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Just a quick post about a highlight video I made for the winter promotions at our academy.
In addition, Gracie Mag has some great information about the promotions as well as extra media here.
I hope you guys enjoyed that. Sorry about my terrible video editing skills, lol.
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Let me explain…
Leading up to NoGi worlds, I started feeling burnt out. My body had taken enough punishment for the year, but I was not going to stop. I worked all the way up to NoGi worlds, and did my thing at the tournament. Afterwards the tournament, I decided I wanted a break from competing. The preparation for competition is very monotonous, grueling, and sometimes not fun. I have to kill myself to try and make two sessions a day whenever my job allows. Usually after a tournament, I take it easy for a week skipping some sessions. However, this time I wanted to stay close to the mats to continue progressing. Training at the academy after this tournament becomes very relaxed. We are encouraged to play with our Jiu-Jitsu. This is a very fun time, and a period, if used correctly, to grow as a grappler in an exponential manner.
Prior to tonight’s session, I hadn’t been on the mats in days! Ugh, it felt like weeks! As my fever went away, I decided my cabin fever got the best of me. But, can you workout when sick? Apparently, you can. And, in many cases, you should.
It’s a bit of a generalization, but, for the most part, as long as you don’t have a fever and your body generally feels almost normal you should be able to workout when you are sick. I prefer to grappling to running on the treadmill, obviously. Something tells me you might stand to agree with me on this one. Although, it is important to point out that you should NOT be working out when you are sick and running a fever. When you have a fever you are contagious, and your defenses are low. So, if you workout when you are sick AND have a fever, you will be doing more damage than good.