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

[Ben Lewis]

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

@bullsydodger - i tweeted you the vid and no it isnt really bad to squat all the way down. you have to train specific to you sport. when you shoot, roll, or sub some one do you only bend you leg to 90 degrees? hell no especially not the 10th plannet family. The beauty of pistol squats is that you cant do it with a shit ton of weight. granted that guy was lifting big kettle bells but if you x that weight by 2 you are still at less than 120lbs and you wouldnt think twice about doing 3x that weight on an olympic bar. Our gym has incorporated pistol squats for about two months and i promise everyone you will see a noticeable gain in you game. Watch pistol squat progressions on you tube. no body is expected to be able to do a full pistol right from the begining! Enjoy the ride to higher strength, balance and explosive power brothers. Its a trip when you bust out your first one.

[Chris Herzog]

Guys my friend Greg Walsh is an amazing Strength & Conditioning Coach, and has worked with me and my team for the past 3 years, he has a background in Combat Sports (Cert. Muay Thai Instuctor, Purple Belt in BJJ under Cleber Luciano, and trained CSW with Erik Paulson for years). He has a "WOD" (Work out of the day) blog that you can follow. He focuses on Core Strength (kettlebells, macebells, body weight exercises, etc.)and Dynamic excersise that directly transition to Combat Sports. I HIGHLY recommend checking it out (he has tons of videos as well).

http://wolfbrigade.net/

[Ben Lewis]

Thanks Chris, sounds like a perfect addition.

[Chris Herzog]

Heres a badass video of Mat one for Greg's guys.

[David Stager]

Sometimes I lie on my back and rock forward into the pistol squat if I'm feeling too tired to start it from standing. Here's a poorly lit, hastily put together video clip of what I'm talking about:

[Chris Herzog]

Here Greg does some great work with Ashley one of our fighters:

[Sam Bergeron]

Here Greg does some great work with Ashley one of our fighters:

That looks likes a pretty badass squat, I'll have t try it out... if I can find a giant mace bell that is

[Eric "Tiger Blood" Safier]

Thanks for posting this thread Eddie! I'm a personal trainer at the Anythime Fitness Gyms in Ga and I feel the sameway about core training for Jiu Jitsu , Myself I enjoy kettlebells and bodyweight training. I have a friend Joey Alvarado I don't know if you have heard of him and his teachings ? He has made a DvD called Shadow Jiu jitsu and Kettle Combat systems and there both really great for MMA training and Jiu Jitsu conditioning I think. Joey had article in the same Jiu Jitsu Mag you were on the cover of a few months back showing some of his drills. Heres one of his youtube videos.

[Eric "Tiger Blood" Safier]

There's also a http://mymadmethods.com/ which is a magazine full of drills and great workouts for guys like us

[Eddie Bravo]

Beautiful stuff guys, let's all push our balance and core to the max