Can training inefficiently be beneficial???
Sunday, June 13th, 2010Ok, so I’ve been posting my weekly goals on Twitter and I thought I’d post them here as well. You’re welcome to follow me at @GrappleSmart on Twitter!
My #BJJ/ #BrazilianJiuJitsu goal for this week is to be inefficient! That’s right inefficient when I train. Far too often I catch myself utilizing as little effort as possible to win because I’m afraid of gassing out in later sparring rounds… sound familiar? So this week I’m going to gas myself out so that I finish my sparing sessions in O2 debt (hopefully). I’m hoping this will do 2 things: first, it will give my cardio a boost since I’ll be pushing my aerobic threshold and second, I’ll get used to attacking faster and more often. I’ll let you know how it goes. Anyone else have a goal they’d like to share?
The interesting thing about BJJ is that it’s similar to doing any repetitive exercise in one respect. Just like running, biking, or whatever exercise you do, if you do it the same way consistently enough you’re body will get used to the exercise and slowly become fore efficient at performing it. Sounds good right? Well, if the goal is to burn as many calories as possible in a workout then it’s not. Basically, your body adjusts to what ever stress you put it through and adapts.
The same adaptation can be said for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Think about it, back when you first started BJJ wasn’t it hard to breathe all the time, and so tough to think of the move you were just taught when it’s time to live spar? As the weeks and months went by you were able to feel more comfortable sparing, and could think better in tight spots right?!? Well, now it’s time to give your Jiu-Jitsu metabolism a boost and make you’re self gas out. I mean what’s the worst that can happen? You get tapped out? So what! But the benefits can be huge!
