The best time to start training in martial arts or combat sports is a long time ago when you were very young. The second best time to start is right now.

Your talk on consistency reminds me of a quote from Bojack "It gets easier every day, but that's the hard part, you have to do it every day."

This is one of your best videos! The 5 Laws of Athleticism: How you train, how you eat, how you sleep, how you think and how you breath! The 3 rules of fitness: 1. Do something; 2. Do something that you enjoy; 3. Do something that you enjoy that works!

Age is actually an interesting topic. Studies say that testosterone levels are droping the older you get after your primetime in the twenties. So many people and even doctors explain with this the loss of physical fitness and health. And here comes the interesting point: other studies showed that testosterone isn't droping in older people who maintain a fit and heathy lifestyle. It's our society, you're right. People get married, get kids, don't have much time left besides work and give no f*** about themselves anymore.

My oldest teacher is in his 50s and is extremely athletic. You have to be to do grappling.

I read somewhere that for every extra pound of fat that we carry we have a mile of extra capilaries to carry blood. If that's true I can see why obese people die of heart attacks. That's a lot extra work for a pump to do 24/7

I'll add a couple rules. 1) don't get hurt - biggest mistake the older athlete makes. You get hurt you can't recover and there goes your training. You see lots of BJJ guys with shoulder separations, busted ACLs, tendonitis, neck injuries, fused vertebrae. What's the point? Join a BJJ class of older people and play easy, catch and release. 2) be consistent. Don't worry about intensity, duration, but emphasize consistency, frequency and don't miss workouts even if they're mild. 3) beware of weekend warrior stuff. that's when people in pretty good shape get hurt. Good video from Mr D.

Very interesting, as always. I'd like to add 2 important things. 1- Sun exposure 2- Walking with naked feet

I'm so excited for Midlife-Crisis Dewey

This was incredibly inspiring and thought provoking. Thank you. Just started watching your videos, really impressed. Thanks again.

I would recommend swimming for everyone. If someone wanna do something for core strength, while having fun... Bouldering. Bouldering is a nice additional training for MA's It is more like playing in a sandbox with all the benefits. But for "slightly" obese persons it should just hiking like Ramsey said. Do not bother with walking, running sprinting. Just go out for a hike. Maybe 5km But do not snail around. Push it a "little" I am no athlete, but I have a pretty good speed while hiking. The brain acts so different during hiking. When I am alone with me in a forest hiking, I imagine me in superior positions in real life. In my thoughts I "AM" the Rocky or the Rambo. No one would tell me other. Do it!

My master called this The Second Prime. he said you can keep it going with proper training into your 60's. My dad has not stopped working a day in his life. he still does heavy yard work, and he lifts more weights than me. he's almost 70 and has HIV and has beaten skin cancer and lymphoma. When he gets up in the morning as long as he keeps moving he can work a full work day And when he stops he sleeps like Odin. He has 0 viral load and healthy. And this is a man who as far as I know has never seriously trained until he was told he had to beat cancer. He has just worked hard as an AC Technician and taken care of his family. imagine what someone who has trained their entire life.

"If you want to look like an athlete, you have to train like an athlete" -Jeff Cavialiere. Aside from the fact that he's my favourite fitness youtuber. Surprisingly you are also on the same level, and I'd love to see you do a collab with Athlean X seeing that both of you are like fit einsteins.

Coach, next week I'll be having my first amateur kickboxing match and I just want to say... thank you. Your videos have made me appreciate martial arts more than I could possibly imagine! You have inspired me to pursue fighting, to take care of my mind and body, to be an athlete and so much more! I'm a young guy, and these past few years have been weird for me to say the least. Without martial arts, I propably would have been in a bad place, mentally and physically. Win or lose, I will be dedicating my first fight to you.

Ramsey, I hope you are doing well. Thanks for the vlog. I had to pause the video early and grab a paper and pencil to take notes. I have watched a kazillion videos, but this is the first I actually took notes. Side note, I have lost over 15 pounds in the last 10 months, but the last couple of weeks I have been slowly going back to my old eating habits. You have motivated and inspired me to get back on track.Thanks Brother.

