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 BJJ Is For Plus Sized People, Too 2

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  When I first started BJJ, I was fairly thin, mostly because I was always on a diet, always trying to lose weight, and always adding workouts to my week or minutes to my workouts.  When my first coach suggested that I try to cut some weight for a competition, […]

Is Your Weight Cut Is Headed Into The Danger Zone? 1

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Many competitive Jiujiteira view weight cutting as a necessary evil of the sport. I used to cut weight before every competition, even the local ones where there weren’t enough female competitors to create weight classes.  The first time I talked to my coach about cutting weight I thought, “Maybe you […]