[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
But why rely solely on your best asset. Better to develop a well-rounded package, no?
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This is purely a matter of personal preference i think actually.
I remember many years ago now - when i first began studying sports psych and spt.sci etc, i was told that there are two basic ways to approach natural skills/muscle fibre ratios and goals, etc.
Either concentrate on your assets, becoming very good in one area - or concentrate on bringing up your weaknesses - to have a more rounded package, but to not excel in any one thing.
For example, two twins who can run like split shit… ie. fast. One chooses to train sprints only and goes on to win Olympic gold. The other wants to bring up his endurance to a similar level, and be fitter overall - but ends up winning fuck all, albeit a regular competitor in ironman… or whatever!
The point is, some like to train to their assets and excel in a specific area… where others like to challenge themselves to be a whole round performer, allowing their assets to not run away with them as they bring up their weaknesses… or more accurately - train to increase points of their fitness that they have to work harder to get to a lower level…
Neither is wrong, but it is a personal choice.
I know - or believe - that you BBB are a cat that likes to be more rounded… as such you train for a whole range of benefits, muscular endurance, strength, metabolic stimulation - and use many PED’s - both for psychological and physical gains. I personally am more single minded in that respect.
(Which reminds me, will you please Email or PM me a list of decent nootropics? - just 2 or so - i have little idea about them and i want to utilise them to build a business more efficiently and such things… ta!)
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
Alpha F wrote:
Yes, Bill but by then I will be too old to be punching anything.
One of the best martial artists I know (the founder of ‘Bushido’) is over 60, yet strikes with the grace and speed of a much younger man. Add in his experience and cunning and you have an extremely formidable opponent, capable of whatever level of ‘destruction’ he deems appropriate.[/quote]
Exactly. Herein lies my problem. I can not, have never been able to do/be cunning. Never. I am not against light contact per se. I do not see it as pussyfoot around. It is a matter of style. I am attracted to martial arts precisely because it is contrary to my personal style and it seems a contrary to my way of being in the world.
I actually think I am quite raw. I feel completely wild and untamed in my instinctual nature. In that sense I do not experience a loss of innocence, in the way that I do not perceive myself as a victim and have no problem accepting ‘violence’ as a natural expression of contention. Conflict is a part of life.
We are born into betrayal and lust and that creates an inner search for self expansion. It is both sides of the same coin as I see it: innocence is as pure as violence is. An eye for an eye is not a law is the principle of an equitable mind.
Think equity not equality. No one is equal but we all possess equity. Even my organism is not the same today as it was last week.[quote]
He certainly doesn’t limit himself by saying “I’m too old for this”, lol.[/quote]
All of these people are on something, you do know that, don’t you? Some “elixir” from China and herbs…that is why I am here.
Whatever peptide that can make me jump and a speedy fighter because I am not nimble and cannot do vertical power. I am an earthy, on ground ( would never take drugs to make me ‘trip’. Never ) person I can’t do jumps and flips and mid air dynamics. My feet need to be on the ground. I don’t do well when they are not - this is just my reality at the moment.
I actually much prefer BBing to swimming, though I have great affinity with water - the iron is a reminder of my solidity.[quote]
I agree about the steroids and I am all for it. Our food is pumped with it, we are all ‘shiploaded’ with it already.
What I am essentially saying is that there are far too many violations; emotional, moral, environmental, etc.
I cannot possibly escape every injury to self.
Of course not, but that doesn’t mean you should go out and actively seek injury in some quest to ‘develop’ yourself.[/quote]
You are correct. The familiarity I briefly mentioned I had with you comes from the fact you greatly remind me of my brother ( he was in theory a cousin but we kind of adopted him since he was always my playmate and always at my house ).
I don’t ‘actively seek injury’ I am love in action and injury finds me, lol!
