TJ Dillashaw won two championships by training smarter, not harder. He used to chase max intensity constantly and drank Five-Hour Energy like candy, which burned him out. In his 30s, he ditched the stimulants and stopped hammering himself in every session, and his recovery and performance got better.
Do you think that understanding this lactic threshold and actually knowing that you're not in the car burning zone and accelerating towards lactic acid, I mean this is what allowed you to win two championships in the late rounds.
I won the first championship before I met Sam Calavita. So when I got to my 30s and like how much better I felt like before I was burning the candles at two ends and I just like hired all the time. I was a stimulant junkie. I live my life not the way I do anymore. I've been on this longevity path for like a decade now. But before that I was drinking five hour energy drinks, those little shots at like 6, 7pm Then my adrenal glands were toast because the way that I was living my life. But I was exhausted all the time. So I drink a 5 hour energy drink cuz I was going to go hit mitts at 7 or 8pm and then I'm expected to go to sleep, you know. But I processed. I feel like caffeine different back then because it wasn't treating my body right.
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