I remember reading that once on a bumper sticker for a Krav Maga school in Raleigh and being intrigued by the cheekiness of it.
My son has been taking taekwondo lessons for about 6 years now, and the other day I thought to myself, "What the hell, I'll try their Krav class."
My first class was tonight.
After the first 30 seconds or so, this is all I could think.
(this used to be an "I've made a terrible mistake" GIF)
That was the most intense exercising I've done since ever. I might have worked out harder that one time I showed up for PT in ROTC in college, but I was also 19 years old then.
I need this, though. Every time I go to the gym, I tell myself I'll up the intensity, or the duration, on the treadmill, but I rarely do. And that's when I actually manage to drag myself to the gym. I need to work out with other people, so that at the very least I'll push myself out of a sense of embarrassment. And the instructors and the other students are great. At the end one of them told me I should be proud just for making it all the way through my first class - he had not. They all made me feel welcome and overlooked my pathetic attempts at punching and kicking.
I may not ever be a badass IDF trooper, but hopefully I'll at least be a smaller target...
That was the most intense exercising I've done since ever. I might have worked out harder that one time I showed up for PT in ROTC in college, but I was also 19 years old then.
I need this, though. Every time I go to the gym, I tell myself I'll up the intensity, or the duration, on the treadmill, but I rarely do. And that's when I actually manage to drag myself to the gym. I need to work out with other people, so that at the very least I'll push myself out of a sense of embarrassment. And the instructors and the other students are great. At the end one of them told me I should be proud just for making it all the way through my first class - he had not. They all made me feel welcome and overlooked my pathetic attempts at punching and kicking.
I may not ever be a badass IDF trooper, but hopefully I'll at least be a smaller target...
