[AnabolicAnimal]

just wanted to tip my hat to all you BJJ(or any MMA guys). i went to a class last monday night to check the place out(i have no prior experience in any martial art except a few months of boxing when i was a kid).i was mainly looking for a cardio like activity that doesn't involve a treadmill. i diffently found what i was looking for and learned a few things about myself in the process. 1. i am not nearly as flexable as i once thought i was. the basic streches and warm ups wheren't nearly as easy as i had thought 2. i am totally unconditioned (that dam glider(elypitical machine) at the gym seems rather deceving i sweet my ass off but i still get winded if i have to walk up a few flights of stairs). 3. BJJ isn't cheap. i'm not sure what the going rate is for a month's worth of classes but this particualr one chagres 110bucks a month for unlimated useage. like i said i dont know what normal prices are for classes like this but i found over 1200 bcks a year to be pretty dam expensive. after just 1 1/2 hour class i was completly beat, and i didn' t even participate in the last 1/2 hour ofclass where everyone paired off and spared(not sure what you would call it) with each other(both me and the instrocter aggred that me sparing would be rather useless and possablay dangrous considering i have no backround in martial arts and i'd only use my strenght to my advantage, there were no athleats in the class and i easily outweighted everyone by a good 40lbs or more). bottom line for me though is that anyone who can juggle working out with weight and something like that in the same week must be pretty dam motivated. wish it wasn't so dam expensive though cause i did enjoy what little experience i had, but for 110bucks i could joint a boxing gym for a whole year and still get my cardio out of it. by the way sorry for hijacking this thread with my experience just wanted to give you guys your props.