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On 9/3/2016 at 2:24 PM, Kishi said:

Also, yeah man, that short WOD-style training just doesn't have the carryover to longer stuff that they like to pretend it does. It really doesn't. I remember, I used to train with that kind of modality a lot, and then I ended up taking a job over Christmas holidays working for UPS. I had to load trucks for hours and hours, and let me tell you: that short style of training did nothing to save me.

 

Yeah, before I became familiar with Joel Jamieson I was a huge Ross Enamait fan and HIIT nazi. Bought into all the "Tabata" BS. I killed most Sherdog conditioning challenges, and could swarm someone for three rounds. I was also constantly sympathetic-dominant with a resting heart rate of 80, which made me useless later in the Army because of a lack of cardiac output. Haha

 

On 9/4/2016 at 4:19 AM, DarK_RaideR said:

I get it. A while back when I read the articles for CF Level 1 certification and the part about building a workout talks about 3 categories of exercises (metcon, lifting, gymnastics) and 3 ways of setting up a WOD: First option has something from all three and is basically an AMRAP, second is a mix of 2 categories for time and the third is single focus taking it low and slow. This last one means something like a 10k run for metcon or a slow build up to a 1RM for one of your lifts or spending the entire workout trying to master a gymnastics skill. Obviously, mass consumption CF boxes won't really bother with that last option, unless it's memorial day doing Murph (which doesn't even happen round these parts).

 

This is what I'm having trouble with right now. I'm training for a marathon on January while maintaining some BJJ and CrossFit, and Brian MacKenzie's old CrossFit Endurance stuff seems to be all about the intervals. That camp seems to believe the exact opposite of what Alex Viada does in regards to what "junk miles" actually are. I'm deliberating whether I should log the easy miles in and just practice my Weightlifting and Gymnastics moves, keeping the overall intensity low; or incorporate running into my WODs and keep the training density up. (Of course regardless I'm consulting with the Scouts to learn how to run.)

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6 minutes ago, Machete said:

Yeah, before I became familiar with Joel Jamieson I was a huge Ross Enamait fan and HIIT nazi. Bought into all the "Tabata" BS. I killed most Sherdog conditioning challenges, and could swarm someone for three rounds. I was also constantly sympathetic-dominant with a resting heart rate of 80, which made me useless later in the Army because of a lack of cardiac output. Haha

 

Right, yeah. I still think Enamait's got good stuff to say, but in terms of carryover into the real world, it's been Pavel and Dan John for me.

 

I remember going to help some friends of mine move, and there was a cosplayer there who trains like a HIIT nazi. She got results, but she spent like a good hour or so kvetching about how sore and tired she was. And here I was, working like a Soviet, light and nimble and strong and unwavering. With no words of complaint. Which was really cool.

 

I actually felt kind of sorry for her afterward.

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Your martial arts school opened!  Yaaaay!  How's it feeling, aside from conditioning issues?

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I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever.

Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge

Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6,  #7#8, #9#10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23

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Monday, September 5th

 

Muay Thai: 3 out of 4 steps completed. Went to class.

Adulting:

Write the finale for last round's Ranger mini challenge

Send a notification mail to a friend

Send my CV to a few job posts

HWA: New episode!

Music Blog: Nnnnnngh

Lucha Underground: 19/26 episodes of Season 2 watched.

 

14 hours ago, Kishi said:

You know, I hadn't read HWA until you asked. I just checked out the most recent episode... and now I'm wondering what I've been doing with my life. This thing needs the freaking comic treatment. Get Udon on the phone for this one!

Glad to know someone's reading it, let alone liking it! Had to google Udon though. Considering the characters and flashy moves, it would indeed make for a nice comic. Or an anime even. Take the time to read through the entire thing (while the episode archive is still small :P), I'll be bold enough to say there's some interesting storylines and character development going on as time went by.

 

8 hours ago, sarakingdom said:

Your martial arts school opened!  Yaaaay!  How's it feeling, aside from conditioning issues?

