Jiu Jitsu Strength and Conditioning

[Cody Kietzman]

I don't believe someone should "can" all athletes and say they must do crossfit and lifting creates injuries. I know plenty of athletes that benefited greatly from weight lifting and crossfit type exercises were not what they needed.

Odd to tell someone not to lift weights.

I was confused as well as many studies support that PROPER lifting decreases the chance for severe injuries. That's why i though it was an inside joke.

[Kyle Spalla]

I do Insanity, makes you really explosive and doesn't require using weights at home. For weighted training and hard cardio I say Versa Climber, battle ropes and kettle bells.

[Jonrivello]

fuck lifting, roll jiu jitsu

[Daniel Valdez]

I don't believe someone should "can" all athletes and say they must do crossfit and lifting creates injuries. I know plenty of athletes that benefited greatly from weight lifting and crossfit type exercises were not what they needed.

Odd to tell someone not to lift weights.

after reading the instructions, I realized that maybe this is specific advice for a specific athlete. I get it if that the deal.
I believe that a lot of people need to focus on one aspect of conditioning in order to get better as a whole. For example, a person may be in great shape but has weak shoulders and back. It is can be difficult to accomplish a specific muscle group workout without concentrating on that muscle group by itself, which in the long run can help overall functional strength when the previously weak muscle group is involved.

[Cody Kietzman]

after reading the instructions, I realized that maybe this is specific advice for a specific athlete. I get it if that the deal.
I believe that a lot of people need to focus on one aspect of conditioning in order to get better as a whole. For example, a person may be in great shape but has weak shoulders and back. It is can be difficult to accomplish a specific muscle group workout without concentrating on that muscle group by itself, which in the long run can help overall functional strength when the previously weak muscle group is involved.

Yeah what he said...I have to lift my shoulders in order to prevent tendinitis.

[Jeremy Gates]

How can one get hurt lifting weights ? Other than lifting too much and straining yourself.

[Scott Yockel]

With our crossfit program, we use kettlebells and 45lbs plates for some work outs. The things I believe you should not waste time on are things like bench press, curls, lat pull downs, etc. Movements that only work 1 muscle at a time. I told Jeremy to ask another teammate Bryan about it bc he tore his peck. It was so bad he needed to have surgery to repair it.

[Scott Yockel]

I was confused as well as many studies support that PROPER lifting decreases the chance for severe injuries. That's why i though it was an inside joke.

Do you know if the studies you are talking about are based on MMA or BJJ???

[Cody Kietzman]

With our crossfit program, we use kettlebells and 45lbs plates for some work outs. The things I believe you should not waste time on are things like bench press, curls, lat pull downs, etc. Movements that only work 1 muscle at a time. I told Jeremy to ask another teammate Bryan about it bc he tore his peck. It was so bad he needed to have surgery to repair it.

How and why did he tear his neck? Also that sounds awful!

[Daniel Valdez]

With our crossfit program, we use kettlebells and 45lbs plates for some work outs. The things I believe you should not waste time on are things like bench press, curls, lat pull downs, etc. Movements that only work 1 muscle at a time. I told Jeremy to ask another teammate Bryan about it bc he tore his peck. It was so bad he needed to have surgery to repair it.

ya this is what I was referring to when I stated that every athlete is different. Some need more stretching and some need more weight lifting. Personally my joints are flexible and if I don't lift some weights my joints get weak and I have injuries during athletics.