Category Archives for Reflections on Training and Life
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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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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More Isn’t Better, It’s Just More
Coming from a BJJ background where the mindset is “more is better”, more sparring, more…
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What’s Your Purpose, Are You Being Fulfilled?
One of the sad things I see over and over as I go through social media is, the amount of un-fulfillment and lack of purpose I see my fellow dads display. This was me over 10 years ago. I was running a business that I truly wasn’t passionate about, even though I was earning a 6 […]
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Consistency Trumps Intensity Every Time
One of the top strength coaches in the world Mark Reifkind once said “consistency trumps intensity”. This something once that stays with me to this day and has had a tremendous impact on how fast my deadlift has grown.”Don’t tell me how many training sessions (or workouts) you completed, I’m more interested in how many sessions you […]
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