Can't finish warmup

Its not healthy trying to keep carbs out go by calories , just eat more carbs before you train and dont drink gatorade try water and limes it works better , i always pile up on water all day before i go to the club .

another thing that help me alot when i got home from judo at night was drinking a good class of chocolate milk it has the same results as if you drank a cup of whey powder and it keep syou full until you wake up in the morning
 
This situation is one of the BEST things about what we do. On the mat, in the ring, cage, whatever..."what you do speaks so well". Respect is garnered from getting absolutely beat down (via cardio, rolls, etc) and coming back again for more. There is no quality more impressive in a person! We have the chance to do this, every day if we choose. When I first started, I thought my workout was an embarassment (from a technical standpoint, it was...and still is). I figured I would be largely ignored. What I got was a firm handshake and a nod from everyone...because I didnt quit. Those nods became encouraging words and then friendships threaded in the fact WE COME BACK FOR MORE! Now Im fired up. Good luck man!
 
Mgrapper said:
This situation is one of the BEST things about what we do. On the mat, in the ring, cage, whatever..."what you do speaks so well". Respect is garnered from getting absolutely beat down (via cardio, rolls, etc) and coming back again for more. There is no quality more impressive in a person! We have the chance to do this, every day if we choose. When I first started, I thought my workout was an embarassment (from a technical standpoint, it was...and still is). I figured I would be largely ignored. What I got was a firm handshake and a nod from everyone...because I didnt quit. Those nods became encouraging words and then friendships threaded in the fact WE COME BACK FOR MORE! Now Im fired up. Good luck man!
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Thanks

Great post =)
 
keep at it. you will improve slowly but you will improve. i think your peers admire your valiant efforts. i certainly do.
 
Nothing beats seeingt he new guy not giving up no matter how bad hes getting beaten ..keep it up man !
 
Thanks all of you.

I've already made the active decision to stick with it and not stop.

We can end this thread now (I feel like it keeps being dragged on lol)

I'll post an update about 3 months from now about how the changes have progressed with my 3-4 days a week training.

If you're in the sacramento area come down to Cassio Wernecks Jiu-jitsu and roll with us.

Quality gym =)
 
Defy said:
Hi,

I recently started BJJ training and i'm out of shape (5'10, 250lbs), recently quit smoking, and have asthma.

During warmup in the class I normally cannot complete the entire thing, normally after about 5-10 minutes i have to stop the warmup and take a break while the class continues.

I quit smoking a few months ago, am on medication for the asthma, and on a strict diet losing weight.

Do you think me not being able to complete the warmup and having to take breaks is frowned upon by the rest of my class? It's a little discouraging.

Should I stop going and come back once i've lost the weight and can finish the warmup? Or stick with it?
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Dont worry about it, people talk shit.
You will reap the health, mental, physical, everything benefits of training and dieting.
Plus, if you keep at it with a good attitude you will become part of the team and they will support you.
Keep at it.
 
i am in the same situation. i just kept on rolling. i'm not in training right now because of schedule issues but i still work out everyday. tried to listen to my body more in the warm ups. pushed myself i little bit more everyday. once the school semester clears, i'm going to be in the dojo
 
Defy said:
i almost basically got thru the whole warmup today by pushing myself as hard as possible.

I also had a cup of brown rice before training and brought some 50/50 gatoraid with me. I think i'll incorporate some carbs back into my life and eat properly.

All your words of encouragement and advice has helped played a huge part is me going back tonight. And now that I went back, im not going to stop.

Thank you all.
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Congrats on starting, that was the hardest part and you've done it.

The good carbs are an important thing, also make sure you do some resistance training like weights, possibly a circuit training routine. Forget the Gatorade, it's over glorified sugar water with salt. If you need the carbs at class it's too late, same with hydration. Drink plenty of water throughout the day.

As far as your cardio on the treadmill vs. elliptical machine, you don't need impact cardio you need to increase the intensity level, in other words increase resistance and/or speed.

Try doing interval training; go balls to the wall 90% all out for 30 seconds to one minute and cruise for three to five minutes. Do this for about 30 minutes and you'll see your cardio not only go up, but so will your recovery time.

You will find that you still get tired but you recover a lot faster. That is just as important.

Good luck and congrats again.
 
if you look out of shape, then people won't really expect you to complete the warm up and have no quams about it... theres a couple big guys that cant complete any warm ups whether it be mt or bjj.. no big deal.

just make sure you stay humble and dont come off like you are a know it all.
also i do this myself - if i tire out sometimes ie: boxing round - i get mad and stand around looking mad like "WTF IS GOING ON HOW COULD THIS BE" - try not to do that.

