My First Workout

[Anthony]

Originally posted by Dravyk@May 27 2003, 10:06 AM

Oh good, more too look forward to. Yeah, you're really selling me on this, Ant! And you call yourself a marketing person huh? :P

I'm assuming you don't mean the pain will become a lifestyle!!

Drav,

The pain subsides with subsequent workouts, in fact you will be looking forward to that dull ache after a good workout. It tells you that your body is responding to the stress placed on them. They are getting stronger, and you are getting healthier.

Ever since starting Gracie Jiu Jitsu I have become more intuned to my own body. I no longer lift weights, but get asked all the time if I do. No soda passes my lips, nor fast food. My carb intake is around 50 to 100 grams a day, with large amounts of protein.

Since you sweat profuseley grappling, I also have started taking one a day vitamins, as well as min 10 glasses of water a day. My blood pressure has dropped down considerably since I started training with Dig and now Voodooman in GJJ. Coupled with one on one training with Rener Gracie, my fitness level and skills have been improving most excellently. I hope to be competing in the next 3 to 6 months.

Over the weekend in Vegas, I went to dinner with my sister and her friends. I got asked if my sister was older by a couple of years. I don't know any better way to sell working out than that. You will feel better. Just stick with it, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.