Why 90% Quit:The Brutal Truth of BJJ & The Art of Emotional Stealth
Summary
TLDRIn this interview, 52-year-old Conrad Spangler, a highly-ranked Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor and military veteran, shares his journey and insights into the sport. He discusses the mental and physical toughness required, drawing parallels to his wrestling background under legendary coach Dan Gable. Conrad emphasizes the importance of consistency in training and diet to maintain resilience and readiness. He also highlights the mental game of competition, advocating for a stoic demeanor to keep opponents guessing. His advice for those who have fallen out of shape is to create a daily habit of exercise and to enjoy the process of continual self-improvement.
Takeaways
- 🤼♂️ **Mental and Physical Toughness**: The sport requires both mental and physical resilience, which can't be replicated through other means.
- 🤝 **Camaraderie and Ego**: There's a strong bond among those willing to step on the mat, often putting ego aside to face challenges and learn from them.
- 🏆 **Competition and Progress**: Conrad Spangler emphasizes the importance of competing to test and improve one's skills, regardless of the outcome.
- 🎖️ **Achievement and Dopamine**: The thrill of victory and the recognition on the podium provide a significant dopamine rush, which is a strong motivator.
- 🤕 **Injury and Recovery**: Injuries are part of the sport, and it's crucial to understand the difference between pain and injury to avoid permanent damage.
- 🚫 **Emotional Control**: Hiding emotions during a match is vital as it prevents opponents from gaining an advantage or sensing weakness.
- 🏋️♂️ **Consistency in Training**: Maintaining a consistent workout routine, even when not actively competing, is key to staying in shape and ready for competition.
- 🍽️ **Diet and Discipline**: A disciplined approach to diet is essential for maintaining one's physique and health, especially as one ages.
- 🧗♂️ **Adaptability**: Recognizing when to push through and when to take a break is part of the mental aspect of the sport, and it's important for injury prevention.
- 👨👦 **Balancing Life Roles**: Conrad balances being a father, maintaining his physique, and staying competitive, highlighting the importance of managing multiple life roles.
- 🔄 **Regaining Shape**: If one falls out of routine, the key to getting back into shape is to create a daily habit that is enjoyable and sustainable.
Q & A
What is the sport that Conrad Spangler is involved in?
-Conrad Spangler is involved in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), and he trains at Henzo Gracie Houston.
What was Conrad's ranking in the IBJJF competitions before he was promoted to brown belt?
-Conrad was the number one ranked purple belt in IBJJF competitions before his promotion to brown belt.
How long did Conrad serve in the military?
-Conrad served a total of 29 years in the military, including 6 years in the Marine Corps, 11 years in the Army, and some ROTC time in college.
What is Conrad's approach to training and competing in BJJ?
-Conrad's approach to training and competing in BJJ is to be consistent, cautious initially due to his wrestling background, and to always look for ways to improve and test his skills against others.
What is Conrad's view on the mental aspect of competing in grappling sports?
-Conrad believes that the mental aspect of grappling sports is crucial. He emphasizes the importance of not showing emotions during a match to avoid giving the opponent any advantage.
How does Conrad manage to maintain his physique and continue training despite his age and other responsibilities?
-Conrad maintains his physique through consistency in both his diet and training. He emphasizes the importance of understanding one's body, goals, and training with intention.
What advice does Conrad give for someone who has fallen out of their fitness routine and wants to get back into shape?
-Conrad advises creating a daily habit that is enjoyable and can be easily integrated into one's life. He also stresses the importance of consistency and doing workouts that can be sustained over time.
How does Conrad feel about the camaraderie among people who practice BJJ?
-Conrad feels a strong sense of camaraderie with people who are willing to step on the mat and put their ego aside, knowing that they will face challenges and eventually succeed in overcoming them.
What does Conrad consider to be his main weapon when competing in BJJ?
-Conrad considers wrestling to be his main weapon when competing in BJJ, as it gives him an advantage in taking opponents down and wearing them out on the feet.
How does Conrad handle the emotional aspect of losing a match?
-Conrad acknowledges that losing is a part of the sport and that everyone will face it. He believes in learning from the experience and not letting the fear of losing prevent him from competing.
What is Conrad's perspective on the importance of Jiu-Jitsu in building mental and physical resilience?
-Conrad views Jiu-Jitsu as a way to build mental and physical resilience that is difficult to replicate in other ways. He believes that the sport's challenges help individuals develop discipline and the ability to face life's difficulties.
