There should be some pretty good gyms in the Metaverse.
Last updated: August 24, 2023
Online tensions are between social media billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, owner of Facebook (now renamed Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads), and Elon, owner of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter.・The situation is heating up among Mr. Musk. Threads is a new linked social media platform. Instagram, a direct competitor of Twitter, which Musk reluctantly acquired on October 27, 2022, for $44 billion.
Before you fill in the lead, take a peek at the photos. Zuckerberg looks worn out after training UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. We then dig into why a potential fight between Zuckerberg, 39, and Musk, 52, never materialized.
Mark Zuckerberg vs. Elon Musk?
Zuckerberg and Musk are tech tycoons with enormous wealth. As of the publication of this article, Mr. Zuckerberg and Mr. Musk have net worths of $108.5 billion and $245.6 billion, respectively, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Rich List. Both companies had increased net assets by $2.8 billion as of the close of trading on July 11, 2023.
On July 5, 2023, Meta’s new app Threads was released as a direct competitor to Twitter. Mario Naufal shared the news of the thread launch in a tweet, and Musk responded with an offer to take on Zuckerberg.
If he’s there, I’m going to participate in a cage match (lol)
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2023
Mr. Musk’s tweet went so viral that Mr. Zuckerberg responded to Mr. Musk’s fight proposal shortly afterwards on his official Instagram Story by saying, “Send me your location.” Musk suggested a venue that is generally suitable for professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters.
vegas octagon
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 22, 2023
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White later said he would be happy to make a Zack vs. Musk matchup happen, and the two billionaires have since been photographed training with various fighters. is posted. Musk was on the show with former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre, and before the photo above Zuckerberg was joined by BJJ legend Mikey St-Pierre, a five-time IBJJF (International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation) World Champion. I posted a video of me training with Musumeshi. GI division black belt champion.
Zuckerberg has a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enthusiast. In May 2023, Zuckerberg posted a photo of himself raising his arm at a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament. As a white belt, the novice in the BJJ belt ranking system, he competed in two different divisions: GI and NO-GI. He won gold and silver medals in no gi and gi respectively.
How strength training improves MMA fighters
Using resistance training to increase your upper body strength, especially your lower back, may be your ticket to becoming a better mixed martial artist.by International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, “Optimizing upper body and hip force production appears to be important for elite and professional MMA athletes.” To accurately differentiate weight classes and “competition levels” for MMA athletes, up to 1 A bench press of reps and a leg press of up to four reps was enough. (1)
moreover, Sports Science and Medicine Journal A comparison of strength and conditioning training specifically designed for MMA fighters and general strength and conditioning programs found that “high-intensity, low-volume strength and conditioning training interventions designed according to the demands of MMA competition , which could lead to significant improvements in performance in healthy athletes. trained combatant. ” (2)
Despite being a martial art, mixed martial arts (which also includes supporting some resistance training as an adjunct) can do wonders for getting people in shape (billionaire or not) brings. While a cage match between Musk and Zuckerberg is unlikely, Zuckerberg’s training appears to be heading in the right direction for such a match.
References
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O. Forges, VM Reis, DL Marquez, HP Neiva, MC Marquez (2022). Maximum isometric and dynamic strength values for mixed martial arts athletes according to weight class and competition level. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(14), 8741. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148741
Kostikiadis, IN, S. Mesenitis, A. Tsokos, P. Veligekas, G. Tergis, and GC Bogdanis (2018). Effects of short-term sport-specific strength and conditioning training on physical fitness in well-trained mixed martial arts athletes. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 17(3), 348–358.
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