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I joined an MMA gym and naturally BJJ is part of the curriculum. Well the issue is I'm 550 lbs and the other students, are well, no where near my size. Haha.
I realize my size prevents lots of JJ positions (top game, period), but I don't want to keep being the guy just sitting out because no one wants to grapple with me.
Anyone have some suggestions re:grappling I could do while I'm shedding weight like a coke fiend? ;)
Thanks, amigos.
So uhh, what area are you in? Maybe someone could point you in the right direction of some heavyweights.
P.s. People might think you are Taylor. :)
make a grappling dummy. YOutube has tons of vids on how to do this. I spent about 150 bucks to make a pretty good one that weighs just as much as i do.
use heavy bags or stability balls
Sean - I'm in South Texas.
La'a Ke One Hanau a La's - Thanks amigo. I'll give it a go.
Roy's always looking for grappling partners.
http://img.poptower.com/pic-13344/roy-nelson.jpg?d=1024
Enrique - Roy would smoke me, but I'd never turn down BJJ with a legit black belt. Haha.
Yeah man it's rather hard to find ppl to roll with. I'm also a heavy guy so I feel you.
My guess would be until you are in the low 300's you should only be wrestling tractor tires. Even then you might be hard pressed to find more than one comparable person to roll with.
If I was your coach, rolling and techs would be the last thing I would worry about. I would think the focus would be getting you moving and safely improving your cardio.
Its awesome your are hitting the gym and getting in shape. You are going to have some amazing before and after pics and an inspiring story for others as you progress!!
Im with jason - DIET should be your #1 priority, conditioning and weight loss cardio #2, and just keep training your flexibility and watching techniques and concepts while you do. BUT DO prioritize cardio and even moreso diet -- checkout Four Hour Body by Tim Ferriss, its probably the most accurate ideal reference for athletic training with weight loss in mind, its pretty hard to make the extreme diet changes asked of you, but what do you want more, bread or to be a boss?
Your body is going to be holding your progress back in every measure, you will be in a better position much sooner if you get into shape then focus on technique and etc, than if you try to do them all at once.
I am doing cardio 95% of the sessions (Monday through Friday) and am dieting under the guidance of a doctor.
I just don't want to sit out during grappling all the time. LOL!
Thanks for all of your input fellas. :)
We had a guy who weighed over 300 that stopped by to roll. He got a lot of his taps via crush.
If you're careful you might be able to do some light rolls with guys who are sizable, but you'll have to be careful of your training partners.
I totally agree Dylan. I've done technique drills with the instructor and he's about 155 lbs. I never complete the *blank*-to-full-mount sweeps. I just mime them by stepping over him.
I realize my size is a very real issue that can hurt people, and take extraordinary care to ensure I don't hurt anyone.
I also know that by grappling with me or someone my size no one "wins". I don't get to grapple with same size opponents and neither do they so it's lose-lose in the end. However, I'm a hands on learner so I enjoy the grappling I do get to do, even if it's strictly learning sub defense. Haha! ;)
get in there sir and train your arse off adjust your diet ive dropped 50 pounds in 3 months just adjusting my diet and rolling like a beast high protein low carb and eat little meals 6 /7 times a day so you dont get hungry and go beast on the a box of butter fingers remove all temptation in your life and watch it fall away and all ways train even if your not in class join a gym lift weights do yoga any thing that you think will help improve your juijitsu and realise in class yes you are going to be heavy so be heavy my top game has improved dramatically when i stopped trying to be light on top
What city are you located in? I know some amateur MMA heavyweights in the Miami and Orlando area that are always looking for new sparring partners for jits or striking or wrestling.
Clinton - Thanks, brother.
Enrique - I'm in a small town south of Houston.
Hahaha! Poor guy!
That was just the end of the video. They went at it for a good long while, mostly in half guard. Johnny (little guy) couldn't even come close to having a closed guard, and Jeremy (big guy) was a college wrestler. After rolling him nobody else seemed to be that heavy anymore.
No doubt!