I LOVE ACTION and will venture where most won’t dare and my cousin was always talking to me like you do, : )
I have heard this all my life…my mother said I was always coming home with a limb in a cast and that I had to calm down. I am calm but I am also extreme by nature, that is why I am dreading this assessment with you, yet another telling I am ‘killing myself’ ’ when are you going to stop’.
I go to see my doctor and she says:“What have you done now?”. I have not done I am. So actually the problem is not even the martial arts I think the problem is me - as usual. I admit I must learn a different way. It’s not that am a stupid athlete and I don’t want you to pity my joints.
It has nothing to do with being an intelligent athlete. It’s to do with fully possessing your body, your physicality and experiencing the self as an expansive force. I don’t think you experience this physically. You do with your mind.
I think we are very similar the differentiation lies in the primary way in which you experience the world and express your sensations.
I think you are primarily a head type, then heart, then body. I am primarily a gut person ( body ), then mind, then heart.
I am always aghast as to how you are willing to venture, to dare where others won’t go with experimentation of mind altering substances. You are like me, only mentally - you push the boundaries like there is no tomorrow. Why because you think it is going to be ok. That is where your confidence and daredevil capacities primarily lie : your mind.
I relate to you not physically ( In that respect I am more like Brook ) but in that you are an autonomous adventurer always seeking expansion of your mental boundaries. Though your pictures reveal a big individual you strike me more ( and often! ) by your presence of mind than by your physical presence.
I am the opposite. I look plain average ( though I myself am not average but no supermodel hotness here ) but when I enter a room you know I am in the room.
Of course I could be wrong about you but that is where I think there is a failure in understanding on this issue.[quote]
There needs to be a valve of escape. A way to redeem my original equilibrium.
Of course there does. Many binge drinkers, ec. drug users, etc would use exactly the same argument of course. What you are doing could easily lead to the same reduced quality of life, further down the road as one of the aforementioned ‘escapists’.[/quote]
Brook mentioned in another thread he went from hardcore substances to hardcore BBing; I don’t necessarily think it is ‘escapism’, it could just be holding the bull by the horns. Some people are just trying to tame their inner “ism”. I have always been told I was ‘too much’ and ‘overwhelming’. I am not escaping I am trying to ‘calm down’ as per expected of me.[quote]
You talk of equilibrium and I understand, but what is ‘original’ equilibrium to you? Personally I don’t think that naked aggression 2 or 3 times per week is going to leave a person all that ‘centered’.
To my mind, ‘original’ equilibrium is that state of pure, innocent consciousness that we had at birth and whilst growing up. A kind of spiritual harmony. I fail to see that full contact sport achieves this. All it does (IMO) is reduce stress, which is not the same thing.[/quote]
Exactly. I agree completely. The original equilibrium of my childhood was being able to be ‘too much’ and more and more and more - and I do remember being in a constant state of ‘overwhelm’ from my life experiences because I was full on.
I never cried and never resented coming home with a broken limb or scratches or blue lumps, I understood it to be part of the deal for having so much fun in my physical pursuits. In fact I always had a smile on my face for being so brave and my self esteem on a high for being as you say so “fackall” crazy.
I love myself for being like this and I cannot be like this because it “overwhelms” people and it frightens them - my parents were always scared for me. I was fine as is then people worry and fear and envy and all the other violations that follow. So, of course I am mad as hell for being rejected as I am: “Fackall” wild, untamed and free.
It is gradual but sure SHUT DOWN. I am sure you, gents will be able to relate to this from your steroid cycles.
That is how I have lost my original equilibrium: little by little I have been lost to a conversion to societal estrogenic dominance. Would you not be mad?[quote]
I do have explosive power.
But why rely solely on your best asset. Better to develop a well-rounded package, no?[/quote]
Yes, of course. I am all for it I just know I suck at martial arts due to genetic limitations. I cannot jump. I can only move forward not upwards. Volleyball was an absolute no no sports.[quote]
Besides, if you already know you have explosive power, then it’s really just mental masturbation to keep using it again and again whilst neglecting your other facets.[/quote]
I am sorry I fail to understand your analogy. Why are you comparing the physical expression of power with mental masturbation and not physical masturbation? I am lost on that one. Maybe it is because of your being a head type.
