Does powerlifting help your grappling ?

[Darth Shlong]

Nope.

 

[Sexy Pants]

Wrong- off course it does. Perfect supplement for bjj. Make sure you do the lifts correct or else it will mess you up.

 

[LaBrian]

Lifting heavy shit correctly makes you stronger. Stronger is always better. Just be careful not to neglect mobility and flexibility. Joe Defranco's Limber 11 is a great mobility routine, 15 minutes a day has made a huge difference for my grappling and strength training.

http://www.defrancostraining.com/as...2-joe-ds-qlimber-11q-flexibility-routine.html

 

[rocklos]

West side method, 5/3/1, lilliebridge method, the Cube. All powerlifting will help grappling if you're goal is to become stronger.

With me at least I do become a little stiff the day after but nothing some good mobility work won't cure.

 

[vcmmafan]

Why would getting stronger hurt your grappling?

 

[Uchi Mata]

Yes, of course it does. Not as much as getting better at grappling, but yes.

 

[Chr9is]

Without a doubt, yes.

Any sort of athletic movement will be easier if you're stronger. Notice I said stronger, not necessarily bigger.

 

[sb413197]

Powerlifting is squats, bench presses, and deadlifts - big compound functional motions - so yes it will definitely help. It could just as easily be front squats, overhead presses, and stiff-leg deadlifts; or olympic squats, push presses, and power cleans - nothing necessarily magical about a specific exercise but they're good ones.

Is strength a SUBSTITUTE for good technique and other physical attributes? No, of course not. Will it help you to execute the techniques you already know, more effectively? Definitely.

 

[Alex88]

of course it helps.

 

[He Man]

BJJ requires no athleticism or strength, so 'nope' is the correct answer.

If you were asking about Judo or Wrestling, then the answer would be yes.

 

[Deleted member 429137]

Nope.

I think if you train it in a supplementary way it's a help. If you lift like a dedicated powerlifter you're going to waste time which could be spent training.

 

[El Patron77]

Powerlifting is perfect pair with grappling. Strenght that comes with powerlifting is very important for grapplers, there are times when you can muscle out from certain position, and its very benefitial when playing top game and pressure pasing

 

[Einarr]

A lot of powerlifters seem to have terrible shoulder flexibility and tap very fast to any kind of shoulder pressure. That isn't good.

 

[Liquid Smoke]

Royce Gracie.

 

[Kantian_relativist]

BJJ requires no athleticism or strength, so 'nope' is the correct answer.

If you were asking about Judo or Wrestling, then the answer would be yes.

wat

 

[Diablo Ryu**]

Lifting and bjj hurts my joints

 

[Alex88]

BJJ requires no athleticism or strength, so 'nope' is the correct answer.

If you were asking about Judo or Wrestling, then the answer would be yes.

lol wut

 

[Einarr]

BJJ requires no athleticism or strength, so 'nope' is the correct answer.

If you were asking about Judo or Wrestling, then the answer would be yes.

Go sit in the corner and count to potato.

 

[Darth Shlong]

A lot of powerlifters seem to have terrible shoulder flexibility and tap very fast to any kind of shoulder pressure. That isn't good.

This. It's not good.

 

[Sexy Pants]

How about we don't caught in shit position to test my shoulder flexibility