“It’s not possible!” That’s the feeling a lot of people on the jiu-jitsu mats will have when the subject of keeping your neck and shoulders healthy is brought up. To some degree it’s a fair point. If you belong to a world where people are often trying
Read more →When people think about movement these days they tend to think about generic exercise. People crammed into a gym or class. It is often associated with getting fit, losing weight or building up muscles. Now all of those things are great, but they’re certainly not for everyone.
Read more →In part one we introduced the idea of posture and why it’s an important factor in keeping your back healthy for jiu-jitsu. We also looked specifically at upper back posture and techniques we can use to limit the alignment problems participating in BJJ can cause. Here’s the
Read more →So in part 1 we introduced some of the basics for creating healthy knees. Things such as our preferred method of stretching, some stretches to try and the idea of knee integrity and position during exercises such as hip extensions, squats etc. If you haven’t read part
Read more →When you participate in Jiu-Jitsu (or any type of grappling) injuries are always a possibility. It’s also likely you’ll experience injuries to pretty much every part of your body! People often expect to pick up an injury to their neck, back or shoulders but you might be
Read more →Matt recently appeared on Marlow FM with Chris Zaremba, founder of Fitness Over Fifty (fitnessoverfifty.co.uk) to discuss motivation and how to adhere to healthy plans. They discuss things such as finding your Why and examples from topics such as movement, nutrition and sleep. To hear the conversation
Read more →Crawling Beyond Gnarly Shoulders, Back to Feeling Strong There’s no getting around the fact climbing’s tough on our body. Whether it’s hard bouldering or repetitive pulling on long sport pitches not many places get the battering our shoulders take. If you’re anything like us, we’d imagine you
Read more →Note: If you’re symptoms are severe it’s best to rule out any significant trauma or degeneration by consulting with a trained therapist. Even without significant trauma it’s not surprising a knee can get gnarly if you’re active and love playing sport considering: All the funky positions knees
Read more →So hands up who’s hurt their back? We’re going to take a wild guess and say that your hands in the air. If not, our second guess is you’ve not been doing jits for very long. In the game of squash and strangle back pain seems inevitable.
Read more →Gnarly shoulders is one of the biggest challenges we face as climbers. Whether it’s: feeling overly stiff or weaker than ‘normal’ having to hold back on crux moves worrying about hurting something a nagging ache that just isn’t getting better or picking up an impingement time and
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