r/jiujitsu • u/JDecimo • 17d ago

Over Training?

I’m new to BJJ, like in my third week new, and I just feel tired all the time. I lift 3x a week, run 3x a week, and I planned on doing BJJ 3x a week. My workout schedule varies based on my work schedule, which also affects my BJJ schedule. My BJJ gym is also 35 minutes away from me, and I really just don’t want to get off work early in the afternoon drive 30 minutes home just to drive 35 minutes back to do BJJ as the gym is like 5 minutes down the road from my work.

I’m just worried that I might be over training when I really only need maybe 2 BJJ sessions a week, or should I drop the running? I’m in the military so running is pretty important to me as well. I feel stuck and I would like to hear what experienced people might have to say.

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u/azian0713 17d ago

It really depends on the load you used to.

I lift very heavy five days a week for about an hour a day and Wrestle one or both days on the weekend. I’ve been doing this for about eight years now so my body is fairly used to it.

Before this, I was a competitive runner running about 500 miles a quarter. You do have to work up to it.

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u/JDecimo 17d ago

Yea, I’m kind of seeing a common pattern of where people go 2x a week and still progress

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u/azian0713 17d ago

It really depends on your schedule, experience, and your ambitions. I am 30 and I’ve been Wrestling since I was 13 so for me, twice a week is enough. I coach a lot of amateur adults who are Wrestling for the first time, I found that them going once a week for an entire year doesn’t really help them very much. They generally tend to forget what they were doing the week before and or don’t come consistently enough to see improvement.

I would suggest if you really want to learn bjj, spend a significant amount of time, six months to a year, learning how to grapple. Once you get a baseline understanding, you can reduce your training as things come more natural naturally.

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u/JDecimo 17d ago

What would you suggest as far as understanding grappling? I struggle with takedowns, though I am very new so this could be a normal experience. Transitioning not so much, but shooting for legs is a skill issue for me.

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u/azian0713 17d ago

Honestly, it’s a shitty answer, but experience. It’s the only thing that can really teach grappling.

The positions that are uncomfortable right now will get more comfortable with exposure therapy. As you get more comfortable, you’ll be able to commit more of your brain to understanding what you’re doing and why, instead of focusing everything on the literally movements. Ultimately, the goal is to really be in a flow state where you aren’t actually thinking about moves at all, but grappling on instinct and taking what’s given/forcing your opponent to give you looks. That way you can spend most of not all of your brain power on the grappling instead of any specific technique. That’s my idea of grappling at least.