The Pescatarian Diet of Kron Gracie, MMA Fighter

[Music] more important is the time that i'm having while i'm training than the actual fight you know the fight is just the result of how my training was and how how prepared i was so if you put too much pressure on the results and you have an attachment to the results then you're always waiting for that moment you don't enjoy everything that happens up until that moment the fight's gonna happen on that day when that day comes i'll get my adrenaline going but i'm not going to get my adrenaline going today over that let's start from closed guard today if you open the legs keep going if you get to half guard keep going until full pass if the guy turns to his knees the guy's out here booming turns to his knees keep going until it's a full pass if he gets both hooks then you stop all right if you sweep or submit you stop all right let's go my name is chrome gracie i was born in rio de janeiro brazil i've been competing with jiu jitsu my whole life teaching my whole life more recently like the past five years i've been focusing on mma [Applause] jiu jitsu is the biggest foundation for fighting i think i think if you don't know jujitsu you're gonna have a hard time to get into a real fight with somebody because the fight is most likely gonna end up on the ground at some point so i think jiu jitsu is the most valuable martial arthur is i've been teaching jiu jitsu my whole life i spent a lot of time building this gym spend a lot of time building my jiu-jitsu spend a lot of time building my students good job guys good morning everybody are you guys ready for some apple cider vinegar shots or what if i can i'll do this first helps flesh out my body my system first and then i'll have like either either water or lemon water at least just water for me i like to stay light in the day and i give my body just enough of what it needs to get through that workout or through that next stage if i go eat eggs benedict right now or a big meal it's going to really slow me down i used to be able to eat anything and go train and do anything you know any 20 year old kid is going to be able to eat anything and perform still i'm going to be 28 so there's only so long that you can fight for if i'm like eating bad foods it's really putting my body in danger it's really putting it in risk i enjoy eat healthy because i enjoy being able to train the way i train able to feel the way i feel and i'm supporting things that are good for the environment good for the world i basically haven't eaten meat in a year i eat fish and i don't eat too much dairy i don't drink milk i don't eat as much gluten it just kind of happened slowly you know it took a long time for me to be able to really believe in not being able to eat meat and still be a professional athlete [Music] i've been doing jiu jitsu since basically before i can remember what is what i already was training with a little gion and a little yellow belt i started learning with my father and he learned with his father so we come from a very strong foundation of jujitsu my grandfather was to jiu-jitsu what einstein is to mathematics you know he basically took japanese jitsu which was based on explosiveness and strength he started developing his own techniques his whole mission was to prove that jujitsu was based on leverage and that a weaker man can beat a bigger man within a little bit of time he became the one who was the representer and and like actually fighting and his brother kind of stepped to the side and became the businessman and them together was what really made the gracie family one had 21 kids the other one had nine kids and they just basically created this army of little jiu jitsu champions it's the biggest martial arts family in the world and we've been representing for 100 years most people who even watch fighting don't even know who the gracies are it's almost lost and here i am trying to make sure that the family name is kept alive [Music] we're in santa monica and we're gonna run six miles to venice pier and back you really don't need that much food so like if you're eating like nutritious food with nutrients and small meals you can keep your energy level way higher have a better endurance have a better training have better everything you know you live longer you move faster you think better when you eat a lot of food it makes you almost like slow i've eaten like that too and i eat like this and i'm able to perform way more and do more if i eat less and just eat good foods [Music] i train um for triathlons to help me with fighting for me triathlon and running and biking and swimming is just fun and being out and just doing something different because i've been caged up in a gym with a bunch of men training sweating just grappling and punching that it'll drive you crazy i've learned a lot of breathing from my father you know he from a little young age my dad he always was encouraging me to learn how to breathe and he always did diaphragm work and did a lot of movement with breathing and as i get older and older and older more difficult situations more mental stress more physical stress all these things start adding up and i kind of started to breathe more and i kind of really started to notice that it was a big part of my life and a big part of my growth and my peace so i started to put more time into it and i've created my own like sequence of things i like to do and ways i like to breathe things that i think are important luckily i brought a backup protein this is just a plant-based protein i really enjoy being like delusional tired you know like dehydrated overworked broken down sore i really enjoy those feelings it really makes me feel alive you know this is a vega sport endurance gel just sugars and salts and potassium and extra lights and stuff like that i try to be in touch with what's coming into my body what's going on in my body if i need energy how am i gonna get it if i'm hyper too awake how am i gonna relax i'm just testing all these things out finding out what works for me what's up [Music] can i have a number one please and [Music] yeah yeah we're gonna do it all sometimes you don't have it but today you have it the lentils right here is bomb [Music] and i'm going to get these two all right and i'm gonna get this on hummus too all right thank you this is ginger this is turmeric right and then you want to explain