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Resources
Beginner's Health and Fitness Guide: https://liamrosen.com/fitness.html
Databases for lifts/muscles:
Flexibility:
The R*ddit Wiki:
TDEE Calculator:
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Other cool shit:
How to make your own foam roller
Athletes guide to foam rolling
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Wednesday: Wing Chun Wednesday. All about martial arts
Thursday: Nutrition. What's been bothering you about nutrition? Maybe we get some comrades from c/food to see if we can't get you where you're trying to go.
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generally yes
standards vary by state, you must check your local laws. In my CCL class the instructor literally had us practice shouting "stop stop I have a gun" while drawing, and if they have stopped by the time they're in your sights you do not shoot. It is so so much trouble and money to shoot in self-defense, even if you have no heart you should do everything possible to avoid it for selfish reasons. (And if you expect these worst-case scenarios and carry to prevent getting killed, you should also buy CCL insurance to deal with inevitable legal aftermath of a shooting.) If you do shoot somebody several times in the chest they're probably going to die - every shot is to kill and you should practice if you carry.
I don't think reading Get Tough without sparring is very helpful.
good thing thats not what i recommended? did you not see the beginning part where i said 'anything you will consistently train' and later specifically mentioned judo or aikido if you are worried about legal issues harming your opponent?
I don't understand how you think it is helpful in any way. It follows the section where you say that no sparring will allow you to practice maiming attacks. But Get Tough won't do that either. Then you recommend judo or aikido to minimize harm, which is not the point of Get Tough. (And with any style, you can absolutely knock someone over and they conk their head on the curb and you're in for a legal battle. Happens to untrained people!) So what were you actually suggesting with the book? Do you think that readers will learn about ambushes and then be able to do them irl, or effectively defend against Get Tough techniques without sparring? Why read this Hardy Boys tier book?