Thanks for confirming my beliefs, and what an exellent thread, these guys should head on over. :good You must be a nutritionist of sorts?
No...I'm too busy trying to understand and spell what my wife is telling me in German on another thread
Well im sitting at 84kgs but getting pressured to cut down to 77kgs which is welterweight in MMA..Its all about getting my bod down to walking around at 80-81 pre fight comfortably..But having been 86 with next to no fat through my former pro footy days i havent a clue if 77 is out of reach or not.. I am kind of in a **** postion..If i could get down to welter i would be a big one for sure but im probably i smallish middleweight as most of them walk around at 90ish and cut to the 84.. Im 24 now so i got time on my side but **** its hard when you are working aswell.I have been teeing up some future sponsors after i HOPEFULLY get a few wins under my belt..
Can I ask a question of you blokes? I spent most of my early life at Sea. A rolling deck is not a good place to exercise. The modern science of fitness has overtaken a lot of the old ways, however, the muscular system hasn't changed. Fitness fanatics back then used to do a form of calisthenics. It entailed re-active stress tests, such as pitting one limb against the other etc. Such as, place one fist in the palm of the other hand, take a deep breath then push one against the other with every ounce of power you can muster, then count to 10. You can do these exercises sitting in a chair (shoulders & torso). In a doorway, pushing with arms down or up. Legs, head, etc, wherever there is immovable resistance. You use one part of you body to strengthen the other. Most ordinary people would do 5 of these exercises & in a matter of a couple of minutes & be absolutely exhausted. You can do them all day no matter where you are, & they will burn calories & tension muscle. Do any of you do these exercises these days?
Havent done that, will look it up and give it a go.. I used to do something similar like holding a 1kg weight in my hand then fully extending my arm, after a few minutes that 1kg feels like 10
There's no real study necessary Bushy. All you have to do is almost bust a blood vessel for a 10 count. Originally they advocated 6 seconds. Just try the fist in hand. You'll see what I mean about exertion.
Sweet, My grandfather was in the British Navy during the second world war. He was a plumber on board a merchant ship (forget the ships name). Ive been watching Battle 360 on my computer which is about USS Enterprise and it has me hooked. The things it had to endure was crazy. Makes me wanna get into the navy.
"Makes me wanna get into the navy." I think you can do a lot worse in todays techno age. My grandson is in the RAAF & his mate Dave is in the Navy. They're both AT's (Aircraft technician). Dave loves the Old Seaking choppers but I think he is in denial now because they're going to retire them all & replace them with new ****.
I reckon the size advantage is really important for boxing as it just makes life easier, but i'm aware mma requires more muscle mass. I haven't ever had to make a concentrated cut focusing on muscle tissue but I would be intrigued as to how you get on if you could update me on the run up to your weigh in that would be great. Also is your coach supervising your weight cut or are you just going off your own bat? I know these as isometric exercises and a lot lot of trainers use them in conjunction with explosive movements using the same muscle group to develop a static - dynamic exercise e.g. holding a press up position for x amount of time then follow it immediately with x amount of clap press ups. In terms of boxing I have heard Ariza (pacs conditioner) talk of using them on manny and khan. Personally I would never do just isometrics on their own but as another facet to training it is worth exploring deeper if you are unfamiliar.
