Brazilian JiuJitsu

1st April 2023Brazilian JiuJitsu

How to Incorporate the No More Skinny Grappler Program into Your BJJ Training

This post provides tips on how to integrate the most practical strength and conditioning program for building useful muscle, for grapplers, into an athlete’s BJJ training routine/schedule.

OFF-SEASON

NMSG is an off-season program, meaning it is not designed to prepare you for competition. It’s designed to be implemented when you don’t have any competitions on the calendar for 2-3 months.

I made NMSG so you can lift 3 times a week, grapple 3 times a week or more, and be sufficiently recovered to maintain that output so you can build useful muscle on to your frame. You might find that you can grapple 5 times a week or more running this program, just understand that it is for the off-season, not for competition preparation.

30th March 2023Strength and Conditioning

Why The No More Skinny Grappler Program Is The Best Strength And Conditioning Program For Scrawny BJJ Athletes

What is the No More Skinny Grappler training program?

9 weeks of training in the weight room, designed to put on useful muscle for skinny grapplers and transform them into becoming problems on the mat.

I created the NMSG program to solve some key issues that I knew some of my training partners were having.

The skinny grappler is often caught in a cycle of despair. They go to BJJ class, train hard and get smashed, coming home exhausted. They barely eat enough, don’t have the energy to go and lift weights, and as a result; stay skinny. They go back to class, and the process repeats. Throw some injuries in the mix, too, thanks to being under-recovered and you’re looking at a good portion of any jiujitsu academy’s membership base.

I knew I could help, but I had to address all these elements. Cue the NMSG program.