Training paradise?

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Alright I took a trip to Guatemala a few months back and the final few days I spent in San Pedro, a small tourist town (actually was a few towns nestled together) on Lake Atitlan roughly a mile above sea level, sitting below the San Pedro Volcano. It reminded me alot of Hawaii, but the place is covered in litter, you cant go swimming in the lake. Its hot, its high in elevation, everyone speaks Spanish (and just enough English that an American can get by), the exchange rate is roughly 8 Quetzales to 1 dollar (I bought a turkey burger that was giant and cost me $1.75), I F'ing HATE tourists so the night life wont mess with me.... Also in my 10 days in Guatemala I lost 9 lbs, eating a regular Guatemalan diet and walking everywhere. I only got the chance to work out a few times but it felt awesome the times I did, and all I could think was "this is my training paradise!"

Anyone got a training paradise in mind?
 
My garage. And the beautiful park right around the corner.

Ha!
 
No third world country is my idea of a training paradise.
 
JRT6 said:
No third world country is my idea of a training paradise.
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A) They aren't called "third world" any more, we are out of the cold war and the Soviet Union no longer exists grampa.

B) I think underdeveloped places are the perfect place to train. Places where people fight to survive every day is the perfect mind set to keep you on task to prepare for your fight. If you dont speak the language you dont really have the ability to be a lazy ass and go out and party. When you relax, you REALLY relax and when you train, you REALLY train.

The only concern I would have with training in an underdeveloped place is the fact that medical services might be distant (but in Guatemala its free) and you would have to basically rent out your own place and set up your own temp gym because there really are very few places that you could train at. I saw one karate dojo and one fitness center in my 10 days in Guatemala. But if I had the money to spend 3 months in San Pedro to prepare for a fight, I bet I would also have enough money to set up a temp gym and get all my supplies down there.
 
1. It is the "third world". PC semantics are for left wing liberal douches.

2. While I have never been to Guatemala I have been to a few "underdeveloped countries" and while I hear where you are coming from about the value of training in asterity compared to the threat of malaria, parasites, rebels, etc really put a damper on my motivation to train.

I'm not trying to hate on your postive experience but experiences were not the same.
 
I've been to plenty of underdeveloped countries and have never once had malaria and I have yet to be kidnapped by rebels. Fortunately your shitty, ignorant opinion will only keep you and you alone from enjoying life.
 
gotobread said:
I've been to plenty of underdeveloped countries and have never once had malaria and I have yet to be kidnapped by rebels. Fortunately your shitty, ignorant opinion will only keep you and you alone from enjoying life.
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Fuck you asshole. I know your experience is the end all be all and it is the only possible experience that onyone else could possibly have. I don't have to justify anything to you so fuck off and get over yourself before you hurt someone.

Gawd damn are you a dick but I'll play your game for just a moment. I have been to Haiti which is malaria hell and I have seen the goons with automatic weapons walking through the forest in the Dominican Republic right over the border. This is just one undeveloped country I've been too (little hint cockknuckle, I've been to several central and south american countries) Once again I apologize for not being able to submitt any photographic evidence for your approval.

And WTF does "gotobread" mean, your mama pick out that name for you?
 
djb12030 said:
A) They aren't called "third world" any more, we are out of the cold war and the Soviet Union no longer exists grampa.
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I don't know if this is what you meant, but I don't think the Soviet Union was ever considered a "Third World" country. Also, while there are definitely some primitive and underdeveloped areas, I don't think Thailand would fall into that category either.
 
Talk about a derailed topic...

Anyway my training paradise would have to be back at school, in New Hampshire. I like it where I am now in Louisiana, all hot and stuff, but for some reason snow and bitter cold makes me more motivated to hit the gym/rowing machine hard. Tough climates produce tough men :)
 
I used to go to "underdeveloped" countries on summer Church Missions and we didn't stay at any tourist resorts. I agree that boredom and work were pretty much the only things to do except when you forgot to wash your hands before touching your mouth or ate something fertilized by some man made materials then I got to spend a few days shitting my ass to sore to wipe. When I went back later on dive drips and stayed at the main, or even not so main, tourist spots I was able to get some workouts in.
 
JRT6 said:
1. It is the "third world". PC semantics are for left wing liberal douches.

2. While I have never been to Guatemala I have been to a few "underdeveloped countries" and while I hear where you are coming from about the value of training in asterity compared to the threat of malaria, parasites, rebels, etc really put a damper on my motivation to train.

