
Physiology & Psychology: misunderstood by many.
👉There are different types of fear. 👈
“Any event that taxes your stamina and endurance will trigger physiological fear that will affect your breathing which will in turn affect your cognitive control which is needed to control your breathing.” It’s an unconscious vicious cycle…
The only way to acclimate is to replicate.
No one can magically manifest experience. This was boxing. Just boxing. Mayweather has trained his mind and body for this sport for decades. McGregor less than a year. I’m not referring to technique, I’m talking about physiology and mind-body communication.
Conor started to really gas around rounds 7/8 — that’s approx 24 min of work, which is his physiological “gas tank time” acclimated from years of MMA. You can’t fool physiology — and physiology affects physics and ultimately psychology.
Here’s an example you can relate to: You ever go for a run with someone who is more conditioned than you? They have better technique and they’re chatting while running. You pretend the pace is ok, but you just can’t seem to catch your breath, stride or rhythm? It’s like that but now someone is also punching you in the face 😬👊 [For those of you who haven’t boxed, trust me, just holding your hands up for all those rounds is actually exhausting.]
The ‘fear’ I refer to is the body’s, not the mind’s. Vince Lombardi understood this when he said, “Fatigue makes cowards of us all.” Conor wasn’t mentally afraid of Floyd. This is all about understanding physiology and it’s affects on perfomance and psychology.
FTR, I love both sports. But if you’ve never boxed, respectfully you need to STFU 😁🙏😉 — your opinion needs to be empirical not theoretical — so get in the ring and try it with an open mind. You’ll learn a lot about boxing, like how the rhythm and timing are completely different from MMA. How the pace is also very different that it changes your striking timing, balance and torque when you’re used to a wider stance. Go box, you’ll discover this and you’ll also learn a lot about yourself too.

Despite all the trash talk what Conor did was epic and incredibly impressive. I don’t know many men that would get in the ring with a pro boxer let alone a master like Floyd Mayweather and even last a round!

Conor, an amateur boxer who hadn’t boxed in years actually went after Mayweather. That was so mentally impressive. He actually hit Mayweather several times with clean, deliberate attacks and he slipped some very sharp and fast combos. For a guy with a record of zero pro fights vs TBE (regardless of his age) he did amazing. Respect Conor🙏 and Floyd, 50–0, that’s crazy 🙏

So remember, you can’t fake experience. Your body and mind are organic systems that interact and communicate with each other regardless of what you want, think or say before the fight.
In closing, when it comes to any type of competition (sports, business, etc.) if you want to be great at something you need to study the subject and the movement, and then put in the time to teach your body and mind. You cannot fake experience.
Coach Blauer
[FYI, I talk and write about this all the time. Fighters and coaches need to dig deeper into this. A positive mental attitude will only take you so far in a contact sport.]
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About the photos… respectfully borrowed from Instagram accounts. There were no copyright mentions so I’m simply re-sharing them to support the story and it’s message 🙏
