A common challenge that almost every Jiu-Jitsu practitioner will face at some point in their career is the distance of a club. While there are a variety of factors that can impact one's ability to train regularly, at the end of the day outside a combination of extraordinary circumstances, many of us can do it if we make it a priority.

Important Note: This isn't a post that requires anyone to validate why they're not able to train or train more regularly. Therefore, don't feel the need to defend yourself.

This is a post too highlight that some of the very people we share the mat with are in a similar or even worse circumstances but still have the time to train just as much or even more often. The only difference is they make it a priority. Now, if it's not a priority, that is 100% ok. With that said, be honest with yourself and don't use the variety of circumstances as a validation for lack of training.

Once again, this isn't for the person that lives in a place where the nearest school is 3 hours away and they don't have a car and they work 12 to 16 hours a day. But, this is for the people that love the sport and the only thing separating them from the happiness they feel everytime they to get the train is a 45-minute drive, or a bus ride and a 5 minute walk, or waking up earlier than usual, or in one of my previous cases a 10 minute walk followed by a 25-minute train ride and then a 2.5 mile jog both ways. You can do it.

I guess I'll make this a question: What is the most you've had to do in order to consistently train weekly?

P.S. I just wanted to use the lyrics from the song "I'm Gonna Be" by The Proclaimers, in the title of this thread.