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The TFP Health Club

Discussion in 'Tilted Life and Sexuality' started by Mister Coaster, Dec 9, 2011.

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  1. Craven Morehead

    Craven Morehead Very Tilted

    Location:
    third rock from the sun
    Craven Morehead, Jul 10, 2013
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  2. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member


    I already use MyFitnessPal and Endomondo, which they didn't mention but I find more flexible than RunKeeper for tracking my activity, since I ride my bike and don't run (doctor's orders). Plus, the Galaxy S4 has SHealth, which functions pretty well as a pedometer (its other features need to be fleshed out).
     
    snowy, Jul 10, 2013
    #542
  3. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Next week, I'm up for a contract renewal at the dojang.

    I will be making the leap to hapkido this time. It's only an extra $15 a month to do both hapkido and Muay Thai, so it's totally worth it.

    I tried out a hapkido class today after Muay Thai. We were doing some grappling. There's a shit ton more thinking than with the striking I'm used to. I think I'll like it.

    But it will also mean training up to two hours a day three days a week. I can split it out to smaller time chunks over more days, but I'll see how either way works.

    TL;DR: Starting next week, I'm beginning MMA training.
     
    Baraka_Guru, Jul 13, 2013
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  4. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    Fantastic.

    Too bad it won't save you on the 27th.

    ...

    I'm a late-late gym-goer. I don't like getting up early and working out (somehow survived that in the military) and as a night owl, I prefer to roll into the gym at 8, finish at 10 and pass out sometime around midnight. My ideal schedule.

    I wonder how those early morning people do it. Or the people that do it on a long lunch break. After I work out I just wanna eat everything and sit around in my underwear for two hours. Wouldn't be very useful if I was in an office.
     
    Last edited: Jul 13, 2013
    Plan9, Jul 13, 2013
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  5. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    I know....

    I'm going to need more time!
     
    Baraka_Guru, Jul 13, 2013
    #545
  6. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    First dude to break the other dude's arm gets to drive the other guy to the hospital.

    ...

    3 miles incline at military+ pace, dumbbell chest press until failure, low squats until dangerous and and V-ups until intense burning sensation.

    I need meat. All the meat.
     
    Last edited: Jul 13, 2013
    Plan9, Jul 13, 2013
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  7. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Tapping out is for pussies.

    /spoiledbyfreehealthcare
     
    Baraka_Guru, Jul 13, 2013
    #547
  8. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    You win by default.

    America. :(
     
    Plan9, Jul 13, 2013
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  9. Cayvmann

    Cayvmann Very Tilted

    Location:
    Central North Carolina
    Cayvmann, Jul 14, 2013
    #549
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  10. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Correction: Everyone needs an '80s style training montage....
     
    Baraka_Guru, Jul 14, 2013
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  11. THEPRISEINFERNO

    ThePriseInferno Slightly Tilted

    I've been kind of slacking on training lately. Trying to watch what I eat more (while still trying to stay within a pretty stringent budget), and trying to ride my bike more, but I just haven't gotten to the gym, and it's showing in my energy levels. Time to re-double my efforts.
     
    ThePriseInferno, Jul 14, 2013
    #551
  12. Cayvmann

    Cayvmann Very Tilted

    Location:
    Central North Carolina
    So, post knee surgery, my legs are back to their normal strength. Now I have to find a gym with a squat rack and no frigging "lunk" alarm. I would also like to occasionally expel air out of my lungs without getting a snide look from staff. Planet Failure is just not a good gym, at all. Although me and the wife did work out together yesterday...
     
    Cayvmann, Jul 15, 2013
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  13. Cayvmann

    Cayvmann Very Tilted

    Location:
    Central North Carolina
    benched 345 for a set of three today. I'll take it. Now I need a nice soft chair to rest my poor old bones
     
    Cayvmann, Jul 15, 2013
    #553
  14. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    I'm down 7 lbs. from when I started shaping up again. My buddy says my biceps are bigger than his are. They're bigger than my husband's! Now all I have to do is cut that tricep flab. More kickbacks and dips are in my future.
     
    snowy, Jul 15, 2013
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  15. CinnamonGirl

    CinnamonGirl The Cheat is GROUNDED!

    Location:
    Central Republic of Where-In-The-Hell
    The Oatmeal inspired me to get up this morning and go for a run. Feelin' pretty awesome right now.
     
    CinnamonGirl, Jul 16, 2013
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  16. Japchae

    Japchae Very Tilted

    Neglect sleep and reliance on hotel food results in an unhappy body.
    I need to get started again on Thursday. I feel like poop.
     
    Japchae, Jul 16, 2013
    #556
  17. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    So apparently I'm joining the hapkido crew at the beginning of the striking curriculum in their cycle. Two things: 1) I think this is good for easing myself into their game. After training in Muay Thai for a year, striking has become much more natural for me. 2) Last night I spent 2 hours doing striking combos, being that I did back-to-back classes of Muay Thai and hapkido.

    This morning I feel like I did an upper body day at the local iron dungeon.

    The hapkido class was interesting because it had context (where striking fits into the hapkido "tool box") and variations that deviated from what we normally do in Muay Thai, which focuses fairly rigidly on the foundations/basics. So I wasn't doing exactly the same thing for two classes, but it did involve two hours of punching.

    In hapkido class, I felt like a black sheep among the white hapkido uniforms (I was wearing a black T-shirt and shorts), but by Wednesday I should have my own uniform and white belt. Between the two classes, I will be going from black to white and back again. We don't have our official Kru Muay Thai uniforms yet, but they're coming, and they're black.
     
    Baraka_Guru, Jul 16, 2013
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  18. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Started the walking portion of my training for Toronto today. 2.5 miles. The plan is to increase by a mile a day until my body can accommodate all the walking we plan on doing in Toronto. Shouldn't be a problem--I hike 4 miles every couple of weeks and walk pretty regularly. I just rarely keep track of how much.

    Also, I've been on keto for a week now. It's been incredible! My energy levels are totally different. I had zero "keto flu" because from my previous experience with it, I knew I needed to down serious amounts of water.
     
    snowy, Jul 16, 2013
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  19. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    Yowl Montage (TM).
     
    Plan9, Jul 16, 2013
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  20. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    That's totally how it went...

    I'm working my way up to a VW Bus.
     
    snowy, Jul 16, 2013
    #560
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