You’re only as good as your ability to recover from your training. This could be your BJJ training itself or your BJJ workout program. From this point forward we’ll call this quality your “recoverability” because it makes me sound smart and coach-like.
I’d like to highlight some of my favorite methods that will help you recover quicker and more deeply from your BJJ and I’d also like to discuss what downfalls may be cutting into your BJJ recoverability.
Fatigue sucks, there’s no way around it. Being tired during a match is one of the worse feelings ever! I’m sure you’ve been there at times, tempted to tap out simply from fatigue and exhaustion. I feel you. I’ve been there myself and to be honest I’m sure I’ve done it more than once.
You might be a geek. I’m a geek and I tend to sit around and think about all things movement, athletic development and BJJ- so while the wind and rain were pounding on the trees outside my house I started to think about fatigue, BJJ or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Athletic Development.
What does Romancing the Body the body have to do with BJJ Workouts?
Well, BJJ or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is the Arte Suave nao e?
Frank Forencich of Exuberant Animal is an awesome person and someone who is making a real difference in modern human movement circles.
I find inspiration in all of Frank’s work, but this article really hit home.
Please take a moment to read it through and let me know which camp you’re in.
Getting Started? Building Momentum in your BJJ Workouts
You can plan, plan and plan your BJJ Workouts but planning does not produce any training momentum.
You’ve got to start moving. You’ve have to do something, anything to start your training process/momentum.
It’s much easier to start with something very small, like a brief 10-15 minute training session instead of stressing over your huge training plan.
What small change can you make right now?
Do you think you could curl these?
Stainless steel- 108lb- 2.5 inch grip! These things are crazy.
Just a quick note, Ricardo and Mike are some of the strongest BJJ players that I know and have trained with. Maybe a decade ago when Mike was still a bluebelt one of his favorite grip training methods was hanging from thick tree limbs. It worked and it seems to have endured.
And Ricky? Forget it, once he gets his grips on you it’s over.
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Hi, I'm Jason C. Brown. I'm a coach and athlete obsessed with human movement, martial arts and walking the path of mastery. I help BJJ players move better, play better and enjoy their Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu more.
