Welcome

I’ve decided to publish a multi-part series about my Wimp2Warrior experience. This isn’t the official handbook or guidebook for W2W; heck it’s not even the unofficial one. It’s my best effort to write down my experience over the last few months, things I could have done better and answer a few questions people have asked me about my journey along the way.

What is it?

The Wimp2Warrior (W2W) program is a 20-week MMA challenge that turns complete beginners into competent cage fighters through training 5 days a week and helping instil good nutritional habits. At the end of the program, each of the contestants must step into the cage against a peer, which is an unbelievable way to finish off 20 weeks of blood, sweat, and tears (the last part wasn’t an exaggeration).

Most of all, however, anyone can start it and everybody can finish it!

Why did I start it?

Initially, I started it because I was inspired by my friend to get into great shape. I thought I’d at least give the tryouts a go and see how I feel.

I ended up getting light-headed and fainted for a second; it was a sign that I’d pushed myself. It scared me but I got up a few minuted later and continued with the session; that was my first test. I knew I needed this push in my life, I knew it would set me straight from my crappy habits of half arsing the important things in my life, heck even the things that weren’t important I was half arsing.

I knew I’d get punched in the face, kicked in the face, choked out, gassed out and submitted now and then, little did I know how often it was going to happen. This experience was something I needed to go through, to become tougher and more resilient in the mind and the body. 

Over time, the reason I started wasn’t enough for me to stay because there were much easier ways to get into shape, getting a better-looking and better-feeling body could be done much easier. I needed a new reason, one that was timeless, one that I could carry in my utility belt and use it on anything I did, more on this later though.

The “Why” is and always will be vital, it’s what we turn to when things get tough and quitting is starting to look like an attractive option. The “Why” is what tells you to soak it all in and reminds you to keep your eyes on the prize.

I can’t stress how important knowing your “Why”. Don’t believe me? Have a listen to Simon Sinek talk about how it can inspire.

Was it hard?

Of course, it was. Nothing rewarding like getting into shape for a fight comes easily. W2W had the most mental and physical challenges I’ve faced in my life so far. I didn’t go through those hurdles alone though and if you ever choose to go ahead with it, you won’t either.

Your peers, coaches, and mentors (who are past contestants) will always be there to help you, guide you and push you; you won’t be going through it alone so if you’re ever thinking about doing it, don’t let the difficulty of it scare you. Take it as something you want to conquer.

Things will get tough, there will be times when you question why you’re there. Make sure you know why you’re doing this and if it’s worth it. Although initially, it was to get into good shape, my reason then became “to push myself out of my comfort zone”. Expanding my comfort zone became more important to me because it was something that I could always shoot for no matter the domain whether it’s career, family or physical fitness.

How did I hear about it?

I heard about it through a friend at work who has done the program a couple of times now and even had the chance to mentor it. When I heard of back in 2018 I did a quick Google search of it and decided then and there to NOT do it because it would involve waking up at 3 AM just to get to training on time from where I live. I knew it would just be way too hard and I wasn’t ready for that commitment.

However, I decided to jump on the journey this year after that same friend did the series for his second time and was in the best shape of his life. That’s what I wanted, I’d never been in great shape before.

I’d like to state for the record that W2W is NOT a fat or fitness camp. People do not go in to lose weight. Along your way, however, you’ll end up getting into great shape since we’re training quite intensely and eating so much better all while applying our new fitness levels to an awesome sport.

Stay Tuned

This was just the first part of a multi-part series, I’ll be diving deeper into my nutrition, training and other things I’ve learnt and developed along the way in upcoming posts.

Till then, feel free to watch that video. If you’d like to learn more about the importance of “Why”, have a read of his book “Start with Why“.