This time last year I was grinding to make a buck serving tables at Table 3. I was making decent cash but it is inconsistent and I was good but still pretty green as a server - (Literally 4 stripe white-belt).
I was starting to pay off my debts and was able to save a few hundred bucks.
Was job searching and had been through to many phone interviews and a few face-to-face interviews. However nothing was catching. I was training more consistently and did some tournaments, one at the bluebelt level.
So this year, I started a website to beef up my resume, and accepted a job at HGS. The pay is lower than what I was used to for an office job but I needed to get out of the service industry and needed more cash. Payed off my credit card & bank line of credit, almost finished paying off my car, and started to make a dent into my student loans. I gained 15-20 pounds but I am working my way back down and slowly improving my cardio. Some of it was muscle though.
Still getting injuries that take away a few days to a few weeks of training, but thankfully I okay at the moment although I strained my neck Wednesday night. Been working on flexibility and have been doing more yoga and will be participating in "YogaPalooza" - I am shooting to get about 20 sessions of yoga in January. Good thing I am mentally prepared to put in the time and enjoy the grind :).
I have my workout schedule set with 3-4 BJJ sessions and 5 Yoga sessions a week. I will use my lunch break at work to add cardio/active recovery sessions. I downloaded a calorie counting app and
and will try to go down to 145. My focus has never been stronger. If I can jog in the freezing cold like I did earlier around Creve Coeur Park, I can definite lose the fat, gain the cardio, and gain the flexibility.
"It's not whose good. It's whose left." - Chris Hauter.
I am focusing my training so that 50 years from today I will be able to write a blog post/podcast about how I trained/taught BJJ or yoga earlier that day/week :).
Still getting injuries that take away a few days to a few weeks of training, but thankfully I okay at the moment although I strained my neck Wednesday night. Been working on flexibility and have been doing more yoga and will be participating in "YogaPalooza" - I am shooting to get about 20 sessions of yoga in January. Good thing I am mentally prepared to put in the time and enjoy the grind :).
I have my workout schedule set with 3-4 BJJ sessions and 5 Yoga sessions a week. I will use my lunch break at work to add cardio/active recovery sessions. I downloaded a calorie counting app and
and will try to go down to 145. My focus has never been stronger. If I can jog in the freezing cold like I did earlier around Creve Coeur Park, I can definite lose the fat, gain the cardio, and gain the flexibility.
"It's not whose good. It's whose left." - Chris Hauter.
I am focusing my training so that 50 years from today I will be able to write a blog post/podcast about how I trained/taught BJJ or yoga earlier that day/week :).