them what this is the vitamin b12 complex with a little bit of alkaline water the vitamin b12 that we use is derived by algae and seaweed we just need to bring her everywhere she can explain everything so i don't have to explain i'm not getting much of this right now i really feel like like this much of this and i can train for another like two hours three hours easy right now my priority isn't eating my priority is training so i'm going to eat what i need just to get me through the training after i'm done with all my workouts then i'll just take time to eat and gear up and get ready for the next day so it's six o'clock yeah i'm just gonna go to my house chill there for a little bit and then we'll go from there oh my personal masseuse i mean it's not like an actual massage but it definitely helps makes me feel good it's like my body knows exactly when 10 minutes is up i already know so i'm ready it's just uh minerals and just helps oxygenate your blood there's no typical day for me you know every day is a little different i follow my intuition you know what i feel what feels right to me what feels good to my body what feels good to my training that isn't on a schedule except for it at 7 pm i got to be at the gym the last few years been kind of more focusing on my mma i've been teaching less and focusing more on my progression and i have to put a lot of time into other things besides jiu jitsu so i've been working my boxing and my judo kickboxing karate and my overall performance physically mentally and spiritually to reach these strong points in the fights after training you drink a lot of water and you drink a lot of liquids because i'm dehydrated i'm delusional because i didn't drink a lot of liquids throughout the day so i'm first trying to get all my liquids in and then once that goes down i can eat [Music] it's 10 30 right now it's pretty early sometimes i only get out of training like i leave the gym at 11 or leave the gym at 12. [Music] thank you very much no no i was supposed to fight this month but we got pushed back for september okay so what are you going to stop uh can i have a core sushi okay chrome gracie roll okay sweet shrimp and uh a baked crab hand roll avocado can i have a green tea and a pellegrino yeah i was like man i like this roll where it's like a california roll with baked scallops on top and they're like but we don't make that role i was like can you make it for me and they're like yeah and i've been coming here since i was like 12 years old so they just started making it for me and i've been trying to get him to put it on the menu but they just they're like i'm like i guess i got to win a lot more fights when are we going to get the chrome gracie role on the menu that everybody wants to know only for me i'll accept it you don't know very tasty [Music] good to get like a little light sushi because it's a lot of nutrients good protein and just good food if i were to try to eat like a big bowl of pasta or something i couldn't do it this is baked crab with avocado but tell you truth right now i'm already full i'm only eating this because i already ordered it i get pulled quickly my first meal especially if it's this close to training this is gonna pass and then i'm gonna get really hungry my body's gonna ask for all those calories that i burned see i'm still kind of full from all the drinks and all the training i'm still kind of tripping and stuff this is just for right now and i'm gonna eat at least at least one more time you know but once i'm done with my training now i forget about my training i try to forget about as much as possible and i just hang out with my friends or hang out with myself or do my research or eat food relax this is a time where i get to enjoy the day like really and i think life is about working hard and then also getting to enjoy it and like appreciate it and look back and like really absorb it for the next morning [Music] hello can i place a pickup order please all right what can i get for you can i get a breakfast burrito please with uh no meat okay and uh extra guacamole on the side all right can i get a name please crone carowind [Music] see after training i could barely walk now i'm already like almost normal again until tomorrow morning then i won't be able to walk 11 40 yeah just getting home it's early this is an early day for me so i feel good about it it's going to be easier to wake up tomorrow but i'll still be up for at least three four more hours now i actually feel hungry before i was just eating just because it was time to eat i mean i was hungry too but but now i definitely feel more hungry not feel like my body's asking for what's it's just getting through all that water and all that that i drank i know that if i wanted to if i had to i could probably eat a lot and go work out and build train myself to do that but i just don't feel like that's necessary you know i feel like i like the way i do my thing [Music] people get comfortable in whatever they do i get comfortable when i'm in my gym i can be there all my students i've taught them everything they know and once i reach that comfort it's not the most interesting thing for me because for me to really be able to improve and achieve things that are greater than me i have to put myself in an uncomfortable place that's where i like to be you know so anything that makes me uncomfortable that is going to benefit me from my mental or my physical i'm going to try to do you know i don't really think the fame is what what i used to think it was you know i used to really want to be known for fighting and knowing to be the best in the world and i still want to be the best because i want to push myself to those limits but if i wasn't going to push those limits with martial arts i would push those limits with other things you know whether it's like environment or spirituality i still have it in the back of my mind that i have a bigger purpose and uh i don't want to have any regrets with myself because i didn't do what i felt was right and i feel like what i'm doing is right but i also feel like there's a lot more to do in a global way so if i can use my fighting and my martial arts to help me achieve something better for the world that's what i'm doing it for [Music] you

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Length: 15min 57sec (957 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 27 2016