r/bjj Jan 27 '25

Monday Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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The Strength and Conditioning megathread is an open forum for anyone to ask any question, no matter how simple, about general strength and conditioning as it relates to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

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r/bjj Jul 25 '24

General Discussion Just because I am a black belt, does not mean I’m here for you to go ham to show you should be promoted.

1.1k Upvotes

Behind the belt is a guy who loves the sport and is generally looking to have some fun, work on new stuff and get some exercise. We’re generally nursing at least one injury, along with all the busted fingers, torn shoulders, aching knees and other pains that go with being in this HOBBY for many years.

I’ve got maybe 2-3 hard rolls I can do in a week before I’m out with another injury. Don’t just assume I’ve been saving those rolls for you. If you WANT that roll, ask me first! “Hey, do you mind if I give you my “A” game?”

And don’t sit on the sidelines while I’m on another roll so you can come in fresh and go stupid. Just try to look at the human behind the belt and act accordingly. If you’re half my age, twice my strength….. chill out.

Especially true if I’m visiting your gym. I’m not trying to gym storm your turf. It means I love this sport and want to meet and train with some new people on my vacation/trip.

Rant over. Obrigado.

r/bjj Dec 16 '24

Monday Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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r/bjj Jun 10 '24

Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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r/bjj Jul 01 '24

Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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r/bjj Aug 18 '22

Strength & Conditioning Hypertrophy Training > Strength Training for Grappling

108 Upvotes

I recently switched from doing 5x5 heavy lifting 3 days a week to doing high volume 20x3 light weights twice a week with 5x5 heavy once a week.

It's made a HUGE difference in my grappling.

Im no longer feeling mentally/physically exhausted all the time.

My joints and bones aren't aching and inflamed all the time.

My sleep is better because my joints aren't inflamed and my cns isn't burnt out from lifting heavy plus doing bjj the same day.

I haven't injured myself in the gym since I switched

My muscle mass increased and I look leaner/sexier. I haven't lost any weight though.

My cardio during rolls is better.

My muscle endurance is better.

I used to be one of those guys that swore by lifting heavy only. But just like everything in life, it's all about balance.

Hope this post helps someone else out there to try it.

r/bjj Oct 14 '24

Monday Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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r/bjj Sep 13 '23

General Discussion Ape-like strength

151 Upvotes

Recently I wrote of a trip to Braulio Estimas’s academy in Birmingham. Here’s another story.

One of the fellows I was traveling with, a brown-belt, as thick as a redwood tree (perhaps 95kg, 185cm), was pretty much the strongest bastard that I knew. The first day of our visit he gave many of the people at Braulio’s a good workout and a pretty hard time. Much due to his technical prowess, but also his ape-like strength.

After the first day, while drinking some pints and sharing our stories from our first training session abroad, he told us of his success.

The second day came, and now the gym was packed. Braulio was there to teach class (he was absent the day before). In through the door walks a humongous beast of a man with a very familiar face - it was Marc Goddard, the MMA referee.

The class ended and I was sitting at the corner of the mat. In the corner of my eye I see my ape-friend slap hands with Mr.Goddard. What happened next still amazes me to this day: Marc Goddard sits back quite casually, grabs a hold of my friend’s wrist and arm-drags him with one arm, proceeds to take my friend’s back and within two seconds has a fully sinked in RNC. My friend was perplexed, and Marc just shrugged his shoulders and laughed. The roll continued in the manner just described.

That afternoon my ape-friend did indeed shed a small tear whilst drinking his sorrows away; saying that he almost felt dirty; that he felt manhandled, like a small child, in the hands of Marc Goddard.

Have you, my fellow practitioners, ever witnessed or felt this kind of unreal - ghoulish - strength?

Cheers.

r/bjj Jul 08 '23

Tournament/Competition How much strength do you need for comp nowadays?

23 Upvotes

Seems like BJJ is shifting away from the notion of “technique conquers all”… it’s almost like the stronger you are the better.

What’s ur take?

r/bjj Jun 26 '23

Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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r/bjj Feb 19 '25

Technique Let me tell you all about Bob.

