Karate has been great for me physically. I have never found a workout regimen as intense and focused. I would try running everyday, but I found it boring. I couldn’t stay focused and eventually quit. I wasn’t learning anything. The first dojo-belief that karatekas memorize: Train seriously, with heart and soul. I don’t know a whole lot of exercise programs out there that make you put your heart into it. Exercise is about running in pace on a treadmill, or listening to your favorite up-beat playlist on Spotify while throwing around a tire in a smelly gym full of stinky people. That's not for me. Yoshukai is a lifestyle, not an exercise program; it becomes a part of you. Once a karateka, always a karateka. Training seriously means training and being your best both inside and out outside of the dojo.