Celebrated chef Anthony Bourdain took up bjj when he was 58. Thanks to bjj he slimmed down 30lbs/14 kgs.
Bourdain has so far trained in New York, Scotland, Los Angeles, Hungary, Miami and South Korea.
“I’m easily in the best shape of my life.”
“That really wasn’t the intention at all. I didn’t get into this for my health. But I thinks it’s a byproduct of (when) you come in every day, try real hard not get your ass kicked.”
He was recently spotted vacationing with his new girlfriend looking insanely good:
Last year he said he trains every day, no matter his location on the globe. In New York, he trains at Renzo Gracie Academy.
“An hour private and then an hour and a half general population. That’s basically Fight Club,” he told Nuvo.
About his new healthy lifestyle as a result of BJJ:
“Look I’ve had to make adjustments,” he acknowledged. “If I know with absolute certainty, as I do, that just about every day I’m going to be waking up early in the morning, going into the academy and getting my ass kicked by some 22-year-old wrestler, yeah it certainly changed my alcohol intake, I can tell you.”
“I’m not drinking anywhere near what I used to and I’m much moderate in my eating habits — because you really pay a price for misbehavior immediately on the mat. You feel it and you pay a price in physical pain and humiliation.”
While celebrating Asia Argento’s birthday in Italy, the couple was photographed in swim gear at a hotel pool.
