Tips for Training Injury-Free as a Masters Level Athlete
Brazilian jiu-jitsu is a beautiful sport… one of the few in which individuals from three years old all the way to someone in their 90s might share the same space.
But, as with nearly all sports, the young have a much easier time of it. They have endless reserves of energy, they don’t break as easy, and if they do, they heal quickly. Not so with anyone in the so-called “Masters” divisions; which is to say, anyone over the ripe old age of 30. Yes, my friends. After we hit 30, we are officially geezers in the jiu-jitsu world.
For us long-in-the-toothers, we simply have to train differently than we did or would have when we were young. We have to train smarter. Here are five tips on how to train as a Masters level athlete...