so im looking for a new MMA gym and all the good gyms are quite a drive. just wondering how far everyone travels to get to their gym. right now i do about a 20 minute drive. how far do you guys drive?
RawckOn said:
I drive 5 minutes to my gym and 15 to the lions den whenever i go up there.
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the gym that i got for for cardio and lifting is like 3 streets away from me. my MMA gym is about 20 minutes away. funny you mention the lions den. i was just researching and theres one in my area but its an hour away.
its a nice place too.
RJCT said:
I drive about 20 minutes when I leave from home, about 40 when I go straight from work. Hitman were you referring to the Lions Den in CT?
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yes i was. why do you ask? it looks pretty good. im also considering Linkbjj. in ludlow. thats gonzagas gym. its 40 mins from work and about an hour from home.
I train in the same town as the Lions Den, I go to Modern Self Defense Center in Middletown. It's a Roy Harris school. I've trained with some the coaches they have at the Lions Den when they ran their own schools and wasn't impressed. Frank Latina I think trains there but doesn't teach anymore but he's a really cool guy. Other than that it's not great. I know Underdog BJJ in West Hartford has really good BJJ but I don't think they offer striking classes. I'll pm you the link to my school, you should come check out a class.
RJCT said:
I train in the same town as the Lions Den, I go to Modern Self Defense Center in Middletown. It's a Roy Harris school. I've trained with some the coaches they have at the Lions Den when they ran their own schools and wasn't impressed. Frank Latina I think trains there but doesn't teach anymore but he's a really cool guy. Other than that it's not great. I know Underdog BJJ in West Hartford has really good BJJ but I don't think they offer striking classes. I'll pm you the link to my school, you should come check out a class.
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yeah man maybe i'll come by sometime. i dunno if i can train full time that far away. thats about 70 minutes from my work and 90 minutes from my house. the gyms in boston are even closer than that, being like 45 minutes away and in boston theres wai kru, boston muay thai, florian martial arts (sityotdong too, but thats a lil over my head haha) and some others. we'll see tho. my dilema is that my gym wants me to sign a 6 mo. contract to take like $145 outa my checking acct once a month or pay the whole year upfront. those are the ONLY payment options they offer. the only other gym in the are charges like $165 a month and i hear they pretty much suck. i cant sign the contract because as some know i have some medical problems which may re occur and stop me from training for weeks at a time and i am not gunna pay that kinda money wether i train or not. i personally think its bulls---.
Wooow that is brutal. Yeah I thought since you mentioned LD you were closer. But yeah some gyms are charging alot these days now that it's popular to "do UFC" :roll:
RJCT said:
Wooow that is brutal. Yeah I thought since you mentioned LD you were closer. But yeah some gyms are charging alot these days now that it's popular to "do UFC" :roll:
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if i had a nickel for eveytime someone asked me if i "do ufc" i'd have i s--- load of nickels.
HITMAN1223 said:
if i had a nickel for eveytime someone asked me if i "do ufc" i'd have i s**t load of nickels.
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nice BASEketball reference.
Phenom said:
Training UFC is overrated I'm training strikeforce now
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:lol: :lol:
Hitman where in CT do you live? The lionsDen in Ct is awful, stay away from it. theres some good ones around though.
iceman22 said:
Phenom said:
Training UFC is overrated I'm training strikeforce now
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:lol: :lol:
Hitman where in CT do you live? The lionsDen in Ct is awful, stay away from it. theres some good ones around though.
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+1
iceman are you from CT?
RawckOn said:
I drive 5 minutes to my gym and 15 to the lions den whenever i go up there.
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BTW i was talking about the lions den here in arizona, which is actually a really nice gym. I dont know anything about the one in CT.
RJCT said:
iceman22 said:
Phenom said:
Training UFC is overrated I'm training strikeforce now
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:lol: :lol:
Hitman where in CT do you live? The lionsDen in Ct is awful, stay away from it. theres some good ones around though.
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+1
iceman are you from CT?
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yea sir
HITMAN1223 said:
RJCT said:
Wooow that is brutal. Yeah I thought since you mentioned LD you were closer. But yeah some gyms are charging alot these days now that it's popular to "do UFC" :roll:
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if i had a nickel for eveytime someone asked me if i "do ufc" i'd have i s**t load of nickels.
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Easy way to explain it to them:
"Hey, don't you do UFC?"
"yeah, I hear that you do NFL!"
