Fitness and Health

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...