Are you comparing exclusive focus on explosive power with wasting one’s semen through ejaculation? Are you trying to say that that is a limited/poor way to express/release power? As in why masturbate power when you can ‘have sex’ power??
Thank you. I just don’t have the genetics for it. I love it for the people who can do it and respect because it is proving more than a challenge for me. I have the boniest hands and wrists compared to my arms - I don’t need to apply much power to get hurt so I am not punishing myself or being stupid.
I actually stopped both boxing when I got hurt and martial arts, I only returned last week because my trainer is my next door neighbor and basically bought my presence back by saying I can train for free - I couldn’t say no though I wanted to have the assessment with you first before I continue to “kill myself” in this way, : )! [quote]
But I cannot deny my nature any more than I already have.
It will mean a psychological death.
Quite right. To deny our essential nature is to kill off the ‘original face’ (zen philosophy term that relates to your inner core being that was formed before the world ‘labelled’ you and channeled your wants and desires with extrinsic influences).
When you meet a ‘grey’ person who is flat, dull and evoid of personality, you are meeting a person whose original face is either dead or nearly dead. They lack spirit, creativity and passion - those things that make us who we are. [/quote]
Yes, I understand you.[quote]
By all means, encourage your nature, but in the right way. Can you honestly say that punching the living shit out of an opponent or bag is feeding your inner spirit? I hope not, because the only people I have met who are truly like that, i.e. who get actual pleasure and enjoyment from destruction are viscious thugs.[/quote]
Of course not. I have been a spiritual seeker for 20 years. I have done it the other way around. Most people accumulate wealth and focus on career and then later in life seek spiritual things. I have nothing to my name. I have not attachments. If the whole system were to collapse tomorrow I know I will be standing with full presence of mind, body and heart.
I know who I am and as a result I am spiritually rich. I know what gives me pleasure and enjoyment and that is also why I work with children whose lives are being destroyed - this too is an administration of justice through a martial artist, only fought with the sword of my spirit.
I am a great builder of character and people. It is pleasurable and soothing to my conscience to know how much of a difference you have made to a defenseless life.
This is where you and I differ:
I don’t see the thug as my enemy, my opponent. This also hinders me in martial arts ( and the fact I can’t fight imaginary people and without a strong enough motive).
Embracing violence does not mean becoming violent it means becalming violence. If you oppose it, think it ‘not me’ not a part of me’ you create a rejection.
If you embrace it, you accept it just by standing still and maintaining non judgmental, pure, direct eye contact ( thus creating a positive connection ) you don’t create a division, a rejection is no longer experienced by the presumed “opposer” and the end of rejection is the end of conflict.
Most fights, threats can be solved like this. I have experienced it. I have actually never had to beat up any one. By not putting myself into compromising situations you eliminate a lot of unwanted consequences. With one deranged drunk, the above situation was sufficient and both myself and my best friend were unharmed.
She told me she was petrified when he came at us, and that I didn’t even flinch. If I had found myself at a physical struggle with him I would have only gone for the jugular if it became clear his intentions were rape or murder.
By becoming one with the thug and not rejecting his violent nature you tame him/her ( yes, it could be your wife…hahaha ). You have a back and forth and you are both even - but for this you need to be comfortable with the idea of being in his shoes, at least for that moment. Violence in a spiritual level translates into deep unresolved hurt.
Thugs need hugs, ; ) [quote]
Once the spirit knows it has the tools to defend itself, it can move onwards towards the creative, expressive, ‘moving meditation’ aspect of the martial arts (assuming that the sensei encourages these things and since they were a part of the traditional eastern arts, they should IMO).