I'm not trying to hate on your postive experience but experiences were not the same.
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Newt said:
I don't know if this is what you meant, but I don't think the Soviet Union was ever considered a "Third World" country. Also, while there are definitely some primitive and underdeveloped areas, I don't think Thailand would fall into that category either.
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LOL this has nothing to do with being politically correct, it has to do with being CORRECT. The classification system was created to refer to:

1st world: The United States and its allies.
2nd world: The Soviet Union and its allies.
3rd world: Non- aligned and neutral countries.

As I said, it isn't being PC, it is being correct. You are talking about underdeveloped countries, NOT third world countries. Brazil is a developed country, but it is actually a "third world country" by the correct classification. Once again, it is being correct, not politically correct.
 
Rowan11088 said:
Talk about a derailed topic...

Anyway my training paradise would have to be back at school, in New Hampshire. I like it where I am now in Louisiana, all hot and stuff, but for some reason snow and bitter cold makes me more motivated to hit the gym/rowing machine hard. Tough climates produce tough men :)
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you know its funny, I'm currently in Vermont (and have been and training for years now) and I often do think that I am in a training paradise. I went from 285 lbs to 175 lbs right now (and going to 155). This was my senior year of college.

Summer:
running
weight room twice a day, 4 hours
basketball against college basketball players home on break
Jits every day
Fall:
running
weight room once a day 5
jits 5 days a week
preparing for the fall grappling tournament
Winter:
weight room 3 days a week
Jits 4 days a week
striking classes
Spring:
Running
Jits 4 days a week

As the year went on things got busier between work, school, graduation, etc. Now that I've graduated its alot different. But it is a nice place to train, but I hate the winter. But I agree, tough climates do create tough men. I have seen Canadians at the grappling tournaments up here, and lost miserably to one a year ago... they are some tough SOB's.
 
djb12030 said:
LOL this has nothing to do with being politically correct, it has to do with being CORRECT. The classification system was created to refer to:

1st world: The United States and its allies.
2nd world: The Soviet Union and its allies.
3rd world: Non- aligned and neutral countries.

As I said, it isn't being PC, it is being correct. You are talking about underdeveloped countries, NOT third world countries. Brazil is a developed country, but it is actually a "third world country" by the correct classification. Once again, it is being correct, not politically correct.
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Actually the laugh is really on you, I don't know where you got the sources that you were so confident in ( and just a little arrogant about)... but if this was the source did you read the whole thing or just stop where you showed in your earlier post?


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Third World (disambiguation).
For the association of Anglican provinces , see Global South (Anglican).

The three worlds as they were separated during the Cold War era, each with its respective allies.
First World: the United States and its allies.

Second World: the Soviet Union and its allies.

Third World: Non-aligned and neutral countries.Third World is a categorical label used to describe states that are considered to be underdeveloped in terms of their economy or level of industrialization, globalization, standard of living, health, education or other criteria for 'advancements'.

Contents [hide]
1 Etymology
2 Definition
3 History
4 Further reading
5 References
6 External links


[edit] Etymology
French economist and demographer Alfred Sauvy, in an article published in the French magazine L'Observateur, August 14, 1952, coined the term Third World in referring to countries currently called either "developing" or "under-developed", especially in South Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Oceania, that were unaligned with either the Communist Soviet bloc or the Capitalist NATO bloc during the Cold War (1945
 
JRT6 said:
Actually the laugh is really on you, I don't know where you got the sources that you were so confident in ( and just a little arrogant about)... but if this was the source did you read the whole thing or just stop where you showed in your earlier post?
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cant we all just call them disease ridden dirty holes? or would that be too UN-PC? training paradise? fucking las vegas- xtreme couture. gambling, booze, bitches, sanitary living conditions and the best fighters on earth under one roof.
 
djb12030 said:
Alright I took a trip to Guatemala a few months back and the final few days I spent in San Pedro, a small tourist town (actually was a few towns nestled together) on Lake Atitlan roughly a mile above sea level, sitting below the San Pedro Volcano. It reminded me alot of Hawaii, but the place is covered in litter, you cant go swimming in the lake. Its hot, its high in elevation, everyone speaks Spanish (and just enough English that an American can get by), the exchange rate is roughly 8 Quetzales to 1 dollar (I bought a turkey burger that was giant and cost me $1.75), I F'ing HATE tourists so the night life wont mess with me.... Also in my 10 days in Guatemala I lost 9 lbs, eating a regular Guatemalan diet and walking everywhere. I only got the chance to work out a few times but it felt awesome the times I did, and all I could think was "this is my training paradise!"

Anyone got a training paradise in mind?
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I think you were losing weight because the tape worms in their diet were slowly eating away at your stomach lining.
 
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