What advice does Conrad have for older competitors in BJJ?
-Conrad advises older competitors to be smart about their training, avoid overtraining, and not to replicate the training routines of younger athletes. He emphasizes understanding one's own body and goals and training accordingly.
Outlines
🤼♂️ The Mental and Physical Demands of Jiu Jitsu
The script introduces the sport of Jiu Jitsu, emphasizing its mental and physical challenges. It highlights the camaraderie among practitioners who are willing to put their egos aside and endure the tough training. The interviewee, Conrad Spangler, a 52-year-old Jiu Jitsu enthusiast and high-ranking competitor, shares his background in wrestling and military service. He discusses the importance of approachability in coaches and the parallels between Jiu Jitsu schools and supportive communities. The transition from wrestling to Jiu Jitsu is also explored, with Conrad explaining the similarities and differences between the two disciplines.
🏆 Embracing the Competitive Nature of Jiu Jitsu
This paragraph delves into the competitive aspect of Jiu Jitsu, with Conrad discussing his journey from being ranked number one in the purple belt to beginning anew as a brown belt. He talks about the natural progression from learning to competing and the importance of testing one's skills against others. Conrad also shares his strategy in matches, leveraging his wrestling background to tire opponents out before taking them down. The paragraph concludes with his thoughts on the emotional high of winning and the necessity of dealing with loss as a part of growth and improvement.
😶 Controlling Emotions in Competition
Conrad shares his insights on the importance of emotional control during competition. He advises against showing frustration or fatigue as it can give opponents an edge. Drawing from his experience in wrestling and his admiration for stoic Korean wrestlers, Conrad emphasizes the need to maintain a straight face and control breathing to prevent opponents from gaining confidence. He also stresses the importance of not celebrating excessively, to maintain an image of resilience and consistency, which can be advantageous in future matches.
💪 The Role of Discipline and Consistency in Training
The paragraph focuses on the importance of discipline and consistency in maintaining physical fitness and training regimens. Conrad discusses the need to stay consistent with diet and training, even when not actively competing. He shares his personal commitment to continuous training, emphasizing that there are health and mental benefits to staying in shape. The paragraph also touches on the idea of self-imposed discipline as a way of life, encouraging the audience to adopt a consistent training routine to be prepared for any future challenges.
👴 Training Smart for Age and Goals
Conrad provides advice for training according to one's age and goals. He cautions against emulating the training routines of younger athletes and emphasizes the importance of understanding one's body and capabilities. The paragraph discusses the need to train smart to avoid injuries and the importance of recognizing when to push through pain or when to recover. Conrad also shares his personal approach to maintaining his physique and the importance of consistency, even when dealing with injuries or life's interruptions.
🔄 Returning to Shape After a Break
In this paragraph, Conrad addresses the challenge of getting back into shape after a period of inactivity. He admits that he cannot relate to those who stop working out completely, as it has always been a part of his life. His advice is to incorporate exercise into daily life as an enjoyable habit. He suggests starting with activities that one likes and can look forward to, making it easier to maintain consistency. The paragraph also stresses the importance of forming habits for long-term adherence to a fitness routine.
🎖 Future Goals and the Continuous Pursuit of Improvement
Conrad outlines his future goals, focusing on health, avoiding injuries, and continuing to improve in Jiu Jitsu. He expresses his pride in transitioning from being seen as 'just a wrestler' to a Jiu Jitsu practitioner. The paragraph concludes with a summary of the interview's key takeaways, which include embracing the challenge of Jiu Jitsu, the importance of not overthinking, and the value of continuous self-improvement. The interviewer also reflects on improvements for future interviews, aiming to create a more engaging and interactive experience.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Mental toughness
💡Physical toughness
💡Camaraderie
💡Ego
💡Resilience
💡Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ)
💡Competition
💡Wrestling
💡Injuries
💡Discipline
💡Consistency
Highlights
Sport requires mental and physical toughness, with a camaraderie among those willing to step on the mat and put ego aside.
Conrad Spangler, a 52-year-old highly ranked purple belt in IBJJF competitions, discusses his journey and insights.
Conrad's military background, having served for 29 years, shapes his approach to discipline and training.
Training under legendary wrestling coach Dan Gable at Iowa provided valuable lessons in approachability and coaching.
Approachability of coaches and a friendly environment are key in Jiu Jitsu schools, fostering a sense of community.
