Who here trains?

webble said:
Not the training you're looking for but I started weights last year and its made a huge difference to everything I do, posture, balance everything
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I'm a big advocate for weight training for people in middle age plus, and women especially. We have most to gain from it imo. Massive fan of yoga too. I don't do it now but highly recommend.
PNF stretching is my base. Every day since 18. I'm not super flexible but stay in decent shape due to this habit I believe.
I also got back to the gym about two years ago for operation rehab, anti-aging and sports maintenance reasons. Had immediate benefit for operation rehab and interestingly I'm just starting to see the benefits in my mountain biking and table tennis. The legs are so much more engaged and I'm getting more power in my shots than at any time since early 20s.
This is of course on the days when my knees and bunions allow me to train. Lately they are totally fine when the weather is good and worryingly bad in humidity or cold. I'm learning to adjust.
Spring is the best time.
 
Did Muay for a while but persistent shoulder injuries has just about killed that fun
 
I traned UFC at one time, but now I fish during the off season.

Actually, I train with a shotgun, on helpless clay birds.
 
I did Muay Thai for years when I was younger. Decent amount of TMA when I was really young. But nothing since my twenties.

I also trained a lot for shooting competitions and had my eyes on IDPA. Never got very far due to time constraints.
 
I used to train BJJ & MMA. Had a decent top game for a perpetual white belt lol. I moved around from gym to gym training no gi, so I was never in a belt system. I went toe 2 toe with a solid purple belt once, but I'm a heavy weight and he was probably 185.
Anyway...im fat.
 
I miss regular training. Was 4 nights a week as a kid. Boxing and Taekwondo
 
Did generalized MMA training for 5ish yrs, until cancer took my teeth and I could no longer really box.

So, I switched to just staight BJJ about a decade ago.

I'm now a 2 stripe brown belt, though that's been put on hold due to A) gym shut down classes due to a number of issues and B) since my seizure, I'm on hold until we're more sure I'm not gonna suffer another one. Due to class shutdown, i was mainly training with a friend in his garage.
 
Did karate (Shotokan) as a little kid. I dabbled in boxing in middle school and high school but never got any good at it. MMA wasn't really an option for me growing up as there were no gyms in the area.. sport really didn't get rolling along until I was in high school and even then it was niche.

I was good at sports though. Ended up being a preferred walk-on at Ohio State for their track and field team (many years ago) as a 400 and 600 meter runner. They eventually wanted to make me an 800 meter runner, but injuries derailed all that. Also led my team that won the CYO championship for basketball for all of Chicago. Got a look from Ohio States coaches to play basketball, but their advice was "if you grow 4 inches come back and we'll have a spot for you... until then, you're 6'2 but with your skillset you need to be 6'6-6'7 to play D1/Power 5", which was entirely true.

If anyone has any questions about sprint or middle distance training (likely for their kids, but if anyone is interested in getting into it at the masters level) feel free to ask away.

I'm currently training my daughter (she's 13) to be the best cheerleader she can be. It's been an interesting learning experience to figure out what strength and conditioning stuff from track translates into cheer, and what doesn't work so well.
 
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Gave up MMA about 10 years ago. Still work out 4-5 days per week though. I think I'm heading for another rotator cuff surgery soon, though. Just started physical therapy which I do not expect to help at all, but you have to check those boxes before insurance will start approving expensive scans and other measures.
 
Brick said:
Gave up MMA about 10 years ago. Still work out 4-5 days per week though. I think I'm heading for another rotator cuff surgery soon, though. Just started physical therapy which I do not expect to help at all, but you have to check those boxes before insurance will start approving expensive scans and other measures.
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Oh, you’re here! Good to see.
I’ve turned over a new leaf and am now very serious.
Hope the shoulder gets better. Great that you train so often. I train three times a week and more than that seems damaging for me. We’re all different though when it comes to recovery and DOMS especially.
 
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