Shane Carwin Asks for Help Regarding Loss to Brock Lesnar: Lactic Acidosis

[MindSpin]

"I am looking for information, treatment procedures and really anything I can find on this issue [Lactic Acidosis]. What training techniques are out there to offset this. I heard about a Gracie diet that helps prevent it. Share some knowledge with me."

"I know not breathing is what brought that on. I am now sleeping with my MP3 player looping "Breath Drago, You Are Breathing" by Matt Serra (available on iFunes). Aside from that what do you know about this problem and how can a fighter train to fight with it?"

"I train 5-6 times a week, we hard spar twice a week, I do my strength and conditioning and cardio work 5 days a week. I really cannot train any more then I already do so I need to solve this with diet, training tweaks and things of that nature."

"Let me hear what you have to say."

-Carwin

[coltrane]

ALthough i do believe that condition IS a real condition, I think more big fights for Mr. Carwin will help it. 

I think the whole issue regarding his nerves and just almost finishing off the big Brock was the culprit.   

In time his nerves will calm.  Hopefully he doesn't do anything really drastic with his diet. 

I think it was all nerves.

[George Whorewell]

This is pretty stupid imo.

He blew out his tank trying to finish the fight and then he got choked.

I don't think lactic acidosis is the reason why.

He needs better conditioning and more fighting experience. Case closed.

[WeightPSHR]

He can call it what he wants, but the bottom line is that he didn't have the energy/power to maintain the pace that he had in round one.

He got fatigued. Period.

I hope he stops trying to make excuses.

This is all part of the game. Pacing yourself, nerves, cardiovascular efficiency, etc, are all the same really.

If you fail to control any one of these aspects, you can fatigue.

[The Abdominal Snoman]

Blood doping will help

[noworries]

Didn't Tom Cruise expose this in A Few Good Men or was it something else

[MindSpin]

lower the dose

yep.

[coltrane]

Don't they test all fighters after the fight though? 

[MindSpin]

Don't they test all fighters after the fight though? 

these guys are always one step ahead of the tests...

[The Abdominal Snoman]

Don't they test all fighters after the fight though?  

I'm pretty sure they don't test for blood doping. Just PED's and rec's. No amount of cardio could allow a fighter to go 4 rounds and as he's getting ready for the 5th round he isn't even breathing heavy. There are rumors of some high priced fighters having a resting heart rate of 60 to 80 while nearing the end of a 5 round fight. This is absolutely impossible without blood doping.

[Captain Equipoise]

I'm pretty sure they don't test for blood doping. Just PED's and rec's. No amount of cardio could allow a fighter to go 4 rounds and as he's getting ready for the 5th round he isn't even breathing heavy. There are rumors of some high priced fighters having a resting heart rate of 60 to 80 while nearing the end of a 5 round fight. This is absolutely impossible without blood doping.

That's insane...