Wrestling and Jiu Jitsu share similarities in grappling, but have different rules and techniques.
Conrad's cautious approach to learning Jiu Jitsu, starting with a wrestling base, is recommended for beginners.
The importance of competing in Jiu Jitsu to test one's skills and the different paths one can take in the sport.
Conrad's strategy in Jiu Jitsu matches, leveraging his wrestling background to wear out opponents.
The mental game of competition, keeping a straight face and controlling emotions to gain an advantage.
The frustration of losing and the importance of embracing defeat as a part of the learning process.
Conrad's advice on maintaining a consistent training routine and the importance of not falling out of shape.
The challenge of injuries and the fine line between pain and injury in the pursuit of Jiu Jitsu excellence.
The parallels between Jiu Jitsu and life, building mental and physical resilience through discipline.
Conrad's future goals in Jiu Jitsu, focusing on health, avoiding injury, and continuous improvement.
The pride in being a Jiu Jitsu practitioner and the camaraderie among those who step on the mat.
Conrad's final thoughts on the importance of consistency, health, and the mental game in Jiu Jitsu.
Transcripts
this is a sport that people just don't
have the mental toughness the physical
toughness to come in here and I kind of
feel it's a camaraderie with people who
are willing to step on this mat and
people who are willing to put their ego
behind them because they know somebody's
gonna smash them and eventually
someone's smashing them enough you're
going to be smashing people after a
while
90 of people who walk through that door
isn't willing to do this not capable of
stepping on the mat and this just builds
mental and physical resilience that you
can't really replicate any other way
today we are interviewing Conrad
Spangler Conrad Spangler is a 52 year
old monster who trains at my gym and was
at the time the number one ranked purple
belt in ibjjf competitions he is no
longer that because he has been promoted
to brown belt where he's about to become
the number one ranked brown belt in his
division anyway we're going to learn a
lot from him because he is what I aspire
to be when I'm in my 50s so let's go
ahead and listen to this interview By
Conrad Spangler my name is Conrad
Spangler I'm 51 years old I'm turning 52
in August turning the corner I spent 24
years in the military six in the Marine
seven there of fours eleven in the Army
did some ROTC time in college so all
together about 29 years in the military
wrestled at Iowa Wrestled a little bit
afterwards for the Air Force
tell us a little about what it was like
training with Coach dang Google in Iowa
so a little more context with you guys
Conrad wrestled at Iowa and Iowa is a
legendary wrestling school so he was a
wrestler during the time coach Dan Gable
who is also a legendary coach was
teaching he was the assistant athletic
director at the time so Conrad is going
to explain to us what it's like to train
under such a great coach the first year
I was there was his first year as
working as the assistant of the athletic
director so he was in the room coaching
guys who were training for the Olympics
but I saw him around he would come give
me advice here and there
I mean
coolest thing about him is like he was
just so so chilled and how he kind of
approached people he you could you could
talk to him about pretty much anything
one of the best trademarks of a good
coach that I think Conrad just mentioned
is that they're very approachable
they're able to talk with you you're
able to talk with them about anything
and you have a really nice friendly
environment and atmosphere and that's
something that I've actually found was
pretty prevalent in all the henzo Gracie
schools in Houston all the professors
that Professor Brian has recruited very
approachable very friendly they care
about you in your training and your
development Jiu Jitsu and they also care
about your personal life because we're
all one big family and one big Community
what are some takeaways that you learned
from wrestling
Department
of just well wrestling is grappling just
like Jiu Jitsu is wrestling is different
rules than Jiu Jitsu
it's all grappling it's just a little
bit different positions it's a little
bit different point scoring
really what it comes down to is in
wrestling you're trying to put somebody
on their back in a jiu jitsu they're
trying to go to their back so when
somebody's falling it took me a while to
get used to how people were falling
because their knees kind of come up into
your crotch where you don't have to
worry about that in wrestling but when
it comes down to it's all it's all
grappling just a lot of the moves in Jiu
Jitsu are moves that are illegal in
wrestling
because they're trying to break your
limbs they're trying to choke you out in
a wrestling match you're getting a lot
of these positions and they they stop
you but I've also found out a lot of
wrestling moves are illegal in Jiu Jitsu
because I've done some wrestling moves
that have got me disqualified because
Jiu Jitsu guys it turns out don't like
their neck being touched that much
charges
well I guess the transition is I would I
four years kind of would go to jiu jitsu
MMA gyms find guys who just wanted to
work on their wrestling so I would work
on wrestling with Jiu Jitsu guys because
all the injuries I've had I didn't want
to be down on my knees I was worried
about him getting tweaked I'd see guys