The study of weapons should be encouraged, not because they offer a quantum leap in destructive power, but because they are inanimate objects and therefore there is skill and pleasure to be had in making them ‘flow’ and become an extension of the weilding hand. The study of philosophy, so that one may begin to truly understand one’s essential nature and the artifice and trickery of the world around us.[/quote]
My sensei is my next door neighbor. I got into this 2 months ago when I bumped into him at the park with his children - they told me they were doing martial arts and Daddy was their teacher. I expressed my awesomeness at the fight form and said I didn’t think it was for me but would love to give it a go. I did not know what it was I just went along.
It is called Wu Shu Quan, apparently. It is self-defence.
He said this in class: “When you hit someone you want to cause as much damage as possible”
And I was like: “That is exactly how I fell” lol!
I was very well disciplined not to act on this but yes, if you push me I push back with equal or greater force.
I just see it as physics.
I love what you said about the sword and the hand!!! Truly.
There are no weapons in my discipline.
About the quantum leap, no way. I can’t jump without let alone with a sword.
I know all about the deceit and illusion of the world - it is part of my artistic project. I do creative writing as well as the glass/mirror structures.[quote]
Maybe I’d rather sacrifice my joints.
But you don’t have to. In my opinion, those that teach full contact MA, do so because they lack the finesse and depth to teach anything else. Sure, a tiny part of any martial art training should be full contact, just so the student can appreciate the forces and pain involved.[/quote]
I agree with you completely. I wasn’t going to sacrifice my hands, I love my body enough to want to preserve it well, I just get major frustration with the weakness of the wrists and hands and ankles. And I was majorly frustrated about this and wondering about GHRP IGF as a quick fix when I veered Brooks thread off topic. Very selfish of me - forgive me, Brook.[quote]
But a traditional martial art should be so much more than that. I suggest you find a new dojo, one that tread a middle ground between full contact and ‘pussyfooting’. One that teaches you as far as you want to go, in whichever direction (strikes, locks, sword, philosophy, mental testing, physical hardship, etc, etc) you want or need to pursue.
A martial art shouldn’t be about who can beat up who. It should be about whether you can beat up your demons and come out the other side, wiser, stronger and more compassionate than before.[/quote]
I have already achieved that.
I am a warrior at heart and spirit ( I am actually part native Brazilian Indian, Pocahontas me…)[quote]
EDIT: As a conceptual artist, you are already more in touch with your original face than 99% of people. I doubt that a spiritual death awaits you, whatever you do in life. Maybe you feel this way because of stress etc.
Instead of trying to counter the negative stress by beating on a bag or opponent, better in my opinion to ‘rise above’ it with spirituality. Having said that, leathering the crap out of a bag does release negative energy :)[/quote]
A perceptual artist.
I arrived at perception of reality through my relentless pursuit of spirituality ( a la native Indian ).
I do not feel spiritually dead at all. Too much spiritually alive - I pick up everything, even Bill Roberts skin rash : D
( I kid I kid )
I feel deaden EMOTIONALLY hence my affinity for ephedrine.
In a way ‘beating the living daylight of a bag’ is just an attempt at feeling completely alive and awake = I am reclaiming my vitality.
Here again we disagree:
I no longer believe it is correct to ‘rise above’ things of a physical nature spiritually.
The human spirit can and does rise above anything. Though a spiritual creature I am not a spirit creature and therefore must accept and deal with the assaults on my body and the aggressions contained therein.
Yes, one can rise above things “spiritually” but when it comes to the body the only way out is through.
[quote] Brook wrote:
bushidobadboy wrote:
But why rely solely on your best asset. Better to develop a well-rounded package, no?
This is purely a matter of personal preference i think actually.
I remember many years ago now - when i first began studying sports psych and spt.sci etc, i was told that there are two basic ways to approach natural skills/muscle fibre ratios and goals, etc.
Either concentrate on your assets, becoming very good in one area - or concentrate on bringing up your weaknesses - to have a more rounded package, but to not excel in any one thing.
