UFC on FX 5’s Thiago Tavares: There’s no such thing as overtraining

The cancellation of this past month’s UFC 151 event resulted in a financial hit for Thiago Tavares.

But he’s willing to eat the costs since it provided more time to train for his rescheduled bout at Friday’s UFC on FX 5 event.

“There’s no such thin…

The cancellation of this past month’s UFC 151 event resulted in a financial hit for Thiago Tavares.

But he’s willing to eat the costs since it provided more time to train for his rescheduled bout at Friday’s UFC on FX 5 event.

“There’s no such thing as overtraining,” he told MMAjunkie.com. “You can’t train too much. Whoever came up with that is a liar. If one trains too much, does one become too good or too fast?”