in in knee bars and heel Hooks and I'm
like I don't want any part of that so
when I when I jumped in I was very
cautious I was kind of more like I'm
gonna try and keep it more wrestling the
more I got into it the easier it was I
got a little more comfortable with you
know their injuries are still going to
happen but I don't have to be as worried
about it as I did kind of first getting
into wrestling it's a good point Conrad
makes right he just joined Jiu Jitsu
only with wrestling background and he
played it pretty cautiously he didn't
jump in straight into Jujitsu full force
trying out different moves so why I
bring this up is if you're just coming
to Jujitsu for yourself without any
prior experience take it slow you don't
have to jump in super fast right away
and you also don't have to have a lot of
experience just take Jiu Jitsu at your
own pace and try the sport out it's not
something that's necessarily supposed to
kill you you're supposed to walk in kind
of like you walk in on the shallow end
of the pool to get to the deep end of
the pool it's a process you don't just
cannonball into the deep end if you
can't swim
I think it's just
um the natural progression that you want
to just test your skills so I mean in
wrestling the whole goal is compete a
high school College international
Olympic level the whole goal is to
compete you're always training to
compete so in Jiu Jitsu a lot of people
compete a lot of people don't there's
there's different paths so once I got it
kind of got comfortable with the rules
and the positions it kind of became the
next step that I wanted I wanted to
compete again because really
if you're doing this you're grappling
you want to test your skills against
other people and that and that's kind of
what it's all about to me
well I was ranked number one in purple
belt and since I just got brown belt I'm
back down to the beginning so I'm gonna
I'll be working my way back up at the
top and that takes a lot of time a lot
of training but I'll be on top of the
brown belt Vision within a couple years
you know I I don't know if there's one
one key that
um
is the key to success I do have a
advantage of being a wrestler because
every Jiu Jitsu match starts on the feed
if you look in practice well most people
start on the ground and a lot of
competitors they start on the ground too
so a lot of Jiu Jitsu competitors are
really uncomfortable being on the feed
so I try and take advantage of wearing
people out in their feet taking them
down to a good position on the mat so
wrestling is is still
my my main weapon when I go against
other people when we go down to the map
I'm getting better at Jiu Jitsu but a
lot of my Jiu Jitsu is very wrestling
based
you have a particular Mash that you
remember that uh
they all kind of blur together
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um I don't know if I think of any
matches you know what you think most
fondly of is and what gives you the
biggest dopamine release is getting your
hand raised at the at the end there's no
no replacement for that like when you
finish a match and you're tired whether
you went the whole time or you went hit
a submission when you get your hand
raised that that's the biggest dopamine
rush you can get in uh in anything and
then when you step onto the podium you
get the dopamine Rush again when you
when you get the uh get the gold medal
anytime they get like get a silver or
less than that it's it's not that much
fun
what
um I mean it happens everybody's gonna
lose okay we're gonna rewind that just
for one quick second so I asked Conrad
what his mentality was when it came to
losing right and this is something that
all of a lot of us need to learn because
it keeps us from competing we don't want
to lose we don't want to tarnish a
perfect record in reality what I've come
to learn is in order to get better in
order to win you have to lose a lot
personally I've been in mental blocks
where I've lost a match or lost a couple
of matches and then didn't want to
compete again out of fear for uh losing
constantly and it's a stupid stupid
mental block to put yourself into
because there's so much more to learn
from attempting to win and losing and
continuing to refine yourself but it's a
process that we all have to go through
as humans in various aspects of Our
Lives Jiu Jitsu and competing in Jiu
Jitsu is just one way to physically
manifest that learning process so let's
go ahead and Rewind find where I asked
Conrad what it's like to lose
what
um I mean it happens everybody's gonna
lose
every you're always going to run into
someone who's better than you
so you might just be crushing crushing
people and then you're gonna run into
somebody who's either better to you
better than you or has a better strategy
than you so you you always have to be
prepared that there's going to be people
that beat you you know you could have
your best day one day and you can step
on the mat the next day and people are
going to have a good strategy and
they're going to be in a maybe like a
better mental position than you so every
day every time you step on the mat you
don't know what's going to happen and
some people play a game
especially in Masters people will pull
guard hold guard and kind of hope for
the rest this is and go to a zero zero
rest decision and I've lost some matches
where people don't want to engage they
just pull guard and then there's a
pretty pretty boring matches and those
are kind of the most frustrating to me
when people don't want to open up and
