Coming Back To Jiu-Jitsu After Time Off? Do This

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Bernardo Faria just got back on the mat after almost two weeks without training jiu-jitsu. Three trips in a row kept him away: a week of vacation with his family in Yellowstone, two or three days at the World Masters in Las Vegas, a couple of days home in Massachusetts catching up on work and family, and then straight to Poland for ADCC. He kept his body moving with push-ups, stretching and even some running, but no jiu-jitsu.

On his first day back, at one of his schools in Massachusetts, he wanted to do every round and go as hard as he could. He held himself back instead. He is 39 now, turning 40 in January, and his body is not the same as when he was a professional athlete. Even back then he was always very careful in the first days after time off, like after hurting his ribs, breaking his foot two days before ADCC, his elbow surgery and his knee surgery.

The reason is simple. When you miss jiu-jitsu, your mind wants every round, but your body is not used to that many rounds anymore. It is very common for people to take weeks off, come back, and get injured on the very first day.

His advice: do not go hard on the first day, and maybe not even in the first week. The longer you were off, the longer you should take to come back. Two years off might mean a month to catch up. Three months off might mean a week and a half or two weeks. Your age and how hard you train matter too. After his two weeks off, he did only three of the five rounds on the first day, planned four or five for the next day, and expected to be back to normal in two or three days. He woke up the next morning feeling good and ready to train again.

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KEY CONCEPTS IN THIS VIDEO:

🕒 TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Why People Get Hurt On Their First Day Back
0:14 My First Session After Two Weeks Off
0:50 I Still Kept My Body Moving
1:01 I Wanted To Train As Hard As I Could
1:20 My Body Is Not The Same Anymore
1:34 Even As A Pro I Was Careful
1:50 Ribs, Foot, Elbow And Knee
2:21 Your Mind Is Ready, Your Body Is Not
2:34 It Is Super Common To Get Hurt On Day One
2:51 Don't Go Hard On The First Day
3:10 The Longer You Stay Off, The Slower You Come Back
3:32 I Only Did 3 Of The 5 Rounds
3:55 Control Your Mind
4:19 How I Felt The Next Morning
4:32 I Did This Even In My Early 20s
4:53 Jiu-Jitsu For Old Guys
5:06 Fast Track BJJ

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Bernardo Faria is a 5x World Champion. Bernardo started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Juiz de Fora - MG, Brazil at the age of 14 in 2001. After receiving the Black Belt from his first instructor Ricardo Marques in 2008, He moved to Sao Paulo to join BJJ legend Fabio Gurgel and his Alliance team. After many years of training and winning many major titles, Bernardo moved to NYC in 2013 to train and teach at Marcelo Garcia Academy. In 2015 Bernardo achieved his dream of winning the IBJJF World Championship Open class title and his division, doing the double Gold and becoming the 1st in the IBJJF Ranking and also chosen as the best athlete of 2015.

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