BJJ Common mistakes, Misconceptions and Using Technique Under Fatigue Conditioning is often the poor relation in “STRENGTH and conditioning” it is hard, it mocks you, where as training for strength allows for a resplendent display of your badassery and curious looks from the folks on the eliptical. Where as conditioning belittles you, turns you into a sweaty
BJJ We are going to need more meat Size matters in contact sports, generally the bigger you are the better you take a hit and dish them out. In BJJ no one likes being on the bottom vs someone who is much heavier. Most of the time fighters and grapplers want to know how to cut
BJJ I often get approached by time poor grapplers asking the best me what they should do in the gym, given what I posted about earlier this month its easy to be side tracked by the buffet of fitness options available, especially when magazines and websites layout protocals that honestly are mean’t for high level grapplers.
BJJ Do your Shoulders, hips and back hurt scrambler? You are not alone in your suffering. A lot of prolonged back, shoulder and hip pain is the manifestation of structural issues caused by the sports we play and postural habits we adopt. Ive talked before about uppercross syndrome in MMA fighters. This isn’t the same as
BJJ BKK Fighters looking worse for wear after 200m sprint session I have always believed sprinting to be one of the best conditioning tools available to any athlete involved in a high intensity sport. BJJ and MMA luminaries like George St Pierre, BJ penn and Roger Gracie all have documented usage of sprints in their conditioning
BJJ Nothing causes more consternation in strength and conditioning than core training, MMA and Grappling athletes are obsessed with core strength lets face it. Trainers tout the term like it means something. Core training is effectively your ability to maintain posture and center of gravity, it does’nt strictly mean abdominal muscles, but the hip and trunk