Everyone you know who has grappled for more than a few years has 'old man joints', or at least a bad back or something. Even training for a year I can hardly walk for days after rolling sometimes. What I'm wondering is how do guys like Couture do it? Hes training elite pro MMA level for 15 years and had a long wrestling career before that, which is in its own way even harder on the body than MMA. Just a testament to clean living, good diet and solid supplementation?
Take it a little more easy brah. You should be able to do 10 hours a week without hurting too bad Lynchburg
This. I used to train with guys who had no control, as a result I've now got bad knees and a recurring back injury.
You're supposed to go hard in BJJ but damn, not 100% kill the other guy style. It's an active resistant style of training. My guess is that guys like Couture are just so used to it and have super resilient joints but I'd also say that they train extremely intelligently. They don't take wild unnecessary risks. They know what they want/need to work on and they do it in a smart, economical way that gets them to work on the technique/position(s) needed with little risk of injury. Ice baths probably help a **** ton. I know they help me after I do a Strength & Conditioning program. I used to get sore as **** for days after but the ice baths take that sore feeling away. Your body still needs to recover but the soreness feeling is gone. Hope that helps.
