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Stabilize Your Neck & Position Shoulders Correctly With This Warm-Up For BJJ
Grappling tends to break our heads down into a forward-stooped or “kyphotic” posture. This is seen in a twofold sense...
Keep Your Neck & Shoulders Healthy With This Set of Exercises
Maintaining shoulder/neck health is of ultimate importance for the grappling population. In my experience, this has b...
Get Stronger Than Thor With Bottoms-Up Carries
Brazilian jiu-jitsu is the game of controlling your own body and ultimately that of your opponent. Consistent trainin...
Build BJJ Grips With This Weighted Carry Variation
Today I’m sharing a variation of unilateral carries that targets the shoulder differently and challenges the grip too...
Activate Your Shoulders And Hit Chokes From Every Angle With This Warm-Up Protocol
When doing this shoulder warm-up protocol, focus on lower belly breathing. Since we’re focusing on the chest and shou...
Banded BJJ Warm-Up For Shoulder Stability, Rotation, & Movement
Grappling and achy shoulders go hand in hand. This is a basic banded shoulder warm-up for the rotational components o...
Pull Apart Tight Shoulders With This BJJ Warm-Up
Band pulls apart are an effective way to activate the posterior shoulder and upper back. It’s also a great way to ope...
Use These Movements To Soften Your Shoulders & Upper Back
Most grapplers can relate to that nagging pain running from the neck down into the shoulder blades. It’s a part of th...
A Black Belt Says Yes To This Exercise And So Should You
The exercise I cover today is one you can use to open up tight and compressed shoulders from grappling. They also hel...
Strengthen Grips & Soften Shoulders With Passive Hang
Passively hanging from a pull-up bar is a catch-all exercise for recovery and performance that I use daily and with A...
Help! I’ve Got Tight Shoulders!
Anyone reading this who suffers from shoulder pain raise their right hand! Joking! But seriously shoulder pain is fai...
Shoulder pain from Jiu Jitsu? Try this
Shoulder problems are a really common problem for Jiu Jitsu fighters. Doing traditional strength exercises are great,...