Normally, the MMA/BJJ/wrestling/Muay Thai posts end up on my potlimitfighter blog, but I wanted to get the general audience in on this one
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User potlimitfighter referenced to your post from 48 saying: [...] 8 PM -- Muay Thai (Advanced) I pretty much covered today in great depth over on the blog here [...]
So on one level I agree with you. I remember a few months back I was on a bike ride (40mi or so) with some people who were considerably better than I was, and about seven miles or so in, they dropped me like a unwanted baby. I felt like shit from time in the weight room and felt like I was going super slow and decided to stop and take the train to our destination...but luckily, and thanks to you, I had just read the War of Art. I identified that decision as Resistance talking and fought on. In fact, I caught up to the group at a halfway-rendezvous, and checking my watch, realized I was setting a PR pace and felt fine. I had just gotten dropped because everyone else was going 2-3mph above my PR; it was a miracle I had held them so long. One vote for nutting up
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As I train these days I wish the knowledge and technology for training that's now available had been available when I was younger. For a not unreasonable cost, there are a number of fitness, blood and urine tests that you can perform to monitor your progress and make sure you're training and eating optimally rather than overtraining (or undertraining). Just because you're thin doesn't mean your body fat is low -- overtraining can lead to increased visceral fat, hiding around your internal organs. It can also reduce your aerobic threshold, and impair your adrenal response.
That said, I have learned that it is possible to properly train much harder than I used to think. But it has to be smart training, with good nutrition, and sufficient recovery.
I used to study Tae Kwon Do. The master of the do jang I attended was Irish and had apparently been in the British army.
One day, he mentioned an anecdote that when people would goof off and get sent to the stockade, they'd be given an option. They could either do a week's worth of yardwork or they could submit to 20 minutes of exercise with McInerney.
One day, he griped about people in the class being out of shape and put us through a workout that I've never forgotten. I was in excellent shape and all of 14 years old at the time. I'm reasonably sure that I suffered least, but I could at least drink water at the end of it.
I've always wondered how that rated. From your description, I'm inclined to believe that it would have been light compared to what he did to those guys when he was with the army.
I don't know where in the US you live, but if it's anywhere remotely resembling a city, you probably have some sort of MMA or Muay Thai school. Being punched is always optional.
User potlimitfighter referenced to your post from 54 saying: [...] 8 PM -- Muay Thai (Advanced) Oy, a Monday Muay Thai. This one wasn't as bad as last week's [...]
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As I train these days I wish the knowledge and technology for training that's now available had been available when I was younger. For a not unreasonable cost, there are a number of fitness, blood and urine tests that you can perform to monitor your progress and make sure you're training and eating optimally rather than overtraining (or undertraining). Just because you're thin doesn't mean your body fat is low -- overtraining can lead to increased visceral fat, hiding around your internal organs. It can also reduce your aerobic threshold, and impair your adrenal response.
That said, I have learned that it is possible to properly train much harder than I used to think. But it has to be smart training, with good nutrition, and sufficient recovery.
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One day, he mentioned an anecdote that when people would goof off and get sent to the stockade, they'd be given an option. They could either do a week's worth of yardwork or they could submit to 20 minutes of exercise with McInerney.
One day, he griped about people in the class being out of shape and put us through a workout that I've never forgotten. I was in excellent shape and all of 14 years old at the time. I'm reasonably sure that I suffered least, but I could at least drink water at the end of it.
I've always wondered how that rated. From your description, I'm inclined to believe that it would have been light compared to what he did to those guys when he was with the army.
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