UFC

GSP talks scientific training methods, the interim title and Silva vs. Sonnen II

Originally posted by Joey Santosus on February 9, 2012, 09:49 AM CDT

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Reigning Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre, who is currently recovering from ACL surgery, discusses his rehab, as well as his unconventional training methods. St. Pierre also offers his thoughts on the the UFC's crowning of an interim champ, and talks about the upcoming Middleweight title fight between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen. Photo: Francis Specker

Georges St. Pierre

"All of the training that I do now, it's based on scientific experiment. They did it during the Communist Bloc in USSR. Back then, if you remember, they had unlimited resources and budget because the USSR wanted to prove the supremacy of Communist. So, what they did, they wanted to build up the best athletes. All the results of the experiments that they've done, that's what I do. It's all based on that. They don't lift weights because it messes up their joints, so they do different kinds of workouts. It's about stability and mobility on the joints and the core.

The question is not if Chael Sonnen will beat Anderson Silva, I believe he has the perfect style to do it. The only problem is, his last fight with Michael Bisping, he was coming pretty straight, and if he does that with Anderson Silva, he will run into punches. So, I think if he can move standing up without getting hit and find a way to close the distance bring the fight to the ground, he's got a very good chance to win. The thing is not really if he's going to win or not, but how he's going to get out of Brazil after that?"

Further Reading: Georges St. Pierre remains open to fighting Nick Diaz

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MereDictum What's with GSP and math? If he starts training in "July" and then can fight maybe two months later, that'd be in September. A November fight would be four months. Is that some Canadian "new math" or something? ;) Reply 3 months ago

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BruceLee We used to have 12 months in a year but when we went to the metric system there's only 10 months in the year now. September and Octover were dropped. Don't they teach you Americans anything in school? Reply 3 months ago

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whitemare havent seen gsp put a hurting on somebody in so long Reply 3 months ago

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dropkickmurphy It was a bunch of bulls**t, I lost my Birthday when that happened Reply 3 months ago

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BruceLee Don't worry DKM, when everyone else is 40 you'll still be 17. Reply 3 months ago

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jdnextchamp What happens with the Halloween now? !! Reply 3 months ago

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postmortem given it's a long shot but if chael did beat silva in brazil i doubt his chances of making it out alive would be that good Reply 3 months ago

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Entity He looks like that but doesnt lift any weights....something fishy going on there. Reply 3 months ago

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postmortem push ups, sit ups pull ups there is a thousand ways to build muscle without weight training quite a few of them are more effective at building lean muscle than wieghts Reply 3 months ago

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godsofwararise Besides various training regimes the 'experiments' conducted by the USSR in the 60's and 70's also consisted of pumping their athletes full of steroids. You'll notice that as Olympic drug testing became more strict Soviet medal hauls began to dry up. Can't accuse Georges of abusing PEDs until he actually gets caught but this crap about USSR training methods hardly inspires confidence. Reply 3 months ago

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BruceLee He said last year that he lifts weights only for looks but that he doesn't think it helps his game. Reply 3 months ago

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jdnextchamp He trains 7 days a week, isn't it normal that he looks like a guy who lifts weights? Reply 3 months ago

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jdnextchamp Well he does weight lifting. But he does it Olympic style. He's not doing bench press or things like that in a douchebag gym. Reply 3 months ago

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Wolfi All the things you mention are actually methods of weight lifting, only you use your own body weight. Reply 3 months ago

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borealis19 George, you ARE THE CHAMP!! It's Carlos or Diaz who want to "take your title" not the other what around...The interim belt isn't the real thing...I guess GSP's way of thinking is diametrically opposed to Sonnen's... Reply 3 months ago

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flashbjj I have heard him talk about this before he does lift weights but only for marketing reasons as products want to put there name to the guy who looks the best plus its so that he can do things like rush fit and people will look at him and think i want that although when hes in camp he will not lift he believes its much better to get your strength and conditioning from a range of other things Reply 3 months ago

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conankai cheal will be fine! BUT if he performs the way he did wth Micheal bispig i dont like his chances with Anderson! Reply 3 months ago

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Brasil Chael will be fine! I hope some drunken bastard dont do anything stupid to hurt our image of true mma fans....but that could happen anywere...imagine if AS disrespected the US like Chael does to Brazil... Reply 3 months ago

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BrrrImCold I saw the movie, "Miracle." Sweet athletes mutha Russia! Eat it commies! AMERICAAAA FUG YEAHHHHHH! Reply 3 months ago

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MMAfan87 They didn't lift weights because Steroids destroy your ligaments your muscle mass increases but your joints don’t keep up with the growth. It’s like slapping a big ass supercharger on an engine you didn’t rebuild and reinforce the internals first. You go fast for a minute but you’ll eventually blow your engine. GSP needs to do some more research that’s a flawed system and there is no more USSR that should tell you something there. Reply 3 months ago

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mmagym I imagine he will do alot of plyometic training!
burpees, iso press ups, iso squat jumps ect build quality explosive muscle. Also pull ups and one legged squats build massive muscle.
More funtional than traditional weight lifting. Plus he fights at 170 lbs he is not exactly huge. Reply 3 months ago

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