Get your body into fat burning mode by timing when you eat your carbs.
This strategy almost never fails to work and is a good way to adapt your body to burn fat, without having to cut carbs out all together. Over time, if you want a better fat burning effect, reduce carbs down to only your evening meal.

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How do you wake up in the morning??
I love to make movement a part of my morning routine, nothing super intense, just switching between positions and focusing on breathing. Great waking up, as well as improving joint health and range of motion. It’s fun exploring what your body can and can’t do.
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2018-08-30 12:49:39

Make sure to listen to Episode 7 with Mikael from @omegawave (you really don’t want to miss this episode) and Episode 7 with yours truly taking about competition preparation
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2018-08-29 15:00:37

This is not pretty, but…

…an important first step in getting to the one arm pull-up. Working on these one arm holds with negatives. Really need to sort my legs out. These are tough, but fun. Highlights a clear strength difference between left & right, imbalance is not good! Something to work on.
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2018-08-27 10:50:45

Short clip from upcoming video: One key cause of elbow tendinitis.

I’ll be posting on the full video on YouTube later this week, taking about one of the key causes of elbow tendinitis and how to address it. Look out of the full video soon.
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2018-08-20 12:44:41

Thanks to @simonsolemusic for putting me onto this. I forget the original source, so apologies I’m not able to credit them here
Mobility in the thoracic spine has long been a challenge for me, I can get very tight and uncomfortable in the area, which I believe to be very common from all the hunching over we do in BJJ and life. This has quickly become one my favourite exercises to loosen up that area. Let me know what you think
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2018-08-15 20:29:00

Should I start bringing a helmet to Judo ? Class?! ?

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2018-08-14 19:52:18

?RappelCrush with a twist. Right foot goes under the chin first so you crush the throat at the same time as the bicep ? @lewisrkw @realdealjiujitsu

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2018-08-14 19:38:29

As weird as this looks…
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…I’ve found it a great way to force myself to keep good posture while doing a deep bodyweight squat. I’ve had to work hard on this mobility (still need to improve) and I see many people bend too far forward to compensate for poor mobility. Getting into a good deep bodyweight squat, toes pointed almost dead straight should be a goal for anyone doing BJJ and wanting to have strong and mobile hips. Placing the stick touching your nose and forehead and keeping it as upright as possible, I’ve found to be a great tool for helping maintain good posture while going deep on the squat. Give it a go!
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2018-08-11 18:47:03

How do you stay in shape when you travel?
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We can’t always make it to a #bjj class, but we can almost always get out and move. The tendency can be to go for a super intense workout, but if our bodies have been stagnant for hours and hours, going from 0-100 may do more harm than good. You have loads of lower intensity options; yoga, some slow crawling, etc, but my favourite and the most accessible for nearly everyone is walking PLUS doing some breathing exercises. Today I did some of the @oxygenadvantage breathing exercises and got my oxygen saturation down to 90%, while only raising my heart rate to 75bpm. So, I’m getting good ‘training’ in without overtaxing the system and a body that may be already stressed from the demands of travelling…..and IT FEELS GREAT.
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2018-08-08 09:55:26

Try this next time you roll.
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As simple as it sounds, relaxing your face and breathing through the nose can have a huge impact on your breathing when you roll. The tension in the face has a much broader impact than just constricting the airways, that I’ll talk about another time. For now just focus on, relaxing the face, breathing through the nose and see if you feel a difference.
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20180805 17:24:07

Which do you think is better?
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Training a good hip hinge (regardless of the tools you use to train it) is essential for BJJ physical optimisation. There’s a subtle difference between the two movements, so you may need to watch the clip a few times.
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(1) notice I tuck my pelvis up by activating the glutes and keep driving the glutes and pelvis up as I drive my hips back and when I come up. (2) I lead the movement by tilting the pelvis down, so I’m leading the movement by tilting my pelvis and not with activation of the glutes. I believe (1) to be better, here’s why?
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One key function of the glutes is to control the position of the torso when we move. So, when we don’t activate the glutes in this way when performing a hip hinge we place far more strain on the lower back and miss out on developing the glutes performing one of their key functions. We could all do with more glute activation, as it transfers to so many movements on BJJ and day to day life.
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20180804 14:35:30

What do you do to train reactions and quick movements?

I’ve recently started playing with this reaction ball (cost $10 from a sporting goods store) one, because it’s FUN, two, training these movements is great to prepare the body for BJJ. Why?

The obvious application would be speed and reaction time when stand up fighting, the less obvious and MORE IMPORTANT application is preparing our body for sudden movements in BJJ. As slow and controlled as we like to make BJJ, sometimes we can’t avoid having to move suddenly. The more we prepare our to handle those movements off the mat, the better we’ll handle them on the mat and, in my opinion, help protect ourselves against injury.

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2018-08-03 12:38:41

The best exercise for grip strength?

Grip strength is more complex than just one exercise. But……if you have to pick one, then pick hangs. Here are two ways you can stay within the ‘strength’ range of 10-15s ( research suggests holds you can perform for this time range are best for grip strength).

1. Change the weight being held
2. Make the surface more difficult to hold on to

What hang variations do you like?

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2018-08-01 15:20:04