Starting your fitness journey can be a daunting task. However, joining a group fitness class and taking the extra opportunity to socialize may make it easier.
I never realized that there was a nice way to deprive
someone s brain of oxygen. One class with Peter Martell teaches me
otherwise. See how his face is getting all red? asks Martell, politely. That s how you know it s working.
Martell is clenching my friend Walter Muschenheim s neck between his
forearms and huge biceps. Walter starts to gurgle and Martell releases
him from the lion killer, a move taken from Brazilian jiu-jitsu
designed to put people to sleep. It compresses veins in your
opponent s neck, which cuts off blood supply to the brain. I felt like my eyes were bulging out of my head! Walter says once