24:17 That was a Jeff Cavalier moment!

Pretty impressive that you do these videos in one long take rather than how some people do the edit cuts for every sentence

I did the 5th Grade Olympics, 8th Grade Olympics, Cross country running in 9th Grade, and Karate and Baseball in my first community college, and Badminton, Fencing, Chess, Ping Pong and Wing Chun in my second community college.

I totally agree with you Ramsey - I too was faster and could run faster and get less tired. But I stop any kind of training for 15 years, suddenly I felt I am going down getting fat and weak, I thought its ageing - it is actually because I am not active at all, sitting all day. IT took me 6 month of nonstop training (judo/weight lifting) to find my strength I am stronger than I ever been tbh. And yes I have energy, but I have to rest to recover etc, but hey np tbh :)

Excellent! Jogging and wanting to look like a sprinter 🤣 you nailed it Ramsey! It takes a lot of work to look like an athlete and you actually have to become one to look like one. As you said, do something you love to do. I love to train so every morning I can't wait to go back there and repeat. And I'm gonna do that right now👊

Dude, I love your logic. Straight, to the point, articulate, informative and entertaining. My new favourite channel 💪😉

Sir, I am very much a Senior Citizen ( hope never to be in another fight ) and have never been interested in following or training in the Martial Arts. I don't know why I have clicked on a few KZfaq clips but I did yours, and some English Aikido teacher/Bouncer. I'd like to tell you that both of you guys seem so level headed about the whole field ( know when it's been hyped … work around the hype and do what you can do ). But mostly … you two guys have great Presentation skills when conveying your insight.

The last story about the armbar is exactly what Bruce Lee was talking about in Enter the Dragon: "... and when there is an opportunity, I do not hit; it hits all by itself." :)

@Ramsey Dewey. .. @15:25. You’re right.. It does work. I started this with a burpee routine. One day 1, I did one. I added one each day. I did 66 today. I love doing them. I started because I didn’t want to lose my mobility as I am getting close to 60.

Your so right Dewey it's about a plan and consistency, lately I've been getting into lifting weights it's been almost 4 months and I've been consistent, I at least have to do four days a week, I want to get into kick boxing. "Train to use better instincts"

You make perfect sense! a flawless coach and human.

This guy for president!!!!!

Another gem---this vlog.

I think a healthy mix of dedication/listening to your body helps here. I used to do a lot of martial arts as a kid/teenager. Then got more into lifting weights. I’m now 30 and since finishing in the armed forces have gone back to martial arts. Soo I turned my 4 day split into a 2 day split in terms of weights and I train martial arts 4 x a week. At the moment my feet are hurting developing tougher skin for Muay Thai, hands hurt from rolling. So the plan is to slowly add a 3rd session when I begin to get used to the pain/movements again.

Also nice videos ! Good insight and very logical. Pretty hard for people to give you crap yet somehow they find a way to complain

May I endorse with an anecdote the idea you put forward at minute 16 about daily exercise? About a year ago I (age 65) started walking with a couple of friends for an hour around sunup. We take a different route every day so that we see different things, but once a week always go up watertower hill. The first 3 months we needed SO MANY EXCUSES for stopping as we gasped our way up the hill, but gradually that stopped and now we get to the watertower barely breathing hard. It is so motivating to have an objective measure of progress (plus friends)! Also, before I started this habit of daily exercise, I used to drive to the grocery even for a few items because it was too far to walk; hiking back with a bag of groceries sounded crazy. But now? I wear a pack, and up to 20 pounds of groceries on my back just makes me sweat a little bit in the home stretch. It gives me a feeling of joy to start the day with this accomplishment, it saves gas money, it re-connects me to the neighborhood I walk through, and it enables me to live more ably as I age. Thank you for this video!

Dear Ramsey, I enjoy your videos and your calm and structured and informative style very much (also your humour and the exposing of silly techniques). You oftentimes remind me of Dr. Voddie Baucham and his style of talking and even preaching. I want to recommend his videos to you on youtube, you might like what he has to say about a lot of important things. Greetings from the old world (Europe) !

