14 years ago I snowboarded off a cliff into the top of a pine tree, and pulled my arm from its socket. In 2009 I fell ~20ft into the sea whilst kitesurfing, bad

14 years ago I snowboarded off a cliff into the top of a pine tree, and pulled my arm from its socket. In 2009 I fell ~20ft into the sea whilst kitesurfing, badly dislocating the same shoulder. It resulted in a pretty crazy shoulder operation that needed a lot of work to get back range of motion and strength. I started with physiotherapy and once the range of motion was back I slowly moved onto weights (using Starting Strength). It went well, but I can't claim to have loved it like I do snowboarding. A friend suggested going to a Krav Maga[1] class he attends. I haven't looked back since, and do between 2 and three sessions a week. I dropped the weights and Rip's diet advice, and went back to eating like I always do (pretty healthy, good mix of red meat and pasta and potatoes, vegetables). I've put on weight (always been slim), strength is back to what it was, and I've not been this fit since I was conscripted in 1988. Whilst I'm sure weights would do more for how I look (secondary for me, I've always been good with girls anyway), Krav Maga does more for how I feel. I guess there's no silver bullet that works for everybody. You try a few things on, and keep what suits. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krav_Maga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krav_Maga, and https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/Entry.aspx?id=ce9c6cf4-6b3e-4194-8739-ad9165e37d26 https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/Entry.aspx?id=ce9c6cf4-6b3e-419...