How many of you are regularly weight lifting?

I'm just curious how many of you guys supplement your jiu jitsu training with weight lifting?

Do you think it's a critical component to reaching your full potential or do you build enough muscle just from consistent rolling?

Personally I think being on a full lifting routine while doing jiu jitsu is a little too much for the average joe to handle, but I try to get at least a day or 2 per week in the weight room.

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

I lift about two to three times a week as well. I do a lot of super sets with pull ups and dips vs breaking every single muscle group down. I think it's important to keep your body strong.

You?

I tried to keep up 4 lifting days per week. Bjj 4 times per week. I came down with bad tendonitis in my wrists, elbows and shoulders. I'll probably cut the lifting back to 2 times per week.

yea weightlifting is a must, dynamic exercises for the win

I usto do alot more wieght lifting before i started bjj, I would to alot of dead lifting, shoulder shrugs, military press, basicly my back i thought that would be the most important to workout, but of course with time i stopped lifting and just roll and train..but our gym has a great new stand up coach that helps our stand and gives us a mad workout. i am slowly trying to get back to lifting just to be a bit more atheltic(not that i am not in shape)

as supplements goes..i just take some whey protien(maybe 2 twice a week) i would love to know what else and what amout does anyone take..(any nutritionist in this bitch?)

Lots of lifting. 100% body weight. No weights. I would do some deadlifts and power cleans given the opportunity, but yeah, dynamic.

Grip and pressure.
"Work on the squeeze" as Eddie says.

I do dead lifts and work out on various upper and lower body equipment while at the gym.

i lift like 2 or 3 times a week, usually i focus on my chest, biceps, triceps, a little shoulder, and some ab workouts.

I actually lift 7 days a week. But I lift single muscle groups and really concentrate on isolating muscle groups through time under tension training. I never try to ego lift that way I can concentrate on even certain parts of a muscle. (upper/mid/lower chest, long head/short head bis and tris, etc). This way I'm not exhausting myself trying to do full body lifts like deadlifts and cleans. The biggest benefit to me though is that through extreme isolation during my lifts, when its time to roll, I can go from using one part of one muscle to using 4-5 muscle groups at once and I can really feel it when I need it for Jiu Jitsu

Muscles protect the body from injury and you have more power! I Train once a week wiht a heavy weight. I only do basic exercises with the weight. And it brings a great deal. five times a week I give lessons martial arts. and only once a week for me I Train with heavy weight.

I try and do crossfit at least 1-2 times a week.

Doing weights correctly is very good for injury prevention.

Personally dont have a mega organised must-do such and such on set days routine. But I do normally get 1 power lifting session, 1 Randy Couture grapplers barbell circuit (or similar muscle endurance type workout) and 1 high intensity caveman or hurricane type circuit in per week.

This is what I will do even during an 8 week fight camp. For most grapplers I would say this is verging on excessive and as long as youre doing smart weight lifting once or more a week then youre just fine.

I would never choose weights over jiu jitsu as that to me doesnt make any sense.

I just roll.

I once read that Marcello doesn't do anything but Jits!!

I lift weights 5-6 days per week. It's easy for me because I can walk to the gym. I feel like it helps my jiu jitsu, but I'm also very conscious not to rely on my strength.

I lift 3-5 days a week... atleast 2 days of working out with an Elevation mask.... it helps.

I lift heavy 3x per week following the starting strength program (heavy squats, deads, and other compound lifts). I've been taking a break recently from BJJ, but when I was training, I was lifting 3x per week and doing bjj 3x per week. I found I would run into recovery issues and constantly go through cycles of train hard for 3 weeks, get sick from over training for a week. I will be starting BJJ again soon and will probably cut back lifting to 2x per week and bjj 3x per week.

I don't believe anyone at our gym really lifts weights. We just train a ton of jiu jitsu. Some guys breakdance and do other exercises where they are lifting they're own body weight but that's about it. I do think stretching is very important though. Everyday I'm constantly getting more flexible just by stretching before and after each class.

Also here's a question from a recent interview with Guilherme Mendes.
Gui is asked what are the most common mistakes made at the lower belts?
"One common mistake is putting a lot of emphasis on physical conditioning and neglecting your studies on the mat. The most important thing in the colored belt group is to learn jiu jitsu. Study a lot and train a lot, more than all the other students; be the first to arrive and last to leave."

I lift 3 times a week, 1 day all pulling, 5 different angles, 1 day all pushing 5 different angles, and 1 day of squats and leg curls, makes a GIANT difference in rolling :)

Four times a week, and I stick with Crossfit. I will do it in the morning, and have my BJJ in the evening, as to give my body time to rest in between activities. No problems with it, and I feel great.

4 times a week, power lifting stuff (deadlifts,clean and press,squat) as well as some strongman stuff but im trying to shrink a bit to make 205 so doing more cardio now

I lift 4 times a week (During lunch break). I don't lift heavy, but do circuit type where I'll target one muscle group and do several different lifts one after another, short recovery, then repeat several times. I'm looking for sustained strength, and explosive movements with quick recovery, not to get huge. I also jog and end with all-out sprints.

I like to train specific movements rather than body parts somebody you may want to check out on the subject is Alwyn Cosgrove he is really knowledgeable and works with allot of his athletes and some good thoughts on how you train if compete any type of sport. Also I would check out Mike Boyle he trains a ton of athletes and you can check out some his ideas at strength coach.com Also another guy you may want to look at is Jonathan Chaimberg he has trained george st. Pierre. Sorry if that is not specific enough. Good luck with your training.Take care

I typically like to train three times a week using combining different types of movement patterns. A good way to start is to first master your body weight and then add weight. Also remember utilizing your core is extremely important.

Randy Coutures grappling circuit is a great strength training supplement to jits. I do it twice a week
http://youtu.be/ezHlByHZwXA

kettlebells workout!

I weight train 3 to 4 times a week. All circuit workouts my own combo of jits warm up drills mixed with chunks from p90x. I try to keep a average heart rate of 135-140 during all work outs then sprints to finish up. I have notice a huge increase and speed and endurance with this type of workout.