David Goggins, the renowned former NAVY Seal and motivational speaker, has recently come under scrutiny for his unconventional training methods with MMA fighter Tony Ferguson.

Namely, as Ferguson gears up for his bout against Paddy Pimblett at UFC 296, Goggins’ training techniques have drawn mixed reactions – especially after a video surfaced, showing Ferguson’s intense regimen.

 

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Responding to the critics, Goggins took to Instagram with a powerful message:

Rather than trying to find flaw in the methodology, try finding inspiration in watching someone searching their soul for every last bit of themselves!

I have been a high-level endurance athlete for almost 20 years and trained some of the best athletes around and what we are doing right now is not for the faint of heart.

He explained that Tony had to be pushed to his limits:

When you train a person like Tony, you have to find their limit and once you find it, that is when you have to push them way beyond it.
The challenge with Tony is that his limit is way the f**k out there because of his ability to handle so much pain.

What you are seeing in this video is a man that has been through 4 days of a no-sh*t hell week.
This isn’t like a football two-a-days or some wrestling camp bullsh*t.

Goggins concluded:

Many of you have no idea what it does to a human being’s mind when their body keeps saying to stop but their mind will not allow them to!!!!

There is a lesson to be learned here.
He’s comfortable with you all seeing what he is going through because this is the exact kind of dedication it takes to reach greatness.

Hard work is never pretty!

 

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