🥋 Is BJJ Boring?

What up Flowrollers, it’s a great day to sharpen your pointy elbows for extremely annoying closed guard breaking.

Last week’s poll on Mica Galvao’s USADA suspension was an interesting one:

Derek from "More Plates More Dates” broke down Galvao’s test results and suspension on YouTube over the weekend. It was a really interesting listen.

His take was the Clomid is such a ridiculously easy and obvious substance to test for (with a 4 month detection period)…. that it didn’t make any sense for Galvao to be on it unless he assumed he’d never be tested. Who knows 🤷 

Alright let’s get to it, slap-and-bump 👊🏻

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Over the weekend, there was a discussion on r/bjj that we can all relate to: what do you do when you hit a motivation plateau?

Purple belt u/Top_Paramedica_763 finds himself bored in class, and not really experiencing the feeling of progress.

Tough spot, and one that every Jiu Jitsu practitioner is going to find themselves in at some point. I thought this response from a black belt cut right to the point:

From BJJ Fanatics instructionals, to free YouTube content, to drilling after class with friends - there are so many ways to improve your Jiu Jitsu.

That said, at the end of the day most of us are training to have fun. If the academy you’re training at is truly boring you, maybe it’s not the right spot for you.

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