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The Salty workout. Get in Shape with anger!

WhooFlungPoo

Dojo Trainee
Almost posted this in the salty thread but now that it's almost 13 pages I figured it would get lost in the hustle. Was discussed in earlier pages about how I learned to deal with not breaking controllers and other salty behaviors, but I figured I would post this and see if any of you guys would like to try it as well.

Here is how it works, all you need is MK9 and online. Any game will however work. You play until you get salty as shit, and I mean madder than hell, but instead of yelling, or breaking something you pick an exercise from this list and do the number of reps given. I do not recommend doing reps to failure. Heart rate that high, and muscle fatigue will lead to dropped combos and more saltiness. Also make sure your form is decent while doing these don't wanna injure yourself. Do them in any order. I'll post videos on the more complex ones. You can do more or less of the reps than I have posted. I figured these were good base numbers to start with, if it's not wearing you out, add a few.


Push ups = 50

(do what is comfortable for you until your chest gets tight, not what brings you to failure)

Crunches = 50

(Basic crunches, do any form you feel most comfortable with, can alternate obliques)

Jump Squats = 30

(Start in squat position, and explode into the air. Try to land softly back into squat position
)

Jump Lunges = 30

(15 each leg alternating) (Start in lunge position on one side and explode into the air landing on other side alternating each side on jump.
)

Level 1 drills = 4

(Start standing in neutral position, drop down into burpee or plank position and do 4 pushups, followed by 8 mountain climbers on ground, Hop back to neutral,
)

Power squats = 30

(same as jump squats but no jumping, you power down into squat position then hop back up to standing)

High Knee Runs = 30 seconds

(run in place bringing knees up past your waist, keep core tight)

Ski Abs = 8 sets

(hold pushup position, hands at shoulder width. Keep core tight and spring feet toward chest working obliques on right side, then spring feet back into neutral position. Alternate both sides. Do a complete left and right alternation to complete 1 set.
)





Now most of these are high intensity exercises to sweat the salt right out of you. But it all depends on how much you get mad at the game as to whether or not you are going to get a good workout. If people start doing this, and posting their play session results I might add different exercises to try, or others can add some to the list. Let me know if it helps any of you maintain composure and pissed off levels like it does for me. Been doing this for a bit now and I'm less likely to break a controller after i'm tired as hell. These are a few of the exercises i've been doing when I get mad. Like I said though, if more people do this I'll add more and beef up the list. If General isn't the place for this I can move it to off topic. Figured it would be a nice companion to the salty thread.
 

SZSR

Warrior
I was actually looking into getting more physically fit as I try to play MK, this is the perfect thread for me. :D

I've actually set up a program for online in the MKAK, every time I win, I do 20 pushups, every time I lose, do 30. I'm not a physically active person but this is forcing me to play to win, and is probably more healthy to me in the long run.
 
Don't forget 10 straight minutes of standard jump rope exercises. :)
That's what I do if I get REALLY mad.

Great post man!
~Hound.
 

Sentry_Gun

Target Acquired
Haha, good shit. Convert your negative salt energy into positive exercise energy, never thought about doing it this way.
 

WhooFlungPoo

Dojo Trainee
Haha, good shit. Convert your negative salt energy into positive exercise energy, never thought about doing it this way.

Last night right be for I wrote this up I was going back and forth with this guy, and then out of no where he pulls out this smoke that I just couldn't do anything against. Was so above and beyond anything he had used prior.


over the course of 3 matches I ended up doing 3 sets of 30 jump squats to to avoid jumping through a window. Needless to say I wont even mad at that point. Damn do my legs hurt today though.
 

WhooFlungPoo

Dojo Trainee
I was actually looking into getting more physically fit as I try to play MK, this is the perfect thread for me. :D

I've actually set up a program for online in the MKAK, every time I win, I do 20 pushups, every time I lose, do 30. I'm not a physically active person but this is forcing me to play to win, and is probably more healthy to me in the long run.
good shit man, this is how I started doing this a few months ago. I was terrible at mk9. Still am to a degree, but everyone was kicking my ass. So I punished myself with intense stress. Things ended up turning around and I got a lot better. Was prolly due to more training and experience. But for the sake of everything i'm going to attribute it to not wanting to wear my self out as often.
 

arydious

Noob
I understand the important in fitness, I am a personal trainer and love fitness. I also understand you can work out with anger but i do not think it would help with the MK game. A your somatic nervous system is going to be working against you by having the adrenal glands produce adrenaline. This can make you anxious and or shaky. As you said above shaky equals dropped combos equals someone is going to die.

What i end up doing is a little stretch or walk. It calms my mind, and 9 times out of 10 i come back in so much control i destroy.

This is my preference some people may play a lot better when their adrenaline is through the roof, i like to stay like a jedi and not have emotions in the game.
 

Lumpymoomilk

Online Punching Bag
I already do these kinds of things except for the jumping stuff, jumping when you live in an apartment temds to anger your neighbors below.