sayakaijin Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 Hi peeps! I'm Jeffrey, 29 year old, Asian-European guy from Arnhem (The Netherlands). I'm a Blizzard fanboy, love sci-fi, everything Star Trek, Gundam and Mass Effect. I love to roleplay, either in digital games or in board games. I'm also a great cook and consider the kitchen the most social place in my house. My journey begins in 2013. When I'm fed up of my lack of energy and overweight. I started walking, cycling, swimming and eating better. Cutting down from 95 kilo's (209lbs) to 69 Kilo's (149lbs), with a height of 1,77 meters. I felt a lot fitter and most of all, happier! In 2014 I picked up MMA as a sports and have combined both MMA and Fitness (Strength training) till this day. I've also implemented a few easy-life-hacks to help me in my daily life: - A step counter to ensure a minimum of 10.000 daily steps- Working on the 3th floor, I always fetch drinks downstairs on the main floor, and I always fetch my own drinks.- I never skip a lunchtime walk, no matter the weather (colleagues think I'm crazy)- I've always got a water bottle where I can see and reach it- When waiting I never sit still, at home for example I try push-ups and when I can choose to stand instead of sit, I do so. My adventure did not come without it's struggles. I have a very low self esteem and a great deal of performance anxiety. Till this day, every single time I had left for the gym, I had done so feeling anxious and sick. Having to literally push myself out of that door! And even though 99% of the days I return home feeling amazing, it doesn't change how I feel. My greatest enemy is my mind. I can't help compare myself to others. Being relative-new to fitness and a small guy to Dutch standards, I always find myself fighting against big, muscular, strong men (and women). (On the bright side, always fighting bigger man has turned me into an escape-artist when it comes to grappling) My performance anxiety is an enemy because it slows me down. For example, I want to try that one extra plate when Dead lifting, but instead of pushing myself I convince myself I can't or shouldn't and thus don't even try! The past year I've not once visited a public gym for fitness. I bought some basic equipment for home. I did manage to push myself more, and I did make progress. Yet still it feels empty and lonely. I would give a lot for finding a gym buddy that shares the 'way of the warrior' training style. That is why yesterday I enrolled to a public gym again... Once again I felt that sickness inside of me when leaving, but all I got to do now is push through! When I found NF, It not just hit the spot in terms of common-nerd-ground, it just felt good straight away. I’ve checked sites like bodybuilding.com often, but I never felt comfortable to post, yet here I’ve posted on my 3th day in. I'm a wanderer, a listener. I strongly believe in: when you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new. This is why I will most likely be a lurker, but know I already love and appreciate the things I am reading here and when I feel I can give back to this community, I promise to do so. My goal is balance of the mind and body! My adventure focuses on becoming a better Monk, not just through skill and physical development, but also through the mind, to overcome my anxiousness, to find a calm of mind, to find inner strength and self-confidence as much as physical strength. 1 Quote Wandering Monk | Instagram(Still reading up on how all these stats work) "There is no greater joy than walking the world, writing your story.It is the wanderer's way" - Chen Stormstout Link to comment
RedStone Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 Hi Sayakajin! Welcome I'm kinda new too, and have a similar problem. Fortunately, in the two-ish weeks I've been here, the super kind folks have encouraged me and seen me through to tour a few gyms, and I've found a wonderful fit for me that I'll be signing up with after my free trial week is over. (That's not to say that I have any interest in going today... I kind of woke up on the wrong side of the bed, but I suppose I will anyway. I always feel better after ) Good luck with your new gym and if you ever need encouragement or just a friendly chat, we're here! Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
Hyperion Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 Well sounds like we are pretty much twins already. Except that i talk all the time! Happy to have you here Quote Link to comment
sayakaijin Posted March 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Well sounds like we are pretty much twins already. Except that i talk all the time! Happy to have you here We are? that's awesome! Well talk all the time + quiet guy = Balance, isn't it Quote Wandering Monk | Instagram(Still reading up on how all these stats work) "There is no greater joy than walking the world, writing your story.It is the wanderer's way" - Chen Stormstout Link to comment
Hyperion Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 exactly! i've heard that dutch fighters spar quite heavily! is that true in mma too? Quote Link to comment
sayakaijin Posted March 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 I don't know if we spar heavier than other cultures, but we are a very small country. Meaning that from top North to, bottom South, is easily driven up and down in a single day. This means that top fighters can easily train with each other without having to book hotels or whatever. So I guess it might also be accessability to proper opononents and challengers? Dojo's really know each other, trainers know each other, and its not hard to find a connection to trainers and people that fight professionally. And since MMA isn't a licensed or official sports, the scene is small(ish). Do I make sense here??? Quote Wandering Monk | Instagram(Still reading up on how all these stats work) "There is no greater joy than walking the world, writing your story.It is the wanderer's way" - Chen Stormstout Link to comment
Hyperion Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 yes you do! i'm a finn myself and few of my friends have spent time in netherland training kickboxing. and they said that technically finnish and dutch kickboxers are pretty similar, yet dutch fighters spar a lot harder and a lot more so maybe it's a national thing 1 Quote Link to comment
sayakaijin Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Technique is very very important... we all know this scheme i guess: 1. Technique > 2. Stamina > 3 Strength, however technique training is usually slower and involves more thinking (duh), it only really comes into practice when sparring, when you need to use it "for real". I think overall our training is made up of (ex warmup/cooldown): - 45% sparring- 30% technique training- 25% stamina/strength/endurance training Once every so often we also spar for an entire training, so 1,5 hours of 2 minute sparring matches, no breaks... those are epic! Especially for endurance, at the end you dont have much left, or strength, so its all relying on technique. 1 Quote Wandering Monk | Instagram(Still reading up on how all these stats work) "There is no greater joy than walking the world, writing your story.It is the wanderer's way" - Chen Stormstout Link to comment
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