@Thomas Morrow

That outweighs the damage done serving other interests?

Don't get me wrong- as a man I completely understand where you're coming from

Only you can decide that.

I would have enlisted regardless of the circumstances.

Perhaps think this way, some Tyrone who joined the Army and worked in the cafeteria for 4 years has more weapons training, experience with mission planning, and practical warfare experience than you.
(I'm not directly insulting you)

You military guys can't teach the rest of us?

Hypothetically speaking

Bootcamp is 3 months long. Infantry school is 3 months long. Other specific training can be from months to even 1.5 yrs long.

And of course no offense is intended sir

That's a given lol

I'm not troubled at all, we shared a ride coming back from Cville. 😉

Haha indeed

In theory though, couldn't you impart wisdom unto your brothers where the rubber hits the road? (Given everyone showed the dedication required)

Maybe put this way...

If you wanted to learn to fight, would you:

-Join a MMA gym with multiple UFC fighters and world class coaches
or
-Ask one of the members of the gym to give you private lessons in your backyard every now an then?

Certainly you could be trained, and with dedication you could be formidable. But it would never be the same, ya know?

Fair enough. Understanding it would take more than occasional training if one was dedicated enough to teach for long periods of time could you reach the same end result? (Aside from combat experience) don't get me wrong were these different times I'd be the first to enlist. ( in fact it bothers me very deeply to see us moving more in this direction, I planned to enlist for most of my life)

In the end I felt I could do more to solve the problems we're facing on the home front

Not to say I don't have nothing but the greatest respect for those who have. Some of my best friends have served overseas and it was their stories of what they were forced to do that attributed the most to my decision not to enlist

The .mil has 100's of millions in training budgets, weaponry, bases etc.

See my above analogy.

No way you could be equally proficient to someone who was trained by verified experts, with massive logistical support, and done so on a full time basis.

Understandable. One day perhaps it won't be an issue

Then again that's why we do what we do

👍🏼

@here

I'm starting to up my cardio here on the backside of winter.(gotta have the abs by spring) ;)

For non running cardio, I have been doing light kettlebell swings, and lighly weighted jump squats.

Any advice for winter fat burning?

Fasted HIIT Cardio

@everyone can you recommend high quality fighting gloves? I'd like to gift my husband some and Amazons' selection is not looking too hot. He does MMA & Kyokoshin karate

@Volkmom Fairtex or Twins Special

@Tyler0317 nothin like bag work and sparring brother

@Volkmom Gloves for hitting the bag, or for MMA?

@Deleted User the TN sparring group is having our first meetup this Saturday. 😉

Nice! Do vids if you guys are comfortable with it!

@Tyler0317 I second what @Deleted User said. I lift and run every weekday morning on an empty stomach and it does help lean you up

Ive never done fasted training consistantly, I'm up for the experiment.@Zyzz @Deleted User

Its helping me trim my winter weight. Bikini body season is coming up

Does the weight stay off after you eat?

@Tyler0317 mainly for the bag

He doesn't want much padding

@Volkmom I like heavy gloves for bag work,

but, if he wants minimalist gloves, then wrist wraps will be necessary.https://www.walmart.com/ip/108-Everlast-Boxing-Handwraps/11996077?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=2757&adid=22222222227000129745&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=40331775632&wl4=pla-59800897191&wl5=9013144&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=11996077&wl13=2757&veh=sem

@Tyler0317 btw winter fat burning, try a sauna?

Very trad

Wrist wraps brace your fist into proper alignment with your forearm, and help prevent injury and hand soreness.

Hmm ok ty. I think maybe something in between wraps and boxing gloves, checking out the fairtex now