“I just want to fight. Like I said, I want to be as active as possible. I’m 31 and I want to probably fight until I’m 35. To do that, I don’t want to fight once a year until I’m 35. I want to try to get as many fights in as I can. … Honestly, I don’t feel it’s that hard. I don’t really want to get into it, but it’s the way that I’m training for the fights. I really feel like I understand my body. I’m not trying to tear down my body. I feel like I’m getting the most bang for my buck. Every time I choose a workout, I know exactly what I’m trying to achieve in each workout. If you look at the old boxers -- I know it’s not what we do, but they fought what, 200 to 400 fights in their careers? I know they really needed the money and I’m sure it was hard times and they needed food on their table, but a fighter’s a fighter. … Another motivating factor is if I’m not fighting, if I’m not training, what am I going to be doing? I’m sure I could be hanging out with my daughter and stuff like that, but she’s at the tutor during the daytime and this and that. I’ve got to keep my mind busy.”
On a recent edition of Bruce Buffers "It's Time" radio show, BJ "The Prodigy" Penn explains his motivation to stay as active as possible as he enters the last 3-4 years of his professional career. While BJ remains somewhat vague on his training secrets that he believes can keep him more active than usual, it is clear that if he continues to take guys out like he did at UFC 123 he could literally fight every day. One would have to think that his sparring sessions in preparation for that fight were more taxing on him than the 21 seconds he spent in the cage last Saturday.
Source: www.bjpenn.com
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