Does Ice Help or Hinder Injury Recovery? Lachlan Giles Explains Cristiano Del Giacco October 7, 2017 Fitness and Health, Interviews, Local BJJ News Recently, a trend against the use of ice in injury recovery, which – if you believe the Internet - has been steadily gaining momentum in the athletic community. Could it be true? Have we been wrong to ice...
Fist full of hernia part 2: So you’ve blown your guts out. Now what? Adam Thomas July 27, 2015 Fitness and Health There are different places a hernia can occur. The most common are Femoral, Inguinal, umbilical, abdominal and hiatal. Each of these hernias has slightly different consequences on when you can return to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ). For the purposes of this writing we are to focus on the recovery (i.e. once you have been formally diagnosed and operated on). There is not enough space to cover diagnosis, non-operative treatments, and consequences of non-treatment.
Float Like a Bee Cristiano Del Giacco April 6, 2015 Fitness and Health Article by: Cristiano Del Giacco Remember back to the time when you were a child. To that time when an hour felt like it could last an eternity and the only care you had was whether or not Santa coul...
Cause for Confusion Strength and Conditioning for Brazilian Jiujitsu William Wayland August 10, 2013 Fitness and Health Article by: William Wayland Never has a subject had more confused forum posts than this topic, followed by the usual suggestions of; Bodyweight for BJJ, crossfit for BJJ, no strength and conditioning itâ...
Turn A Weakness Into Strength; Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Kortney Olson April 29, 2013 Fitness and Health It dawned on me this morning as I was driving home from crossfit, that we humans are conditioned to look at our character defects as weaknesses. Holy crap, I clearly haven’t recovered yet, as that was one hel...
Yoga For Jiu Jitsu Dustin Brown April 12, 2013 Fitness and Health Article by: Dustin Brown My love for yoga all started in September 2011 when my wife Nova completed a hot yoga challenge. Everyday for 40 days she went to at least one session of hot yoga. The whole time...
Sports Training For Weight-Related Athletes Tyrone Jensen April 1, 2013 Fitness and Health Article by: Tyrone Jensen, Tight Fitness Solutions Sports training for weight-related athletes is becoming more supported with strength training in recent years, as more weight-related athletes are recognisi...