Instead of traditional workouts I get my sweat on through bjj and am about to start kickboxing. My cardio has definitely improved but I'd like to get stronger. Suggestions for adding in bodyweight training or weightlifting without overtraining? Would just adding on one or two days of this a week even be worth my time?
Strength training on top of combat sports
Evan Morris
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Tyler Ramirez
How often do you train/how intense? Personally running a PHUL program 4x with judo 3x a week. If you’re a beginner 2x week full body can still be very helpful.
Also EAT MORE.
Andrew Reyes
Unironically SS/SL squat training
Wrestling and grappling is a lot of legs
David Perry
9 months into bjj, Ideally I'd like to do 4 days/week bjj and 2/week kickboxing. Right now i'm doing bjj 4-5 days a week, 1.5-2 hours each session
Daniel Russell
Big compound exercises are the way to go - squats, deadlifts, presses and rows are all good
Jose Torres
>Just got promoted to blue belt
>Went to my first comp today
>lost both my opening matches
I know that I shouldn't be disappointed honestly considering blue has a gigantic skill gap and it's my first comp but I feel like I should have done better. Honestly, the most annoying thing was wasting the whole day waiting. Pretty much the definition of hurry up and wait!
Isaiah Davis
I too know those feels user
>tfw competed no Gi and rekt shop
>didn’t invite anyone in case I lost
>go compete in Gi competition and invite qt grills to watch
>get destroyed by points and looked like a shitter
At least I didn’t get tapped
Jackson Allen
Congrats on the promotion still though. What happened in the matches?
Ethan Rodriguez
Yep, first judo competition, could’ve waited 5 more hours before showing up, then I got paired with a brown belt and green belt with 50lbs on me since the adult bracket was fucking tiny. Did better my second time and won 1st, although it was a group of 5
Jace Hughes
This is why I hesitate to get friends into bjj. When I was only a few months in my parents came by to watch and then we went to dinner. Thankfully I partnered with another white belt and girl I outweight by like 20 lbs. Anyone else and they would've seen me get rekt.
Thomas Bennett
>combat
just buy a gun faggot
Carter Edwards
Simple and sinister
Jordan Wood
I have 7 actually.
Kevin Perry
Thanks. Just sorta got bulldozed in Gi until I got RNC'd. I was pretty disappointed cus I didn't even really have a chance to do anything. I think a lot about competing is executing your game plan aggressively, not trying to counter others shit. I wasn't in the right frame for sure. I was at least 100x more relaxed in No-Gi but eventually got caught in an armbar.
Alexander Thomas
There's no shame in tapping.
Christian Perez
You won’t overtrain with bjj + calisthenics. You also probably won’t overtrain with bjj + lifting. Full body 1x or 2x a week will give you strength gains up to a point, if bjj is your primary sport you wouldn’t want to go over 3 days lifting, maybe 4 days as an intermediate lifter.
Just make sure you eat and sleep enough and you can easily do 6 days of combat sports + 4 days of lifting, time permitting.
Carter Hughes
>not trying to counter others shit
^This is why if i ever compete I'll probably get smashed. I have a habit of sitting in bottom half and waiting for them to do something or trying to do deep half, which doesn't usually work out great.
Elijah Harris
You may want to look into 5/3/1. You could do it 2 times a week like this
A:
Bench 5/3/1
Squats 5/3/1
Pullups 3xf
B:
Press 5/3/1
Deadlift 5/3/1
Pullups 3xf
Start light and progress slowly.
Christian Garcia
Interesting. Are you raising the weight by a set amount as reps go down?
Ryan Hill
Better off doing rows than bench IMO
A. Deadlift 3x5
Row 3x5
Pullups 3xf
B. Front squat 3x5
OHP 3x5
Pullups x 3f
Cooper Kelly
Nolan Johnson
I personally enjoy bench but I see where you're coming from because of how important pullung strength is for grappling.
Adrian Ward
I've tried combining muay thai 3x a week with lifting 3x a week. Not only was I tired all the time, I never felt full.
Granted I only did it for 2 weeks before calling it quits in lifting, but I could easily sleep 10+ hours on my days off even when I'd be diligent and try to get 8 hours a night.
Bentley Wilson
Any of you lads watching the fights tonight?
James Long
Abso-fucking-lutely