Does BJJ build a certain style of physique?

Paige said:
When you train Jiu-Jitsu you use every muscle in your body at the same time instead of focusing on legs, arms, or abs individually. The result is strong and flexable, realistic muscles. Weight liftling will of course make your muscles bigger and stronger, but it won't do you much good if you can't touch your wrists together behind your back. For instance, having legs like a football player usually means not being able to do a simple butterfly stretch correctly, which gives you massive holes in your guard. If you had large holes in your guard as a student of Muay Thai then you'd want to change that, right?

IMO, the muscle structure of grapplers is almost identical to that of a surfer. Large shoulders and very toned and cut muscles. Treating the body as a whole in your work out has better results then disecting it part by part and then expecting it to come together again by itself.

Hope it helps you understand.
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what's a "realistic" muscle?
 
Physique is Cardio and diet. The reason grapplers tend to have tighter core area is because everything in grappling revolves around hips. Thier constantly using their abs, shoulders, and back to execute their technique.

My chest has actually gotten smaller since I've been grappling hard. I realize that my chest muscle is rarely used compared to other muscle groups.
 
LocalNmass said:
No, diet probably has more to do with physique than BJJ, think about all the BJJ BB's ever to try MMA, then look @ pictures of the machado and gracie family's. Rolker Gracie and Rigan Machado both practice BJJ regularly and there physique is that of an average male there age.
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not just diet, genetics plays an even bigger role.
 
Coming to judo late in life after kickboxing I'm amazed how my body structure is changing,thicker shoulders and triceps etc,also I'm a lot more balanced as my core muscles are stronger,loosing my kickboxers legs though,much to my girlfriend's disgust :)
 
STFUjiujitsu said:
Physique is Cardio and diet.
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People vastly overestimate the importance of diet in building a physique. Will cardio and diet get you a body of an Olympic lifter? Will cardio and diet get you the physique of a gymnast? No and no.
 
Well, BJJ hasn't done much for the physique of Caio Terra has it?
 
diet + genetics are the most important (leaving out roids of course) things when it comes too looks...of course you have to do something... bjj by it self, I dont think it will give you much muscle mass or good looking body, but bjj+diet+genetics, will probably turn you into a "chick magnet".
 
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rE said:
People vastly overestimate the importance of diet in building a physique. Will cardio and diet get you a body of an Olympic lifter? Will cardio and diet get you the physique of a gymnast? No and no.
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olympic lifter are not adonis looking like beings, they are kind of fat.

Do you think olympic gymnast eat mcdonalds every night? not to mention, steroids (yes steroids)

you can do 1000 different type of weight training, but if your diet isnt on shape, you aing going to be looking ripped any time soon (unless you are a genetic freak)
 
It builds a certain "physique" in your hands...take a look at someone's fingers that has been doing bjj for a while.
 
BJJ_Rage said:
olympic lifter are not adonis looking like beings, they are kind of fat.

Do you think olympic gymnast eat mcdonalds every night? not to mention, steroids (yes steroids)

you can do 1000 different type of weight training, but if your diet isnt on shape, you aing going to be looking ripped any time soon (unless you are a genetic freak)
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Really, all of them?

You might be suprised, but most top level gymnasts don't pay that much attention to their diets. And steroids aren't used from what I hear from top coaches.

Your genetics will define how your body could look, your training is what will actually make you look like that. Yes, proper diet will help, but statements like "Diet is 90% of looks" are simpy ridiculous. Hard training and a shitty diet will get you muscle, other way around it won't.
 
Corrosion said:
Super heavyweights, yes. Other weight classes, no.

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that is because they are probably dieting too...

if you ahve to make weight nad compete in a under something category, most likely every one will try to reduce fat and amplify muscle mass... my point is that is not the olympic weightlifting whats making the difference, is the diet. You see bodybuilders super hws ripped as fuck, why? diet.
 
rE said:
Really, all of them?

You might be suprised, but most top level gymnasts don't pay that much attention to their diets. And steroids aren't used from what I hear from top coaches.

Your genetics will define how your body could look, your training is what will actually make you look like that. Yes, proper diet will help, but statements like "Diet is 90% of looks" are simpy ridiculous. Hard training and a shitty diet will get you muscle, other way around it won't.
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do you think olympic coaches will be going around telling their athletes are on steroids??? really?

but statements like "Diet is 90% of looks" are simpy ridiculous. Hard training and a shitty diet will get you muscle, other way around it won't
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really? hard training without a proper diet wont get you anything... if you dont eat enough calories and prots, you aint going to grow, no matter how much you train, and you sure as fuck aint going to get ripped eating mcdonlds every day of the week...

I wouldnt say as much as 90% but sure as hell is at least 60%.
 
BJJ_Rage said:
that is because they are probably dieting too...

if you ahve to make weight nad compete in a under something category, most likely every one will try to reduce fat gain and amplify muscle mass... my point is that is not the olympic weightlifting whats making the difference, is the diet. You see bodybuilders super hws ripped as fuck, why? diet.
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I agree. Dieting reduces bodyfat, creating "leaness" but diet alone does not build muscle.
 
Corrosion said:
I agree. Dieting reduces bodyfat, creating "leaness" but diet alone does not build muscle.
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of course it doesnt, you need to work out, no one says so, you ahve to build muscle, and you do that by a lifting program, now what defines how much the muscle mass is seen is the diet, you could be a tank, under 10 cm of fat, making you look like a big fat ass dude, or you could be the same musclar size, but with a six pack, to achive that, you either are a super human freak, or you ahve to diet your ass off.
 
For purposes of building towards a particular physique:
Sleep > Diet > Genetics > Exercise > Sport-specific training.

What kind of physique is BJJ supposed to develop anyway? Should it make me look like Palhares? Galvao? Miyaos? Roger? Marcelo? Helio? Buchecha? Different body types have different gameplans they're better suited form but BJJ doesn't really have an optimal body type.

TS probably sees a lot of people who've stuck with the same weightlifting routine for years and also happen to do BJJ.
 
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