Blood, Sweat and... Sparta!!! Why training is actually much cooler than you think

[Stephan Kesting]

My latest article on Grapplearts:

This may sound a bit weird coming from a guy who runs a grappling site, but I want you to ask yourself a question: why on earth are you spending hours and hours rolling around on the ground with men wearing spandex and/or pajamas?

Really

 

[TJS]

Great article. Really sums up why alot of people train i think.

 

[athletic]

Sometimes I'm so tired from training, on top of work, family etc..., I really wonder why I put myself through it.

At a recent comp, it was 9 am on a sunday morning, freezing as hell after a two hour drive. I'm standing waiting to fight thinking, why the hell am I putting myself through this...

...great article stephen, spot on.

 

[Chucknate]

A couple of our guys were just talking about how it's so addicting. Grappling is all I think about anymore.

 

[Mumrik]

And it

 

[MMA junkie]

Great article. Shared this with some of my friends that will be competing this weekend.

 

[cenix]

nice site you have. thanks for the great article...kind of gives those of us who train some validation (not that we need it).

 

[Cash Bill 52]

Thanks, Stephan. I am spreading this around. One thing that I have said in the past is, "Every kid deserves a chance to fail." It's not a bad thing. In fact, the threat of failure is instrumental to success. (imho)

 

[Stephan Kesting]

Thanks guys. It's just something I've been thinking a lot about lately, but I've received an unbelievable amount of feedback about this article in the past 24 hours, so I think it's touched a nerve!

Stephan Kesting
Grapplearts - Submission Grappling, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, MMA and NHB, techniques, information, videos, DVDs

 

[Podgorny]

Great read! Thanks very much for posting, in fact its almost inspirational. I have a competition coming up in March, so its nice to have a bit of motivation.

 

[Kenny from MD]

I love reading the articles that Stephan Kesting and Martin Rooney write

 

[ILLUMINATI2012]

good article

 

[Grassshoppa]

Great article.

 

[TheIronGiraffe]

This is a good read I'm at a crossroads in life. Married kid on the way thinking why do I do this shit...I think there's something to be said about doing something that is difficult just for the sake of achieving a goal

 

[Stephan Kesting]

And here's part two of that article. Fair warning thought: it has NOTHING to do with BJJ - it's an account of the last three days of an 82 day solo canoe trip that took me to Hudson Bay

Belugas, Bears and an Offshore Tide on Hudson Bay

 

[EpicBeardMan**]

Obviously there