How To Turn Your BJJ Injury Into A Strength
The inevitable finally happened in 2009. It was a Saturday morning after Thanksgiving and I had just received my brown belt about 7 months ago. I was rolling with a new white belt and he had me in a position called “the lockdown”. It was in such an awkward position–it was a borderline kneebar.I remember telling […]
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How to train Jiu-Jitsu FOREVER!
“It’s like I’m a junkie who wants to get high daily by hitting my limit”November 28, 2009 it all finally caught up to me. I had just earned my Jiu-Jitsu brown belt 6 months prior and was training two, maybe even 3 times per day, week in and week out. … Hard warm-ups…. tons of push-ups…. […]
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How To Maintain Your Kettlebell Skills While Deadlifting
It can be very challenging to maintain strength in all kettlebell skills–especially while deadlifting. One common question I get from my students and subscribers is, “Hector, how can I maintain my kettlebell skills without interfering with my deadlift?” Or the question is “how can I maintain my endurance without interfering with my deadlift program?” First off there […]
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“The Legs Feed The Wolf”
I’m not sure if you’ve ever seen the movie “Miracle”? It’s the story of how the U.S. Hockey team rose to the occasion and beat “the unbeatable” Soviet Union to claim the Gold Medal in the 1980 Olympics. This team was led by coach Herb Brooks. Coach Brooks had a 45 second drill called “The […]
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Does Jiu-Jitsu Brings More Success In Life?
“I’ve noticed–most of the successful people I’ve met in life used to wrestle.” This what one of my private coaching students shared with me when we got to talking about Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling and success in life. My student (let’s call him Tom) is in sales and is pretty dang successful to say the least. He teaches […]
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