My BJJ fire is going out!.

Ok so im starting to enjoy BJJ less and less, but i so dont want to give it up, i think ive just hit a lul at the moment.

So have you guys gone through this?

It's okay man and totally natural to burn out. This is where you can reduce your training to say once or twice a week and cross train something else. There's gymnastics, break-dancing, any team sport, whatever. Double bonus if your cross train activity benefits your jiu jitsu somehow. Ask yourself too why you're burning out on jiu jitsu, or anything in your life for that matter that you want to keep in it, and go from there too. Maybe you've hit a stall in progress, maybe you haven't varied your curriculum, maybe you haven't gone up and rolled with new people/body types/energies. There are so many ways you can make jiu jitsu, or anything worthwhile that you burn out on, a fresh and new experience. Try rolling with different types of music. Work techniques you've never worked on. Find a wrestling/judo/sambo guy and roll with him/her.

Originally Posted by Kiko

It's okay man and totally natural to burn out. This is where you can reduce your training to say once or twice a week and cross train something else. There's gymnastics, break-dancing, any team sport, whatever. Double bonus if your cross train activity benefits your jiu jitsu somehow. Ask yourself too why you're burning out on jiu jitsu, or anything in your life for that matter that you want to keep in it, and go from there too. Maybe you've hit a stall in progress, maybe you haven't varied your curriculum, maybe you haven't gone up and rolled with new people/body types/energies. There are so many ways you can make jiu jitsu, or anything worthwhile that you burn out on, a fresh and new experience. Try rolling with different types of music. Work techniques you've never worked on. Find a wrestling/judo/sambo guy and roll with him/her.

I hear you man, ive got a Light contact freefighting comp this friday so maybe that will spark it back, if not ive got a NO-GI jj comp in may, and that will be a first for me so that will spark it back up i hope.

Just crosstraining with boxing at the moment, so might need to pull back on that i think?.

I'd second all the above, I kinda lost interest in h0ckey too recently (ironically for wrestling/jj) so def seek out another activity to take a break.

Originally Posted by VaepOr

I hear you man, ive got a Light contact freefighting comp this friday so maybe that will spark it back, if not ive got a NO-GI jj comp in may, and that will be a first for me so that will spark it back up i hope.

Just crosstraining with boxing at the moment, so might need to pull back on that i think?.

Screw it, try something out there like hand-gliding, rappelling, rock climbing, diving. If I wasn't doing MMA/JJ I'd probably be doing intro to gymnastics. Being compact with gymnastic type strength is awesome.

I've been rolling for a few years now with different MMA clubs (though never anywhere that awarded BJJ belts sadly, hence still a "white" belt!), and I took a 6th month break at one point. Sometimes people just get bored with the same stuff and grow out of it. Sometimes people get frustrated when their progress seems to plateau, because they are like a sponge when they first start out, absorbing all these brand new moves and techniques. Don't forget that everyone else you train with are also making progress, and its only until a new guy comes along that you realise just how far you've come.

Personally, I didn't want to turn my back on the stuff I'd learnt and let it fade away. My advice: realise that jj is a hobby not a chore, and if you don't enjoy it take a break or train less and see what happens! You can always come back!

your going through a plateau( i hope i spelled it right)

it happened to me too and its going to keep happening forever

it doesnt last forever
good luck!

Competing helps

Originally Posted by Cookie Monster

your going through a plateau( i hope i spelled it right)

it happened to me too and its going to keep happening forever

it doesnt last forever
good luck!

He is probably right. Just think about how much you enjoy strangling people that always does it for me

Cookie you don't plateau after a month or two of training lol. Just have a strong cup of harden the fuck up LOL