"There's tons of miles on my body and I do understand that it's like, hey, if something stupid happens and I blow out my knee or I blow out my shoulder, at this point, I'm not coming back from that. I've been lucky enough to keep those types of injuries away. The plan is to continue to do that and to train intelligently - try to really maximize what I have left and do the right things."
"I've seen guys that I've trained with, their careers get shortened or their careers get paused because of nonsense injuries, right? One of my training partners a couple of years ago tore his Achilles playing flag football. Absolute stud, undefeated, one of my best training partners and he sidelined for a year because he was cold and playing flag football, right? So it's like something like that could happen at any time."
"There probably is a secret. I should probably shut up. No, honestly, I think it's just that I've always focused my training around, not that I fight conservatively, but nobody likes getting hit, right? You don't want to absorb it. So my training style, my striking style is always, I try to keep my hands up and, and keep my head between my han"
Jim Miller is nearing major career milestones, including close to 60 professional fights, and targets of 50 fights and 30 wins inside the UFC. He views these goals as flexible because injuries can abruptly derail plans. He notes that a serious knee or shoulder injury could end his ability to return, even if he has stayed relatively healthy. He emphasizes that injuries can occur regardless of fitness, citing examples from training partners who were sidelined by unexpected accidents like tearing an Achilles while playing flag football. He credits his relative durability to training choices that reduce unnecessary damage, including keeping hands up and protecting his head while striking.
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