Have you ever rolled with a very experienced BJJ black belt? What do you first notice? Their grip and squeeze is often at another level….
Eddie Edmunds, BJJ instructor at Fusion Academy in Salt Lake City, Utah has a great trick to help strengthen your grips and choking power with the Gi. It’s a really simple process. You just need a foam roller which you will dress up with your Gi and belt.
You can work on various Gi chokes: X chokes, the infamous Helio Gracie choke:
How To Set Up The Legendary ‘Helio Gracie Choke’
These are static workouts and you can do this at any time, at home, while watching TV or in the gym.
Why train like this?
It’s simply THE VERY BEST investment of your time and energy for BJJ strength training.
If you want to get stronger immediately for BJJ, this is the program for you.
1. It uses very little time – from as little as 3 minutes to 12 minutes at the most. You can’t beat it.
2. It uses very little energy. You will not feel drained at the end of it. You can even do it after a hard BJJ training session.
3. It has DIRECT sport specific benefits. These are sport specific movements, so you will feel the obvious strength gains when you roll.
4. It’s very safe. You won’t pull a hamstring, you won’t tweak your back, shoulder or knee. You won’t get sidelined from training with an injury.
BJJ world champion Gilbert Durinho Burns also trains like this for his guillotine:
