Grip Strength - BJJ

[Simon Boulter]

Deadlifts and Weighted Pull Ups will certainly be enough grip training for you, any extra time spent performing anything else for your grip is time better spent sparring, drilling and working on technique.

However, I often do more accessory work when I can't roll for whatever reason.

Tennis ball pull ups
Towel pull ups
Towel commando pull ups
Dead hang
1 arm dead hang
Towel dead hang/1 arm dead hang (delightfully evil)

No need to ruin your nice gi, just use a towel or two.

 

[tekkno]

or you could just roll more, tha tcould make your grip better

More time on the mats might increase the grip strength. From personal experience however it is more likely to injure myself rather than to improve my grip. Few months ago I injured my ankle twice and this kept me away from training several weeks.

For a higher-belt grappler more rolling might be more important than grip-strength training but for a white belt rather the opposite.

 

[TeddyRoosevelt]

For a higher-belt grappler more rolling might be more important than grip-strength training but for a white belt rather the opposite.

Quite the opposite, actually. For a lower-level belt, mat time is far probably more salient than anything else.

 

[snoop dogg***]

Its funny that you say these things, when you're just a high school blue belt.

im a sophomore in college. my dude. dont understand why you have problems with me

 

[redaxe]

Quite the opposite, actually. For a lower-level belt, mat time is far probably more salient than anything else.

This. It's all about marginal return on your investment of time.

For Marcelo Garcia, another hour of rolling is barely going to make an iota of difference in his skill level because it's such a small % of the total time he's invested. He could potentially get a greater return in performance from an hour of S&C work, especially if he didn't really do any S&C before.

But for a white/blue belt, every hour of training still has the potential make a big difference in your skill level, and the return could be much, much bigger than an hour of S&C work.

 

[Bubblun]

i think that depend on what kind of S&C is, the bjj pro guys probably do a lot of mobility drills, proprioception and stability work, not heavy ass squat and bench press.

in grappling the stronger the grip is the better, but hand strenght is purely a genetic gift.
i mean, who has the bigger hands has the stronger hands, there is nothing to to about it.
it's two years that i use quite regularly grippers, i had good improvements during the first months, but after the initial gains i hit a plateau.
my tiny girly hands can't do more.

 

[samb867]

in grappling the stronger the grip is the better, but hand strenght is purely a genetic gift.
i mean, who has the bigger hands has the stronger hands, there is nothing to to about it.
it's two years that i use quite regularly grippers, i had good improvements during the first months, but after the initial gains i hit a plateau.
my tiny girly hands can't do more.

Nonsense.

 

[KC Masterpiece]

Nonsense.

Indeed.