Pretty good, actually. You can read most of my Muay Thai ramblings on my Battle Log (link in my signature) but here's the latest entry for your convenience:

 

"After a lot of conditioning work, we did clinching drills. Starting from controlling the back of the opponent's head, we progressed into escaping from being controlled, then added a side knee shot. It all amounted into a full on contest, which included keeping our elbows together to prevent opponents from coming in and grappling the back of our head. Pretty intense, even when I mixed it up with female athletes who kept asking me to tone it down a bit. We finished it off with punchbag conditioning, throwing rapid fire knees to the bag.

 

Fun fact 1: What made everything harder than it sounds is the stance. We're supposed to be standing on the balls of our feet, ankles never touching down. This is a balance issue but also destroys the calves in the long run.

 

Fun fact 2: I had seen others using their own jump ropes, so I brought mine too. Teacher took it away, saying it's "for speed" and handed me another instead that looked like a bullrope. Oh well, it's not like I'm trying to do double unders here. Pacing and high jumps it is, then."

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That was a lot of D_R catching up ;)  but i'm here! Just watched my first episode of Mr Robot (on regular TV) yesterday. Seems like i have to go hunting :pirate:. Also started to watch Quantico (also on TV).

 

With this talk about CF not being good for longer conditioning my RangerBrain™ kicked into gear. But since it's still on full throttle i will just keep it to myself for now, otherwise you would just end up with a long hard to follow post ;) 

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Feel free to ramble @mr_willes, we've entered the 3rd week of the challenge and this thing is only 2 pages long. This would never happen on the Ranger side of the boards ;)

 

I'm not saying CF is bad for longer conditioning, I'm saying its commercial version you can get on most boxes is, because it has to get crammed into 1 hour classes. If you have the luxury of doing your extra stuff on the side or doing longer workouts like they do at the CF Games (i.e. this year's trail run or Murph) it's all good.

 

P.S. I'm considering doing the blog post for HWA's "Pay per view" like I used to do the posts during my HWA challenge on NF; full blown dialogue, announcers calling the moves play-by-play and so on. It'll take a lot more work, but it'll be nice. I'd rather do it every now and then for a PPV than on a daily basis for my challenge.

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I was just thinking that i want to reboot some Starting Strength till the end of the year and really focus on that (goal is to get as close to RX'ing WODs when i start CF). Which means the running will probably be neglected. At the start of 2017 i'm gonna go CF and will see how that will affect my lifting at home, but i promised my StrongViking friends that next year we will do a couple of Beasts (12 Miles) that will take me somewhere between 3 and 4 hours. So if CF wont fulfill the the longer conditioning i need to do that next to the CF and lifting i do at home, and, well ... can i buy a couple of days extra a week, like one between monday and tuesday, one between wednesday and thursday, and one between saturday and sunday. That would help me out a lot! That way i can keep on doing 3 times lifting, 2 days crosffit, 2 days (trail)running, and have some leftover rest/social/family/get-stuff-done days!

 

How the hell am i gonna cram all that into a 7 day week. Maybe i do have to do some cardio in the early morning, but i already leave for work at 06:20 am. And being home at 05:30 pm i can only do one workout a day, except maybe on friday when i have the day off from work, but i also need to get stuff done at home. Saturdaymorning is occupied by taking the Dog to agility. Sunday is usually a family day, where i occasionally get a run in in the morning.

 

 

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8 hours ago, DarK_RaideR said:

we've entered the 3rd week of the challenge and this thing is only 2 pages long. This would never happen on the Ranger side of the boards

 

Most of our gif shock troops are taking a challenge off, but we can see what we can do, if you like.

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I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever.

Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge

Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6,  #7#8, #9#10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23

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13 hours ago, mr_willes said:

Why do I immediately have to think of @BlackTezca 

Because she is the gif queen, a title she has rightfully earned. BT, if you happen to drop by, please spare me the anime assassin-y gifs and go straight for the Warhammer stuff :D

 

 

Tuesday, September 6th

 

Muay Thai: 3 out of 4 steps completed. Looking at some gear and prices

Adulting: -

HWA: Hey @Kishi and @deftona, I uploaded the last episode before the "Pay per view"!

Music Blog: Nnnnnnnnnnngh

Lucha Underground: 20/26 episodes of Season 2 watched. Tomorrow is the premiere of Season 3!

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20 hours ago, mr_willes said:

Why do I immediately have to think of @BlackTezca 

 

 

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YOU RANG?!

