The Treigning Lab can be a humbling experience even for elite
athletes.
The Treigning Lab, under the guidance of head coach Sam Calavitta,
has been the strength & conditioning home to elite fighters like
Khamzat
Chimaev and Arman
Tsarukyan. Khalil
Rountree is now the latest addition to the lab, helping Chimaev
prepare for his upcoming title fight. Rountree reveals that
training at The Treigning Lab has sometimes been a humbling
experience. While Rountree considers himself fit, some training
sessions remind him that there are still miles to go.
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Much More to Go
“It was painful,” Rountree said on „The Jaxxon Podcast.” “There were definitely
moments where I would call them humbling because it makes me
question certain things that I even say about myself. Sometimes I
think I’m really good or in good shape, and then I face a workout
like this, and it makes me realize that there’s so much more to go.
And so it’s eye-opening.”
Rountree (14-7) has become a mainstay in the
UFC light heavyweight title picture since his failed title bid
against Alex
Pereira in 2024. “The War Horse” has since defeated former
champ Jamahal
Hill and suffered a knockout loss to Jiri
Prochazka, who has only lost to Pereira in the UFC.
Meanwhile, Chimaev (15-0) is set to make his first middleweight
title defense against Sean
Strickland (30-7) in the main event at UFC 328
on May 9 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.