Other thing to note is that to look like a bodybuilder: as well as eat/sleep/breathe/train like them, you also have to tren like them

I love your videos, man. Really good ones.

Thanks for the videos Ramsey. I enjoy everything in them 😇

I needed this. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing some real magic.

Great point of view!

one thing about the whole average lifespan thing is back before modern medicine the likelihood you would die as a baby was very high so it didn't mean the average 15year old would live till that age cause the average was brought way down by the massive likelihood of death in the first couple years of life or so at least that's what I heard.anyone love your vid's:)

I love your perspective and experience, great video. That part about old man strength lol

Hadouken!!!!! Uaah Uaah Uaahh K.O! You Win

Fascinating stuff. As an older dude it's encouraging to hear about this kind of athleticism. I'd love to see some video on this old Tai-Chi master.

I'm so glad I came across you. Nice one

Amazing videos, very motivating and calming

Yea...truth will set you free...Dewey talks truth !...its up to those with ears to put this truth to work !...What else is there...magic doesnt work ...work is what works(as stupid and simple as this may sound what i said)Great video Ramsey!!

I am here listening to this for the 40th time. Everyone needs to hear this. And learn it and live it

Awesome video.

It's very relaxing and rare to listen somebody who thinks almost exactly like me. In this video and almost every, 100% like me. If you wanna run or jogging never let your heel touch the ground. And OMG, I wanna do what marathon runners do and look like bodybuilder :-)))))

Amazing, I just found your channel and is very good!

Your philosophical stuff is great Ramsey, I really enjoy watching it. It's very thoughtprovoking.

I discovered you this very morning. Good stuff. You should do voice over work. I am 54yo LEO. I lived a life like you describe... until three years ago when I transferred to D.C.. what a counter-productive promotion. You inspire. Well done, sir.

I love rowing and swimming. Low impact and gives strenght all over diverent mussle groups. 30 minutes a day, monday, wednesday and friday swimming and thuesday and thursday rowing on the concept 2.

Really great chat right here. You come across as the embodiment of a serious and legitimate martial artist. If I visit Shanghai, I'm visiting your fight club - and we'll have a friendly spar. Y'know, if you're not busy. I really like the point that most of our training is NOT like the Rocky montage and takes a shit ton of repetitions! I go through a few dozen kicks and combinations most every day and I'll throw 100 jabs each 5 different ways all in one go - and none of it looks cool. But dear god does it feel cool when I steamroll my opponent.

So much sense!

Thank you for your Wisdom

This may be one of the most important cideos for any martial artist of any style.

I've had a lot of problems with my faith in training, and a lot of it has been wrapped up in... pretty much split evenly between my age and my obesity. I do keep getting up and going back to it. But I do keep letting it fail and be interrupted, as well. It's like I've got half of what I need of it, the half that says never give up but somehow not the half that says never stop. I mean that's a bit of a language twist and you could easily call the other thing giving up but you get what I mean, right? Things like this can help, reminders that you can be not-young (36 in my case) and you can not only still go but peak above that in potential too. Really enjoying watching your videos, there's a lot of insight. Even stuff I know already, is easy to lose hold of without reinforcement.

I was still fighting when I was 35. Now at 59, I am a better fighter, but slower.

@Ramsey Dewey. I have learned quite a bit of psychology and soul searching from you. I just recently subscribed. Please keep the videos coming.

