[quote]slimjim wrote:
Sorry, I was just being sarcastic[/quote]
So I passed! lol. I figured that…but you never know around here…especially as of late…at least we got a laugh out of it.
[quote]slimjim wrote:
Sorry, I was just being sarcastic and thankfully you picked up on the movie reference because I wasn’t sure if I made it obvious enough[/quote]
Funny,I almost didn’t…but I just so happened to be looking at stuff for The Dark Knight…new poster is the shit.
[quote]Big_Boss wrote:
Tell my son,Bruce that I love him…and bats really are scary.[/quote]
Seven kinds of lol!
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Tell my son,Bruce that I love him…and bats really are scary.[/quote]
I would also tell him to make friends with a fairy named Dick
Don’t neglect cardio/endurance.
A great fighter has technique, explosive power and cardio/endurance.
[quote]Roundhead wrote:
so i want any muscle I put on to be functional, but at 6’3" and 189lbs I’m really skinny so I really want to put on some mass too. [/quote]
I’d just concentrate of explosive power and strength. Mass isn’t really gonna help you as a fighter. This is really a generalization but the general idea is to be as powerful and light as possible, plus your height prolly means you have some wicked reach!
[quote]blazindave wrote:
Don’t neglect cardio/endurance.
A great fighter has technique, explosive power and cardio/endurance.[/quote]
A great fighter can crush a man’s skull like a grape using his bare hands. Work on that.
[quote]slimjim wrote:
Big_Boss wrote:
Thats why some of us actually think. I hate these thoughtless scenarios.
Pop-quiz hotshot. you’re walking out of a theater because the movie has terrified your son. Opting for the side exit you find yourself unarmed in a closed off alley with your wife and son, and are approached by a would-be mugger armed with a gun. Whatdya do hotshot?[/quote]
Am I a billionaire?
You are a beelyounair!
[quote]Bujutsuka wrote:
BJJ is retarded, why don’t you focus on something that will actually teach you how to fight. [/quote]
Please stop. We have decent threads here and don’t need your ridiculous cunt comments.
[quote]nothingclever wrote:
blazindave wrote:
Don’t neglect cardio/endurance.
A great fighter has technique, explosive power and cardio/endurance.
A great fighter can crush a man’s skull like a grape using his bare hands. Work on that.[/quote]
You picked a very fitting user name.
Well thanks for the help people. I’m nowhere near experienced enough to cobble together my own rep ranges, so I was thinking one of two things. Either I can use either Stronglifts or Rippetoe’s Starting Strength as a three times a week strength routine and then add three days of the explosive/conditioning work many of you have mentioned, plus some cardio like blazindave says, or I could try and use the routine suggested by Xen Nova. I would need some help in as to what a sample workout on each of those different days would look like to do that though.
pm me what u need to kno
[quote]Bujutsuka wrote:
BJJ is retarded, why don’t you focus on something that will actually teach you how to fight. [/quote]
People whom say that just tend to think since it’s simple to learn, it must not be effective. Just because we didn’t pay thousands to learn how to perform a martial art dosn’t mean it dosn’t work. I suggest you do your homework on bjj before throwing around Bogus comments like that. I haven’t been studying it for long, but bjj is quite useful.
these combat threads are for people to have accual conversations about martial science and staying fit for your specific art. Don’t bash that.
[quote]slimjim wrote:
Bujutsuka wrote:
Roundhead wrote:
Bujutsuka wrote:
BJJ is retarded, why don’t you focus on something that will actually teach you how to fight.
Not too sure why you would say this. For a start I said that I am going to try a lot of different sports, not just BJJ. Secondly, while I have no personal experience I’m pretty sure BJJ isn’t retarded, in fact I’m certain its very effective in an MMA context. And finally I am not interested in ego fights on “the street”, I’m actually a pretty peaceful guy. I’m looking for a combat sport where I can test myself to the full in the ring, and work my ass off to win things.
Cheers for your advice guys.
I definitely cannot do 100 press ups, 20 pull ups or 100 bodyweight squats. So does that mean that I should leave weights well alone until I can?
Peaceful guys get attacked too bro, ego or not. After the adrenaline dump of a sudden attack you don’t think, you do what’s habitual (your training, or for most people pointless haymakers). I’d hate for you to habitually take someone to the mount on the street while his friends crush your head with a bat.
Why do martial arts always get the shittiest trolls? Perhaps you’re looking to relieve your bloating problem by spewing your hot air all over this forum.
