I loove sports. So yeah, today I'mma go through history of my sports-related interests.
Stage I. - skinny, weak & ball games
This stage started when I was like 3 years old and ended around 17. I found working out for stupid people. I was suuuuuperskinny and supertall. That made me pretty good in volleyball and basketball. I even trained basketball in a club for a while. Also I sucked and to this days still suck at football.
Stage II. - big, strong & gym
Around 17ish, I've had a bet that I'll gain 5kg in 3 months. That's where my whole current anti-ball sports career started :D I've started going to the gym almost every day and it continued like that for the next 2-3 years. I went from 66kg to 78kg in a year. I can't say by any means that I was big or bulky. But compared to my previous standards, I was.
Here should be the pic, but I'm just too ashamed of my Schwarzeneger wannabee photos to share them :D
Stage III. - lean, strong & calisthenics
Then I slowly started to shift from lifting weights into calisthenics and bodyweight workouts. It just made me similarly strong but I wasn't that bulky. And I liked it. To look lean and then surprise people with 20 pullups :)
Stage IV. - balance & Ido Portal
Then I've realized power is not everything and killing myself to do 20 pullups instead of 18 is just stupid. It was still just about looks. As Ido Portal says:
Muscles without skills are reverse engineering
I've stumbled across this video of his and it completely shifted my perception of working out. I've started playing more with balance and learned handstand or slackline.
Stage V. -Ido, Conor & BJJ
Then once again, after I got better in balancing, Ido stepped in. once again. And poor me had to change a field once again as well :D In 2015, he posted a video with Conor McGregor and I was hooked. His mindset was just sooo inspirational I had to try some martial arts. After doing my research what works and what doesn't, BJJ was an obvious choice IMO :) With the time, I've already started takng boxing classes.
Stage VI. -???
Well, as you can see, I'm changing my main sport pretty often. So what's next? Honestly, I dunno. But I really really hope I'll stick with BJJ for many many upcoming years!! :) I love change and constantly learning but it sucks that with every change, there's less and less time for the other activities. Mainly because change doesn't mean I stop doing the previous ones...Means I still try to lift, do calisthenics, handstands, slack etc...not as often as before, but I do.
Thx for reading, if anyone at all did ! :) Lemme know what do u do or which of my activities do you find interesting...or maybe what else should I try. Thx!
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