well, ramsey, i think that after wathing this video i can now call you my coach. thank you :) i've tried to summarize your teachings and i've concluded that you were much less systematic on talking about "intensity" and "well-thought-out plan" principles than about the consistency principle have you already talked about those principles in another video? if not, could you explain what exactly you mean by "intensity" and "well-thought-out plan" the same methodical way you did when explained the "consistency principle"? fitness is an act of faith: principles for if you wanna be a physically fit * consistency: rule n.1) do something: something is better than nothing. "i gonna do this no matter what" rule n.2) do something that you enjoy: if you do not enjoy it, you'll not do it. "i love lifting wheights and because of that i train everyday" rule n.3) do something that you enjoy that works: nature loves efficiency, it gravitates toward the easy way; being big and strong, looking like a sprinter, looking like a bodybuilder, looking like a fitness model is not efficient. "if i want to look like a specif kind of athlete i need to train like that specif kind of athlete" * intensity - when we do the work we get the result - the reason we train in the gym is to instill new insticts, better instincts in our muscle memory - you do the work in the gym and you get the result: you train your muscle memory, you train your body to move without thinking because in a fight you don't think. you take a punch you stop thinking real fast, you start reacting, so you have to reprogram that reactions * well-thought-out plan - faith is believing in something that is true: if i exercise faith and i believe that i can do this by doing the work beforehand to build up to that point, it will happen * 5 principles that determine how we function: - how we move: you need to exercise - how we eat: what we eat has a direct, immediate effect on how we perform - how we breathe: breath and movement are intrinsecally conected; we will only move the way that we breathe - how we sleep: go to bed early, wake up early, get plenty sleep in that interval; make sure you sleeping space, your bed, is a dedicated place for sleeping - how we think: as a man think so he is; if you don't believe it's not gonna happen

*I want to look like Bruce Lee* Does screaming *_"Watta!"_* when striking works?

I like that you manage to be inspiring without sounding like an inspirational speaker. Thanks!

Master Ramsey thank you for sharing so much knowledge and wisdom!

the "old man strength" you speak of is very real!!!......im 40, ive been weight training 5 days a week since i was 14, and all through my 20s even though i had good upper body strength for certain movements.......i had hands like a girl! i had weak forearms, kindve a pencil neck....a weak face....i had muscles but shitty tendon strength!......but i noticed once i hit about 37-38 suddenly i was fucking STRONG! .....suddenly i had a vice grip! and could push more weight! ...my hands no longer looked like they belonged to an 11 year old piano player! , my neck is stronger my chin is stronger, i can take physical trauma better......if 40 year old me fought 20 year old me, i'd bitch slap that pretty boy with my pimp hand man mitts until he cried! lol.......younger doesnt always mean better!........older only means worse if you let yourself go. (obviously to a point)

excellent video

Words of wisdom

more pearls of wisdom

Tks. I would like to share this: if you have kids, the best way to start sport is gymnastics! Why? It gives you the sense of mooving in 3 dimensions, up down spin roll in the air, and you ALLWAYS know exactly where you are how your body is positioned, where is the ground... i did it from start 10 to 14 years old, then helped me with combat sports, a lot, and following sports until today, i am 62 still training.

I'm turning 46 on the 27th and testing for my black belt in June in shorin ryu full contact. Then I'll transition into Judo or bjj once I find a gym but will continue in Karate because it is life. Age is just a number

Can you please put the links up you mentioned in the beginning of your video? That would be great.

I would love to see a video where you expand on the idea of breathing and movement. For many years, I've had recurring trouble remembering to exhale while throwing combinations. A vlog on this subject would be very helpful. Thanks for everything!

Truth and Justice are at the core of winning. If you believe your cause is just you will win. If you are a liar you lack commitment.

Don't fear the man who has done a thousand kicks once fear the man who has done one kick a thousand times

So, I am very Late to this but: I've watched this Video countless time and every time I soak Up your words. This and your other Videos about strength in Combat Sports give me so so much confidence, and give me that extra Push to try even Harder. I dont know If it's Just how you Say it or what you say, but I want to Tell you thanks for this Video. Thank you for making those amazing Videos man

I was reading that people who do marathons actually recover lost cartilage in the knees. Personally I hate running and I've always landed really hard, so I've been trying to run closer to how Ali moves in the ring. It's helped me to be able to do it without destroying myself.(not that I do much anyways since I really hate doing it, which was part of the problem)

I was 40 years old, i was and i still lazy, but something i quite enjoy is walking, i also include climbing stair rather than riding the lift. If my jointures (and bad leg) hurt me more, i do half or a quarter, it helps, one of my goal is to be the less out of breath during ''normal" excercice. For overweight persons, i also strongly advice to nautical activities, swimming, aguagym or aquabike.

