Conditioning For BJJ And MMA.

When it comes to conditioning programs for both BJJ and MMA, grapplers and mixed martial artists have many options available for getting in functional shape and improving everything from the flexibility to explosive power. endurance, strength and mental toughness needed to perform at the highest level in their sport.

Ideally the conditioning program should take little time so it doesn't get in the way of your mat time.

You'll want something you can do on your days off the mat or in the case of endurance training, something you can do after your BJJ training to help increase your cardiovascular and muscular endurance.

Another quick tip that I can suggest is you'll want the training to help prevent injuries and not something that can aggravate or cause an injury that can keep you off the mat so you'll want to stay away from any high stress or impact activities other than BJJ or MMA, as other high impact or stress activities only increase your chances of getting injured either during those activities or through overuse which can then lead to an injury happening while you're grappling.

The ideal components of such a program could include Bodyweight training or calisthenics, properly performed weight training with your specific goals and grappling game in mind and Kettlebell training, again specifically geared to your goals and game.

The key point is that any conditioning program should be geared specifically for your game and should focus and be effective at improving your game.

Here is a great example of kettlebell training geared specifically for grappling and MMA.



Next post I'll be going over more details on the specifics of customizing your conditioning program to your game.

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