2012 which sport to add?
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- skii
as we english get to add any sport we like to the 2012 olympics, what would you add...?
- section_0140
golf. unless it's already in there.
- JOSF0
something we will win.
- TheBlueOne0
the jokes write themselves, don't they?
- Nairn0
"We English"?
Caber Tossing.
- autoflavour0
apocalyptic dental exams
- *grasps sides*
Nairn - This is the second tepid American- themed anti-English jibe I've seen you make. Aren't you an Ozzie?Nairn
- Shouldn't you just shut up and get back to thieving bread and fondling sheep?Nairn
- im not pro or anti anyone.. english and americas bug me equally..autoflavour
- and as for fondling sheep, your confusing me with a new zealandersautoflavour
- *grasps sides*
- Fariska0
skateboard!
I mean, Snowboard is a winter olympics sport.
Windurf is already there
why not skateboard??- No. This is coming from someone that has skateboarded for 15 yearssection_014
- Yes. Skating is a global sport and can boost viewer-ship from a younger generation.IRNlun6
- timfraserbrown0
No the english aren't the host nation.
The UK is the host nation.
- chossy0
I am thinking of taking up a bit of boxing khurram, I figure it is good to get some of my emotions out there on the canvas, also boxing is as hard as fuck of a work out, tell me did you just go straight to moooway tie or have you done a little boxing?... would mooway tie be a good idea instead of the boxing?.....
- Glitterati_Duane0
Wushu
- skii0
celebrity pout-off
- Nathan_Adams0
Quoits
- Greedo0
I thought they were gonna push for cricket?
- Just gift us another gold medal while you're at it ;)Nathan_Adams
- monoboy0
Rap battle, Brrrrrrrappp.
- Khurram0
Hey chossy,
I went straight Muay Thai. However i had "dabbled" in boxing and kickboxing in my teens - but when i say dabbled i mean, fuck all of any worth.
The training for Muay Thai and Boxing is "pretty much" EXACTLY the same.
What i mean is, though the technical training is very different, your general training, i.e what you do 90% of the time will be identical.
This is - heavy focus on CONDITIONING, SPARRING, and ROADWORK.
In fact, your first year or two even, thats all you'll do - you might get frustrated cos you're thrown into the deep end, but thats the "culture" of the sports.
The aim is to get you "fight ready" as QUICKLY as possible - and sparring. That's where you learn with these arts - hard sparring, it's building real world intuition in real world situations quickly and effectively - and not wasting your time practicing weird kung-fu like contortions in slow motion.
So yes - both Muay Thai AND Boxing are EQUALLY hard as fuck workouts - but with Muay Thai you will be a complete fighter - and, once you advance, you'll take in clinch work, grappling, groundwork, and if you fancy getting into the war arts (Muay Boran) you'll be doing head butting, eye gouging, multiple opponents, disarming, etc...
Typical training for what i do in a two-hour Muay Thai session would be:
5x3min round skipping (with burpees, pressups, situps, jump squats in between)
15 minutes shadow
30 minutes technique
30 minutes sparring
20 minutes - heavy cardio/abs/plus 3 times a week weight training (compound moves) plus 3 times a week 4 mile runs (with short sprints and hill running in between)*
This is HEAVY DUTY SHIT. No athlete trains as hard as a combat athlete and has to face the pounding you get in a ring. NO ATHLETE. You gotta work on your aerobic system (10 round endurance), anaerobic system (short sharp bursts of energy), lactic acid system, and strength conditioning amongst other thigns.
Boxing will give you that just as well as Muay Thai. Only you wont be suffering the broken ribs, broken noses, black eyes, lost teeth as much with boxing as you will with Muay Thai.
*i'm a lazy bastard and i totally skip the running.
- thanks for that man.chossy
- My Kung Fu would fuck up your Muay Thai any day sonGlitterati_Duane
- Jaline0
Cricket.
- mistermik0
shove halfpenny.
- chossy0
go johnnie go go go?...
- skii0
financial economics