I actually agree that a lifting routine does help certain aspects. I don't know anyone either in my place who has said its pointless or anything so I don't know where this thread is coming from.
Out of curiosity, what sort of routine/ schedule do you train?
Its dependent on how many Hours I work a week, after a long work day I have no problem (mentally) grappling for a couple hours after a 12 hour day because it's fun but not lifting while mentally exhausted lol.
but I try to lift at least twice a week for a hour each session.
If only have two days for lifting I will split it into upper body /lower.
It's constantly changing to keep things new however lately my upper body has looked like this after warmup
Heavy rack pull with proper posture to instill good thorasic extension (something allot of grapplers would benefit from, not only grip but posture) and 5 reps for 3 sets.
I'll move onto a heavy flat or incline press 5x3 or 3x2 depending how good I'm feeling.
I'll move on to seated fat grip cable row
Heavy 5 sets.
Then Ill cap off the workout with rotator cuff work using either bands or the cables.
For lower body again constantly changing.
power cleans and focus on explosion and control instead of going really heavy on this specific exercise
I either or squat or deadlift, if I don't squat I make sure to dead sumo. same thing as far as volume goes, under 5 reps sets vary on how much other work I'm trying to get in
Lately I haven't been squatting or deadlifting nearly as much as usually as
HEAVY barbell Glute Bridges and Turkish gettups are impossible after a proper deadlift session.
So it's always changing, but overall I don't have allot of volume so there's minimal mass gain.
I never grapple then lift and I never lift then grapple.
If I have a long work week I'm usually doing more grappling than lifting, when I have free time i would rather keep the machine up to date and train for longevity.