Broadsword Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 Hello, I'm 37, 240, and 6'4". In the past, I tried my hardest to try to bulk up in muscle mass, but I never could, no matter how much I lifted or how clean I ate. However, I was able to walk a full marathon and run a few half marathons about eight years ago. I swam a full mile in a lap pool here and there as well. I just read recently that one main reason ectomorphs like me have such a hard time building mass is because our limbs are so long, so doing a full rep of anything is significantly harder than it would be for someone shorter...which makes a lot of sense (less distance to move the weight, pushing or pulling it). Anyway, I am a software developer, and a gamer (shoot-em-ups and JRPGs are my top genres) and I consider myself a warrior at heart. But with my bent towards endurance activities like swimming and running, my past failures with weight training, and my interest in boxing, I could be a monk, could I? I never played regular sports. Only sports I ever liked were combat sports like boxing, martial arts, etc. I played competitive laser tag for all seven years I was in college...lot of what you use in the maze would carry over to the ring (agility, footwork, speed, accuracy, cunning, strategy, etc.). So where would be a good place to begin? I know I need some weight training and I haven't done any in over a year, and I'd like to eventually get into good enough shape to spar someone in the ring and maybe compete in an amateur bout or two. I just want to start seeing some results and making some progress of some kind. Thank you! - Bradford Quote - Bradford "The Broadsword" Link to comment
Kathleen's Adventure Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 Does your town/city have a martial arts club? Or even better a mixed martial arts club, then you could try out several and see which style you want to start learning in and branch out? Quote Link to comment
rockybalbooty Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 Do you have some light hand weights and a jump rope? Don't laugh. You can jump rope. I run a boxing/mma gym. I would start with rope, shadow boxing and add weights. If you're near a gym, awesome! Quote Link to comment
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