show their skills they're basically just
trying to survive
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yeah
so to give you context
um Conrad will watch my matches whenever
I go and compete he gives me feedback on
how I performed there was one time when
I was really lackluster right I walked
into the match it was a Dallas pan AMS a
couple years ago and every time I got
taken down or finished an exchange you
can see the frustration on my face I was
like Breathing heavily rolling my eyes
Etc and it was all out of frustration
for not being able to beat a guy that I
felt like I should have beaten and
Conrad told me hey dude too much emotion
on your face you're showing too much of
your frustration
and that actually gives my opponent an
edge because then they're able to see or
smell blood and then go harder so I'm
asking Conrad this question so that we
can share it with you guys and this is
his reason for why you shouldn't share
your emotion when in a competition
it's all in it's it's a mental game
because you're in a fight with somebody
so anytime you're in a fight with
somebody you don't want them to see you
tired you don't want to see them seeing
your kind of posture bending over hands
on their head
um
that can give away whether you're
breaking somebody in in a sport where
you know you get submissions and you get
points but a lot of it is kind of
breaking somebody mentally until you can
kind of do what you want because it's
it's a fight and you see that a lot
people who are very strong at the
beginning in the first couple of minutes
but in the last couple of minutes they
just will give up positions because
they're tired or you've gotten
positions or points on them and they
kind of lose confidence in themselves so
I try and keep a straight face I I don't
I try and control my breathing either
I've been mastered where I've been dead
tired and I try to control my breathing
I don't make facial expressions like I'm
tired I don't bend over touch my knees
other people are looking for that if if
they're tired too and they're going to
be tired if you're tired everybody gets
tired if they think that you're more
tired than they are that'll give them
the energy to kind of push through and
get some points on you
your emotions out the door
well you don't leave your your emotions
you you really can't control you don't
want to show your emotions
um I when I watched uh International
wrestling I was always like kind of
mesmerized by the Koreans Korean
wrestlers because you couldn't tell
whether they were up 10 points or down
10 points they their facial expressions
didn't change they made no hands on the
hips No Hands on the knees everything
they did were they were just like robots
they're like cyborg Warriors they didn't
know they just kept coming they kept
going hard and it threw a lot of people
off because so many it is kind of an
emotional sport because there's a lot of
ups and downs you didn't see any emotion
from them and I think about that a lot
because I don't want my opponent to see
any emotion out there whether I win or
lose I barely show emotion I feel great
inside a huge dopamine release but I
never really want my opponents to see
even if I win win a big bash I don't I
don't celebrate that much because I
don't want to even give people who are
watching thinking oh it almost looks
like he was relieved to win that match I
want my opponents because your opponents
are watching you all the time your
future opponents on the sidelines and
they see you celebrating like I didn't
know if I was going to win that or or
lose that I'm so happy I want them to
see me as just somebody who goes out
there competes from from the belt or the
whistle and gives everything the whole
time so I don't want them to see any
weakness
this is pure gold this is so pure gold
what he mentions about Brazilian Jiu
Jitsu and wrestling being an emotional
sport is so true but the key is not to
show your emotion because what makes
zombies so scary in zombie horror movies
they just keep coming right it doesn't
matter how weak or how strong they are
they just keep coming and their lack of
fear or lack of showing emotions is what
makes them truly scary so Conrad's
advice to emulate that kind of tactic is
so smart because you're just not giving
your opponent any information to read
and it's kind of like playing poker when
you're playing poker you don't want to
show your emotions right or if you're
showing your emotions you're using it as
a tool to fake out your opponents so I'm
definitely going to take this advice
into practice whenever I compete in the
future I've done it a couple of times
and I'm very happy about it but um I
need to be more consistent
um yeah I mean Jiu Jitsu translates to
life I mean one thing I can say about
Jiu Jitsu is
you know 90 of people who walk through
that door
that 90 of the population can't isn't
willing to do this not capable of
stepping on the mat it's too hard
this sport is too hard physically and
mentally for most of the population to
come in and walk in that door so the the
life kind of experiences you can take
from Jiu Jitsu it applies to anything
that you have to do hard in your life
everybody is going to run into the
challenges of their in their life and
this just builds mental and physical
resilience that you can't really
replicate any other way what Conrad said
right there is the reason why I trained
Jujitsu in this day and age where
everything is easy you can get anything
you want instantaneous gratification
