“In 2018 I first attempted the most chin-ups in 24 hours and had a few unsuccessful attempts at that through injury.”
These unsuccessful attempts included torn muscles and heat exhaustion. But Damien says these are inconsequential when compared with the realities of the fight game.
“It is pretty extreme. The constant overload on the body. But as painful as this is, its very localised and very much in your control – but a really rough fight? It doesn’t compare. It’s night and day.”
After his last unsuccessful attempt he recalibrated his training, focusing on the shorter, weighted, one hour target. Despite being much shorter, he says it is far from a sprint race.
“I think people think you’d just go out and start pumping them out but if you do that the body will fatigue and it will fatigue quickly making recovery hard. So the better way to do it is to go on a cycle where you are maximising your work but maximising your recovery in between.”
