Making Your BJJ Training Safer and Much More Effective with Chris “The...
Lots of people train hard in BJJ, but if you just go out there and smash yourself against tough opponents, you’ll probably get injured and bring your progress to a screeching halt. My guest on today’s...
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Lessons Learned from Training at 25 Different Clubs Across Europe
You can use jiu-jitsu for self-defence, to socialise, to stay in shape, or to challenge yourself. But you can also use the art to bring change to the world In today’s episode of The Strenuous Life...
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The Most Dangerous Day {Podcast Episode}
Every once in a while, I step off the mat, into a canoe, and peregrinate about in wild places. There are undeniable dangers associated with this, but in all my travels in the Far North the most...
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Stoicism and BJJ
How your journey through BJJ can intersect with and is helped by stoicism, with Adisa Banjoko. It gets pretty personal as we go beyond the sound bites of Stoicism and dig into the actual practices you...
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27 Red Flags for Toxic BJJ Clubs and Instructors
In episode 423 of The Strenuous Life Podcast I break down the telltale toxic traits of BJJ schools that you should avoid like the plague when you’re looking for a place to train. I’ll qualify my choice...
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How to Make Better MMA Fighters, with Ian Harris from Fight Science
Ian has more than 40 years of martial arts experience and has been working with MMA fighters for more than 20 years. Today we discuss the changes that need to be made in jiu-jitsu training for it to be...
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What BJJ Can Learn from the Brutal Art of Catchwrestling
Catch wrestling was a brutal method for settling disputes on the American Frontier as well as one of the largest, most respected spectator sports prior to the modern era. Val Childs has been training...
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Training as a BJJ Gypsy
AOJ black belt Tom Wortman is a fierce competitor; he won IBJJ Pans, Euros, North Americans and Master Worlds in a single year as a brown belt. He’s also a jiu-jitsu gypsy, typically training at a club...
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How Training Your Submissions as Positions Takes Your Game to the Next Level,...
Today, Steve Kwan from BJJ Mental Models picks my brain about the benefits of training your submissions as positions first, and submissions second. I promise this will make perfect sense by the end of...
View ArticleRoy Dean History of BJJ in North America
Renowned BJJ blackbelt Roy Dean came onto The Strenuous Life Podcast to talk about his research into how BJJ got started in North America, martial arts culture in Japan, the power of Judo in self...
View ArticleHigh-Percentage BJJ Competition Strategies with Beatrice ‘Berimbozo’ Jin
Beatrice Jin shares the competition strategies that have allowed her to become the American National adult black belt middleweight champion and one of the top ranked black belts in the world. From...
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Growing Self Confidence with BJJ
Alicia Reitz and I dive deep into how BJJ can be used to develop a strong sense of self confidence for everyone, and how that self confidence can then be put to good use in self defense and the the...
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Hybrid Training with James Deirmendjian: Strength and Conditioning for BJJ
James Deirmendjian a strength and conditioning coach specialising in combat and tactical athletes who ALSO competes in BJJ, fighting against much younger opponents. As such he was the perfect choice to...
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Hybrid Training with James Pieratt: How to Mix Marathon and Strength Training
James Pieratt from Wild Hunt Conditioning first came to the public attention when he deadlifted 520 lbs and then immediately set out on a 50 mile ultramarathon. Today James joins us to share what he...
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Hybrid Training with Chris Duffin: The Science of Strength, Power and Endurance
Episode 430 features Chris Duffin who has squatted AND deadlifted over 1000 lbs for reps, but has also done some genuinely insane things like deadlifting 405 lbs 60 times in 60 seconds, and squatted...
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Hybrid Training with Mike McCastle: Peaking for Power, Endurance, and Mental...
There are strength sports like powerlifting and Olympic lifting, and there are endurance sports like marathoning and biking in the Tour de France… And then there are sports like BJJ that require a...
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Taking Your Training Out of the Dojo and Into the World, with Tom Callos
Martial arts pioneer Tom Callos came onto The Strenuous Life Podcast to discuss the California martial arts scene in the wake of Bruce Lee, the importance of taking your training out of the dojo and...
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How to Deal with Doubt and Stress in Competition
In episode 427 of The Strenuous Life Podcast I pick the brain of sports psychologist Dr. Haley Perlis, who delves into the competition mindset, developing mental toughness, managing stress, avoiding...
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BJJ After Age 35
On today’s episode of The Strenuous Life Podcast, I’m joined by wrestler, jiu-jitsuka, and author Chris Jessulat (https://www.thewrongsideof35.com/) to discuss the best practices for staying relevant...
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Optimal Competition Mindset for BJJ Competition
Rob Biernacki has some very impressive competition victories, including black belt masters gold at both No Gi Worlds and ADCC. In this podcast episode he reveals… Why people sometimes just don’t...
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