How To Progress Faster In Jiu jitsu?

I’m Bobby Collins, today I’m going to share with you the things, that have made me progress faster in Jiu Jitsu.

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My Jiu-Jitsu journey and How I was able to Progress Faster In Jiu-jitsu

I started my journey in 2008, after watching the BJ Penn and Sean Sherk countdown.

For some reason, I thought it would be badass, to try to be an MMA fighter.

I googled gyms and saw that a UFC fighter Jorge Rivera, had a gym in Massachusetts, so I started training.

That was in 2008 for the better part of the next 10 years, I would train inconsistently. I would train for a year or two then take time off.

Various things kept getting in the way, money, trying to grow my personal training business etc….

This was very frustrating, I just wanted to train. I kept starting and stopping. (If you’re interested, go here to discover my top 3 mindset shits, I did to be consistent)

I finally got my act together in 2019 and have been rock solid for the past 5 years. Most of this time, I’ve been training 5-6 day a week.

• In 1 year I earned my blue belt.
• 2 years later including COVID , I would earn my purple belt.
• Then next year, I would earn my brown belt.
• I’m currently in my second year as a brown belt.

In the last 5 years, I have progressed fast.

I’m going to talk about how our strength and conditioning can be an asset for faster BJJ progress or it can be our biggest liability in your BJJ journey.

Stop always being hurt.

Being durable on the mat is one of the most important things, you need to do, to grow quicker in this sport.

If you have to take time off, due to injuries or even if you are training while beat up. The training is not going to be very good.

So, how can we get hurt less? There is nothing we can do to prevent 100% of injuries. But, by getting strong and fit. We can improve our chances of staying healthy.

If you’re ready to stay healthy, here is what you could do:

• Strength train 2-4x a week
• Focus on compound movements
• Get strong with great form and control.
• Do mostly reps of 6-10 with 60-120s of rest between sets.
• For 2-4 hard sets per exercie.

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Be More Focused And Train Hard To Progress Faster In Jiu Jitsu

Showing up is sometimes, the hardest part for some people. But, when you show up, you have to be locked in.

Don’t just go through the motions, but be focused on absorbing the new moves and be willing to expose yourself. Open up and try new things. You don’t want to be one of those guys, who does the same thing year after year.

When you roll, you have to want that smoke… You need to look to embrace those rounds, that are going to be battles. Those rounds, where you might be the nail, instead of the hammer.

This stuff comes back to how good your strength and conditioning is. It’s hard to stay focused and embrace that hard training when you:

• Under recovered
• Always Hurt
• Exhausted

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Stop taking rounds off.

This should be obvious. Taking rounds off is a progress killer. Think about it: say you train 4 days a week and you take 1-2 rounds off, every class.

You are missing 20-40 minutes of training every week and after a month, that is like taking 1-2 days off.

This is how you outwork people. If you never take a round-off, you are going to progress fast.

Plus, when you learn to roll every round, you end up training when you are exhausted. This will lead to a better gas tank. But, you’ll also learn how to pace yourself, this forces you to be a more efficient BJJ player.

Short cuts

So many people want a shortcut for BJJ. BJJ is hard to learn. For most of us, like myself who aren’t athletically gifted. It takes years to be solid.

There is rarely a supplement, technique etc, that will replace that. The sooner you welcome and embrace the grind of training hard and often.

Focus on improving a little each week, the sooner your BJJ will rapidly improve.

Eat like athletes

Guys will train 6 hours a week and eat like a kid.

BJJ performance isn’t unlike other sports. To perform at your best, fuel and recovery are essential.

Even if you’re trying to shed some fat, it is important to have a more fueling mindset.

What does this mean?

• Most of the year, we should be eating in caloric maintenance.
• We should eat carbs(the good kinds) around our workouts.
• We should try to eat 1 g of protein per pound of body weight.
• Include at least 5 combined servings of fruits and veggies.
• Drink enough water .

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