there needs to be some kind of
discipline that's instilled that I place
into myself I consider Jujitsu a
self-injected discipline it provides
structure in my life it allows me to
remember that life is supposed to be
difficult and that way I'm able to have
some semblance of uh sanity or or
control because we can't control how
things happen to us in life we can only
control our response and that's very
similar to jiu jitsu right whenever you
roll with someone else you don't
necessarily control how they react to
the way you roll you just only have
control of how you react to their role
anyway let's continue experiences you
can take from Jiu Jitsu it applies to
anything that you have to do hard in
your life everybody is going to run into
the challenges of their in their life
and this just builds mental and physical
resilience that you can't really
replicate any other way
um you're always going to be challenged
with injuries and your ability to
recover especially as you get older
you're going to have injuries you're
going to have things that hurt and
sometimes there's a fine line between
what's an injury and what just hurts and
sometimes I have to take some time off
because there's things that
hurt that may kind of cross the line
into you know maybe now I'm I'm injured
where I actually have to take some time
off but anybody who is in here on a
regular basis they're going to have
stuff hurt so I mean I had one of our
coaches at Iowa Jim zaleski always say
it doesn't matter how you feel so
whether you are tired or you're hurt you
still have to go out there and compete
so you there's a lot of days like I got
stuff hurting I'm a little worn out and
I have to know when to maybe take a day
off take two days off in days when I
know if I have a competition coming up
you have to push through it and that's
part of
you know the mental aspect of Jiu Jitsu
is you have to push yourself through if
you want to compete you know there's
there's there's different path to this a
lot of people want to come in and
they're kind of they just want to learn
Jiu Jitsu they want to get a physical
workout and then there's people who are
coming in who want to keep getting
better and test themselves and compete
and so there's there's a bunch of
different paths and if you want to
compete
you you're gonna have to raise the level
up a little bit with your training
Partners but you you have to know when
you're in a bad situation because if you
are too stubborn you're going to get
hurt if someone has your arm and you're
like well I have to keep going and then
you get your arm broken then you're out
for a while and you have a true injury
so there's there's things you have to
consider whether you want to just keep
pushing through it or in times when you
have to recover you have to realize both
and if you're an older competitor
don't don't look up like Cade Rotolo
's workout and try and replicate that
because you're going to burn yourself
out trying to train twice a week twice a
day six days a week you're gonna get
hurt like Conrad makes another great
point right here train for what your
goal is understand your body understand
who you are right so if you're 55 years
old don't be training like you're 22 and
if you're 22 you need to push it a
little more than than you would have to
if you're 60. so understand what your
goal is and train with intention
so I'm asking Conrad right here what he
does what does he do to maintain his
physique because obviously as you see
him right now he's built like a tank
this guy is
started out extremely muscular so how is
he able to compete be a father raise
kids and also maintain his muscularity
well it's consistency
um I mean I wrestled 189 in high school
197 in college
and I've taken many years off from
wrestling and grappling and because of
the schedule of the military being
deployed going on training exercises you
long work days so a lot of my time in
the military
you you just you just don't have the
opportunity to do it so you have to do
other things I've never in my life just
taken I'm just gonna stop working out
it's never happened
so a lot of it is you know when you get
older you have to be consistent with
your your diet and then being consistent
with your training so I mean those are
kind of the obvious things but
um you can't you can't forget about the
obvious things you still have to eat
right and you still have to even if
you're hurt even if you're not training
or a place where you can't train you can
still do other things to kind of
maintain so when you do come back to it
you're not completely out of shape and
you can get back to it quicker okay so
to recap what Conrad just said there's
going to be periods in your life where
you're not training Jiu Jitsu where
you're not grappling or competing but
that doesn't mean that you need to stop
training all together you still have an
onus responsibility to take care of your
body you have to continue working out
and continue eating healthy what does it
mean to eat healthy and what does it
mean to work out well that really
depends on your physique your structure
and what your goals are for example my
goal is to be in great physical shape
all the time I want to be at least at my
90 best even when I'm not competing I'm
working out five to six days a week
sometimes twice a day sometimes once a
day every once in a while I'll rest a
couple of days but I also never stop
working out because I know there's going
to come a time in the future where I
want to compete again or there may come
