BJJ Heres a program for you if you struggle with conventional squats or movements that place a lot of pressure on your back. I’ve been tinkering with the triphasic format (focus on specific eccentric, isometric and concentric movement) for a while now, trying different exercise selections and matching the program to the needs and requirements of the
BJJ 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, barbell open guard playing) seem like the obvious solution to
BJJ Scrambler, do you like to sprint? Ability to produce high power outputs, repeatedly, whilst maintaining low amounts of fatigue especially during rest (stalling and holding periods) in grappling/MMA matches is crucial to good performance. MMA and BJJ conditioning often takes the form of simulated rounds, doing non-specific exercises in order to build what is perceived
BJJ Lifting for the non competitive Grappler When we look at the conditioning and strength programs of high level grapplers, its easy to make the assumption that the way they train is surely the way you should train. What works for them must be good for me right? This piece in esquire ‘Stop working out like
BJJ Scramblers, We all want to be more powerful and there are many methods to acquire improved rate of force development, I have mentioned in the past approaches like french contrast this method how ever is hard! And to be honest is a method best used with stronger and upper intermediate athletes. Drop off in movement
BJJ Happy February Scramblers I thought I would give you an insight into the method I use with the pro athletes I work with. The principles of this method helped me take a number of training methods and apply them subsequently and coherently. And the results my athletes have had are pretty impressive. This is not