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Use These Essential Exercises To Protect Low Back While Training
In any walk of life low back pain — even just the slightest bit — can be debilitating. In a sport like BJJ where your...
Build A Strong Neck To Prevent Chokes & Stay On The Mats
I utilize neck isometric contractions to stabilize my neck. This helps to place myself in an optimal position for dai...
Hip Mobility Warm-Up for Fluid Movement
Adequate joint mobility is essential for sustainable training and high level performance. Just like other training va...
Increase Hip Strength And Power With This Movement
The kettlebell swing has been instrumental in cueing hip extension for my body. It’s been a safe way for me to work o...
Simple Low Back Exercise to Increase Hip Stability & Strength
The QL (quadratus lumborum) walk has been an instrumental movement in balancing my hips and stabilizing my core after...
Increase BJJ Hip Strength & Open Your Hips
It’s one thing to simply do an exercise. It’s another thing entirely to do an exercise in a fashion in which it’s sto...
Balance The Glass for Hip Stability
The bird dog exercise has been instrumental in my recovery and daily training since my low back flared up in July. As...
9 Essential BJJ Core Stabilization Exercises
Core stabilization gives you a structural foundation to exhibit controlled, conscious strength. This is strength as a...
Another BJJ Core Exercise To Tighten Top Pressure and Stabilize Spine
This fundamental jiu-jitsu exercise will help you engage your body in a fashion that will allow you to capitalize on ...
Use This BJJ Core Exercise To Stabilize Spine and Create Hip Pressure
This exercise is one of the options from the side plank that will be covered in a series of articles on BJJ core trai...
4 Important Exercises To Help Solve Your BJJ-Related Back Pain
It’s hard to find a long-time BJJ practitioner who doesn’t have an achy lower back, but that doesn’t mean you have to...
If Jiu-Jitsu Has Your Lower Back Feeling Like An 80-Year-Old’s, This May Be Why
The words “jiu-jitsu” and “lower back pain” go hand in hand for a lot of long-time practitioners, but the causes for ...