that's why I haven't worked out in a while, I feel like I have to choose only one and stick with it. Now do I want to only look tough, or do I want to actually be tough?

he faps

haha

See fapping response.

Gotta do what you gotta do

no lie... I have been fapping less since learning mgtow/rp... is it just me? like, it just annoys me now sometimes

I try to harness my sexual drive into work haha

"transmutation" or whatever that is

@Sigma I think if I lifted once or twice a week and sparred/practiced 1-2 days... that would be a nice middle ground

I honestly don't give a fuck, I'm not really trying to impress that many people. Monkeys fap too in order to keep themselves healthy. I'm not much more than a smart monkey, so why not?

I tried doing a 3 day lifting split with 2 days dedicated to martial arts classes

thx btw

It was still hard to do

However, if you have that base foundation I think it's enough. I am not lifting to get super big though either nor do I compete in power lifting so once I hit my goals (500lb deadlift, 400lb back squat, 300lb bench, 200lb overhead press, 25 pullups), I would just be maintaining that or switching to a crossfit/mma regiment.

Sexual transmutation, it's really nothing more than channeling energy towards something productive

Yeah, true.

When I did kempo in college, I used to do an Athlean-X program 5 days per week on top on karate

I mean... to be ripped/powerful for fighting, do I need to be able to hit those goals I listed? not really haha

That was the peak of my physical conditioning

That's awesome.

I don't think I can ever get back to that

I was a fucking beast, but I lost it and been on and off in the gym for a couple of years

I don't know where all the energy to be able to do all of that came from, I think it's mostly because I had a workout partner who taught me everything I know about fitness

then he got a home gym and we don't work out together anymore, so I have to be more self reliant and self disciplined

I would say focus on explosive movements and plyometric training

You want to be fast AND transfer a lot of force

If you build muscle, it won't necessarily go away if you only do martial arts. I think the muscles adapt in order to be more dense, faster, explosive

I think the most important thing is: heavy compound lifts that shock the central nervous system to increase testosterone, inhibit estrogen and therefore increase muscle mass and increase lean body mass. If you eat low carbs (not good for mma/performance), high fats/medium protein and lift heavy/do hiit cardio... that's manageable. If you compete a lot and perform with high intensity all the time... I think you'd break your body down. So, I am more of the mind to focus on learning the basics to boxing/bjj and maintaining the base level of skill but focusing on a healthy physique.

I am probably wrong though or that is just ONE way... as with mgtow, there are countless ways.

I don't prefer that way... it just seems "best" and I feel "best" on it compared to doing more crossfit-type workouts and competing all the time.

You might want to just focus on learning how to fight and forget about weightlifting for a while

However, I'm also not on a level you're on with mma probably so I dunno.

Yeah?

You can weightlift at age 50 if you wanted to

True

weightlifting is safe

martial arts breaks your body down, so it's best to do it when you're young

haha

I actually thinking about forgetting about weightlifting too right now because I love punching shit too much to give it up completely

@Happy Humble Hermit Excellent video btw. I feel bad for Alex, dude. He needs to stop eating sugar/carbs for a while and drop that weight.

also my kickboxing coach is in his 60s and he's healthy, can do a full split, and has amazing fighting skills