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Friday, April 24, 2020

As Though You Want It Too

I see increasing results while training, but I've never played any sports other than martial arts. I took karate in grade school and aikido, tae kwon do and kung fu in high school. I regret not competing in track.

I'm a talented sprinter. It's genetic, and I can run on the treadmill with the speed maxed out for as long as I like. I didn't start out with the ability to run for any significant amount of time, but I could after a little training.

I didn't take Athletic Greens or whey protein to train for sprinting. I believe Athletic Greens and a protein shake with antioxidants and sugar enhance training, but I just let myself see what I could do. I could sprint impressively after some regular training.

People were into lifting weights in high school. I went to a $60,000 boarding school, and people knew how to training for gains in muscle; they would use barbells and dumbbells on campus. I'd use them too. The dumbbells in incrementally decreasing reps were the best for me to get sore and feel like I'd accomplished something.

Martial arts were another story. I never got past yellow belt.

I took karate in an afterschool program and then kung fu in my freshman year of high school. I found kung fu very stimulating because I would think about how to win with defense and strikes; after I moved to Poughkeepsie, NY I started taking aikido through Vassar College. My father moved to Poughkeepsie to teach at Vassar, and he was invited to study in their aikido club.

When I moved into my boarding school in East Texas, I started taking kung fu from a veteran that taught at the school. This didn't go too badly except that the instructor intended for it to be military; drills were done arbitrarily. I was committed to the class, but that didn't keep me from getting straight A+s in all the classes I could fit in my schedule.

I moved back to Poughkeepsie to take bridge classes for AP in my senior year. I had something that doctors, under an umbrella diagnosis, called schizophrenia from extreme dieting. I was having a flare up and accidentally broke the instructor's wrist. He had to dismiss me because I could screw up at another exercise and injure another student; he did make sure my father was formally respected as a gentleman.

Warm ups to prevent injuries like this are very important in aikido. Some supplements improve flexibility by enhancing connective tissue. I'll tell you which ones.

The sulfur in MSM prevents strains and pulls. Also, the glucosamine and chondroitin in bone broth are thought to enhance connective tissue; you can get a supplement with all 3 by Doctor's Best.

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