 

AND DID SOMEONE SAY WARHAMMER 40K?!!!!

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FOR THE EMPEROR BITCHES!!!

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Race: Were-Jaguar | Class: CodeMONKey

Level: 18 | STR: 46  | DEX: 41  | STA: 35  | CON: 51  | WIS: 57 | CHA: 47

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MUAY THAI TIME

 

On 9/6/2016 at 5:18 AM, DarK_RaideR said:

I'm not saying CF is bad for longer conditioning, I'm saying its commercial version you can get on most boxes is, because it has to get crammed into 1 hour classes.

 

It feels pretty uncontroversial to me to say that what you don't do, you can't do.  Endurance is its own thing.

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I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever.

Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge

Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6,  #7#8, #9#10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23

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I SPEAK IN ALL CAPS!!!

AND NOW I GO BOLD...FOR THE EMPEROR!!!

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Race: Were-Jaguar | Class: CodeMONKey

Level: 18 | STR: 46  | DEX: 41  | STA: 35  | CON: 51  | WIS: 57 | CHA: 47

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Challenges: CURRENT

18TH | 17TH | 16TH 15TH 14TH | 13TH | 12.5TH | 12TH | 11TH |

 10TH | 9TH | 8TH 7TH | 6TH | 5TH | 4TH | 3RD | 2ND | 1ST

Accountbilbuddies: Artists unite for March/April 2017!

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"Everyone's the same height when you punch them hard enough"

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7 hours ago, DarK_RaideR said:

Much as I despise the Imperium and Ultramarines even more, W40K:Space Marine was a-ma-zing. GW licence their stuff out to pretty much everyone, which has given us mostly crappy Warhammer games, especially for fans of the Fantasy version such as myself.

Other chapters in the Imperium hate the Ultramarines...

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1 hour ago, DarK_RaideR said:

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FORGET ANGRY, IS THERE A CHAPTER UNDER HUNGRY SPACE MARINES? BECAUSE IF NOT, I'M STARTING IT

 

ALWAYS ANGRY HUNGRY, ALL THE TIME

 

Hahaha I'd join 'em if I wasn't with Tau.

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Just so impressively angry.

Race: Were-Jaguar | Class: CodeMONKey

Level: 18 | STR: 46  | DEX: 41  | STA: 35  | CON: 51  | WIS: 57 | CHA: 47

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Challenges: CURRENT

18TH | 17TH | 16TH 15TH 14TH | 13TH | 12.5TH | 12TH | 11TH |

 10TH | 9TH | 8TH 7TH | 6TH | 5TH | 4TH | 3RD | 2ND | 1ST

Accountbilbuddies: Artists unite for March/April 2017!

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"Everyone's the same height when you punch them hard enough"

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15 minutes ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Can I play too?
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Dammit!  I was saving that one. :)

 

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I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever.

Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge

Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6,  #7#8, #9#10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23

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Speaking of trains, enough de-railing already :P

 

Wednesday, September 7th

 

Muay Thai: 3 out of 4 steps completed. Second workout of the week, this time focused on sparring. I finally got to use my starter gear plus gloves, in learning pace, spacing and proper defense above all. Felt good throwing punches. I also arranged to skip Friday's training in order to attend a beach class on Saturday morning with two more schools. Adulting: -

HWA: Wait for it...

Music Blog: Nnnnnnnnnnngh

Lucha Underground: 23/26 episodes of Season 2 watched, I only have Ultima Lucha (their PPV-style event broken into episodes) left. Time zones work in my favor for once, meaning that by the time the new episode airs and I can watch it, I have an extra day to catch up. I can still salvage this goal!

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Yes. Just, yes.

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My Epic Quest | My Journey | Currently on the Trial of Orthos
Str: 60 | Dex: 23 | Sta: 66 | Con: 28 | Wis: 55 | Cha: 14

Goals for 2021:

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  • Build my brother a Destiny 2 Lamp
  • Learn how to do a Handstand
  • Play 1 song on the acoustic guitar
  • Clean up the Christmas Decorations and finish setting up my apartment (hang things up, plus some other few things that need to be organized)
  • Re-introduce Pull-ups into my routine
  • Build a shelving unit next to my Desk

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