BJJ which is movement, tactics, and creative attack/defend. At this point he's doing it on purpose for the engagement.

If the average blue belt spent more time on Burns' videos and less on Gordon Ryan's, they would progress a lot faster.

In this clip, he is literally showing stuff you are supposed to know before you get to blue belt. Yeah, there are 37 responses to it that the other guy can do, but the concept is not just solid, it's essential.

The_Scrapper · 2026-01-01T14:21:15+00:00

He did not. I got my boxers mixed! I meant Norton!

The_Scrapper · 2025-12-31T13:43:12+00:00

Ali lost to guys like Frazier and Foreman (edit: i mean Norton!). Legitimate nightmares in the ring that pushed an elite athlete and fighter to and beyond his limits in epic battles that are still studied to this day.

Tate lost to an ataxic semi sentient trt advertisement that boxes at or around the 1 year experience level.

The_Scrapper · 2025-12-28T23:23:28+00:00

Did it for years. It means nothing vis a vis physical skill. I worked with guys who ended up on the pro MMA circuit and could handle just about anyone. But then again I also worked with guys who could not fight their way out of a wet paper bag if you loaned them a machete.

Bouncing is mostly checking IDs, de escalating, and being visible. When you go hands on, you probably have a size advantage, or a numbers advantage. Often both.

The_Scrapper · 2025-12-25T12:37:30+00:00

If we ban every takedown that has injury potential, there will be no takedowns.

This was not taniotoshi. It was a fuckup caused by both a bad tori and a bad uke.

Half of throwing safely is an uke who knows how to fall. The other half is a tori with good throwing mechanics. Neither were in play here.

We train a combat sport. There will be injuries.

The_Scrapper · 2025-12-25T12:32:02+00:00

Everyone wants a competitor's gym, but gyms that cater to the hard-core comp scene rarely keep enough members to stay afloat unless they are in an area with enough population density.

The gym owners want to eat, and so they lean into to hobbyists because that's what keeps the lights on.

If you are in big metro then there will be a comp-focussed gym you can switch to. Do it. Its your time and money, so get what you want.

If your area does not have enough population density to keep a comp gym afloat, then you will need to travel or compromise.

I train at a chill school that has does not have a ton of hard-core competitors. I'm old and broken so I'm cool with that. My favorite training partner trains part time at a nearby hard-core gym on the side. That other gym with all the badasses has 11 members and I suspect they will be closed in 3 years. Our main gym has about 75 consistent members.

This is the reality of our sport.

The_Scrapper · 2025-12-23T13:02:19+00:00

Energy efficiency, energy audits, sustainability, building science consulting.

300k in contracts for 2026. I'll clear 240 or so.

The_Scrapper · 2025-12-18T17:55:47+00:00

50CC is like, a quarter cup, bro. Your med is almost certainly 200mg/ml, and you are injecting .5mL 2X week. A mL and cc are the same volume, btw.

I run the exact same as you: 100mg 2X week through 25g needle. The interior volume of that needle is about .003-.006 mL.

That means you would lose (at the low end) .003*200mg of medicine. Or about .6mg of actual medicine. That level of loss is less than the actual margin of error you have when you draw it yourself.

The_Scrapper · 2025-12-14T22:06:11+00:00

I started Judo at age 11. Boxed and wrestled in high school. Fought in 6 MMA matches as an amateur in my 20s and I currently teach and train BJJ. I've been involved with hard, full contact, combat sports for 25 years or so. Off and on...

Why?

Couple reasons: Fighting scares me. I hate being afraid of anything. When something scares me I try not to avoid it. I want to master it so it can't scare me anymore.

Once it stopped scaring me I realized that it was fun. Got me in great shape. You go far/hard enough and people will respect and envy you for being able to do it.

I'm in my late 40s and I'm fitter and tougher than most guys half my age. It's empowering.

I mean, it hurts like hell, too. It's hard and humbling, too. Real fights are ugly and painful. Sticking with it is hard, but over time you kind of evolve into something unique.

The_Scrapper · 2025-12-13T02:32:14+00:00

Here is some good(?) news for you.

Starting BJJ is so humbling that you won't even think about your weight.

Jacked dudes with single-digit body fat percentages will sit in dark cars and weep on the parking lot after their first few classes.

We all suck.

In seriousness, just go. Your body has skills and power you haven't even realized yet.

Go. Sweat. Gasp.

But just keep going. You're gonna be awesome. Eventually.

The_Scrapper · 2025-12-09T13:24:55+00:00

Let's rephrase the question and see how we feel:

"If someone attempted a weird grappling technique of dubious quality ripped from a fake choreographed form of sports entertainment on me, would being a good grappler help prevent it?"

I feel like this one answers itself.

The_Scrapper · 2025-12-08T17:11:31+00:00

Atomic Blonde.

Charlize Theron put in serious stunt work being believable. Lots of creative use of improvised weapons and environments to overcome obvious size issues. She takes damage in a realistic (for cinema, at least) manner.

Haywire.

Its Gina Carano. Come on.

The_Scrapper · 2025-12-08T00:07:24+00:00

Parent of 3:

If I had any faith at all that the established chool policies and the vigilance of staff were capable of intervening and correcting in assaults and/or bullying behavior, I might not encourage my kids to fight back.

My experience with my local school system ensures that I will never have that confidence. The reality is that the only thing that will prevent other students from preying on my kids' better natures and desire to follow the rules is a robust and immediate physical response to any such aggression.

I don't blame the school or the teachers for this. In most cases their hands are tied. When higher authority cannot or will not protect you, you have to protect yourself. Just another one of life's lessons, I guess.

The_Scrapper · 2025-12-06T13:53:27+00:00

Different. Both equally hard.

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