Sports: Grappling: Training Philosopny - Position Training

Here is a strategy for training the back position from Lucas Leite:

“To get good at attacking from the back you should do lots of round-robin back-training sessions. It’s like specific training; you start body clinching your opponent on all fours, and you only switch positions once you’ve gotten your hooks in.”

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Gracie Magazine 

Sports: Psychology: Mental Training - Train Your Brain

Mental training tips from an elite triathlon:

• Have a mantra and/or a special song to repeat 
• Keep a bank of positive mental images
• Practice visualization beforehand
• Break the race up into smaller, more manageable segments
• Remember that training is about learning to hurt
• Get people to support you
• Mentally recall inspirational people 
• Consider racing for a cause that is bigger than yourself      

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CNN - Chrissie Wellington 

Psychology: Changing Your Outlook on Things - The Happiness Advantage

"Your brain operates significantly better at positive than it does at negative, neutral, or stressed...your brain is 31% more productive at positive than it is at negative, neutral, or stressed."  To become more positive, try  "...reverse the formula" for happiness, and "...become positive in the present." 

Try this exercise to become more positive. "Write down 3 new things (your are grateful for) a day for 21 days in row."  Also, include "random acts of kindness..." and positive praise to others via "e-mails" or other forms of communication.  

"In a 2 minute span of time for 21 days in a row" your brain may rewire itself "to operate more optimistically..." and "scan the world for the positive and not the negative."

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TEDTALKS - Shawn Achor 

Sports: Injury: Prevention and Recovery

To aid in recovery use topical pain relievers such as topical magnesium and heat creams.  Topical magnesium can be used before and after workouts.  Whereas, the creams can be applied to an injured area in the mornings and evenings.

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Get-Fit-Guy Podcast

Sports: Jiu-Jitsu-MMA: Quotes

8 lessons from the best Jiu-Jitsu fighter at UFC 141

1: DON’T AVOID TRAINING WITH THE TOUGHEST GUYS AT THE GYM
From white belt on, learn that systematically dribbling the tough sparring partners means putting a hold on progress. Take on the guy who makes you work the most. “For this fight I trained by alternating between Frankie Edgar and Tom DeBlass, really tough guys. I train with fully rested guys every five minutes,and they’re not just average guys, not to mention they’re much heavier than me. When I do face a featherweight it feels like I’m even breaking the law,” remarked Jimy in an interview followingUFC 141.
2. TEST YOUR JIU-JITSU THE WHOLE TIME
When you find yourself in a new situation, be thankful: it enhances your self-awareness, shoots your Jiu-Jitsu knowledge through the roof. That’s what The Kid ascertained in his first decision win. “I’d never even fought a third round. It was good as a test, since I got a taste of that awful cardiorespiratory feeling of fighting after the second round,” said the Ricardo Cachorrão student in jest.
3. HEED NOT YOUR JIU-JITSU BELT COLOR
Himself a purple belt, Jimy lay a beating on a black belt last Friday. Asked whether he feels he deserves a darker belt, he wisely replied: “I love Jiu-Jitsu first of all because it saves me from getting beat up, so it doesn’t matter what color my belt is today, I’m just grateful,” to later add, “I’m just having fun.”
4. THE ONE WHO NEEDS TO TRUST YOU IS YOU
Jimy—half joking half serious—told of how a Nevada Athletic Commission official nearly barred him from fighting, thinking he wasn’t yet 18 years of age. “When I’m behind the scenes at the UFC, the other fighters still look at me with surprise, as though someone had left their son behind there,” he said. The looks of surprise and puzzlement don’t intimidate someone with the heart of a fighter.
5. THE FIGHTER-COACH RELATIONSHIP IS KEY
“In my first UFC fight, [coach and friend] Kris McCray was yelling, ‘Let’s go! You look like a girl under there!’ Later we had a talk about it, and I asked him if he could say something positive… He was a lot more optimistic this second fight, but what matters is that he knows how to motivate me when I’m fighting,” said Jimy. What about you, are you good at listening to your trainer? Does what he says motivate you?
6. LEARN TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE THE FIGHT IS GOING
Jimy hadn’t found out what a judge is for ever since amateur MMA, a total of 13 fights. Until encountering Nam Phan. “In the first round I gave my all to put him away. But I looked in Nam Phan’s eyes and saw there was no quit in him. So I realized it was time to conserve energy for rounds 2 and 3. Now I just have to thank my coach for making me cry every day in training.”
7. HAVE FAITH IN YOUR GAME
The combination of Jiu-Jitsu and judo has worked for decades, at all the world’s grappling tournaments, for a reason. Have faith in your style of fighting when the going gets rough.
8. KEEP AN ACE UP YOUR SLEEVE
If none of the aforementioned pointers work, pull this acrobatic finish out of your hat. It even works in tennis! Compliments of Jimy Hettes.

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Gracie Magazine

 

Sports: Quotes - The Nail

"The secret of this sport is, while you're the nail, hang in there, let them hit you, until the day you become the hammer, then you smash them back!" -Renzo Gracie

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Inside BJJ

Sports: Conditiong - Opening Up the Airways

Before starting your cardio workout, try consuming a few menthol throat lozenges to "open up your airways." 

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Runner's World UK