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nice! checked it out and looks like its a good base for me. I threw in some capoeira basic moves like au's and replaced the deadlift is a different type of squat motion. (cocorinha and negativa) gonna give this a shot starting tuesday! thanks for the help!

I bike to work most days as well. Its only 5 miles one way so nothing crazy. Enough distance to wake up but not enough to make me sweat much. I feel it helps my work so much! no more road rage, also i feel more energetic at work. My managers love it, cause I've gotten praise on my quality of work since i started commuting. As for fitness, I do notice my stamina went up. I am able to push just a little bit harder than I used to, so overall its better. I think its mainly because my breathing is so much more controlled now. My body fat also melted off when i started biking to work. Have fun and be safe! There's some crazy drivers out there!

yea! it was crazy to come out and see a bunch of mestre's from all over the world. Had a few fly in from brazil and germany. Some came down from San Francisco too. We had a 3 hour session, and had close to 100 people there training at one time from 4 or 5 different schools. It was wild! What do you guys do for your challenges? I saw they just did a 500 kicks challenge. When's the next one, u guys know?

Salve! I'm training with CECR [Centro de Estudo da Capoeira Regional], it's a really small group of people, out here in LA. But great thing is our Mestre (Reco) knows some of the student who trained directly with Mestre Bimba. Specifically, Mestre Nenel (Mestre Bimba's son) came out for our formatura. It was awesome to get to talk to him about his dad (Mestre Bimba) and how Capoeira Regional was created.

Just got back from playing capoeira tonight! and found this thread. awesome!! if you guys are in LA and wanna play let me know!

Found Nerd Fitness a few weeks back, and finally committed today to make myself accountable. Here's my back story: Born overseas in Japan, moved to the US... Moved every year since birth, up until I was about 5 years old. As a result, my older brother was born in California, I was born in Japan, and my younger brother was born in Vermont. Each about 2 years apart. Finally settling down in NY. Then moved back to Japan in Middle school for a few years. I used to spend every other summer in California with my mom's family or in Japan with my dad's family. I also went to weekend school, so I never had time for sports growing up. Now I'm settled down in Los Angeles Area and i'm loving it. I was raised as a road warrior, and as a result never got into the groove of a stable lifestyle. But I hit my moment of change in January 2012. I weighed in at 195 lbs and 5'8". I was happy but still unhappy if you know what I mean. For years, my weight fluctuated anywhere from 170 to 185, taking me on a weight and health roller coaster. I got tired of it... So i decided to change..... I trained and trained and trained, until in June 2012 I came in 170 lbs and lost 2-3 inches on my waist. Since then I was able to maintain my current weight of 170, dropping my body fat % by 5-6% over the past year. Today, i find myself in the situation where I'm losing my motivation. With no where to turn... I decided to do some research... being a NERD and all... I felt it was the logical solution... then... I FOUND NERD FITNESS!! I loved the blogs and the view on fitness here. Until now, I never really felt like i bonded with that "fitness" group. fitness to me is fun and a life style, not who's got more weights or who can grunt the loudest. If I was to pick a class... I guess it would be MONK? Because of my love for Capoeira. It's the one form of martial art that puts music / dance / martial arts all into one neat flowing form. It's beauty is in its ability to always change and adapt. Much like myself growing up. I look forward to our journey together! P.S. If there's anyone else that plays Capoeira... I would love to connect