Martial Arts Reddit

So I've been training a martial art that practices American Kenpo and Brazilian Jiui-jitsu for about 2 1/2 years now. When I started I was really into the gym and training to the max whenever I got the chance, entering in tournaments and more.

In recent times college had really taken up a lot of my time and energy and for the past 9 months I have been on and off in the gym portion of my training.

I now have a tournament coming up in a couple of months and I've found that I've grown out of shape. I haven't gained weight or anything like that and I eat generally really healthy even when I'm not training. However my muscles have grown weaker and my cardio is almost non existent. For the past few days ive gone on a 3 mile run where I used to do burst interval training. I felt really slow though and had to take many breaks walking to finish the run.

I've realized that trying to train at where I used to be won't help me as much as I like. So I would like to ask if anyone has any kind of suggestions or similar stories to help me try to get my cardio back in shape. I have also reinstated my gym membership and plan to return tomorrow. Thank you all in advance.

I am M (57) married to a very fit and beautiful wife (58). I have a very successful career but it has meant for me working long hours and often from home on weekends. I recognize that over the past 4 years or so I did not pay enough attention to family, though tried periodically to engage.

I became suspicious of my wife having an affair after one incident where she "went shopping" at one store nearby and was gone for 3-4 hours (which for groceries should be 1 hour max). The GPS indicated that she was in the same location for the period. That morning she had put on tight revealing leggings. She came back home by car and immediately left to go back to the store, later claiming she had left something there.

I started thinking about many other factors such as:

• ignoring me and treating me like I don't exist
• total lack of intimacy over the last 1 1/2 years
• increased focus on appearance: doing her nails and pedicure for the 1st time ever + buying many branded clothes, new bags, tight pants, short-shorts, but never wearing them in front of me. I did not know she was even buying these until much later
• progressively more time out of the house
• messaging and on her phone in a different room at night
• many more details will not list here

After I became suspicious I watched her GPS and saw that after going for nail salon she went to her martial arts studio 45 minutes before the master has classes, when no-one but the master is around. I realized that this had happened many times before.

Then there are many other inconsistencies; one I will mention is that she hit menopause 3 years ago. This reduced lubrication and made things painful sometimes. She started taking estrogen as an insert and it resolved the problem. After a few months she told me that her Dr said that taking estrogen could be dangerous so was going to stop - and stopped our sex life to 0.

Many months later I found out that she had bought more and had been taking estrogen for months, but did not tell me or initiate sex. I confronted her about it and she said "I was taking it for body health and for Taekwondo, and not for sex". I put this aside and did not think on it further.

After I put 2 and 2 together 1/2 a year later (now), she changed her story and said "I was taking Estrogen secretly because I wanted to surprise you, but it didn't work" (although she was taking for months and worked previously).

I confronted her about going to the taekwondo studio and she was visibly nervous and twitching her fingers and practically shaking, and made up preposterous excuses and changing the story when asked more detail.

There is no question in my mind she was incredibly nervous and hiding something. The signs point to an affair. It is *really* hard for me to interpret the facts and responses otherwise (there are many more not listed above).

I love her and want to repair our relationship, and do better as a husband - but I need for her to be honest so can move past this. What are your thoughts?

Looking for someone who has an interest, or practices any form of martial arts.

If you simply want to try your luck in a fight, that's fine too.

I'm looking for an opponent for a written Underground Fighting Roleplay. (~40 minutes to 1h30 per fight)

Basically, we fight each other through typing our moves turn by turn until one of us is defeated.

Multiple paragraphs are not needed. 1-3 lines of a good description of your attacks is more than appreciated.

I prefer prompt responses, we set up a time, we fight, maybe we analyze when it's over, and we go about our day. Always nice to make a friend in the process. A fight usually lasts 40 minutes to 1h30 considering replies are prompt. Fights can end much quicker or much later, considering the volatile nature of fighting.

What I can provide you with:

• 4 years of martial arts experience (MMA) and online fighting experience
• Descriptive and immersive writing skills
• Willingness to compromise and answer all related questions
• Maximum comfortability

Link to visual for arena: https://imgur.com/a/VSueJR3

DM me if interested, and we can swap stats and I'll share the Terms of Comat (rules).

Challengers must be 18 and above.

Looking for someone who has an interest, or practices any form of martial arts.

If you simply want to try your luck in a fight, that's fine too.

I'm looking for an opponent for a written Underground Fighting Roleplay. (~40 minutes to 1h30 per fight)

Basically, we fight each other through typing our moves turn by turn until one of us is defeated.

Multiple paragraphs are not needed. 1-3 lines of a good description of your attacks is more than appreciated.

I prefer prompt responses, we set up a time, we fight, maybe we analyze when it's over, and we go about our day. Always nice to make a friend in the process. A fight usually lasts 40 minutes to 1h30 considering replies are prompt. Fights can end much quicker or much later, considering the volatile nature of fighting.

What I can provide you with:

• 4 years of martial arts experience (MMA) and online fighting experience
• Descriptive and immersive writing skills
• Willingness to compromise and answer all related questions
• Maximum comfortability

Link to visual for arena: https://imgur.com/a/VSueJR3

DM me if interested, and we can swap stats and I'll share the Terms of Comat (rules).

Challengers must be 18 and above.