manxrider

I wouldn't usually comment on things like this, but the fact that you regard mma as men humping each other is a massive indicator that you should not start a fight, because if you cant recognise what good fighting looks like, you'll get a nasty surprise if you actually get into one. And how does wanting to watch a combat sport even relate to starting a fight for enjoyment? You're an idiot. On a more educated note, Shogun proved a point. I know it's very early to say but I think Machida is done I don't think he'll be the type to come back strong from being beaten and competition will certainly see him in a different light now, i.e not unbeatable.

whats the name of the gym your going to go to? I've done it for just over 2 years, It's great it does give you so much confidence plus there's nothing wrong with a good ass kicking a few times a week. Oh and at 26 you have nothing to worry about, you could be competing at armature after about a year.

I really don't rate Shogun, he's still living off his reputation in Pride. Pat barry vs Hardonk will either be a very short, or very good fight.

I'll watch it tomorrow. Shogun is getting hurt tonight though, can't touch Machida.

I presumed it was an American getting back into the tank, for some reason. Unless the Afghan's are more advanced than we think .

Talking of Military stuff... Although its probably just that the camera is crap, but look from 2.59 onwards, from the right hand side. Stealth suit?

Yeh learn to fight first... otherwise you'll look like a complete twat.

What the f**k was Bisping playing at, fair enough Hendo has some serious power.. but he was so jittery he looked like he was having a seizure, and after being told to stop circling to his left, towards Hendo's right he continued to do it. I like him but he deserved to get ktfo and that last elbow by Hendo was amazing proper brutal. GSP vs thiago went as expected really, surprised Thiago didn't look more dangerous standing up though to be honest. But as Rogan pointed out a good 10 times during that fight it's hard to do anything when your going to get taken down near enough no matter what you do. Thiago's ability to get off his back impressed me though. f**k Lesnar, can't stand him. Fedor by armbar if they ever fight.

Oh yeh, forgot about that. No cod 4 for a whole day I'm going to struggle .

Anyone else not able to get onto Live?

Well you should spend an extra £30 to get stronger, cos you really do not have enough weight to really gain anything strength wise. Oh and to the guy who was asking about rippetoes I followed it for a while and saw pretty major gains in every lift except the bench press, added around 40kg to my squat in not much time at all, but then I got lazy and stopped. Weight wise I put on about 6kg, near enough a stone, not sure whether this was due to just getting older though.. similar to spazz. Were probably not the best people to ask, cos well, for me anyway I didn't follow it very strictly or for a great deal of time and with a poor diet, but for a starting routine it is ideal as it gives you a main three exercises per workout, then you can add what ever exercises you want to that pretty much. Give this site Starting strength wiki a read, if you haven't already. Oh and although I got to lazy to really stick to it, I read a good follow on program is Bill star's 5x5.

Whooping ass online on the UFC game, this is fun.

Strictly trials related you may be right, but I do think explosive full squats would be more beneficial as long as you don't bounce at the bottom of the squat. It's always worth a try to see if it does improve anything, and if it doesn't just switch back to half squats.

How isn't better for leg strength? A much larger ROM will surely mean more muscle is being worked, and you can squat a hell of a lot more going just to parallel than doing a full squat so to squat heavy and atg will take more strength than doing the same weight to parallel surely? . Plus there also better for hip flexibility. And squatting to parallel places more stress on the knee's than squatting deep does, because when you squat deep the pressure is shifted to the hips which can handle more pressure.