Be Physical

Be Physical! A few weeks back I listed some tips that BJJ specialist Mario Roberto suggests for all combat athletes and submission fighters. You can see it here: Mario Roberto

Mario’s 1st tip is “Be Physical!”

Hearing his 1st tip was music to my ears…being a strength and conditioning coach for MMA fighters, BJJ and Judo players I’m always concerned with the physical conditioning of my athletes. I leave the technical development up to their BJJ and mma coaches.

As you’ll see in the video below, being in top condition for your BJJ or MMA matches is under your direct control and is one of the easiest elements to improve.

Under a well designed strength and conditioning program for combat sports you’ll be able to see improvement and progress in your conditioning within a few weeks, where as technical development may be a much slower process.

Also, at the highest levels of combat sports competition,technical skill is mostly equal and the element that determines the winner is usually the conditioning levels of that combat athlete.