by James Tomlinson | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Why Strength and Mobility will save your BJJ Is your car insured? What we’re asking is do you make extra effort to protect what you value? Would you take your car Rally Driving? Are you prepared to seriously risk damaging or potentially destroying something you value?...
by James Tomlinson | Aug 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
How Yoga and Crossfit can hurt your BJJThat’s right, you heard correctly, all the extra work you may be doing off the mat is actually taking away for your improvements in Jiu-jitsu class. Let’s go deeper on why these 2 potentially beneficial pursuits may be holding...
by James Tomlinson | May 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
“What did you just say? Are you mad?!” No ladies and gentlemen you heard right, improving your mobility may be the key to taking the hand break off so you can accelerate your strength gains. Reducing your internal resistance will enable you to access range of motion...
by James Tomlinson | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Stop Running!!! That’s right if you want to get better at Brazilian Jiujitsu stop running. Many of us right now missing BJJ and rolling for all its great benefits are now looking for an easy alternative to get our endorphin and dopamine hit that we are seriously...
by James Tomlinson | Apr 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Which is better, a Kettlebell or a dumbbell?” This age old question has been much debated over the years and the question requires a little refinement and a reasonably nuanced answer. Firstly what is the purpose of using either tool- what are you trying to achieve as...
by James Tomlinson | Apr 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Are you testing yourself every time you step to the barbell, kettlebell, dumbbell or any other Bell for that matter? Using every workout to prove yourself worth, blow off some steam or just feel like the true beast that you are? We have all been there and this my...
by Joey | Oct 3, 2019 | strength
Welcome to part 2 of our training at home article. If you have’t read part 1 yet, go and check that out now So as I’ve mentioned, a lot of my jiu-jitsu friends have little or no access to gym equipment at their academy, and often the only time they get to...
by James Tomlinson | Sep 17, 2019 | strength
A lot of my jiu-jitsu friends have little or no access to gym equipment at their academy, and often the only time they get to work out, outside of the mats, is at home Never fear, Bulletproof is here to help give you the answers you need to get stronger and...
by Joey | Aug 27, 2019 | mobility, strength
I’m going to take a broad brush stroke and present to you TWO mobility archetypes… These people are all around you You only have to look at the humans in your academy to know what I mean – There’s the strong, muscled up, rigid types. When these...
by James Tomlinson | Jul 23, 2019 | strength
If you read my last post on Bulletproof Grips, you’d know that this rant stems from the question I get asked all the time by my jiu-jitsu family ”What is the fastest way to get stronger for BJJ specifically?” I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it...