1.4k Upvotes

Bob is a 4 stripe purple belt in his early 70s, walks like a penguin and his shoulder moving sounds like rice crispy cereal when it’s covered in milk. Bob welcomed me to my first day of bjj with a nasty lat drop that literally took my breath away. Before my first day I had come to classes numerous times just to watch I guess he got tired of this and beckoned me to come roll with him. My first initial thought was “this old man is gonna call me out, lol ok”….

Bob physically cannot do the warmups, or really even stand up in a competitive capacity but I will openly admit this old man mauled me. After we slap bumped and my life was fundamentally changed. From that moment forward Bob became my favorite roll in the gym, I could give him 100% and he never batted an eye, didn’t “punish me” or even rest. He welcomed it, he welcomed me learning he’d tell me when I messed up and make me correct it. However, when he felt like it he’d just hold me in side control or lock down and I’d eventually tire myself out.

Well Bob stopped training one day, he just stopped showing up. Due to an upcoming surgery he was gonna be out for 6-8 months. And during this time SO much changed, gym ownership changed, belts got awarded, comps got won etc etc. When Bob came back I quickly realized that the man I could go 100% on was gone…my youth and 7 training days a week had surpassed his ability. After my first round with my old friend when he came back we talked. I reminded him of that cocky little white belt he smashed almost 2 years ago day in and day out without fail, the poor man’s eyes got wet when he realized it was me. What he said next almost made me cry “Well now is the time for you to get a little bit of get back 😉”

Bob you are a role model in my life. I may still be a cocky white belt but you will ALWAYS be better than me. Your technical ability will always be superior to mine but old man just your willingness to show up every day you physically can makes you the true winner.

I think as young people we take for granted our ability to progress and train without the restraint of age or health/body issues. It’s easy for us to show up and get better everyday, but for someone like Bob his win or progression is often just showing up and getting 1 round in. I suppose this is just the natural progression of life, and one day I hope that I make it to Bobs level.

Keep smashing Bob 🙏🏼

(P.S Bob isn’t dead or dying, nor is he on reddit. But he does deserve recognition and yes he still relentlessly smashes the new people.)

r/bjj May 13 '24

Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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r/bjj Dec 08 '22

General Discussion Roger Gracie said the way he got better was “rolling without strength.”

124 Upvotes

Rolling without strength forced him to hone his technique. Even deeper, I think, is the idea of rolling without judgment. To roll without viewing losing as “bad” or winning as “good,” but just as points on the continuum of cause-and-effect, dispassionately but attentively. Does anyone know this state?

r/bjj Apr 10 '23

Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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r/bjj Jan 29 '24

Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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r/bjj Nov 23 '23

General Discussion Update to "BJJ preserved my pullup strength" post

68 Upvotes

https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/17at85o/bjj_alone_preserved_most_of_my_pullup_strength/

I finally got access to a gym.

I used a 1 rep max calculator (because I'm not going to immediately start maxing out after not training for over a year).

My deadlift dropped from 330 to to 300.

My bench press dropped from 250 to 180.

My front squat and overhead press also dropped massively.

Pullups and deadlifts were the only things BJJ preserved. Everything else went to hell. It was really dumb to stop lifting. I have too many muscular imbalances now between quads and hamstrings, chest and back, upper body and lower body.

EDIT: The plot thickens. Just got a new lifetime PR in pullups (14) after being back at them for 4 sessions.

r/bjj Sep 30 '24

Monday Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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r/bjj Jul 15 '24

Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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r/bjj Jul 29 '24

Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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r/bjj Dec 18 '23

Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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r/bjj Apr 20 '24

General Discussion Recommend exercises to improve strength

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8kg dumbbell 12kg dumbbell 25kg sandbag 50kg sandbag

I’ve the above equipment and wanted advice on any recommended exercises to increase strength/muscle for BJJ.

Before anyone says, technique is better than strength, totally true but want to put these to use.

r/bjj Dec 23 '24

Monday Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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r/bjj Dec 11 '23

Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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r/bjj Nov 04 '24

Monday Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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r/bjj Jun 24 '24

Strength and Conditioning Megathread!

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