Respiratory issues during MMA/Grappling training

[ToroPharmaRep]

You can also use your weight to your advantage by letting guys carry it for you

When the bigger experienced guys I've rolled with do that, it's a terrible experience for the opposing party lol

That's a huge part of my game; but, it actually enforces that bad habit of going hard for the takedown while standing (we always roll from standing at my school as alot of us do Judo or Wrestled). That is my game though, high pressure, carry my weight around. I spent alot of time in north south and in side control usually modified, using my arm to block the legs from pulling half guard and I'm just high pressure setting up chokes, arm bars or Kimuras.

Right now I'm doing stupid shit like granby's, front rolls, etc. just too often because my muscle memory thinks i'm a 119lbs wrestler.

 

[thethinker48]

I agree with you; but, we have 280 lbs college football players that roll and just have explosive speed and cardio for days, I mean they are more fat than muscle; but, they are some corn fed killers.


Just to be clear, you're also describing me I've been over 220lbs for about 9 years now and competed in BB from 2009-2015. I quit competing after doing Nationals in 2015 and decided that it was my time to move on from the sport, I still train and eat like a bodybuilder; but, I've just maintained my size or gone up and down on the cruise and blast for the past 5 years.

Ahh that makes sense

I misread your post, I thought you were still pursuing competitive bodybuilding goals, my bad

I'd say BDS's model of grappling is prob the best thing you will find on here in terms of being big and a really good grappler

If you go down to TRT, and kept rolling and weight training, you'd feel a lot better. And you can slowly add or subtract gear from there to maintain your ideal body comp while grappling competitively

 

[ToroPharmaRep]

Waist thickening is another long conversation... but I’ll say that the stronger my core has gotten, the SMALLER my waist has gotten.
Louie Simmons suggests training your abs in positions relative to your sport.
I do a lot of...
Prone ab exercises with sliding discs and Swiss balls to mimic float passing and posting while passing guard. “Slider V’s” and mimicking shin pommeling with the ball.
Standing Rope Crunches for strength (10-15 rep range)
Hanging Leg raises (from a chin up bar) to failure, with good breathing


I’ve also made up a few. One is where I lay flat on my back and explosively throw my legs over my head, touch the ground with my toes, and fling them back. Helps my inverted guard. Another is where I lay flat on my back in the same way, simulating the moment after someone’s pushing your over in sitting guard. From there, I explosively sit up and get back to sitting guard with good posture. 100 reps of each, just to maintain the reaction speed and endurance.


Every rep is executed to be precise, with controlled breathing. All breathes are in sync with the movement.

That's super helpful man, thank you. My son is wrestling and doing BJJ along with me, so we have some mats at the house, i'll start working on these. Thanks for mentioning the breathing too, i'm feeling like that is also part of my problem.

 

[ToroPharmaRep]

Ahh that makes sense

I misread your post, I thought you were still pursuing competitive bodybuilding goals, my bad

I'd say BDS's model of grappling is prob the best thing you will find on here in terms of being big and a really good grappler

If you go down to TRT, and kept rolling and weight training, you'd feel a lot better. And you can slowly add or subtract gear from there to maintain your ideal body comp while grappling competitively

Thanks, i'll start working my way down to TRT. I don't know why I felt like running a decent dosage cycle would be the best idea here; but, thanks to you guys for showing me the light on this one.

 

[ToroPharmaRep]

@Big Dave Smith What are you taking for hydration for training? My whole gym drinks body armor; but, I feel like I need to be sprinkling in some EAA's or coming up with my own blend.