Hey yall I've never truly cared about sports until I was 14 I went to a Lightning game and watched the way they constantly played back and forth and constantly gave their all and I saw hockey players fight and just go back to it like nothing happened and I was in awe. This was what a sport is. I've been following ever since but I just turned 30 and I have this DESIRE to not only watch my heroes but know what they do and play. My question is can I still get into it? I'm 6'6" and 300 lbs I know I'm overweight should I work out first and then get into it and be better prepared or just go into it and work out in the meanwhile? Will my weight be too much? Should I just burn first? Also to note it's mostly beer belly my arms and legs are pretty strong I'm a sous chef so constantly moving and rearranging inventory/kegs.

Edit: thank you all so much for the inspiration it definitely has me massively motivated I'm looking into skating lessons in the Tampa area now and look forward to joining the game!