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ugh, after a week down with the flu (yeah, moved to NC to catch the fucking flu :roll: - at least all my pants fit now 
), got a jump rope after going to dick’s for some new workout gloves without holes in them.
jumping rope KICKS YOUR ASS. def a completely new kind of cardio for me, and i could certainly use the improvement in coordination. been taking MSM for a week now, can def feel the difference in my shoulder joint/etc. looking forward to joining up with a local boxing club within a couple months at this rate.
thanks for all the helpful input so far. anything else i should be doing/focusing on, aside from strength training & cardio to get my endurance/lean muscle mass up?
EDIT: this helped a lot:
http://www.jumpropeinstitute.com/a-z_on_jump_rope.htm
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do a lot of stretching type excercises, the more flexible you become the better you’ll be able to bob & duck and also increase your reach.
We used to do crab walks across the floor, you basically lay on the floor on your stomach then stretch out with your left arm while tucking your right leg up and while keeping your stomach as close to the floor as possible but without touching, “walk” across the floor by stretching out and pulling yourself along. That probably doesn’t make sense, its hard to put into words how it looks.
Our final workout was a deadman’s hang using a towel to strenthen your hands. Put a towel over a chinup bar and do a pullup just holding onto the ends of towel and hang as long as possible.