Very true, in my profession (IT sector) it's very common to see people in quite suboptimal health state, or people in their middle age who use their family as an excuse for not making time for exercise!

damn, just recently ran in to these videos, now i wanna stop smoking and start training again XD

Proprioception is the ability to sense stimuli as it presents within the body and specifically as to the body's position, motion, and equilibrium.

You should definitely continue to record fruitful monologues again, good sir. These are the finest catalysts for me to achieve a balanced insight on martial arts as a whole nowadays. It would be a pleasure to listen fresh recordings again. Applauded!

I started Martial Arts with JKD and Kali then moved to Muay Thai. I was 20 I am now 32. My training has changed now that I am older. I train smarter not harder and I can not understate the importance of good nutrition and a good nights sleep.

Thank you.

I used to play football and basketball when I was from early to late teen. I also used to do lot of stupid physical shit (like jump down from high wall) like most kids at my time. My joints now are half ruined (I think my past activity played a major role in it). People, please choose your physical activity carefully.

Take it from an old guy...The more you move, the longer you'll be able to move. Trust me.

I walk thirty thousand steps + On my most active days. Seems to serve me well as I've got a better blood pressure than all of my friends who are runners.

A rather amusing story about my dad was at his pool hall, there was a guy who was roughly my age, and he finished military boot camp (he's a marine reserve). My dad was able to out-perform him in pull-ups, push-ups, and running. My dad was 60 at the time, and he looks like a skinny computer nerd. Also, he was able to do a push-up on his thumbs. Of course he admitted that those quick competitions were simple, but he could not do so every day like the other guy did.

Thanks!

You deserve to have a million subscribers. There's so many youtubers out there who just talk shit. This is....some next level shit :)

I am 76. Boxing gym and weight gym. A 83 year old body builder is in my gym. So, I change routines. Boxing and related exercises. Since the crisis lockdown I added training gear at my house. Then weight gym and heavy work. My gyms are open now. Another day walk, jog, sprints at my very nice park. (There is a video of 100 year old man running and sprinting). Also, there are hills around my town. So sometimes a good climb. Anyway, change routines. Work out for a sport you like. Watch these videos.

I do stupid stuff, like weed whack my entire front and back lawns, but it provides a bit of endurance and your arms a strength work out. I'd be fascinated to know what movements the Taijichuan person used, if they were different than usual, or was he just well conditioned and reacted in a superior way.

Do you know the tai chi guy's name?

I am melting in Ramsey's voice.

11:45 by strength training do you mean weightlifting? I read only to so 2-3 or 2-4 weight lifting days a week, which is what I'm doing

that's funny. I had slight knee inflexibility. After running, my knees got flexible and lost any pain, swiped away any knocks I got on knees from judo.

Yeah, in my first day of training, I made the mistake of going too intense. That caused quite a few shoulder injuries down the line. So, yeah, start light, stay consistent, and progressively overload overtime! 😃

I was in a bar many years ago. A punk started in on a much older man sitting at a table. One of the people I was with stopped me from interfering in the dispute. The younger man was standing in front of the table and the older gentleman asked the younger man if he wanted to limp for the rest of his life. The younger man looked down and saw a beer mug right in front of his knee. Lesson learned, experience makes for a efficient warrior

I like swimming for exercise. Uses quite a bit of the body, very easy on the joints, and you can easily exhaust yourself... Plus swimming is enjoyable.

You are such a trip!

You can be a great sports psychologist too, you even have the voice of a shrink talking with the patient on the couch.I Chael Sonnen talks about some of that stuff too. Very cool, thx

Hey Mr. DEWEY. I know you respect the Sabbath day but is Sunday the last day of the week? If So Monday is the first day correct? I'm only asking because the original sabbath was on Saturday, but it's been changed to sunday due to catholic power. If u don't believe me that's fine but I figured this would be something interesting you could look into.