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[Pork Chop]

worked out once in the last week plus (my last post) and I just don't feel like working out yet.
My shoulder's still bugging me - cramps up & spasms; think it's a muscle thing not a joint thing.
maybe i'll try to work out one day this week.
have plans to go to the gym tomorrow with a coworker and am already a couple hours ahead on my time for the week.
probably take off early and at least do that - go to the thai gym too if i feel up to it.

Lately, i've been thinking about giving it all up, joining a swim team, and going full time till I lost the weight. It's about the only working out I really feel like doing.

[Suntzu]

Lately, i've been thinking about giving it all up, joining a swim team, and going full time till I lost the weight. It's about the only working out I really feel like doing.

i know the feeling...this is all i've been into lately..... with some sparring here and there..... i'm good.... i know i'm gonna miss getting in the ring while at the fights this weekend tho.... brandon should do well... he's been kickin' my butt lately....

don't give up..... i think u are just a bit overtrained..... niggas ain't 24 no more..... you gotta rest up and get more massages from wifey

my advice........ stop stressin' the weight..... keep training.... get good rest..... just have fun with it..... the body is gonna adapt how it wants to.....

and chill out with those men's health workouts

[Oso]

yea, what he said.

martial arts has been such a stresser for me the last 7 years that I feel on the verge of throwing the towel in too.

but, I'm gonna keep doing the fu 3 days a week, get more regularish exercise in, get the fug back on my bike and try to keep the rest of my life straight.

R - didn't know you rode...where are the mtn pics from? you're welcome down here anytime, we've got some more than decent rides...many of them 5 minutes from the house.

[Suntzu]

o - i just started like a month ago.... several face plants later, i'm hooked.... the pics are from new zealand.... i wasn't into riding then, sadly..... but i did try out their muay thai and judo....

many of them 5 minutes from the house.

i wish..... i'll have to take u up on that once i get my $ right....

join the group, we need members... even tho its not ready to launch....

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[Pork Chop]

Thing is, I was trying to take it slow with the 3 days a week.
I didn't want to be totally about training all the time anymore; but I ended up becoming that guy anyway.

I've been pushing it so hard in the gym coz I keep getting told "oh if you weighed 30 pounds less, you could fight next month". This is probably the 4th gym I've heard that from; coz even hard sparring doesn't exhaust me & my technique's pretty clean.

The other week, tripling up on my training really burned me out... and i probably just need more rest from it; just have this feeling like a week shoulda been enough.

I have absolutely no interest in hittin stuff at the moment and I guess that's the biggest problem.
I figured after a week of doin very little that I'd be amped to get back into the gym.
Instead, there's a significant part of me that doesn't really care if I don't go back

I've talked it over with a few people and taking a couple months off to join a swim team & drop some pounds doesn't sound like a bad idea.

I'm constantly stressed over training coz I can't get roadwork in like other fighters.
With weight being such an issue for me, this point is driven home extra hard, coz what I'm doing isn't really working in that capacity.
I really like swimming and it's my lds cardio of choice, plus i have a history of it shedding weight off of me (in high school, college, and after).

The problem with swimming is that I'm at the level where it'd require a serious time commitment to see good results.
I have a pool I'm already paying for, but I think I'd get a lot more out of a formal practice with a coach; so that ends up being a monetary commitment as well.
If I spend 2 or 3 months swimming 3 times a week for a couple hours a shot, with some weight lifting & sprinting on the sides, I should drop a good 20 pounds.

I also keep looking at other aspects of my life and feel like I'm just letting too much drop.
I haven't been studying japanese much at all.
Aside from some lasagna last week, i haven't been cooking at all.
Haven't been taking my dog to obedience school or taking my girl dancing or a lot of the other stuff I'd said I wanted to stay on top of.

Swimming addresses this, coz a couple hours in the pool doesn't have the after-effect that a couple hours hitting the bag and sparring do; with the bumps, bruises, and sheer trauma.
I'm not going to have to walk around smelling like old people, busting out a half a tube of Icy Hot to be able to sleep at night. The nagging injuries have basically taken my normal insomnia to a whole new level. That's why I'm so un-focused in the other areas of my life.

I may just drop the muay thai down to once a week & spend more time doing the other stuff.

These are the 3 swim teams I'm considering:
http://www.geocities.com/bjbigsplash/
http://www.mastersofsouthtexas.org
http://www.nisd.net/aquaww

I'm leaning towards the first one with both am and pm practices.
Probably call tomorrow.

PS
Rock-
nice website.
I do get at least 2 massages a week from my girl.
Wow, brandon's really improved, hope he does well.
You really don't like my workouts huh?
Oso-
Ultimately, yeah, I'd just like a little more balance.

[Suntzu]

You really don't like my workouts huh?

i'm more of a Westside/"Hybrid" guy atm.... the stuff u are doing isn't bad tho.. just giving u sh!t.....

[Pork Chop]

i'm more of a Westside/"Hybrid" guy atm.... the stuff u are doing isn't bad tho.. just giving u sh!t.....

Well I'm doing it more for hypertrophy, coz I'm tired of looking like Louie Simmons


Went to muay thai today.
Kru wasn't there so I explained my situation to the assistant instructors and wrote the gist of it down on the sign in sheet next to my name.

They didn't argue with me, kinda seemed to understand where I was coming from.
Especially after i explained that weight's my biggest issue, that I'm not losing much weight from the workout, and the weight is putting a lot of added stress on my body doing the workout - putting a lot of wear & tear on this old body.

Went through class.
Was not a normal class.
Kung fu guy down there took over.
So we did a TON of calisthenics.
BTW- at the start of the workout the official reading for san antonio was 98 degrees; cooled down to 91 by the end.

I did what I could but we weren't resting, just wave after wave of bodyweight exercises.
My shoulder was shot so by the time we got to 8 count (2 pushup) burpees, I only did a few of the 10, but made up for it with the 10 reps of 1-2 sprawl.
At least I made it through the 75 pushups in the first part of the workout.
We even did horse stance drills & wing chun chain punching.
Some of the more pointless stuff I had a hard time really pushing it.
The front half of the class also missed the first half of the workout, so those of us in the back felt like we were slacking - when i looked over, the other 2 guys with me were dying also.

We did some bags and pads.
That was kinda the easy part.
I knocked out the roundkick holder. LOL
He was using an old-fashioned big kicking shield for catching roundkicks to the body and it was just way too much stress on his ribs & abs; poor choice by the instructor.

Finished up with some boxing pad work.
Sharp pains in my shoulder but i think i did alright.

When I do start swimming, I may have to ease into it a little slow.