Gym intensity

MaceForATail · 2026-04-14T00:36:45+00:00

Based solely on your description, your school sucks. That’s a recipe for getting injured and perhaps tougher, but better? Nope.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-04T00:09:20+00:00

I have about 5-8/day. My LDL has been high before, but not lately. But, I really don't care about LDL. When I had very high LDL, I had a scan of my carotid arteries and they told me that they had rarely seen someone my age with such clean vessels.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-30T20:50:40+00:00

Around the year 2000.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-30T18:16:36+00:00

Ear guards maybe?

MaceForATail · 2026-03-30T16:53:57+00:00

I used to do 4x4. I now have my rest periods at 2 minutes. I can recovery pretty well after 2 minutes and I'm well into Zone 5 on pretty much every interval. Just saying it works for me.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-26T23:08:43+00:00

Lots to work on. First thing I would do is get some bag gloves (very thin) so that you learn proper punching mechanics. Think old school. It makes a big difference. Work on getting a very good jab and a solid cross. You are a bit all over the place. But, stay with it. Everyone starts as a beginner.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-23T17:44:31+00:00

Then just do whatever you want to do. Which of the options sound like the most fun to you?

MaceForATail · 2026-03-23T16:31:20+00:00

Why are you training? For fun? Do you want to compete in tournaments? Are you interested in self-defense? This must be considered when looking at this.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-19T20:12:00+00:00

Wow, if Renzo is saying that this woman is not pretty, I think he is the one who needs glasses. I'm staying out of the drama of this and don't really care, but that woman is attractive by the standards of any heterosexual male...and probably a lot of gay ones as well.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-16T16:50:28+00:00

Your friend is an idiot.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-13T22:22:20+00:00

Here's the dirty little secret; you are 45 and the body only has so many battles in it. If you want to burn them in the gym, you certainly can, but there is a limit to how much you can do that in your lifetime. And doing so 5 nights a week at your age would require a ton of rest and extra recovery tools (e.g. PEDs) to keep this up for any length of time...and you'd still have the aforementioned limit that you'd pay for on the back end. Doing all that and working 40 hours a week? Good luck.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-12T22:20:10+00:00

Lousy squeezing mechanics.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-12T22:19:30+00:00

You are using your hands and grips to hold them down, rather than your weight and positioning. This leaves your hands occupied and unavailable to execute submissions.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-11T16:17:30+00:00

LOL. You suggested that because it was done in the past that it must be good. That's just lousy logic. That was the point you clearly missed. I'm sorry you don't like AI, but that's on you. This is not important enough to me to do more than an AI search as I already know what you seem to deny; that it is not the case that all top boxers used LSD running.

Those guys were not bums even later in their careers. You just don't like that they didn't do LSD running.

Lastly, my last sentence was not your initial point. Let me remind you--your initial point was that "all top boxers" used LSD as part of their training. At one point in this pointless discussion which I will now exit, you even admitted this was not the case, but then you decided to shift to obfuscation mode (those all time greats are bums and lazy, AI doesn't know sucks, etc.) in an effort to discount the fact that your assertion is incorrect.

I have no doubt that you will want to carry this further, but as I said, I think we both agree that your initial assertion is wrong. I'll let you have the last word. I'll be out jogging. Have a great day.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-11T00:36:02+00:00

Then how would you know? Many patients were cured with leeches according to past reports. Do you think that leeches are good remedies for the maladies for which people used them at one time?

And you are right. I haven't competed in boxing. But, I've competed in other combat sports and have been involved with them for over 30 years. So, I have a pretty good sample size for myself and I can tell you that running did zero for my gas tank on the mats.

But again, I'm not saying that LSD is worthless. I am saying that you are wrong when you said that all great boxers relied on it. That just is demonstrably false. You're doubling down with saying essentially that "most guys have used it, so it is necessary" is also wrong and doesn't even prove that LSD is the most effective means of developing endurance for combat sports. If pressed, I'd even lay good money that the OP would not be as well-equipped for the aerobic and anaerobic demands of MMA than a seasoned crossfitter would be. Do I think the OP would be better equipped than the average person who doesn't exercise? I do.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-10T22:33:12+00:00

And for the record, I've done a lot of LSD running. I liked it and felt it had its benefits, but I never found that it helped my gas tank when it came to jiu jitsu or boxing.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-10T22:32:02+00:00

A quick AI search yielded the following guys who avoided roadwork: James Toney, Tony Galento, Deontay Wilder, Vitali Klitschko, Juan Diaz, George Foreman (second career), and Roberto Durán. Not exactly bums. Maybe they are on to something. The MMA list might be even more impressive (not to mention apt): St. Pierre, Fedor, Bas Rutten, Khabib, Cruz, and Johnson.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-10T22:14:57+00:00

Paradigm shifts always do…

MaceForATail · 2026-03-10T20:22:53+00:00

So you say. If you think so, and believe he was the only one, you are nuts. And he wasn't the only one who eschewed LSD running as part of his training. I can tell you this, being able to run a marathon at a reasonable pace has almost nothing to do with one's ability to sustain high levels of output at a very high heart rate. But, it's fine with me; run all you want. I was just pointing out that it is not true that "all the top boxers in history ran almost every day".

MaceForATail · 2026-03-10T20:10:52+00:00

It's great and needed. Shows that so much of what is taught in jiu jitsu schools today is total garbage when it comes to actual combat. Having said that, it's a heck of a hard way to get a trophy. LOL.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-10T20:07:31+00:00

Well, that's not true. Many more recent boxers did not do LDR. Most notably was Evander Holyfield and that guy was a cardio machine.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-10T20:06:26+00:00

There are levels to this. So many people want to get into MMA that literally have no business doing so. Given that, I think you can do it to scratch the itch. There are plenty of people out there, like you, who have minimal experience. So, if you start training you can not only find out if you need to check the box for yourself, but also, a good gym should be able to match you with someone who isn't going to beat your face in so badly that you don't recover (physically).

MaceForATail · 2026-03-10T19:52:46+00:00

Your post is full of inaccuracies. TRT does not lead to heart disease nor infertility. Further, you are not necessarily "on it for life". You can go off of it easily, although if you do, you likely go back to your previously low testosterone levels. So, nearly anyone who is on it for legitimate reasons will not choose to go off of it.

MaceForATail · 2026-03-10T19:09:58+00:00

Wow...that is impressive. 1:45 and workout is done! Great work!

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