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As some of you know, I dabble in bodybuilding. I have been a devout muscle head for about 6 years now and recently started to realize the toll it was taking on my joints. So I decided to go a different way. I just started MMA and never new how out of shape I was. Within the first minute I wanted to puke. 10 minutes later I couldn't breath at all. My knees are shot, I need surgery on both, but I can't wait to go back. If you want to challenge yourself, give it a try. After an hour of boxing, cardio, and abs, we finished with 50 squats, 50 pushups, 50 situps. Like I said my knees are shot so I had to pass on the squats after about 70 but I'm not quitting.

I used to box in my teens as you said a bit of fitness freak, spending hours in the gym. My kness are shot at with lifting weights etc.

I now relax in front of the telly or puter, maybe should get of my backside and start doing something again..

As Erma Bombeck used to say, "No pain - no pain...."

What is MMA?

Mixed Martial Arts. You know its derivative as Ultimate Fighting.

I know what you mean by feeling exhausted and wanting to puke. I feel that way by the time I walk from my office to my truck...

I have a good friend down under that does MMA, he loves it and sends me pictures and recently wanted me to join facebook to see a bunch of his stuff.

Is that what they do at the Pat Miletich place here locally, a little non serious fun?

No offense, but that's the problem with body building sans the atheletic pursute. I've noticed many young builders work on their upper body, but have no legs or ****** and move akwardly.

I took a highly condensed course back in '62. They didn't have a name for it but I guess that it would fall under the realm of MMA. I do know that the little Okinawan Sensei was without a doubt the baddest man I ever met.

bad hinges? lots of vitamin E, MSM, Glucosimine & /or condriodin. Ice is your friend, as is beer. I can't wait for this stem cell thing to take off, shoot some juice in me & my cartilage will grow back!

Yeah, I did a little boxing in my yute, as well as some team sports. Boxing and water polo training were by far the most strenuous.
Some of my buds were into karate and/or jujitsu, they used to run barefoot on gravel for miles .

I lift too. With a bum knee (60% of ACL gone with associated meniscus damage nine years ago) form is especially critical, keep calf perpendicular to floor when squatting or doing lunges. I credit the weight training with keeping my flexibility as long as I have. Well developed hamstrings help compensate for the deficient ACL.

The surgeon who put it back together gave me ten years until a steel and plastic knee. Nine years now and even though there's some pain sometimes, it's usually tolerable. Have to wear the CTi2 for a while occasionally.

MSM, glucosamine, chondroitin, vitamins, minerals, omega3s, protein supplements etc. .

Sometimes I overtrain a bit and get a little tendonitis (like now where the pectorals attach to the humerus, too many pushups ) so just have to rest/ice the area for a couple weeks and then get right back into it.

So anyway, enjoy your training

There was a time long ago when I worked out. I used to wrestle and took 4th in regionals, still have the medal. I also took karate when I had nothing better to do except play cards read or watch TV, involuntary vacation Now I watch TV and play on the computer when I'm not playing with my bikes or outside doing something. Not in the shape I used to be and have somewhat of a gut now.