a time in the future where I'll have to
use my body to defend the country or
defend my family who knows but we always
need to stay ready stay prepared
Once An Athlete you always need to work
on staying an athlete I never approved
of the people who trained as athletes in
high school and college and then totally
stopped training afterwards that's
that's not the mindset that that you
need with the mindset that you really
need is to consistently train all the
time there's a lot of health and mental
benefits to training your body you live
longer you feel better about yourself
you look better you perform better even
if you're not constantly competing you
have an onus a responsibility to stay in
shape or yourself and for your family
and for the community because when
you're at your best you can be the best
and help other people okay on to the
next question By Conrad so what if you
do fall out of your routine and you stop
training for years you stop taking care
of your body you're currently out of
shape and you want to get back onto your
routine you want to you want to get it
back together what do you do to get back
into shape if you've fallen out of
routine for a long period of time let's
see what Conrad has to say
oh
that I I really can't help
um people who completely just fall off
and stop working out I actually can't
really relate to that too much because I
don't know what it's like to be like I'm
just tired of working out it's it's been
a part of my life it started out as a
routine to help me get better for
wrestling and get better for football
so it has to be something you work into
your your daily life to where it's
something that isn't something you feel
like you have to do it's something you
you want to do because you want to keep
improving yourself and there you have it
Conrad's number one advice to get back
into shape is number one keep your
routine and don't get out of shape in
the first place number two if you've
fallen out of shape and you're trying to
get back on create a daily habit do
something that is ingrained into your
life every day that you enjoy do so that
you can continue doing it because if you
do it and you don't enjoy doing it
you're just going to stop because we're
all lazy and we don't like doing things
that we don't have to do but if you make
it fun or interesting you're going to
continue doing it especially if you
create a habit habits take apparently
two to three weeks to form at least
that's what I've heard so if you can try
to consistently do something two to
three weeks consistently emphasis on
consistently you're more likely to
continue doing that habit so if you've
fallen out of shape and you're trying to
get back into shape consistently worked
out every day but do it at a degree that
you can enjoy doing it don't burn
yourself out if you go hard one day and
that causes you to recover for six days
it's not worth it instead go easy to
medium for six days and rest one day
that way you're able to continue showing
up
what's the future hold for congressman
you know always improving if I can um
number one for me I I you got to stay
healthy you got to be smart a lot a lot
of guys out here grabbing hold of your
knees and twisting on your knees that's
what I I got to avoid things that are
going to get me permanently injured so
my goal is next next tournament I go I
go win it and I keep winning after that
and nobody has to set backs and I lose
up at brown belt you know I'll keep
getting better and I'll know what I need
to do to keep getting better but I'm
gonna I'm gonna stay at it
um I I mean I always said I'm just a
wrestler and now I can say Hey you know
I do Jiu Jitsu now I'm finally uh past
the point where I come in here and tell
people I'm just wrestling I always say I
do Jiu Jitsu and I'm proud of it because
very few people can do this this is a
sport that
people just don't have the mental
toughness the physical toughness to come
in here and I I kind of feel it's a
camaraderie with people who are willing
to step on this mat and people who are
willing to kind of put their ego behind
them because they know somebody's gonna
smash them and eventually someone's
smashing them enough you're going to be
smashing people after a while
you guys
yeah thank you all right let's
do it
okay guys thank you so much for watching
so to summarize Conrad's last statement
up he's going to continue getting better
he's going to continue to compete to see
how he can improve win or loss he's
gonna keep going Jujitsu is amazing and
I'm so glad for this interview with
Conrad he's a mentor of mine one huge
takeaway I got from listening to Conrad
is stop overthinking just get it done
continue to test yourself and improve
don't take things too seriously
because if you do you're gonna freeze up
stop and not get better where's the fun
in that so screw it it doesn't need to
be perfect some of the things that I can
improve on for future interviews is
number one stop getting in front of the
camera number two mic myself up so I can
hear my own interview questions and
number three maybe instead of having two
angles on the person that's only being
interviewed put one of the angles on me
so it can feel like a two-way interview
and that way I don't have to create a
rack reaction video and I we can just
post the interview itself there you have
it that was Conrad spangler's interview
over at henzo Gracie Houston and uh
we're gonna have some more so thanks for
watching guys peace
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