Old Forum In a rut, need advice

[ajodell]

In a a bit of a rut program wise, and am in need of advice. I am about to start training in BJJ and Muay Tai and I don't have a lot of time to train except for maybe 30 min in the morning or 3 days a week once I'm back from work. As far as my goals, I know I need to be in great shape and really strong at the same time and I've been think mostly about altering 2 week blocks of S&S and PTTP cycle with the Bent Press and Get Up with Barbells .

At the same time I just think about picking one of Nuepert's routines from Kettlebell express or Kettlebell Muscle, but I have not done anything from his books yet because I just got them.

I've never really done ab work either because I have always squatted and deadlifted, but I got both of pavels books about abs and wanted to know if I need to incorporate them somewhere in training as well? All I know is less is more.

Any advice would be great even if different from the above.

 

 

[Jason Ginsberg]

Less is more. You've got a bit too much going on there. I would pick one thing to start, do that for a while, then reevaluate and move to the next thing. If you're just about to start muay thai AND BJJ at the same time, you already have quite a lot on your plate. You might do well to do nothing but that for the first month, and focus on recovery in between sessions, then start adding in outside training.

 

[Huls]

I agree with Jason on this one, you need your rest in between to recover.
However, adding ab work to your training is in my opinion always a smart move.
A stronger core is good for everything, especially bjj.
I have bought also Pavels "Bulletproof abs", and I would recommend to incorporate about 15 min of ab work. If you do a couple full contact twists, suitcase deathlifts and work up to dragon flags (start with the basics first) I am sure you will see good progression in no time, for both your core strength and benifits for bjj.

Good luck

 

[Gravytrain]

Thanks guys for your feedback. I can tell you I have tried and studied a lot of methodologies regarding S&C and the advice given in this forum and pavels wisdom have done more for me in six months than all the years before. By far.

 

 

[Gravytrain]

Wrong thread sorry

 

[ajodell]

Really appreciate the advice guys thanks.

Rob, do you recommend putting  the twists and suitcases together or in blocks?

 

[Huls]

What I do is blocks of three times 5 reps full contact twists, then three times 5 reps suitcase and finally three times 3 reps of dragon flag negatives (still working for more reps and full dragon flags....work in progress)