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
MMA Luke enquires where he can get such a cool hat, t-shirt and beard from Firstly huge congrats to Luke Barnatt who picked up an impressive win over tough texan Andrew Craig. After flooring Craig twice, Luke managed to pull out a tight rear naked choke for the win. Luke surprised critics and viewers with a
BJJ I have written and spoken in the past about maximising training efficiency, the idea of doing strength work twice a week for grapplers and MMA fighters has been kicked around for some time. The task being having a limited amount of time to try and yield maximum training efficacy. The aim always being maximum in
BJJ Thick Grips and Dumbells make for great floor press variations The Floor Press A Love Letter… One of my favourite accessory movements for grappling is the heavy floor press. In BJJ S&C articles the Deadlift and Grip work seem to rule the day. Seeing as you are going to need to go from A2
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
BJJ Following on from last week’s post “Choke out tendonitis”, which by the way went down a storm so thanks for liking and sharing. I want to talk about the other element to forearm and hand care for grapplers. Self Myofascial release sounds fancy but in reality is a self imposed massage of sorts. Myo meaning