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tmzjs
05-31-2016, 02:10 PM
am a novice powerlifter, i love the big lifts but also im into mma and bjj. so ive been off and on doing bjj but it seems that if i get sore from one it affects the other's progression. Plus my legs are quite big nothing crazy(26" middle of my quad) but it is hard to use sneak them out of postions and also my hips affect me. my hips since i do alot of deads and skwat....my hips are pretty stiff. anyone else have a similar problem where powerlifting affects a hobbie of yours and how yall work around it?
...have pitty on me brothers im new to posting on forums, still figuring everything out.
stats: 5'11" 267 lbs
dl:525 lbs sqt:525 lbs bench:255lbs
cycle 625 test cyp 50 mg proviron ed

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benlash74
05-31-2016, 03:41 PM
I practice martial arts and love to roll. Lifting definitely makes me a stronger grappler but kills my stamina for stand up. It is hard to balance them both. But like you I love to do both lifting and mma. I haven't found a balance just yet myself. I tried circuit training with treadmill and box jumps thrown in between lifts and that kinda worked. Then did my heavy lifts at the end. That's the best I've come up with so far.

tmzjs
05-31-2016, 08:55 PM
thats great to hear someone that understands the love for both and the struggle, definatly going look into circuit training or some sort of functional training prior to heavy lifting. and stamina thats another thing i forgot to mention my stamina is poor also. tried running for a whole month but i need some knee sleeves i guess heavy lifting has done some damage. thanks benlash 74!

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benlash74
05-31-2016, 09:00 PM
thats great to hear someone that understands the love for both and the struggle, definatly going look into circuit training or some sort of functional training prior to heavy lifting. and stamina thats another thing i forgot to mention my stamina is poor also. tried running for a whole month but i need some knee sleeves i guess heavy lifting has done some damage. thanks benlash 74!

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Hitman Is another guy on here who is an avid fighter. He might have some good advice for you.

Jdiggity
06-26-2016, 08:52 AM
I was once in your boat bro, I have tried to fight these battles on and off for years. I roll at least 4 times a week and powerlift. I'll be honest...I have not found a way to continually progress in both... unless you spend some serious time looking at your mobility and stretching. You cannot just train both 100 percent and not use some kind of training to "bridge" them together.

On the other hand deca has healed some injuries sustained from years of jits and judo and lifting has helped avoid further injuries in relation to my shoulders but its a balancing act.

I honestly think anything that makes you pump to much is bad for your BJJ.

Paradox
06-26-2016, 12:13 PM
Our bodys can take it all. You can train in all the different sports you want but if you want to progress over the years you need to choose one and stick to training specifically for that. Then play the other sports on the side as a hobby for fun rather that competitively or consistently for that matter. My 2 cents

timaa66
07-21-2016, 11:50 PM
I came to the conclusion that I could not handle doing both I was constantly in pain from one or the other and was not my best at either sport. Since I did Judo/Kempo/JuJitsu for a little over 12 years I decided to give it up and put all of my efforts towards power lifting. IMO if you are trying to be competitive in either one you need to devote all of your energy to the one you want the most.

swimfan.65
07-26-2016, 11:51 PM
You probably hurt from carrying around that excess weight. 5'11 265 and your bench is 255? Bro you need to cut that body fat...and dont do any more cycles until you do...you dont need more body fat. If your powerlifting numbers were way higher, Id be lead to believe you were muscle than fat..but they are not. Im not being a dick, but you need to cut fat, gain some flexibility, and stop using AAS. You could easily have those same numbers at 200 pounds of body weight. You are carrying around 70 or 80 pounds of useless weight. That weight is hard on your joints..especially the hips. Thats why many obese people need hip replacment. Cut some weight bro and build from a solid foundation. When I started powerlifting 15 years ago, i was 230 at 6'6. Now im 320..solid and have some respectable numbers. Thats just my two cents...again not being a dick...ive just been around awhile and wanted to give you some solid advice.

tmzjs
08-04-2016, 03:21 PM
You probably hurt from carrying around that excess weight. 5'11 265 and your bench is 255? Bro you need to cut that body fat...and dont do any more cycles until you do...you dont need more body fat. If your powerlifting numbers were way higher, Id be lead to believe you were muscle than fat..but they are not. Im not being a dick, but you need to cut fat, gain some flexibility, and stop using AAS. You could easily have those same numbers at 200 pounds of body weight. You are carrying around 70 or 80 pounds of useless weight. That weight is hard on your joints..especially the hips. Thats why many obese people need hip replacment. Cut some weight bro and build from a solid foundation. When I started powerlifting 15 years ago, i was 230 at 6'6. Now im 320..solid and have some respectable numbers. Thats just my two cents...again not being a dick...ive just been around awhile and wanted to give you some solid advice.
that is true brother, i get what you mean i took no offense. i do see that all the time where i see guys 40-70 lighter than me doing stronger lifts than me. like i said im new to the game and i feel like weight helped me get to where im at and i need to seriously get down to a functional weight of 220-240 not only for bjj/powerlifting but to be healthy... another thing i do have a sentaur style body haha i have big lower body .I do try to cut down but im still getting to know my body and ive done cuts and bulks (naturally) and got up to 250lbs. if i had to guess of now maybe 22-25% bodyfat based on google images... but like most of my buddies say my legs hold most of my weight maybe due to years of sprinting and sports in soccer, skateboarding, football, and basketball.

ive been cutting my typical calorie intake in half in efforts to slim down ill try to post pics on my before and after.

as far as bjj ive put that aside [emoji53] watching videos at home and working on flexibility and endurance. my squat,deadlift and school are my goals for now.

my bench does suck haha but its not fun or something i look foward too id rather do a BB style workout for chest like a pump workout, as far as cycling the most benefits i get is a fuller apperance and recovery although the weight doesnt get any easier...i do get a small boost but nothing extrordinary. food makes me strong [emoji41]

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Soccer678
09-07-2016, 12:35 PM
I've done both also for a while. First thing off mine to go is my lower back, always!

Flex_on_her
09-13-2016, 05:43 AM
I've so train BJJ (checkmat) under marcelo MAFRA I also have had alot of problems with my legs the flexibility is just awful I was getting extremely frustrated with it till I started to follow and read up more on Orlando Sanchez he's a big guy but flexibility and stamina is insain so I just believe that in time it'll all come just take crazy amount of mat Time but I've also noticed as far as stamina I tend to have Lil to none depending what compound I am take EQ and of course tren kills my stamina EQ will fill my arms and legs with blood so quick I fill full and pumped just from warms up and technique legs will get to full I can't even pull guard they just feel completely dead after 10 mins of rolling it just all comes with the territory

big_t1986
09-15-2016, 04:24 PM
Most MMA guys I roll with all still do the big lifts like bench, squat, DL.. They just do them in different forms, varying reps and sets depending on the week and how long before they fight. Doing MMA and or BJJ you never have an offseason so its not like football or bodybuiling when there is a down time. Do one heavy day a month and really work on you hips with explosive jumps and plyos..Tim Kennedy does box squats with pistols and goblet squats to help his hips rotate.

I had to stop going so heavy all the time because my knees couldn't take the stress of take downs and all the transitions.

astevens2
10-15-2018, 08:14 PM
If you want to take any one of these to the extreme the other one will suffer. How many world class bjj guys are also world class powerlifters?