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How To Train Smarter So You Can Train Harder
When it comes to training jiu-jitsu, more is not always better. Simply going hard and doing more is not always better...
How Focusing On Your Big Toe Can Help You To Move More Like “Nicky Rod”
Lately I’ve decided to examine some of the best BJJ athletes and examine their athletic movement and also from biomec...
Activate Your Hips Before BJJ Training With These Exercises
Today I’m sharing a series of exercises from the 90/90 position, each of which we’ve covered in the past. As a whole,...
How “Opening Your Lungs” Early in the Day Can Help Your Jiu-Jitsu
Besides engaging my core to create my “foundation” in the mornings, my other main focus is to “open my lungs” by prim...
Use These Exercises To Cool Down & Soften Your Hips After Training BJJ
Today I’m sharing a set of exercises from the familiar 90/90 position. Whereas in the last post we activated before t...
Strengthen Hamstrings & Open Hips For BJJ With This Exercise
In our continuation with standing hip mobility, we’re now going to focus on the opposite from our hip flexor focus la...
Prime Hips For Training BJJ and Recover With This Movement
Although we have covered hip controlled articular rotations (CARs) before, my trip to NYC in June revealed some alter...
Engage Your Hips For Better Mobility In BJJ
There are some hip mobility exercises you can do standing. These will obviously target our hip, but the balance chall...
The Importance & Application Of Balance Training
Balance goes hand in hand with stability and is an overarching umbrella skill that transcends components of movement ...
How To Use Mobility Training As A Shortcut For Sport Development
Training mobility is all about the nervous system. This is our operating system that controls the hardware of our bod...
These Meditation Practices May Help You Focus Better In Training & Competition
In my last post, I shared some background on the importance of meditative practice in building awareness and focus. W...
Groove & Improve Hip Mobility For BJJ With This 90/90 Movement
Keeping with our hip mobility theme from the past few articles, this time we are focusing on GROOVING our hips from t...