Importance of Having Smart Training in BJJ

[no_you_hang_up]

This makes me wish I had a buddy to just do drills with.

[mya]

This is sooo true! Yes high intensity is important but I love to flow roll for this exact reason. You cannot be technically sound if it’s a speed race / head hunt all the time.

[pchiethegreat]

Man, thank you for saying this!!!

As a personal trainer and a purple belt, I know all too well the dangers of overtraining not just BJJ or resistance training, but any high intensity exercise or sport.

Too much meathead-ery is prevalent in combat sports where training hard ALL THE TIME and condemning others who have a more balanced approach to their training and fitness (ehem JOE ROGAN fanboys ehem) is a thing. It’s just not the mentality to have if longevity in your chosen sport is important to you.

[luizmelo]

The problem is that I rely on the gym instructor and sadly most of them don't think this way.

[jeffreytorrico]

Precisely the kind of Coach/Instructor I was looking for..
Specially because of having some physical issues..

[ThuNguyen-bqvy]

O.m.g I needed to hear this. With work and everything else maintaining consistency with a high intensity level is just not realistic at all. Thanks for the sharing. I repeatedly run into this issue at both of the sports I’ve done. Can you share more on how we balance physical training and mental and technical training — on a weekly or monthly basis for example?

[kengfaihui]

Awesome reminder that hard sparring all day every day isn’t smart at all, too unsustainable

[matsuwd-emethdaath]

Good sound advice...sometimes you go hard medium and light
Then flow style drilling and then technical aspects where you work maybe escape from headlocks.
I do.this approach depending on who I roll with ...noone OnE roll style should be approached the exact same way with everyone.

I am not going to go all out on a partner who has been in class for a week the same with someone who has trained for 8 months LoL

[allafleche]

Not true there is a phoocal limit to playing chess, your brain takes up a lot of energy and you'll play worse and worse.

[Ash-sosr]

Calling bjj rolling "sparring" is cringe