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Always wanted to get into it for basic self defense and confidence but have bad knees and spine issues. How bad is BJJ and wrestling on the body?
Always wanted to get into it for basic self defense and confidence but have bad knees and spine issues. How bad is BJJ and wrestling on the body?
I wish it was good but it can be awful. Hall, who doesn't have a brutish style, just completely tore his ACL
are you sure they were fine? or were they just too proud to tell you their back/shoulder was killing themCan't judge on knee or spine problems, but i used to train Judo with a bunch of 65+ year olds and they had no problems.
I did both randori and technical stuff with them and usually you see it in someone's movement or feel it in their resistance when they are hurt. Nobody had problems putting up meaningful resistance or deal with quick movements. That also taught me very quickly that old man strength is a real thing as well, lolare you sure they were fine? or were they just too proud to tell you their back/shoulder was killing them
Judo is harder for the body than BJJ.I did both randori and technical stuff with them and usually you see it in someone's movement or feel it in their resistance when they are hurt. Nobody had problems putting up meaningful resistance or deal with quick movements. That also taught me very quickly that old man strength is a real thing as well, lol
Might be a Judo thing though because you don't have to shoot for takedowns and stuff which tends to be more difficult for older people with hip or knee issues for instance.
Edit: By the way, they were all hobbyists without overtraining / training injured for competitions or other such unhealthy habits. That may very well be a deciding factor.
Edit: By the way, they were all hobbyists without overtraining / training injured for competitions or other such unhealthy habits. That may very well be a deciding factor.
Damn that's hella interesting, I do wrestling mostly and one of my coaches is 43 and needs to foam roll every single muscle before he is able to wrestle lol, that being said I can confirm old man strength is REAL breaking his collar tie is almost impossible once he latches on.I did both randori and technical stuff with them and usually you see it in someone's movement or feel it in their resistance when they are hurt. Nobody had problems putting up meaningful resistance or deal with quick movements. That also taught me very quickly that old man strength is a real thing as well, lol
Might be a Judo thing though because you don't have to shoot for takedowns and stuff which tends to be more difficult for older people with hip or knee issues for instance.
Edit: By the way, they were all hobbyists without overtraining / training injured for competitions or other such unhealthy habits. That may very well be a deciding factor.
You'll still find plenty of old boys with unbreakable collar grips!Damn that's hella interesting, I do wrestling mostly and one of my coaches is 43 and needs to foam roll every single muscle before he is able to wrestle lol, that being said I can confirm old man strength is REAL breaking his collar tie is almost impossible once he latches on.
Maybe I'll switch to judo to not end up like him haha
Exactly the same herewell for me is not so much about big injuries but it's more about long lasting nagging pains in my joints when it comes to grappling, it's pretty demoralizing ngl
Much by the contrary my friend, the exercise even though is taxing it will reinforce your muscles and it will help with the pain.Well damn I was just about to make a post asking how to find a legit gym when you're starting out, but I read this first.
I'm 45 who laid brick for twenty five years. So shoulders and back aren't the best, especially shoulders. Guess I might need to find something else to get into.
Before going back to training I used to have severe arthritys. It was absurd the amount of pain I used to feel day by day, after losing weight it disapeared (I even trained with a broken rib thinking it was the usual). So having sayd that, grappling is very taxing in the body but not training is even worse.