William Wayland How Strong is strong enough for Jiujitsu and MMA? We’ve asked this question on scramblog before. In this post I suggested “Strength addicts will say you can never have enough, smart athletes however need to know if pursuing more strength worth diminising returns and time…
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Matt McGovern We posted last month about Scrambler Gina Hopkins preparing to travel out to California to compete once again in the Grapplers Heart tournament (you can view our blog about their first event here). We recently made this mini-documentary featuring Gina and her husband Chris. Happy to…
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Matt Benyon Athlete monitoring using apps, straps and tablets is all the rage. The array of amount of information on the subject can be dazzling. Objective measurement such as HRV, Omegawave, velocity measuring, GPS offer us more insight into what is happening to our athletes than ever….
Continue reading Matt Benyon Matt Benyon The warm-up is often the most important and most often overlooked parts of a training session. Why is it so important? A warm-up often acts as barometer of your physical state there and then on the day. People often just rush through it without taking…
Continue reading Matt Benyon Matt Benyon This post was inspired after scrambles very own Matt Benyon asked me about neck training, very over due heres a few video’s I like and some rational behind good neck training. Neck training often winds up being an after thought or a peripheral to squatting…
Continue reading Matt Benyon On your quest to supplement your BJJ and MMA with strength and conditioning for a stronger, better and healthier version of yourself you will find pitfalls and missteps along the way. However years of experience from strength coaches and athletes can help you in avoid…
Continue reading Matt Benyon Sick Threads Bro The issue of specificity in training is one that seems to bother many practitioners, obviously I want to train in a fashion that will improve my sport, be it MMA, BJJ or other combat sports. Loaded sports type drills (like weighted punching,…
Continue reading Matt Benyon Matt Benyon Credit to r/BJJ user Katamusprime Grappling With The Common Cold It’s that time of year again, summer is dead like the leaves on the ground and suddenly a disease pandemic appears to be spreading across social media. The kids have it, your team mates have…
Continue reading Matt Benyon Last week I posted a blog post on Scramblog, which outlined my thoughts on lifting for non competitive grapplers. It proved real popular. I’ve had a few questions about how I apply the method to my own training. I’m a non competitive grappler too, being…
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