Schwarzesbrett » Stoke player was candid in his assessment of Chelseas

The Big Nog vs Big Country bout is the talk of the MMA world right now but that is not the reason for this article. My seventh week of fight ready fitness had me arguing flexibility and conditioning with a few people. The comment that got me riled up was that Heavyweights run out of gas all the time. That turned into them also not being able to do jujitsu, they arent flexible or able to move. Well Ive been working on my conditioning, and I wont be testing it in the octagon any time soon but it did have me jump to the defense of Cain Velasquez, Junior Dos Santos, and Roy Nelson, all three high level athletes and all with enough gas in the tank to get some outstanding fights on their highlight reels. It wasnt just the decision that they werent fit. Thats a product of their training practices. Lots of heavyweights have a problem pushing themselves on conditioning because they dont have partners who can last in training. What got to me was the flexibility comment. There are a lot of jujitsu experts who are small, and flexible. They make it look easy to wrap people up, and bend in strange ways. Thats not usually the case with heavyweights. However, there are people who work at changing the paradigm. Frank Mir, and Big Nog are both prime examples. Watch them move while they fight, it is impressive. To prove the flexibility issue, I posted a picture on my Instagram @fitcityjordan. Its me attempting the splits. Im actually not too far off. Im going to spend the last little bit of my training time here doing Yoga, specifically something called Joga. Its a newer form of Yoga focused at athletes. Ive done a few classes, and Im impressed at how much it focuses on an athletes need to move, and flush lactic acid post training. Im hoping the next picture I post on Instagram of me doing the splits will be right to the floor. Im 63 and right now between 218 and 220lbs. It depends on the meal the night before. 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Former England defender Terry looked all set to leave Stamford Bridge this summer, after more than 17 years at the club, but a late decision to offer the 35-year-old an extended deal has been welcomed by his team-mate Begovic.Terry signed the deal last week, and Begovic told Sky Sports News HQ: Its very important. Johns a legend and always will be, and is a great person to have around. He has presence, and we will look forward to having him around the dressing room next season.The 28-year-old ex-Stoke player was candid in his assessment of Chelseas season which began badly and only improved towards the end of the campaign.The Blues had gone into the season as defending champions but, at times before Christmas, hovered just above the relegation zone before finishing in 10th. Jose Mourinho signed Begovic for Chelsea and the Bosnian keeper is backing Mourinho to turn Manchester United into title challengers again Begovic admitted: If you dont start a season well, and we didnt in the league, it snowballs from there.ddddddddddddAnd then youre always playing catch-up, confidence drops a little bit and youre fighting against things youre not used to fighting against.So it was difficult, everything piled up, there was a negative atmosphere. But we need to come good again next year.Begovic was speaking at Mary Hare school for deaf children in Newbury. His foundation has made a donation to help with the refurbishment of the school swimming pool and changing facilities. Also See: Cahill welcomes Terrys deal Terry signs Chelsea deal Hiddink set for Chelsea stay Conte: Chelsea on back-burner ' ' '