Strength and Conditioning Tips For Grapplers

I've been lifting for grappling for a decade now.

Bleach blonde Chris doing weird band exercises for his shoulders that Ramses made him do. Bands by Martial Paradise.

The exposure to organized strength and conditioning that I ever had was after my first year of high school wrestling. I was 14.

My team did a month-long program called “blast your bench”, where we came in 5 mornings per week at 6 am and did…