Doing my own thing........

Hey guys, got a lot to get off my chest. Its been a stressful few days.

So the last few months at the gym i co-own have been a nightmare. Mainly due to myself and my business partner having very different visions of what we wanted to do with the club. He kinda wanted the more full time gym/muscle fitness gym, whereas i want an MMA/jj club (which was our original plan).

Anyway after pretty much another shitty month of not really agreeing on how we are going to do things , me wanting one thing, him and some members wanting the other, arguments etc, i have decided to sell my shares of the business to him and buy myself a motorbike so i can travel about easier and really concentrate on my own training.

The thing is the way it is now at the gym, it is not my dream or what i had visioned any more. However i am nearly 31 and was a late starter in this JJ adventure anyway, so i want to make the most of the next few years competing as much as i can. Just cant do it/concentrate on it in this current situation.

I am still cool with my business partner, no hard feelings, just decided i had had enough now. still got free lifetime membership to the gym too LOL. But I guess my month away training at other gyms was a bit of an eye opener for me. Feels like a huge weight has been lifted of my mind either way. Think i have aged 10 years over the last few months. Think i have a nice little job lined up already too so hopefully that works out.

Anyway, thanks for listening guys. Good to get that off my chest. Much appreciated. :-)

Good job brotha, you gotta follow your heart and go get what you want. Wish you luck on your journeys.

You should have kicked his ass and shown him regular gyms are bullshit.

LOL :-)
It wouldn't have mattered Tyler, just not the right time for me. Like i say i want to concentrate on other stuff.

Thanks guys. :-)

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Originally Posted by Tyler Timmermans

You should have kicked his ass and shown him regular gyms are bullshit.

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Good luck Sam just enjoy the journey bro :-)

As a late starter myself, I wish you good luck on the rest of your journey. This is just a speed bump. But it seems like you're pressing forward pretty well. Keep going brother. Again, good luck.

Congrats and good luck brother!

I'am 30 myself and have just really started my Jiu Jitsu game ;) But 30 is still very young ! You got enough time to do whatever you want and don't let anyone tell you other wise.

Good for you killer, life's too short.

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Originally Posted by Eric "Tiger Blood" Safier

I'am 30 myself and have just really started my Jiu Jitsu game ;) But 30 is still very young ! You got enough time to do whatever you want and don't let anyone tell you other wise.

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Cheers to the late starters.

:-) cheers guys. :-)
thanks to you all for your support. :-)

Do your thing brotha. I'm with you in the starting late thing. But we got all kinds of time. Helio at 9x years old. Ermin in Maui showin me what's up an he was a recent bb at 56. Time is on our side. We have room to experiment.

http://www.graciemag.com/en/2012/01/...elt-gene-pace/

You are very young, my friend. Good luck on your new journey.

and to add what Rick said, my instructor Ermin is 55 and still competes. Fought his first pro MMA bout at age 44 and has a pro record of 6-2 I think.

WOW that is some achievement from your instructor Justin. :-)

Thanks again guys. I have spent the morning so far looking at motorbikes so i can travel about easier for training. Looking forward to that heaps. Things are looking up. Feeling much more positive and less stressed already. :-)

Also still plan on doing the hotbox thing too.

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Originally Posted by Justin W.

and to add what Rick said, my instructor Ermin is 55 and still competes. Fought his first pro MMA bout at age 44 and has a pro record of 6-2 I think.

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Thanks Justin! Ermins too cool for school! He still surfs too right?

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Originally Posted by Sam Sales

WOW that is some achievement from your instructor Justin. :-)

Thanks again guys. I have spent the morning so far looking at motorbikes so i can travel about easier for training. Looking forward to that heaps. Things are looking up. Feeling much more positive and less stressed already. :-)

Also still plan on doing the hotbox thing too.

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That's awesome Sam! You going to Sean's seminars coming up in the UK?

Yes hoping to make the Essex one. Need to book a hotel and stuff first though. Will be awesome i am sure. :-)

Fitness and bodybuilding gyms always stand to make far more profit than MMA, thats just how it is.

I have owned Elements MMA for 9 months now and if money was my biggest incentive then I would have converted it to a nice well equipped body builder type gym after a couple of months, and I am sure I would probably have signed up a third of my village.

But after a week or two of sitting at the counter watching the pound notes roll in I would be asking the question, 'so when do I get to roll, box and fight?'

In your shoes Sam I may well have done the same thing. I am blessed in that I have some wicked support from Mick Broster and all my coaches, training partners and a good portion of the general members, as well as my dad and gf, without whom things would have been very different for me and Elements would not have made it into 2012.

Almost as fortunate is that I dont have massive outgoings like mortgage, car payments, kids and all that other shit that might make someone like your business partner plum for the type of income associated with a weights gym.

I rent my place off my dad and live with my gf who works very hard at a local barber shop and brings in far more disposable cash than I do.

So for now as long as my memberships equal my rent, rates and other business bills then I can get by on the what I make from privates and the money I make off fights.

Also becoming 10th Planet Birmingham could turn out to be massive for us so I have that to look forward to this year too.

No matter where you are and what you do it is a struggle. You just gotta try and find the right struggle for you.

Nice post bro. Thanks Chris. :-)