How about this ‘real life’ situation. You’ve been practicing your myriad of real-life, ‘effective’ techniques designed to protect you against multiple opponents when you find yourself alone in a one on one confrontation with a BJJ black belt who puts you on your back and proceeds to break both of your arms. [/quote]
It happens. One time my fried Bob Saccamano was playing pool, then he went to the shitter and a BJJ black belt, who lost some money to Bob playing pool, followed him in, broke both his arms and dunked his head in the toilet. Never got his money.
[quote]Bujutsuka wrote:
BJJ is retarded, why don’t you focus on something that will actually teach you how to fight. [/quote]
Wow, I know I’m late on this, but this is the kind of thing that makes me wish we could ban people from this forum.
This toolbox just pops into threads on the combat sports forum and talks about how useless combat sports are. He spouts ridiculous crap about how knowing gun disarm techniques is more effective than having a gun(in a different thread)
[quote]Bujutsuka wrote:
Gun disarms are simple, but usually you can daze someone so bad with one good strike that they won’t be able to think about their little pussy weapon.
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This crap is just crazy superhero fantasy…
Ok we get it, you don’t like MMA, Bujutsu is one hundred and seven times stronger. You could easily stomp a boxers leg “in half”. That’s really cool man. That’s great, you should go tell the people in the off topic about it.
Better yet, go tell the guys in the bodybuilding forum how dumb weight lifting is. Or the strength sports guys that lifting competitive is a stupid waste of time. That’s exactly the same as what you’re doing here.
Edit: Roundhead, sorry for the aside. You’ve got a wealth of great advice on here. I think you’ve got the right idea with trying things out and seeing what you like. Realistically make sure to show up well conditioned at for class, you’ll end up ahead of your “peers”, because while they’re struggling to suck in enough oxygen, you’ll be putting your skills into action.
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Also, while I can’t get along to any of the others, i have the opportunity to try BJJ at the weekends. I could only get there once a week, would this be worth it or should I wait until I can dedicate more time in the summer and just focus on my lifting for now?
Cheers for your advice[/quote]
heck yes bro do bjj if you can. i been doin it for four months and i have seen vast improvements in my skill level even though i only train twice a week. itll be good to get a little bit of a base in there too so when you start training hard you kinda know what to do
Still a newb here so I don’t know if I should be bumping my own thread, but I just wanted to tell you what I have been doing and see if you approve.
After reading around and looking at different threads on a few different routines, I have started using WS4SB3 combined with some condiitoning and plyometric wrkouts from Ross Enemait’s Underground Guide, especially a lot of jump rope work. My numbers are slowly going up, no real size gains but I guess thats not really something to worry about, so is this a good routine? I started using it because it seemed a strong program for someone with my goals that allows a time for conditioning and cardio- basically seemed to cover all the bases you all mentioned.
Also, I tried Xen Nova’s fitness tests again, and I can do the press ups (broken) and the squats, but not even close on the pull ups. I just got a new chin up bar at home, so should I just be “greasing the groove”?
Finally, do you have any tips on choosing a decent gym to train at? Bullshido have some good articels on it and I’m not a total newb to MA, but any advice would be welcomed. As well as enjoying it I want to compete and be as good as I can be, so should I let my tall/rangey bodyshape be a factor, or the fact that I like weight training a lot influence the sports/MA I try? I only ask because there’s a lot out there and I ain’t going to get to try them all!
(MODS: Not trying to start any “what MA is best” bollocks, just which might be worth trying out in my situation.)
Sounds like a decent workout regiment, but as someone said easier, the key to gaining weight, is just frigin eat. Lift heavy shit, and eat. For picking a gym, most gyms offer a free trial class or two, so if you have the luxury of being able to choose between a few, try them all first. Then maybe look at guys that the gym trains, and/or the coach. My coach personally has zero MMA fights, but has a really good Muay Thai record and is a damn respected BJJ guy around here. Also look at the guys training at the gym, how do the perform at competition? And this may seem a little odd, but if you have the oppurtunity, go to a smaller local MMA show, where you can talk to alot of people, and kind of see how the various gyms fit into the scene. Like around here, theres two gyms in the city, and one is known for having superiour BJJ and the other better Muay Thai, choose what suites you best. Hope that helps.
Thanks for your reply Rossitron, definitely helpful. I don’t think I will be training at an MMA gym, as there is not one in the area I will be living/working in.
My situation is still changing but I think my choices will be fairly limited to boxing, muay thai, judo or kickboxing, as well as a few TMA. I will try and have trials with each if they allow it, but am I more likely to be physically suited to any one in particular, or is it just a matter of developing your own style in each?