ATTENTION: If you compete, watch this, VERY important....

[Eddie Bravo]

If you are competing in jiu jitsu nowadays, you must now train like a pro athlete, you must have a strength training program you are religious with, EVERY professional athlete works on their core and balance. Long gone are the days where you can get away with just tricks, without working on your strength and core.

This is something anyone can do that combines core strength training AND balance in one workout. Watch the whole thing, he gets progressively more insane with it, you're gonna trip.

[JonScottND]

Master Eddie post more stuff like this for real bro, We'd love to see some training and conditioning and some lock flows that just tire the fuck outa you on MTS. PLEASE PLEASE

[Jack LaBarge]

I agree with having professional training if your competing! That was a hard core routine right there, BUT THAT WAS NOT a healthy program for your knees. Having your ass lower than your knee during squats (especially) with weights is not good for your knees!

[Enrique "Kiko"]

I'm with Jack as far as breaking the 90 degree angle for a squat for safety reasons, but damn that guy's strength and stability are amazing with squats.

[JonScottND]

I agree with the weighted squats being probably a bit much... but one also probably needs to take into consideration the level of this mans athletic ability. While it probably is not still great for him.. the weightless squats I would venture to say are doing little damage.. the 24kb may also not ad much again looking at him as a whole.. he certainly is far from your everyday joe.

With that being said what the fuck do I know im not a trainer or anything of that nature.. so.. I sent it over to my girl to look at. Shes currently in school for her Dr. of Physical Therapy. She's always showing me some pretty tight shit for jits I could post some of it here if we had a thread.. It will be interesting to hear her classmates and her own break down of his routine and its mechanics.

[John Wilcken]

Getting choked, (especially) coupled with a neck crank is not a healthy program for your neck.

I agree with having professional training if your competing! That was a hard core routine right there, BUT THAT WAS NOT a healthy program for your knees. Having your ass lower than your knee during squats (especially) with weights is not good for your knees!

[John Wilcken]

Inspiring video! Thanks Eddie.

[Jack LaBarge]

Getting choked, (especially) coupled with a neck crank is not a healthy program for your neck.

The whole purpose of a training program is to make you better! If that same program is hurting your body or is shorten your jitz tournament career then your not training smart. Your remark I would suggest a better (technique) defense against the choke. Not the same!

[Eddie Bravo]

I do my squats all the way down below my knees, is that really bad? I hear it is and I hear it isn't

[rock d]

when doing squats, you want your butt to be only just slightly below your knees forming a horizontal line (as your butt and knees are different sizes)... you should NOT allow your butt to "sit" and "relax" in the down position because it transfers weight to the wrong parts of your body (lower back and knee strain). mark rippetoe's book starting strength is the bible of basic weightlifting and really cheap too!

while searching i found this link, not exactly what we're talking about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_defecation_postures



however... when doing air squats with no weight, you can let your butt drive all the way down as it's more of a rapid hip thrusting motion than slow heavy weight lifting. 2 different exercises.