I want to take MMA back up (I have done it before) because I enjoy it and I neglect my cardio. But I always stress about brain injury.Will the cardio benefits of training outweigh or at least balance the risk of developing cte? What are the risks of cte in someone not training competitively really? I could just do bjj but I really enjoy striking too.
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>>77185701Just don't spar hard. Spar hard like a few times a year maybe. When you do spar, do soft to the head, like tapping soft. Focus on hitting pads and noodles for head movement and blocking. Dont do fights. Youre not gonna get cte. In fact, not doing activities that stimulate your brain like doing martial art classes and just sitting around doing nothing, is more damaging to your brain than a little bit of small bumps. Look at retired ufc guys who spar to this day and theyre still sharp, stephen thompson, daniel cormier etc. They've been hit hundreds of times more than you ever will. Just dont be a retard and train and fight guys like chuck liddell, wanderlei silva, etc. Sparring hard 3 times a week for years is what causes that. You'll be fine.
>>77185701>Will the cardio benefits of training outweigh or at least balance the risk of developing cte?Yes of courseReminder that sufficiently obsessed joggers develop CTE symptoms too - because jogging means bouncing your brain up and down in the skull with every stepCTE is a phantom boogyman that they're using to pressure contact sports to neuter them>the big study that looked for CTE symptoms later in life found tons of CTE symptoms even among the non-athlete control groupIt's been taken too far
>>77185823There was that NFL guy recently who said CTE was fake which made think there's probably some truth to that, your post seems plausible.
