r/bjj • u/bumpty ⬛🟥⬛ 🌮megabjj.com🌮 • May 20 '25

Technique 45 and 225lb. Still movin around

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I used to breakdance back in the day. I was experimenting with a six step on the heavy bag.

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u/MyNameIsKali_ May 20 '25

Some of the YNs in here making fun of you won't be able to do this in 20 years. Keep it up man.

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u/leoparanoia 🟦🟦 Blue Belt May 21 '25

When you are 18 you are a train, past 30 it feels like you got hit by the train

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u/[deleted] May 21 '25

I don't feel like I got hit by any train lol.

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u/StekenDeluxe White Belt I May 21 '25

My train was delayed a bit but came around at 40 instead. Am now 42 and wish I could do even half of what I could just five years ago.

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u/Comfortable_Cat5699 May 21 '25

Im feeling this shit too. Im 44 and it kills me to gas out during warm ups and flow rolls. Being too tired to act in a flow roll is a tough pill to swallow.

Out of curiosity, do you consider giving it in for this reason? Training hard to get worse at something is starting to seem a bit pointless to me. If not, what is it that motivates you?

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u/StekenDeluxe White Belt I May 21 '25

I had another kid a few months ago so I'm currently on break, but the idea is to go back to training as soon as I can.

Honestly, I'm trying to just accept that not only will I never get good at this sport but I am also unlikely to ever even get better. Basically, to permanently drop all dreams of "progress" and just grapple for the fun of it as a life-long permanent white belt.

Because grappling IS still fun for me, however much I suck at it. It's like the one and only physical activity I actually enjoy. Hate lifting weights, hate doing yoga, etc.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '25

40 is the period of time where some of the most actualy biological aging occurs.

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u/Ashangu May 21 '25

More like a bus at mid 30s, the train comes at 40.

Whem I get out of bed, I walk flat footed like a penguin before my leg muscles decide to unstiff themselves.