Now that we have a couple of months of BJJ under our belts, the Fortnight of Kish and the holiday season out of the way, my wife and I are aiming to add strength training back into our routines.
Jean Luc doesn’t care that you broke your foot, or are tired, or whatever.
A quick back story to set up our current program and goals. We had started basic barbell training earlier in 2012 as a way to get in better shape. I had fracture my foot while running, and had a slight panic about how this incident could be the one that spirals me into becoming middle-aged and obese. My theory is that no one intends to be 40 with a BMI to match, they do so gradually, usually born from a small, legitimate reason… like, “dang, broken foot, guess I can’t workout for a few months”. The next stage is the wholly illogical “I’d start exercising more but I’m too tired and out of shape” excuse, and then mix in the escalating child and career responsibilities and BAM, you’re 40 and get winded going up the stairs.
So, I told myself that wasn’t going to happen, did some research into what being “fit” actually means.
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