Also - a lot of the reason why you are tiring out could be from your diet... if I eat like shit, I burn out after 5 minutes opposed to 20 or 25.

Make sure you are eating some pasta 2 hours before, and drinking LOTS of water through out the day.

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Also one piece of advice that I would give that I notice a large guy in my gym doing that can't roll because he has a bad knee thats set with pins is: dont look at is as the MMA craze 'im going to be able to beat up people' tutorial... look at is as if you are in school the techniques are what you are there to learn... the other side of it (cardio, strength and even rolling around with people that use no technique and all strength) can be done at home or in the gym, you are here to learn an art... and all you need is your mind to do that.
 
the worst thing you could do is stop going. as long as you continue to give it your best effort, it shouldnt matter to anyone how youre doing. as far as being frowned upon....FUCK THEM...your training is your own personal journey, not theirs.

i quit smoking after my 1st class. it took me a while to be able to keep up. i had weight to drop. i got it off and got my wind up by showing up and getting my ass kicked night in, night out. 5 years later, the least of my problems are wind and weight. just keep working and the pay offs will come.
 
From one enormous fatty to another, keep going.

When I first started, I couldn't keep up either. And that was right after having trained for and ran a half marathon (lost about 60 of the 100 I need to loss).

The only thing that gets you ready for rolling is rolling.
 
Talk to your instructor about it, he might be able to give you a few tips on it.

Also, on my first day of BJJ at my school, the instructor told me that if I don't feel comfortable doing anything, I don't have to do it.
 
If you have asthma, you will likely begin to experience breathing problems after approx 5-8 minutes of exercise (especially if your asthma is exercise induced). The better shape you are in, the less you will notice the difficulty. If you are able to push through it, you will notice that the difficulty breathing goes away. Or if you take a short rest after warming up, you will notice that it isn't as bad all of a sudden.

You probably aren't as "out of shape" as you think. You probably just need to "warm-up" for 5-8 min prior to the actual class' warm-up to make sure your lungs are prepared for training. It's kind of a pain, but comes with the territory of being asthmatic.

Also, you should go to an asthma/allergy specialist if you haven't already. You may need to adjust your medication. (I had to when I started heavy training)
 
keep going.when I first started i went to an intro class and after getting to fatigued i wanted to puke i didn't even bother signing up. I thought the same i'll lose weight running and then i'll start training. well 6 months later i was in no better shape but i said screw it and joined. Now after 8 months I have no problem with warm up and have plenty of stamina to get my ass kicked rolling :icon_chee. IMO jiujitsu is a totally different work out then strength training or cardio. only way to get in shape for it is to do it.

When i started i was same as you, 5'10 265lbs I'm about 240 now and have definitely gained a lot of muscle.
 
Getting in shape for bjj? Seriously I dunno how that would work, from my experience I know guys who are better at running long distances, have been doing thaiboxing for a long time and yet they gas in bjj far quicker than me.

Its just a different type of workout (bjj/wrestling/grappling).
 
What everyone else said.

I started at a fat 225lbs and quit smoking before I started training a year ago. I made a commitment my first day to sign up, pay all my money, buy a gi, etc so that I had a stake in sticking with it. I could barely do the warmup and puked my first night.

A year later I just won a Naga tournament sword in the 180lb division and just got done tonight with two practices put together (due to the holiday) which totalled 3.5 hours in a row.

BJJ gives what you put into it. You can't cheat. Go to class consistently and do the best you can and you will get in great shape.
 
man, i started BJJ at 220 and by simply watching my diet a little (not much, mind you) and rolling every week at every class, i've shed down to 180. best weight loss workout i can think of.

most of the guys in your class probably respect you for trying to get in shape. we all started somewhere. just keep giving it 100%, man.
 
I want to chime in and say I'm proud of the Sherdog Grappling Technique community. I avoided this thread for a while because I expected to see a lot of negativity. Thank you all for failing to meet my expectations.

As for the TS... it gets easier! I still can't complete the warm ups on most days (6'1" 290lbs) but I am coming a lot closer than I used to, and my recovery time is getting a lot quicker too. My only suggestion I have that I didn't see mentioned is to take a short rest (30 seconds - 1minute) when you know you're about to hit your limit. Sometimes that will be all you need, and then you can go another 5 or 10 minutes before you need to do that again.
 
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