For example, two twins who can run like split shit… ie. fast. One chooses to train sprints only and goes on to win Olympic gold. The other wants to bring up his endurance to a similar level, and be fitter overall - but ends up winning fuck all, albeit a regular competitor in ironman… or whatever!
The point is, some like to train to their assets and excel in a specific area… where others like to challenge themselves to be a whole round performer, allowing their assets to not run away with them as they bring up their weaknesses… or more accurately - train to increase points of their fitness that they have to work harder to get to a lower level…
Neither is wrong, but it is a personal choice.
I know - or believe - that you BBB are a cat that likes to be more rounded… as such you train for a whole range of benefits, muscular endurance, strength, metabolic stimulation - and use many PED’s - both for psychological and physical gains. I personally am more single minded in that respect.
(Which reminds me, will you please Email or PM me a list of decent nootropics? - just 2 or so - i have little idea about them and i want to utilise them to build a business more efficiently and such things… ta!)
Slightly off topic - sorry![/quote]
No, Brook I am truly sorry. I have this default of going where the flow takes me and it proves undiplomatic in internet forum etiquette - but I hope you have all enjoyed getting to know me a bit better, I just spilled my guts there, : D
I enjoyed your post. And you tell BBB. You tell him!
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
Brook wrote:
bushidobadboy wrote:
But why rely solely on your best asset. Better to develop a well-rounded package, no?
This is purely a matter of personal preference i think actually.
I remember many years ago now - when i first began studying sports psych and spt.sci etc, i was told that there are two basic ways to approach natural skills/muscle fibre ratios and goals, etc.
Either concentrate on your assets, becoming very good in one area - or concentrate on bringing up your weaknesses - to have a more rounded package, but to not excel in any one thing.
For example, two twins who can run like split shit… ie. fast. One chooses to train sprints only and goes on to win Olympic gold. The other wants to bring up his endurance to a similar level, and be fitter overall - but ends up winning fuck all, albeit a regular competitor in ironman… or whatever!
The point is, some like to train to their assets and excel in a specific area… where others like to challenge themselves to be a whole round performer, allowing their assets to not run away with them as they bring up their weaknesses… or more accurately - train to increase points of their fitness that they have to work harder to get to a lower level…
Neither is wrong, but it is a personal choice.
I know - or believe - that you BBB are a cat that likes to be more rounded… as such you train for a whole range of benefits, muscular endurance, strength, metabolic stimulation - and use many PED’s - both for psychological and physical gains. I personally am more single minded in that respect.
(Which reminds me, will you please Email or PM me a list of decent nootropics? - just 2 or so - i have little idea about them and i want to utilise them to build a business more efficiently and such things… ta!)
Slightly off topic - sorry!
A great discussionary point Brook. However when staking your life (i.e. in a streetfight or violent confrontation), I think most would agree that relying one just one advantage could be a risky proposition - especially for a female who will likely face a more powerful opponent in most of the male population and might therefore want to use speed and accuracy as well as explosive power.
Also, if we take the analogy into the world of BBing, then developing the complete package is even more important. You can’t just rely on your hyoooge pecs or whatever. Also, you can’t just be massive, but must be lean, dry, vascular, full, etc.
But I do like your analysis of me as a person Yes, I do like to develop a whole host of faculties, both mental and physical.
BBB
PM on its way my friend.[/quote]
Think about it like this however… In BB, if you are considering a strength to be in the form of one bodypart, you would of course be right - you need to develop all in relative proportion. BUT if you consider that we are really speaking of the body as a whole, then bodybuilding is very closed minded in that regard… muscle size is the only factor (apart from density, separation, definition, balance, symmetry, mass…! etc.) that is workled on and for many this is what is worked on to the forfit of all other health based goals (say sprint times, heart strength… whatever).
OR maybe that if one has a strong point… Ernie Taylors triceps come to mind - then you train that to its max potential while training every damn thing else to its max too - but with the tri’s becoming a ‘signiture’ bodypart (mike matarrazzo’s calves, lou ferrigino’s face… ).
