Hey im new here form New York

[JackOfHearts]

Welcome. I hope you enjoy your time here, Rhia.

Crimson: Ouch! At least it was a foil and not a saber.

[Inquartata]

Sabres are designed to whack people with. Foils, with their sharp corners, are not. Hurts worse to get hit with a foil blade than a sabre, given similar amounts of force...

[Nick Famoso]

hey, try some endurence weightlifting, my old highschool instructor had us go there a few times a month. light weight, and alot of reps. that'll help. definatly do cardeo. makeshure you work on your abs, that'll help you keep your balance. you say you have long arms? well you got a natural advantage over me. more extention length.

[alonanaz]

Hey crimsonflames:
jogging is good, but it wont be any good without conditioning (it is the key). + lots of footwork .
do conditioning every time at end of every practice
+ life weights to build muscle + play other sports with your teammates for warm up -soocer is the best and most fav at out gym.
by conditioning i mean - sit ups, crunches, jump rope, just jumping up (by touching a high point on the wall, set a mark for yourself).
our fencers do sit up/crunches mix, broken up by jogging from point a to point b. sit ups on end, crunches on the other. finish with jump rope for 5 minutes (adding another 3 minutes every new day)-tough one....
the key is to mix it all up, but do it religioulsy at the end of every practice at least 3 times a week. + activities like roller-blading, running on the weekends/on your own, if practice less than 2 times a week.
good luck
an

[Crimsonflames]

man! u guys are giving awsome ideas! man i love this site! i do work out but my body has problems..mainly my thyroid..no matter how much i eat, i cn never get bigger..everyone saying im gettin skinnier by the second..so im lifting weights and stuff..and then theres the school work..man i get soo much work i dont get time to do anything! and then theres my hear...oh it feels like its an inch big..ive been trying to increase my endurence fr some time now, im loosing endurence more than gaining!!..yeah im all willpower basically..thats why the call me crimsongflames..it means fire within!!

[fencerontheline]

ha! awsome idea..thanx i think ill try it...hey i still dont have my own equipment...but really want to fight someone new...my school team fencing is still on pre-season practice, so we dont get to fence yet...BUT i wannna fight people from somewhere else..

My advice... go to a club, start taking lessons, and fencing with the people from the club.

[VELISARIOS]

hey im Crimsonflames, 15 years old..i joined fencing last year in high school and an awsome year it was,..and i joined this site hoping to find some help. i find fencing an awsome sport and this year i wanna do way better from last year...so anyone interested?

Hello, wellcome to the forum!

[kmak_577]

iam in pretty much the same situation as u Crimson flame so i have bin just running on the spot 4 as long as i can the stopping and doing it again the next day or sumtimes i just do footwork in the garden as if i waz fencing sum1 ( u look abit strange) but ur stamina improves lol. Iam also very thin and tall and am 14 so any advice that works 4 u can u let me no by private message , thanx i would really b gr8full , also if any1 else can give me advice then can they also plz send me a private message 2 , thanx

[Crimsonflames]

i just set up a workout plan for myself..im gonna do some weights and then some footwork and some sword play with a pole or something..its kinda interesting how i set it up. anyone play finalfantasy or rpg games before? well like that, i set up my plan into levels of strength and stamina..as i workout more, the more levels i gain...this makes me wanna do more and more while im also improving myself..

[JackOfHearts]

i just set up a workout plan for myself..im gonna do some weights and then some footwork and some sword play with a pole or something..its kinda interesting how i set it up. anyone play finalfantasy or rpg games before? well like that, i set up my plan into levels of strength and stamina..as i workout more, the more levels i gain...this makes me wanna do more and more while im also improving myself..

See: Red Mage

[kmak_577]

very good idea , can i have a copy of ur training program please ?

[Reepicheap]

Here is an aspect that may help you in the long run. When we do aerobic activity at lower levels (i.e., heart rate ~ 115-130, able to carry on a conversation) there is something called angiogenesis that goes on. This is the growth of new capillaries to better service your muscle cells. Higher intensity activity doesn't cause this, so harder is not better in this regard. At age 15, you have tons of HGH (human growth hormone) coarsing through your blood stream, so you will see better results than, say, me.

They say 20-30 minutes is the minimum to get any aerobic value. So to really see benefit, push for an hour or more, perhaps 4 times a week, maybe workday | workday | restday| <repeat>

Remember: this is not hard work; just enough to get and stay warm, not even hard enough to require breathing from your mouth (unless you have some congestion, don't worry about that).

[Crimsonflames]

hey awsome growth idea! but what are u supposed to push exactly? and ill post my fitness program soon, kmak..when i do, tell me what u think.

[Crimsonflames]

ok this is my STRENGTH setup. ull need at least a dumbell or a weight set to do this..get graph paper and do this:

STRENGTH: important for body coordinance and balance!

Level 1: make 9 squares --> Lv.1 [..I..I..I..I..I..I..I..I..]

[ur exercise] [# of set x rep] [pounds] make 12 boxes

this is how mine goes:

Bench 1x20 [40]
Pullover 2x10 [10]
Bar Sholder Press 2x15 [10]
Supine triceps Extensor 3x10 [20]
Lunge 3x10 [15 on each dumbel]
Leg curl 3x10 [50]
Heel Raise 3x20 [15 on each dumbel]
Straight bar curl 3x12 [20]
Wrist curl 2x10 [5 on each dumbel]

(if u dont know what these spicifically are, just ask me!)

now, each time u do one of these above exercise, fill in one of the 12 boxes u made for that exercise.
each 12 boxes you do, one level box gets filled.
once u fill in all of ur 9 boxes in level 1, YOU REACH LEVEL 2!(which i wiil soon have)
i suggest doing at least one of each exercise at least 2x a week and GO AS SLOW AS YOU NEED TO!
as u might notice, i focused on ur leg muscles more than others

now this is only the strength set up, ill soon have the endurence set up later

**make sure you stretch ur muscles well before and after doing these exercises******

[Crimsonflames]

ok im working on my endurence training this weekend ..but what do u guys think are some good ideas?

[Inquartata]

Using the shift key. Great workout for the typing fingers.

[kmak_577]

thank u 4 giving me ur training plan . i have no idea what any of the exercise names mean though can u explain plz ?!?
thank u
my email is kmak_577@hotmail.co.uk can u send it to that instead plz