Important weight training exercises?

[Aaron Gustaveson]

I DO know what you're saying BUT I dont think caio terra has much problem getting smashed.

[Ross Davidson]

JJ is the apex activity for increasing jiu jitsu skill, for sure. But I'm looking to add anything that will aid me in my training.

[Aaron Gustaveson]

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[Tyler Timmermans]

sissy and regular squats for a tight lock down.

[JHouse]

Cocaine and hookers? Seems to be the go-to response...

[Tori Applegate]

Trust me, Tori, I'm a dwarf compared to the guys I train with. They straight up smother me with their weight.

Thanks guys, keep em comin'! And, Chad, those were never a question--football ingrained those in my mind.

Learn to move your body better. I used to get super smashed. We have a ton of guys around 190. Lots of good people in the gym..killers. You will still get smashed for a while, but it's worth the time. Focus on moving, making space, recovering guard, basically transitioning from position to position. I still have some trouble sometimes, but not as much anymore.

Just for future reference - when a girl says you're not that small it means that you are

Wrong Marty.

What do you weigh anyway Ross?

Doesn't matter your size either way. You can be a beast no matter what. Just focus. :-D I almost never fight someone my size. So what. Be determined, be focused, and MOVE.

[Griffin Lambert]

I'm 140 pounds and regularly roll against guys who have 50, 80, sometimes even a hundred pound weight difference and I can handle myself. I lift no weights, just train BJJ. If your technique improves, you won't have to be super strong to be effective. Being small, you need to develop a game that's effective against larger opponents. Even if you're strong, you're still going to be way weaker against a guy who's 50 pounds bigger and in shape. Marcelotines, deep half guard, butterfly guard, rncs, triangles, etc. Find techniques that work with your body and can be effective against guys no matter how big they are.

Watch Marcelo Garcia

[bobby rivers]

What cycle of steroids are you currently using?

If the answer is none, there's your problem. Gainz bruh. Gainz

[Ross Davidson]

Learn to move your body better. I used to get super smashed. We have a ton of guys around 190. Lots of good people in the gym..killers. You will still get smashed for a while, but it's worth the time. Focus on moving, making space, recovering guard, basically transitioning from position to position. I still have some trouble sometimes, but not as much anymore.



Wrong Marty.

What do you weigh anyway Ross?

Doesn't matter your size either way. You can be a beast no matter what. Just focus. :-D I almost never fight someone my size. So what. Be determined, be focused, and MOVE.

I weigh 155, regularly roll with people 200+. I completely understand the "I need to get better at jiu jitsu" idea. I'm just a white belt. I also completely abandoned weight lifting when I made the switch from football to jiu jitsu. I fucking HATE lifting weights. But even Eddie says that he's been lifting weights the past few years and that he'll never stop (said that on the podcast, can't remember which one).

I'm just looking to help my jiu jitsu in anyway I can. I've started doing hybrid workouts of ginastica natural, yoga, floor gymnastics, and animal crawls which have all greatly improved my passing (I've been pulling off legit passes on my instructor, few and far between, but when it happens they're legit). So if there's anything I can do to help increase the raw material for my body to perform the jiu jitsu I'm learning, I'm going to do it.

I just need to know if there's any specific exercises you all do for our 10P specifics

[Tori Applegate]

Strength mainly counts when you get up to a high level. Like Andre Galvao. Super high level jj..crossfit beast... Anything to increase your flexibility is awesome. And hip strength is huge to me in my personal game. But you can get that from shrimping and hardcore reps on sweeps and transitions etc.

Ross, you only have so much time. What are your jj goals so we can better assist you in the best route?