Just as a different way of thinking about it is all…
I like the tangent that this thread has veered off on, and if I may add my thoughts in here too.
Being a combat athlete for most of my youth and adult life, I can relate to what Alpha F is speaking about, the very human expression of our violent nature. She says it much more poetically than I ever could, but the essence of what she’s saying rings very true for me.
That said however, BBB is spot on about balancing training. Technique, conditioning, flexibility, and strength are all important to a fighter (and in that order of importance IMHO). I’ve never been known as a very good “technician” (which is kind of ironic since I now coach) and relied on my big heart and power to get me past more skilled opponents, but the consequences of that, like BBB pointed out, are more harmful than beneficial. I’ve bugged him enough over the years about injuries that he knows what I’m talking about, lol…
I’m not going to stop doing what I do, but I am learning to train in a more balanced way now, and I’m open to new ideas that will allow me to continue this journey. That’s what led me into using AAS, and soon some nootropics…
And that reminds me of the original topic! My recent experience with GHRP-6 (1000 mcg/day) combined with NPP (525mg/week) has been an almost miraculous recovery for my knee injury, I’ve never healed up this fast in my entire life. 2 weeks and my LCL is pain-free and I’m mobile again, maybe in another 2 weeks I’ll see if I’m good enough to get back to light sparring/rolling.
[quote]Jelly Roll wrote:
I like the tangent that this thread has veered off on, and if I may add my thoughts in here too.
Being a combat athlete for most of my youth and adult life, I can relate to what Alpha F is speaking about, the very human expression of our violent nature. She says it much more poetically than I ever could, but the essence of what she’s saying rings very true for me.[/quote]
Thank you so much. You hit the nail on the head: it is about the essence of violence what I spoke of rather than the mindless acts of violence we witness daily.[quote]
That said however, BBB is spot on about balancing training. Technique, conditioning, flexibility, and strength are all important to a fighter (and in that order of importance IMHO). I’ve never been known as a very good “technician” (which is kind of ironic since I now coach) and relied on my big heart and power to get me past more skilled opponents, but the consequences of that,[/quote]
Exactly. I relate to that 100%. I spoke to my coach last night ( met him on the doorstep ). I mentioned our conversation here. He said I am like a freight train. I am extremely taut and I need to relax ( sigh ) specially my shoulders. I don’t dodge I just stay put and take it.
I have to admit this is my inner stance and hence I suck at martial arts; I don’t see the opponent as someone I have to deal with. If he/she wants to cross me they have to deal with me. I stay put by my boundaries and will push my way through if necessary to protect my space. My motivation is honor. If I cross your boundaries without permission I back off once I realize it. If you cross my boundaries without my permission and push to have your way ( as an attacker would ) that is a breech of honor and I see red and will push you back out.
So for me I am not even violent in the sense I attack attack. I protect my territory and what I perceive is mine with formidable power. That is the purity of violence I speak about: RAW UNADULTERATED WILLPOWER to DEFEND MY HONOR. It is a great feeling. I don’t feel guilty for possessing it. Using it for evil purposes, yes, that would make me evil. But my recognition and ownership, possession of an active force does not make me a bad person.
