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Contrary to popular belief, your conditioning sessions do not have to be many hours long every session, you can get some excellent short on time workouts in a very short period of time. You do not require any special or fancy equipment.
You can have an excellent workout using very basic old school exercises right in your own home if necessary.
As I am so busy, I often resort to short on time conditioning sessions myself. They usually involve a warm up for about 5 minutes and then a circuit of basic exercises like Push-ups, Burpees, Squat Jumps, Squat Thrusts, Body Squats, Crunches, Lunges, running on the spot, skipping and so on, followed by a brief few minutes of stretching to warm down.
The exercises are carried out in intervals, having a very brief rest of just a few seconds between exercises. After a group of about 6 exercises, taking about 5 minutes, I rest for about 30 seconds and start again, reaching high levels of intensity in each and every exercise. This style of training can simulate some of the stresses on the body during a tournament.
If you are a recreational jiu-jitsu enthusiast, it is still important to keep your body in good shape.
Get fit to do sport, don’t do sport to get fit and many unnecessary injuries will be avoided.
Short on time conditioning sessions will give you a great workout. You still need to work on the other aspects of Jiu-Jitsu or your specific sport such as your technical drills , sparring, grappling etc
Even if you are not involved in sport, then this type of exercise could still be used by you and can get you into real good shape.
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