Fatigued while training.

[Zoti]

Hey guys. I've been a sherdog member and a martial arts for quite some time.

As time goes by and I get older I am experiencing an annoying issue.

First, a little bit about me.

I am almost 41 years old. 195lbs (about 15lbs more than where I want to be) and I have been doing Muay Thai and BJJ for several years. I mostly teach Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu now and train BJJ 3 times a week as my schedule allows.

I used to run but got bored with it so I picked up cross fit about six months ago to replace running. I do cross fit 3 times a week and I feel improvement.

My problem is thy it is hurting my Jiu Jitsu. Before, I could roll with no problem for 5-6 rounds and go at a good hard pace. Now I get fatigued very fast.

My schedule is such that I have to do cross fit mon, wed, fri in the morning and BJJ the same days in the evening.

I'm thinking its a nutrition issue. I eat ok but no supplements (I don't like them).

What do you guys think? I'm trying to find a solution here so I don't have to drop My cross fit training.

[NoSmilez]

it could be you are getting older....

[Tosa]

Has your diet changed?


It sounds like it's the crossfit. Which is hardly surprising, what do you think will work better for improving conditioning: A planned and consistent conditioning program, or the randomness of crossfit?

[SongXIII]

Getting older, comparatively overweight, no longer running, and starting to feel fatigued???

Seems like a mystery to me, Idk how you'll ever connect the dots...



All jokes aside, if a change in your workout habits has affected a part of your fitness (in a bad way), then you should think about going back to what worked.. It seems like the swap from running to lolfit has negatively affected your cardio and conditioning.

[JRT6]

CF and full on sparring is hard at any age. You gotta pace yourself. I don't kill myself on the cardio.

[selfcritical]

So just to be clear, has your sports performance specifically changed after you changed your workout regimen, or did the slope start before that?

[JRT6]

I'm 42, lift a lot and do BJJ 3-5 times a week. It's all about balance and pacing.

The best thing I ever did was drop the CF type cardio of death. My cardio now is two days of moderate running a week and that's it. I save the hard stuff for the mat.

[Ethan]

Originally Posted by JRT6

I'm 42, lift a lot and do BJJ 3-5 times a week. It's all about balance and pacing.

The best thing I ever did was drop the CF type cardio of death. My cardio now is two days of moderate running a week and that's it. I save the hard stuff for the mat.

I had the exact same epiphany and I'm 20.

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[Gfreak]

Well the first thing to figure out is, has anything changed between now and then.


Did you add anything into your routine? Take anything out? change your diet in anyway? Medications? etc..

If it's nothing other than adding in the crossfit training. Then maybe training to failure (or close to it) on every conditioning workout 3 days a week AND doing BJJ is just too much too soon. Or just too much period, and is actually hampering your conditioning instead of helping it.

[apizur]

If you think it is a nutrition issue than eat more and tell us what you find.