My coach also said light martial arts is fine but for self defense purposes especially since I am a woman, when attacked by a man I will be met with full contact and he wants me not to get caught by surprise by this. I agree with BBB also that in this situation I will be better equipped to fight a man who is greater in power than me with speed and accuracy. So both are correct in my opinion.[quote]
are more harmful than beneficial. I’ve bugged him enough over the years about injuries that he knows what I’m talking about, lol…[/quote]
Yes, of course he is right BUT my worst pain is not from impact but from relaxing - I have the strength to hold on to a lot of pain. I can take endless blows and will not budge. It is only when I relax that I huuuuuurrrt so bad…it is easier to stay in contention and combat, lol! The stretching during training is what kills me the most,not the actual ‘violence’[quote]
I’m not going to stop doing what I do,[/quote]
Exactly. Do you know why? To stop doing what you do is to stop being who you are: an unstoppable force of nature. This is what I experience when I turn the power on. The purity and beauty of experiencing oneself this way is worth all my joints. It is like a moment of awesomeness - how can you not ride that wave, right?!?[quote]
but I am learning to train in a more balanced way now, and I’m open to new ideas that will allow me to continue this journey. That’s what led me into using AAS, and soon some nootropics…[/quote] Me too! I decided to take a steroid only because for the first time in my life I felt so weak and could not access my will so I thought the substance would act as a positive catalyst to restore my willpower. Having said that I do not wish these substance to rule my world for that would be the substituting my will for a faux power - I would not feel authentic.[quote]
And that reminds me of the original topic! My recent experience with GHRP-6 (1000 mcg/day) combined with NPP (525mg/week) has been an almost miraculous recovery for my knee injury, I’ve never healed up this fast in my entire life. 2 weeks and my LCL is pain-free and I’m mobile again, maybe in another 2 weeks I’ll see if I’m good enough to get back to light sparring/rolling.
JR [/quote]
What is NPP? Which injury did you have and how long for? How did you take the GHRP-6, is that injections? I would appreciate if you could just comment on these since:
Gets us back on topic, ; )
I have a meniscus tear since the age of 14 and I love squats but know I am not confident to increase the load as I feel my knee will give out. I would appreciate if you could share your experience with the knee injury and the GHRP-6
OR maybe that if one has a strong point… Ernie Taylors triceps come to mind - then you train that to its max potential while training every damn thing else to its max too - but with the tri’s becoming a ‘signiture’ bodypart (mike matarrazzo’s calves, lou ferrigino’s face… ).
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Yes, I like what you say about the ‘signature’ body part. A signature is like a distinct identifying feature of an individual. You had a good way to put it.
Lol, you’ve written way more than I can deal with on this post-Saturday-night Sunday morning. Maybe we’ll talk about it more when I see you in person.
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I told you I was ‘overwhelming’! : D
I much rather we had a really hard training session, then if you have the space I can bring my favorite Brazilian meat and we can have a barbecue. Killer workouts and killer meat keeps me from bubbling over with words.
[quote]Alpha F wrote:
What is NPP? Which injury did you have and how long for? How did you take the GHRP-6, is that injections? I would appreciate if you could just comment on these since:
Gets us back on topic, ; )
I have a meniscus tear since the age of 14 and I love squats but know I am not confident to increase the load as I feel my knee will give out. I would appreciate if you could share your experience with the knee injury and the GHRP-6
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NPP is short for Nandrolone Phenylpropionate, it’s an injectable steroid that is reported to promote collagen synthesis. I inject 75mg/day 7 days a week (alongside 75mg/day of Testosterone Propionate).
The GHRP-6 is an injectable peptide. I’ve been using 1000mcg/day, split into two injections. 500mcg first thing in the morning, prior to my AM training, then 500mcg just before bedtime. I do this 5 days a week (Monday to Friday), then nothing for 2 days (Saturday and Sunday).
I injured my knee (LCL tear) while grappling, and after a few days of the usual rest/ice/compression/elevation, I started using the NPP and GHRP-6, and returned to light resistance training. 2 and 1/2 weeks have passed since then and every day I wake up my knee feels better and better, there is a noticeable improvement.
I’m not grappling yet, or lifting heavy weights, but I’m able to squat 100kg (225lb) for 10 reps x 3 sets as of last Friday without any pain or discomfort whatsoever. In the past, usually an injury like this would mean me sitting out for at least one month before even starting rehabilitation exercises, and 3-4 months before fight training again.
This is an almost miraculous healing time in my experience. I’m thinking (and hoping) to be back on the mats in under 2 months if this recovery continues the way it has so far.
Yes, I do like to develop a whole host of faculties, both mental and physical.