↵I know you get the question all the time, but how do you stay in good enough shape to fight twice in three months at age 46, and how much longer can you do it?
I don’t know if there’s any one answer. I keep my body healthy. I stay in good shape. In the last couple years I’ve spent a lot of time getting my blood chemistry evaluated, taking the supplements and eating the things that my blood chemistry says I should be. That’s been the biggest thing the last couple years, age 45 and 46.↵Is it realistic to think you could be fighting at 50?
Anything is possible. I’m not thinking that far ahead, but I’m not ruling anything out either. I’m just preparing myself for a great fight and I hope I’ll have more of them.
How Does Randy Couture Remain So Healthy?
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↵Luke Thomas at BloodyElbow tries to explain how it is possible for high level athletes to recover from injuries that keep normal men out of activities as simple as emptying the dishwasher for months:
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↵Some of you may recall I had shoulder surgery in May to repair a torn labrum I suffered going hog wild during a set of decline bench presses. Coincidentally, my doctor/orthopedic surgeon is a huge MMA fan and one-time doctor for the Washington Redskins. We talked about injuries both professional fighters and football players sustained and how incredible it was they could come back from some rather debilitating setbacks to still compete at the professional level. His explanation was both sufficient yet hardly medical: “they’re just not built like you and me”.
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