Michelle Nicole

Micc, Joanna's fight was actually my first UFC fight ever, and she impressed the hell out of me in comparison to the others. It was so much better than the main fight, too. I loved that she was about striking and that her background was in muay thai. I immediately followed her that night. And I have also noticed a difference in what she posted before and what she posts now. I will say though that I think some of that change might be due to the UFC and being in more spotlight in normal. More pressure, etc. Which for her I hope she does not succumb altogether. Make up is one thing but changing completely due to having a new title, etc, that's fake. I hope she doesn't become that. But in regards to her fighting, I believe you to be correct in your assessment about her being the next person to watch and keep an eye on. As well her possibility of being the Rousey of strawweight. Also, I think you may have described my dislike of Rousey better than I. There's just something about her that rubs me the wrong way.

My apologies. I'm in a mood. I shouldn't have posted my thoughts in a rash And harsh manner. I did read some of the responses to this thread though, I do want to make that clear. I just didn't read all of them. My thing is that when you get to that 10%, I would hope that a person is able to recognize it before going so far that you don't. My own personal belief being that body awareness and awareness of self are so important, that I would try my damnedest not to let myself ever get to that point. Do I want to push myself mentally and physically and emotionally ? Hell yes. But not to the point that I'm hurting myself. I find it counter productive in that respect. Another aspect that probably ticked me off to begin with is that it sort of felt like some of what... Gabriel ? Your first post with the pasted comments from your article, that guy.. Was saying (and mind I may have completely misinterpreted what he waa trying to say), is that, regardless of whether or not overtraining is a real thing, that I wouldn't know my own body. And the overall small mindedness of his argument.. I mean .. I see small and large people equally injure themselves, both undertraining, overtraining, no training. I mean. This entire thing, with what I believe you pointed out, is that it's like... People trying to tell other people what they can't, shouldn't, and won't do. Again my apologies if I've hurt or offended, I responded emotionally and with feelings. I hope this clarifies.

I'm not going to read through all these replies, because frankly this entire thread and the comments Sylvie posted from her original article are irritating and difficult to read. I'm going to say one thing about this and then I'm done. If you think you overtrained, then you overtrained. If you think you're sore, then you're sore. If you think you fucked something up, then you probably did. But here's the thing, no Matter what you read, who you talk to, and what your doctor says, the only person who can for sure know what's wrong is YOU. It's called having body awareness and trusting yourself to know that something is wrong to begin with. And if you have your mind set on one thing and one thing only with no room for other possibilities (meaning, you know something is wrong, but you only see it as being the result of one thing therefore there are no other possibilities,even when that is ruled out and there could be hundreds of other reasons you're having issues), then quite frankly I feel you are setting yourself up for failure. be aware of yourself, and be openminded. It is the hardest fucking lesson to learn (for fucks sake just take a look at society), but for the love of whatever you may believe in, please fucking learn it.

I actually found what you posted fascinating. And while indeed she is carving out a path for females in both fighting and public presence, for some reason, I still don't like her. Maybe it's the way she is portrayed, the overly cocky and confident bitch who will whoop your ass in a heartbeat, or maybe it's possible I just don't like what I've heard about her (which isn't much, by the way.. Only in the past year have I really heard her name a great deal), which is that she's done nothing but take people down via submission. Which, I'm sure that it takes a great deal of skill to do, but, I still don't like her. I can't really explain it. Otherwise, I have heard of and read articles by Serena Williams. And I don't really like tennis, but as a personality and person, I do. Maybe I'm just weird. Who knows. Great post though :)

Hey Gavin. I can understand that struggle. Sometimes it's not just the id that gets to us, but it's also a method of coping when stressed. So, it's possible that right now, while learning a new habit, you're stressed about keeping it, and that added stress kind of fucks with your head a bit, so that you kind of just shut down. And no matter how much you want something, once you get to that point it can be difficult to control. So. Don't beat yourself up too much. Instead of looking at it as just another letdown or failure to keep up something, use it as a learning opportunity. So that next time when you get to that point, you can utilize new coping strategies. For instance, when my brain started shutting down due to emotional trauma and stress, I would immediately go for the instant gratification of fast food, large Pepsi, and binge watching episodes of my favorite show. Now, I use what I love as coping mechanisms. It's evolved from bad food and laziness to using writing, exercise, yoga, and walks instead of food. Just an idea. Hope this helps.

I'm still recovering from injury so the strength plan now is in the hands of my physical therapist. It's okay to take a day for recovery. I took one today as well since I did so many damn thips (sp?) last night at class. Instead I helped someone work on their hips. Tomorrow I'll be back at it though.

Goals.. Hmmm. If I could make it down to 150, I would be happy. Size wise I don't have a particular size I want to be. I'd just like to get rid of the fat around my Mid section, which is where most of it is anyways. But I think if I had to guess where that would put me.. Maybe a size 6/8 ? I'm a size 12 now. Truly, my goal now is to be good and fit enough to fight. I haven't the endurance or strength to fight currently. I mix resistance training and cardio on a bike with boxing. Tonight I'm hoping to go to my first muay thai class since I hurt my shoulder.

Hi Gavin, I don't know the kg to lbs ratio, but currently I'm about 195lbs at 5'3". My heaviest was 210 more than a year ago. However, though my weight hasn't gone down much, I have lost inches and gained muscle. My point here being that if you don't see the weight change you're looking for, don't fret. Check your inches, you might see more change with that. Inches in your waist, arms, thighs, calves, etc. For me I've had a gain in my arms and legs, but a loss around my chest, ribcage, and waist, yet I still am about 60 lbs over. I've a long way to go also, as well as overcoming injury and illness, so I understand where you're coming from. Don't give up, we're here to support you :) Also, I like the idea of doing boxing and muay thai back to back and not at two separate times. That's what I try to do, to get the most out of my workouts. I aim for 6 days, but usually only do 5.

I'm in the US, and I've only seen a small handful of ladies dress skimpy, and even then it's short shorts and a sports bra. So, not the end of the world. And for the most part, everyone, even dudes, dress appropriately. Myself personally, I despise wearing pants and t shirts when practicing. Mostly because it's uncomfortable and everything gets caught funny. So I wear a tank Top, sports bra, and running shorts that give similar freedom of movement as thai shorts. I know though that it does sometimes make people uncomfortable though because I am super big chested and the sports bras unfortunately don't always keep things in place. But I would rather be comfortable while practicing than uncomfortable and making someone else happy.