Get up. Move faster.

So, I have returned to Bullshido to continue to blog about my training.

I have repeatedly tried to blog about my training on some of my own pages, but I get too bored with myself,
and also appreciate the comments from the people here that are in the know.

My first blog on Bullshido was basically about me discovering the shiny new world of modern martial arts, in contrast to the internet-less martial culture that I had been raised with.

My second blog on this site actually featured some pretty decent training,
but was probably overshadowed by my year-long and luckily fairly successful battle with clinical depression.

This third blog will hopefully tell more pleasant stories,
especially since the next year has more than enough potential for awesomeness:
It looks like I will be sidelined from December '10 until late September '11,
while waiting for the start of a sort of post-grad program.

This leaves me with almost an entire calendar year without long-dated contractual obligations, and will grant me the opportunity to live up to my
screen name and travel a bit.

Therefore, this blog will probably be part travelogue, part training account,starting with next Thursday,
when I finally get back to regular training after the first exam term ends.

Training-wise, my possibilities in MMA will obviously be limited due to the frequent relocating.
Because of this, and because I am not sure if my health insurance will fully cover the gap year, I will postpone my ambition to get into ammy Kickboxing or MMA,
and focus on general, overall fitness and strength training.

For now, my goal until next year solely consists in mastering the kettlebell:
I am currently training with a 16 kg weight.
If I can comfortably handle the 24 kg kettlebell next year by this time,
this will already be a big accomplishment in my own eyes.

If I could snatch myself a blue belt in BJJ in addition to that,
that would already be far more than I would expect as of today.

As a mid-term goal, I want to work on my conditioning,
so that I can comfortably perform a hundred pushups and crunches
by the end of the exam season in late November,
in addition to twenty pullups.

As of today, I weigh 73 kg on a size of 5’ 8’'.
Let’s see how that will change once I begin with a good (non-“I have to study and eat what I find in the fridge”) diet again.

As always, I will appreciate any input on the matters of life and training,
and wish everyone else good luck on their own endeavors to suck less/get better!

Honor y fuerza,

Rafe

Did you miss the part at the top of this page that clearly states,

Exclusively for posting individual training logs. One thread per user.
?

This is your third thread in this section. Your inability to follow basic directions is noted.

Hey JNP, do training log threads get purged after a while? I can’t find my old one.

…Which was my problem as well. At least I could not locate them via the site’s search function. - Which I found rather annoying, to be frank, because the thread was just abandoned for about two or three months.

Also, I was under the impression that each time a new segment in training was begun, we could open a new thread.

But, hey, no prob, move the thread to YMAS, if you like. I don’t mind posting in public, now that I don’t suck that badly any more.

http://www.bullshido.net/forums/search.php?searchid=3638360

You have to remember to change the date range on the advanced search to ever find your stuff.

Yah. Found it eventually by remembering what I named the thread, and using that as the search criteria instead of looking for my threads. Now it’s all updated and shit.

No they don’t. They just fall of the forum list due to lack of traffic.

I found all of Pilgrim’s training log threads by clicking on the “Search” button at the top right of the page. Then “Advanced search” followed by setting the option tabs to “threads” instead of “posts”. I entered his username and selected the “training logs” forum in the big dropdown menu. I left the title tab empty.

[quote=Pilgrim;2426388]…Which was my problem as well. At least I could not locate them via the site’s search function. - Which I found rather annoying, to be frank, because the thread was just abandoned for about two or three months.

Also, I was under the impression that each time a new segment in training was begun, we could open a new thread.[/quote]
No. What part of “One thread per user” is hard for you to understand?

I was thinking to merge the existing training log threads instead.

Search function doesn’t work for me; then again, I am using Opera from this computer.

Do so then, please.

I’d prefer you delete the old ones, though, and leave this one.

I was not sad to be rid of some of the old shit, no doubt about that.

[quote=Pilgrim;2426421]I’d prefer you delete the old ones, though, and leave this one.

I was not sad to be rid of some of the old shit, no doubt about that.[/quote]
Phrost is pretty emphatic about nothing being deleted.

I can move your other training log threads to YMAS or a relatively forgotten section of Trollshido if you’d prefer.

I can also remove all of these posts discussing this matter to YMAS or Trollshido out of this log if you’d like.

Thanks, Jnp, that’s very kind!

Yeah, just throw the other threads into YMAS or Trollshido, wherever you prefer.

But please leave the recent posts in this thread. That way there is at least a chance I don’t forget about the “one poster - one thread” rule in this section. :coffee:

Also, if you indeed take it upon yourself to clean up all my crap, could you please be so friendly and exchange the dead link in my first post here with this new one?

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w151/Des_the_Blackmoorian/2007_stardust_037.jpg

I will put some more work in this blog than I have done with the others, and I want it, more than being just a list of reps and sets, to be a good read and look somewhat less messy.

Timelock on the edit option is vital for YMAS, but somewhat annoying in other parts of the board… :wink:

[quote=jnp;2426615]
I can also remove all of these posts discussing this matter to YMAS or Trollshido out of this log if you’d like.[/quote]

Also, thinking about it twice, maybe removing all those posts wouldn’t be that bad - as I said, I am really putting some work into the articles I write this time.

So, what’s the state of the affair?

I won’t use this thread without your permission, just to be clear.

Well, so what? Other than crapping up what looked like a promising start for a new blog, no changes have been applied so far.

Not trying to piss you off, but that seems kind of unfair to me.

Whoah, I am so going to ragequit! :smiley:

Bump.