Joey Diaz isn’t letting health issues keep him off the mats.
The beloved comedian and podcast host recently appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience #2309, where he revealed that despite a tough stretch with his health, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu remains a big part of his life…
And he’s itching to get back to it:
I haven’t been to jiu-jitsu since November because I’ve been sick.
I had a bunch of problems and I was on antibiotics. I was having a hard time breathing.But I can’t wait to go back.
After battling through a serious bout of congestive heart failure and fluid retention, Diaz is planning a smarter, more sustainable return to training:
Now I’m going to go back and do it a little bit differently. Flow. Flow.
A lot more flowing.
Diaz also shared his preference for training sessions that emphasize drilling over heavy sparring:
They have a blue belt class. It’s basically a lot of drilling.
You burn a lot of calories in that.Drilling is so important. But you have to go in the daytime, they roll a little bit more.
At night, the classes are so shut that you don’t have time to roll that long.So, I would rather drill a long time and then roll once and get the out of it.
That’s perfect for me.
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