Jon Hinds has been training BJJ (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) since 1995. He started his training with Rickson Gracie in a small garage buried in the alleys of Los Angeles.
He has some great stories about training with Rickson, his BJJ concepts. his physical and mental conditioning and much more.
This is an awesome interview and we cover alot and get off track quite a bit but Jon’s stories are awesome.
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Zach Even-Esh has been involved with wrestling and combat sports for decades. He now trains wrestlers and other combat athletes fulltime in his gym in Edison New Jersey, he Underground Strength Gym.
The wrestlers that Zach has created are beasts and some of the best conditioned combat athletes that I’ve ever seen.
His record in creating champions is long and well established. Here’s a little of what we covered;
- How can busy people fit training into their lifestyles?
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Martin Rooney has been the strength and conditioning coach for some of the BJJ (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) players for decades. It all started with training Renzo Gracie, from there the list grew and grew.
Outside of his role as strength and conditioning coach for today’s top BJJ players. Martin is also a father of 3 and has a crazy busy work schedule.
During this interview Martin shares his secrets of fitting it all in…
- How do you mix your BJJ and conditioning work within your weekly schedule?
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I’ve known Steve Maxwell for many years…since 1995 I believe and he was well ahead of the times back then.
Steve is or has been strength and conditioning coach for many BJJ legends Saulo & Xande Ribeiro, Kron Gracie and Diego Sanchez. Not to mention the 100′s of recreational BJJ players that he has worked with.
Steve was kind enough to let me pick his brain for a few minutes to discuss Conditioning for BJJ.
Here’s a little of what we talked about:
- What are the top 3 areas a BJJ athlete should concentrate on?
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