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Monster Smash wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 4:30 pm Hi all,

I'm 57. I go by Monster Smash here and on Reddit. I'm nice on the TB sub reddit. However, if you see me around on other sub reddits, I can sometimes get a little punchy. But, I'm a nice guy. I just have a low tolerance for some of the obstinance that goes on. The online world is truly a weird place. LOL As a side note: have you noticed that no one in real life acts the way they do online? It drives me insane. LOL

I have no military, LEO, or First Responder experience, other than a lot of my family come from military.

I found this place by way of Reddit, which seems to be the only marketing TB has.

I'm coming from a background of mostly powerlifting and powerbuilding. After years of let-downs and injuries, I decided at my age, to hang up powerlifting and try something completely different. I was actually looking for something somewhat minimal, but that packed a punch. A lot of the minimal stuff I found out there is literally doing almost nothing. That probably works for some people in certain situations, but I have the time. I want minimal time, but huge impact. And, what attracted me to TB was not the strength aspect, but all the other stuff. It seems like exactly what I need. But, also, the reviews on reddit of strength gains is impressive.

So, I'm a week and 1 day in, and I'm obsessed with the complete freedom and flexibility of this methodology. Can't wait to see where this goes.

Thanks for having me here.

MilitaryFighter10 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 11:28 am All,

25 year old Naval Officer. Grew up playing soccer, wrestling and boxing. Got into Judo and BJJ when I got to college and began competing internationally in Judo.

Found TB during college and used it as a supplement to my martial arts training, mainly as a strength supplement given the large amounts of conditioning we did throughout the week.

Now that I have graduated, currently looking to make TB my go to program template, and tailoring it so that I can meet the same fitness levels I had while competing in martial arts, while also meeting the requirements necessary to also transfer to the Marine Corps within the next year or so. I plan on getting back into Judo once my operational schedule allows and I am not gone quite as much.

Look forward to any and all insight that can be offered.

Squatch_Dad wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2024 1:17 am Hey everyone. My name is Ryan and I am an office worker, husband, father, running coach, and fitness enthusiast. My focuses right now are ultramarathon and mountain races, but I’m also into CrossFit, traditional strength training, rowing, hiking, rucking, martial arts, and odd object training. I came across TB a few years ago when I was trying to balance strength training and ultramarathon training. I developed a tactic to balance CrossFit with my race prep stuff instead and it worked well enough for a while but my strength was always a bit lacking at the end of a training cycle and I also lost a ton of muscle mass each time. This time around I’m stepping away from CrossFit and using Fighter plus my own endurance training to see if I can have a better outcome at the end of my race season this year. I’ve been reading these boards for a while but haven’t joined until this week.

This group seems to have a ton of knowledge on these protocols and how to implement and modify them based on different situations. I want to apologize in advance for the (probably) dumb questions I’ll ask along the way. I’m looking forward to training with you!