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(03-31-2017 10:13 AM)Snowflake Wrote:  

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Should we just assume OP's introductory lesson was fatal for him?

Hey, I'm still here! For some reason it didn't say this thread had any new replies...?

Anyways, was like a month ago I was there now I think, and it honestly went great. I was pretty nervous before going there and hesitated many times. The worst was the final steps to the gym, when I finally got to the street it was on and could see the building in the distance. On my walk there I was constantly thinking about just pussying out and doing it some other time. I was so damn close to just saying fuck it and turning around when I was in the parking lot walking towards that door. However when I got in there the nervousness just sort of dissipated. For some reason, once I got in there amongst the people and got to the point of no return I guess you could call it, it just sort of felt normal.

I got there about 5 minutes before the session started, but there were 2 other people infront of me waiting to talk to the guy at the desk. Now, if I was a member I couldve just gone in and swiped my card, but I had to wait since I didn't have a card, which in turn made me late, which was a bit embarassing. Actually, when I got there the trainer / coach ( can you say trainer in english? ) got mad at me because I was walking to the changing rooms when I was late and started shouting some shit at me about hurrying my sorry ass up. I think the guy at the desk sort of picked up on me being nervous or something, because he went up to the guy and spoke to him about something and pointed in my direction, and when I had changed I went up to him, shook his hand, apologized for being late and he sort of switched his attitude and was alot nicer.

The people there were really cool though. Most were newbs like me, although a bit better, most likely because theyve been training a bit longer too. There were 3 others who were among the better practitioners at the gym who kind of helped the coach guy out and practiced with the rest of us. We did alot of cardio at first and damn I am unathletic lol. I've been doing mostly strength training and my first bulk is a bit of a bulk gone wrong ( I have since learned though ) so I've gotten a little bit of chub on me and damn did I feel that when we did the high intensity non-stop cardio stuff. Pretty much never played sports so I've only been that sweaty on very few occasions in my life. Later we did some basic combos, I think it was jab-cross and jab-jab-cross and then something with hooks too. I don't remember exactly, but we did that combined with maintaining stance and moving forward whilst throwing and god damn I'm coordinated lol. I was like a stale old man with a stick up his ass when I tried to throw those punches. Like I forgot to move my feet while throwing and constantly messing up by throwing the wrong punch and shit lol. Luckily the guy who I was practicing with was cool and didn't mind. We kept that up for about 40 mins or so and then did some more cardio to end it and before I knew it, it was over!

All in all, I survived. Realized it wasn't as dangerous as I thought. Treated myself with some burger king and a big ass soda afterwards because I forgot my water bottle. I think I am going to start training but honestly I have so much damn school work, and if I do mma 3 times a week, and work out 3-4 times a week + homework I will be doing shit constantly which I don't know if I am going to be ready for. I think my plan is to cut some weight, get my current school projects finished and then get a membership.

Didn't realize anyone actually cared about how it went, thanks for the interest!