out of shape + first day of bjj class = gassed hard at middle of class

[Nocturnal]

ok, tonight was my first night at class. we were doing warm ups. i gassed hard. after our warm ups it was time to do some sprawling. i was standing up first while my partner tried to bring me down. that gassed me even more. after it was my turn to sprawl with my partner i gassed so hard that it wasnt even funny. i was the only one gassing that hard. i kinda felt really shame.

everyone else seemed to be really in shape. i wish i could get into shape before i start to train.

i just thought id share that i was really burnt out.

i go back friday to practice my boxing/kick boxing. i cant wait.

i really wanted to quit after i gassed really hard, but now that i think about it, i dont. im going to try my best not to give up.

im going to start running in the morning so that i dont gas so hard.

just thought id share my experience.

[JaredExtreme]

Yeah man stick with it. And remember, food doesn't taste as good on the way up !!

Guess what, all those seemingly really fit people there? They have all been through exactly what you are going through now. The ones that stick with it get the rewards. The majority give up.

Keep going. Your mat fitness will improve dramatically, even in the short term. And any extra training you do will increase your potetntial even more.

If it was easy it wouldn't be worth anything.......

[MrPoopy]

Congratulations Nocturnal. It's great that you started training.

Sometimes after a really hard class you will want to give up. No matter how hard it may seem, it's all worth it. Not giving up is the key to success. It doesn't matter if you get your ass kicked in class or you get totally exhausted from the work out... the only thing that matters is you not giving up.

When you say that you "gassed", what exactly do you mean? Did you fart? People fart in my class all the time. One of the more experienced guys loves to let me stack him up when he gets an armbar from the guard and then he farts on me.

[Nocturnal]

what i meant by "gassed," was that i was extremely exhausted. i was dehydrated also. during the water breaks i didnt have any access to water because i had 0 dollars. i didnt have anything to drink or anything.

also during the day before that i drank a lot of soda, and didn't have anything to eat.

so those were the reason why i got so dehydrated.

i plan not to give up. ill try my best. i like your words, not giving up leads to success.

[likuid]

keep it up nocturnal...one day, you'll be sparring and notice you partner is 'gassing', you'll get a real sense of accomplishment...just push yourself, you got nothing better to do anyway

[MrPoopy]

It's very important to bring water with you to class. My instructor also tells people not to eat atleast 3 hours before you come. You might also drink a lot of water during the day of your class.

Before my first class, and I mean RIGHT BEFORE, I had a big bowl of cereal. Apparently the instructor knew I had eaten something before beacuse he asked about it. I guess I was getting wore out pretty easy.

[controllerzero]

Another point is that as you gain experience, you will use less energy to apply your techniques. Not that sprawling ever becomes effortless, but the others in the class are probably using a little more positioning whereas you are using a little more strength.

[CHOKE UK]

Nocternal, i totally agree with mr poopy,
FIRSTLY NOT ONLY WILL YOU FEEL EXAUSTED,
BUT the first few times when you are exausted and some big mountain of a man is in the mount or side pin all his weight on yourr chest and you cant budge him, ( all the years of training in various other martial arts and they are absolutely useless now)... you cant breath because of his weight, your back and arms hurt, thats when you will find that "you almost lose the will to live"!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats what happened to me in my first lesson, i could get most off me but this one guy 6'5 just wouldnt budge. He was probably there for between 5-10 mins but it seemed like an hour !
Sometimes you may feel on top of the world after doing really well in most of your fights and another time you may feel absolutely deflated after you have a real "stinker" or get hurt accidently, and feel like giving up !.
I always remember the first time i got "choked" out and i stupidly refused to give in and was on the verge of going to sleep !
But i really was hard on myself about it, i really beat myself up about it.
Initially because you have no tecnique the only things at your disposal are aggression and adrenalin, so thats what normally happens!
The mental aspect of it is very important, but good luck.