Shoulder Stability Challenge
See if you can complete this surprisingly challenging shoulder stability exercise. Regardless it’s a great one to add into your regular BJJ programming.
Injury Prevention
Injury Prevention
4 Ways to Improve Hip Mobility
4 Ways to Improve Hip Mobility Getting some tightness and possibly pain in your hips? If so, you are not alone…this is common and happens to the best of us, especially as we sit more and more. Most people have some sort of limitation in their hip movement, which leads to loss of performance, …
9 Risks for Achilles Tendinopathy
9 Risks for Achilles Tendinopathy The achilles tendon is the largest and strongest in the whole body, however is still commonly prone to injury. The presence of Achilles tendon pain, swelling and an impaired load-bearing capacity can indicate Achilles Tendinopathy. This injury can be very debilitating and make training at full capacity difficult. Understanding the …
Shoulder Strength for BJJ
Most athletes have heard of the ‘rotator-cuff,’ the infamous part of everyones shoulder, most commonly blamed when things go awry. While the anatomy of the shoulder is quite complex, the rotator cuff is often a good place to start to both prevent injury as well as rehab ongoing shoulder problems. The Rotator cuff is important …
Blood Flow Restriction Training
Blood Flow Restriction Training Explained… What Does The Research Say? Blood Flow Restriction Training is the next big thing in sports performance and rehab realm. Actually, it is already here. Put simply, blood flow restriction, or BFR for short, is the use of cuffs to temporarily restrict blood flow while exercising. While this may seem …
Most Common BJJ Injuries
Common BJJ Injuries occur, due to, both training and competing. This post highlights recent grappling-based research. Which, looked at common BJJ injuries sustained during TRAINING and COMPETITION. As a result, we better understand WHAT injuries commonly occur and WHEN. Most Common BJJ Injuries Sustained During TRAINING: First, a research team gathered info from …
Grapplers Performance | Hip Mobility
Improve Hip Mobility For BJJ Performance Hip Mobility for BJJ athletes is important to perform optimally and reduce injuries. However, most athletes never consider their hip mobility as potentially limiting their training. Currently, Mobility is a big buzz word within the sports performance realm. Mobility implies having control throughout an entire range of …
