Exhausted… From just two rds of burpees and Jesse’s sit up routine. I’m home lying on a piece of mat, still spanking new, hardly used. Motivation is rare and hard to muster.. co-worker talking about his workouts, instagram posts of buddies cycling… and I’m home slowly gaining weight.. its not enough. The wall of Covid sorrounding me … Is this my day, the day I fall to Covid.. I sometimes wonder if I should just train .. I’m gonna get it anyways… But I’m responsible, a responsible parent, I need to do what’s right. Throwing caution to the wind is dangerous.
And the desert heat… It’s caused me to hunker down even more… 120 degrees outside… What’s a month or two off..
Two weeks away from anything is too long.. your body starts to shrink in muscle mass quickly after that time.. I was off the bike three weeks until my brother n law talked me into a “small” ride.. we did.. the small route nearby, mountain biking on our hardtails. I nearly puked… What normally would be just a casual ride has turned into a major workout ..
My wife knows I want to start up again in jujitsu, there’s a few die hards still training, I follow on the teams messenger app.. I finish my set of burpees and situp routine gasping for air and she laughs…your not gonna make it in jujitsu…is that the motivation I was looking for?
Old Man Jitsu (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) 