After Blue Belt Funk/Plateau/Burnout

[john botello]

It's impossible to hit plateaus if you are rolling and drilling consistently.

It may only seem that way because most everyone else in class is also progressing along with you.

This also what I meant by there's always something to work. If your training partners are shutting down your go to stuff, it's that they're progressing with you and you have to work new things or else the frustration / plateau mindset sets in and sometimes you wanna quit ..just keep pushing through that thought process. It'll be worth it in the end

[Dylan Ehrnreiter]

I spent so long unranked that getting my blue last year still hasn't completely sunk in. The excitement is still there 100% every time I get to roll.

[Tom Carbone]

I kinda wonder how many people's goal it is to get there blue belt vs. just not wanting to be a white belt. Thats why they quit afterwards.
Do you know what I mean?

[Sean Marshall]

Seems like a lot of people quit once they feel like they could handle the average person that doesnt know anything. Seems like that with mma anyway. Especially younger guys. Once they can take their friends grappling or fighting and they become the top badass of their group of friends then that is good enough for them. Their ego will surf that wave for years

[Sergio Lozoya]

I remember someone at the gym who was fucking DEDICATED, like they practically lived at the school. Then one day, POOF, they were gone. It's crazy, but you know, people have shit to deal with in their lives, some may hit a 1 month funk and some may miss training for 1 year.

[ScottRay]

I use to believe more training was always better. Now though, I don't see anything wrong with taking a break. In sports psychology there is a phenomenon called the reminiscence effect. Its proven that taking breaks can actually inprove skills. Now obviously taking a year off would be bad, but a week of training ever so often can actually help. Before anyone flames me for saying "less training is better" let me clarify that that's not what I mean. What I'm saying is this: I believe every serious athlete should read about the reminiscence effect. I believe the psychology of sports is more than enjoying your sport...

[Serge Bunimovich]

What always helped me when I would start getting burnt out is changing up my training routine. Instead of jiu Jitsu I would concentrate on wrestling for couple of weeks. If I am getting tired of drilling basics all the time (which in my very humble, white belt opinion is the most important thing in JJ), I would look up some fancy technique from Mendes Bros or whoever else and drill that instead. Or I would go back to my kickboxing roots and spend a week hitting pads till I get that unstoppable urge to choke someone out.

[Matt Wallace]

Blue Flu. I've seen it a lot. Even from people who are serious about their training.

The key to me is never stop showing up. The nights that you don't really feel like training are the most important times for you to be there. Even if you don't wanna roll hard. Just be there. Put on your rash guard, close your eyes, take a deep breath and think about how amazing it is for you to even be blessed enough to participate in something like this. Sit down stretch and train as hard as you feel like!

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Gospel! Consistency produces epiphany :-) And I quoted this mainly because I'm officially stealing "Blue Flu" !!

[Kevin Reed]

Either Jiu Jitsu is a part of you or it isn't. My jiu jitsu is. So it thrives when I thrive, and it stagnates when I slump. My life isn't always smooth so of course my jiu jitsu life isn't always going to be perfect. Some months I train nonstop, some months I barely train. One things for sure though, jiu jitsu is a part of me, and I will never plateau. The same way I will never stop growing as a human being, my jiu jitsu game will never stop evolving either. It just depends on how fast you wanna climb this mountain. Because its tall as fuck, and even when you do reach the top, there's still a hundred unexplored paths to be climbed right back down at the bottom.

[SmokeyBJJ]

The main thing to remember is to have fun! As for hitting plateaus, keep on drilling, drilling, and more drilling. Drillers make killers!