How/why did you start?

[Hammer_Fist]

Where are you coming from, or where did your conditioning training start? Are you a 16 year old kid that rolls at jiu jitsu practice and are trying to last longer, or are you a 40 year old Tank Abbott coming from a bar stool trying to lose some weight?

On top of that, where are you at in your pursuits? Are still just getting your sea legs, or are you poppin off 100 burpees in your sleep? Also what is your ultimate goal, or what is the purpose of your training?






I'll start, I personally am coming off of about a 4 year bender. For the past four years I have smoked cigs, drank MANY beers, and ate everything I ever felt like. Now I am overweight, and out of shape. I quit smoking about a month ago, and have gradually gotten back into exercising over the past 4-5 weeks.

Right now, I am doing heavy bag work, jumping rope, doing sprints, running stadium stairs, and mountain biking. At this point I'm still just sort of popping the work out cherry. I work out very hard considering the fact that I've been a slob for the past 4 years. I should say that I wrestled for 6 years, and at one point in my life had only 7% body fat. I'm not that fat on the spectrum of fat people, but I am definitely overweight considering my past.

My goals are pretty simple.
1. I just want to feel healthier and have more energy.
2. I want to lose 20 lbs. (I weigh 185 and I want to weigh under 165)

I can't say that I really have a purpose. I just want to feel good.

[Kid_Mayhem]

I wrestled in high school for my senior year with no cardio. Ever. I didnt understand why I kept losing even though my teqchnique, especially my turk, was getting flawless. One day i went for a run with my wrestling team and realized there was something different about the guys who are always winning. They are always in the lead. Well I ended up getting slammed on my head in a wrestling match and stopped showing up to practice for a few months. I just watched UFC all the time. I heard them mentioning "gas" all the tiem but I didn't know what they were talking about.... eventually i realized I need to run in order to get more "gas". I always hated running but started off easy, jogging a mile in like 12 minutes, and worked my way up to longer runs with faster times. My cardio is decent now, but I want more gas. It sucks when you're one on one with someone and you have to just keep taking short rests every time you gain the upper hand.
I had to run until I gave myself shin splints in order to get decent cardio. the more I ran the more I loved it though, until I injured myself, lol.

[shredfighter1]

I'm 17 years old, I started my interest in physical fitness about 2-3 years ago. Then 1-2 years ago I got into a fight, and realized I needed something more, so I took up boxing, then after awhile MMA! I'm pretty fit, I always have been, guess it's in my genes. I have a pretty natural build for a fighter, built like matt hughes. I've been training in Freestyle Wrestling for 6 Weeks now, plan on competeing soon! Oh, and I wrestled threw 3rd to 6th grade.