Category Archive: Articles, Nutrition, Strength & Conditioning, Videos
Kron Gracie Details His Diet & Strength / Conditioning Routine
Kron Gracie is one of the rare Jiu-Jitsu players that has a potential for crossover mainstream success. In a recent article in Details Magazine, intitled ‘How I Got My Body’, Kron details...How To Increase Flexibility & Make Your Guard Impassable
Most BJJ players tend to focus mainly on strength and conditioning rather than flexibility. Flexibility is so important in Jiu-Jitsu because it really makes all the vast number of techniques much...Top BJJ Masters Give Great Advice on Making the Most of your Training
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When people start to dedicate themselves to a new profession, studies, day to day activities or sport, they automatically imagine themselves on the day they are going to reach the top level in it. In...Why Am I So Exhausted After BJJ & What To Do About It
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So you always feel wiped out after Jiu Jitsu? Always sore the next day barely able to perform? In this article we will analyze some of the factors that cause you to be wiped out after Jiu Jitsu (both...Jocko Willink Details His Weekly Strength & Jiu-Jitsu Training Regimen
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Echo Charles & Jocko Willink are the hosts of the ultra popular Jocko podcast. Both of them are BJJ black belts and train with Dean Lister and Jeff Glover at Victory MMA. From September of 1990...Which Exercises Will Help Improve Your BJJ The Most?
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If you’re like most BJJ/Grappling practitioners, you’re probably looking for new ways to get an edge and get your BJJ game to the next level. In order to improve, nothing compares to getting...How Heavy Do You Need To Lift To Be Strong for BJJ?
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When it comes to strength and conditioning, many Grapplers especially BJJ practitioners still train like amateurs. How will you love to describe yourself? As a grappler? or as a strength trainer? If...How Big & Strong Can Bodyweight Exercises Make You for Grappling?
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Generally, yes you can get stronger just by doing bodyweight exercises at home. Kron Gracie is one of the advocates of calisthenics and we all know his results. If you are planning on starting a...Inside Look Into Teddy Riner’s Work out Routine That Makes Him Unbeatable
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International Judo Federation has long harbored disdain for MMA but they’ve recently made it public that even though the whole world was gearing to watch McGregor – Mayweather their very...Everybody Makes These 3 Jiu-Jitsu Warm Up Mistakes
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A warm up generally consists of a gradual increase in intensity in physical activity (a “pulse raiser”), joint mobility exercise, and stretching, followed by the activity. Warming up brings the...What Affects Endurance in Grappling Sports
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Photo: by Nec Bezmma Nomen. Written for BJJEE by Vladimir Popovic, black belt judo, black belt bjj, master degree in sport science and exercise. Strength and condition coach, specialty – martial...What Affects Your Cardio During Competition?
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Photos by Nec Bezmma Nomen Guest post by Dr Kickass, Mike Piekarski, a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Former MMA Fighter, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown belt. Follow him on instagram. Endurance for...How To Efficiently Warm Up For BJJ
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Photo: Marko Stupar Guest post by Daniel Vaughan UCLA undergraduate, judo brown belt under Mike Verdugo and BJJ GF Team black belt under Master Julio Cesar Pereira. Daniel is an instructor...Quick Fixes For Improving Your Weakest Link : Flexibility, Strength, Conditioning…
Written for BJJEE.com by the awesome BJJ Athlete Strength & Conditioning – BredaS&C, Check out their facebook page Armour, chain-mail a bulletproof vest. That’s what your...Complete Guide To Judo & BJJ Strength, Conditioning, Flexibility, Mental etc…
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Guest post by Neil Adams MBE, an English judoka who won numerous Olympic and World Championship medals in judo representing Great Britain. Adams was the first British male to win a World title, and...8 Best BJJ Flexibility Exercises
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Photo: Emma Pursey. A Sport like BJJ demands a high degree of flexibility to perform a wide range of techniques, both defensive and offensive. And, if you are just starting then stretching can be...How Grapplers Should Approach Strength and Conditioning
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Unlike the striking arts such as boxing, kick boxing or Muay Thai where practitioners exert a direct force over their opponents to score a knockout, the grappling arts are more about manipulating...How Champions Train: Team Atos Specific Strength & Conditioning Training for BJJ
Looking for some new ideas to add to your strength and conditioning routine for BJJ? Check out these specific functional strength and conditioning training for BJJ with or without Gi from the world...Quick Tips for the Big Three Lifts For BJJ
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Guest post by Will Safford, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach who trains under Andre Galvao in San Diego, CA. He received is purple belt in December of 2013 and competes occasionally in...How To Actively Recover From An Injury
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Unfortunately, for athletes, injuries are inevitabilities and this is true also for people training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. When a major injury like an Achilles Tendon Rupture strikes, it may...BJJ Isometric Strength Training: Fastest & Easiest Way to Strength Train for BJJ
Written by John Connors, BJJ black belt and head instructor at Connors Mixed Martial Arts . BJJ Isometric Strength Training Program (BIST) So many of my brand new students...Mistakes to Avoid When Training BJJ and Crossfit Together
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Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter Cascao Vital. He runs Cascao Evolution BJJ out of Las Vegas nv. Crossfit is it’s own demanding sport, requiring a person to be well...Plate Workout for Grappling Strength
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You really don’t need any fancy equipment to give yourself a big gas tank & monster strength on the BJJ mats. Using simple exercises with little equipment that make you work the entire body are...4 Hip Stretches That Your BJJ Hips Are Craving For
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Most Grapplers will mainly focus on improving strength and conditioning rather than flexibility. What they fail to realize is that flexibility is extremely important in grappling arts because it...