Topic Of The Week 2

[Ryan]

How do you all like having a topic of the week thread? If anyone has any suggestions of a topic.... let me know!


Ok, week 2.

We all get older, more brittle and it gets harder for some of us to get up in the morning. Along with JJ and other martial arts comes injuries that go away and some that linger forever. As you get older and experience these aches and pains of aging, how do you plan to change up your game? will you continue with grappling? Will you just put up with it? Will age allow you to mature into a person that grapples intelligently?

Do you or will you use weight lifting, supplements and such to increase your longevity?

[zaxonortesus]

I like it!

As far as injuries, I have a ton, and for me... I just take an extra day or two to rest before I get back into it. I don't ever think about giving it up. I just take the time I know I need, even though it is HARD for me not to push it.

[jasper_milktoast]

i do weight lift religiously, and will continue to do so the rest of my life. not sure i will ever go back to supplements, save for some fish oil and multi vitamins.

right now i eat mostly organic, but i might clean it up as i get older and go towards a fresh produce diet.

i have good genetics though as my biological grandpa is 80 and still farming, and my dad is pushing 60 and has the heart of a 20 year old. we rarely get sick as well.

i feel a healthy life style and genetics play key roles in life expectancy.

[AJ]

If it's too intense I can always tap... if the guy is too strong I can just pick a smaller guy... if I threw out my back then I'm butt scooting instead of going for a judo takedown. That approach allows me to coddle my injury while still not taking a break from training.

I'd imagine that once I'm really old, each roll will start with a physiological breakdown, "Hey kid, this wrist is banged up, this knee is torn, this shoulder is frail and my hip thrusts are weak due to a blown back."

[Turf]

I for one ain't as young as a used to be. It takes a couple or three days for a good crank to go away. I was always the the guy in highschool that never got hurt. I played sports all my life and have never hurt myself. Good luck I guess. As I creep up on thirty those little tweaks stick around longer than they used to. My plan for the future is to keep my body in better shape than that slide I let happen during college. A stronger body is harder to break.
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[NebS]

Being only 16, I don't exaclty have to worry about old people's problems yet.

I do however have to content with shoulder injuries...For me it is mainly just trying to keep them inside their sockets by keeping things simple, and not trying to do a submission just because I saw some guy in a red gi do it (Jokes!).

Keeping things light when need-be and hard when I am able to is probably what is going to keep me going for years to come :D

[CEB]

Old age is better than the alternative.

[Tallsilkyslim]

The older i get, the more i focus on staying in shape. The main thing i notice now compared to my teen years is how much more i have to watch what i eat. My plan is to do Martial arts til the day i die.