P90X? Mixed Martial Arts? Too Intense?

[Pookeyism 1,143]

Pookey, Are you a Larper? I remember seeing some guy who was into that on a reality tv show. It looked like he really enjoyed himself.

A larper is someone who does live action role playing, which is fun but it isn't what I do.

I do actual fighting, but with weapons and rules based to make the combat safer. I am with Dagorhir, Far Harar chapter. I am just getting back into it and I didn't realize how mich I missed it. I used to do it with SCA and other groups vith varying rules and safety...but that was over a decade ago. Dagorhir here is very active, and the weapons are safe enough to not worry too much...I do double sword and archery. I will also be participating in one-on-one sparring here soon.

[Pookeyism 1,143]

I hope we can, I am not yet sleeved. I do kickboxing (Muay Thai) and hope I can go back once I am healed.

I am DYING to get back into krav Maga - but that is a ways out still - they just don't pull any punches - and it wouldnt be Km if they did!

[Pookeyism 1,143]

My family and I just went to our first competitve jousting tournament. It was so much fun. I haven't done swordplay in years, but it was one of the competitive events. I helped some of the guys warm up and wasn't too rusty. I was only about weeks out from surgery and it was a great workout! I would LOVE if their were a troupe closer to home so I could go back to it. Do you compete?

Where are you at? I don't compete yet...but the first day at the groups weekly get together where they practice and spar and whatever, lol, I went to get a Water after we had been sparring and I heard this guy go "she hasnt done this in ten years? no f-----g way!" That felt good!

[BlackBerryJuice 349]

I've wanted to try cross fit for several years now but always felt too 'big' to give it a try. How far post op is it ok to do something as intense as cross fit? I'm 3 weeks post op and don't have much energy yet. I'm walking but I think that's about as much as I'm good for right now. When did you start doing more intense workouts?

I wouldn't do Crossfit until you're 3 months out.

[Globetrotter 1,340]

I agree, crossfit is intense, I might even go further than Blackberry and say to put in a solid 6 months of gently increasing exercise before attempting crossfit. When I was able to put in a jogging mile on the treadmill without thinking twice about it I knew I was ready for CF.

[fluffylibra30 323]

I wouldn't do crossfit till you can run a mile without dying lol. I tried it a couple months ago. And barfed. I'm not there yet. Getting there though. I have private training and taking cardio classes, hopefully by the end of the summer I'll have the endurance it takes!

[sirensiren 67]

Lots of great encouragement and feedback on this topic- thanks!

I went to my general doctor for labs and an EKG to check everything and I'm in great health and everything checks out great, so I am going to go for (or continue to go for it) and listen to my body.

I think a big part of being healthier is not being sedentary in general- it's great that the sleeve has us eating less and therefore losing weight, but exercise is such a huge part of being healthy too, and makes me appreciate being healthier all the more!