The Best Strength Training For Judo

[@benbowen821]

I started training Judo 10 weeks ago, been in the gym/sports for over 10 years and aged 26 I can now do cartwheels for the first time in my life, which im amazed by as I weigh 125kg. The sport itself seems to be great for athletic development.

[@cejII]

Hey where are you training? And what made you or interested in judo?

[@antonispatsiantos6617]

Keep the Judo Videos coming! I am a Judo athlete and Coach and finishing my Sports Science degree and i always share your videos with my judo community. Really valuable information and there is a lack of it on the Internet!

[@mfp5585]

Dont underestimate balance muscles (in lower legs and feet), which you can train with single leg squats, lunges and split squats. Also body rotation, which is mostly obliques, is key for throwing. Very few of the big power excercises hit these. Finally spinal erector muscles and hamstrings!!

[@gregghumphreys6320]

Hi guys, First off I appreciate your videos and your efforts. I do have one point of contention though. I'm a Judo/SAMBO coach athlete and I have been at 17 two week Judo/SAMBO camps in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. During those camps we'd have strength and conditioning sessions 2-3 times per week. The vast majority of those sessions were conducted on the mat (although we'd occasionally go into the gym) and they employed resistance bands, throwing dummies, sandbags, kettlebells, etc. We also did a significant amounts of partner resisted exercises. There were some barbells and a few machines off the mat but they were rarely used. I cannot recall a single time I saw anyone perform Olympic lifts with the exception of Power Cleans. During my camps I developed a friendship with a multiple SAMBO world champion and international Judo champion Igor Kurinnoy. Igor has become one of my best friends and I'm in contact with him multiple times per week. He also has a Doctorate in Physical Preparation for Wrestlers (Judo, SAMBO, FS and GR). It is his opinion that once an appropriate level of strength has been achieved via general exercises the athlete should focus on Sports Specific Strength exercises such as the ones mentioned above.

[@handeggchan1057]

Strength helps a ton with Judo, I don't think I'm terribly skilled relative to how long I've been playing it (6 years), but being able to hit a 275kg squat, 315kg DL and so on really can cover up gaps in lacking technique, and make the techniques so much more powerful. With bands, it's more about drilling the muscle memory for the throws rather than building strength.

[@morninglory8988]

U squat 275kg?

[@handeggchan1057]

@@morninglory8988 on a good day, but I'm also 120-125kg bw

[@3ncore706]

@@handeggchan1057 Jeez you deadlift nearly 700 pounds?? Im surprised you havent torn someone in half

[@Warchief7791]

those are crazy numbers even for 120-125kg bw guy holy shit.

[@handeggchan1057]

@@Warchief7791 I'm trying to get to 115-120, but I'm also 6'6 so much lighter than that will hurt my Judo since the heaviest weight class is unlimited weight.

[@lw454]

Every time Daire talks about minimum thresholds for the deadlift... I feel personally attacked.

[@jamiechan763]

More Judo S&C please. Also feel free to do another judo athlete reaction the shohei ono vid was brilliant!

[@SirEoinMurphy]

We've got 3 athletes lined up but do let us know of any good one!

[@jamiechan763]

@@SirEoinMurphy Anyone from the Georgian team they are very renowned for their physicality. Maybe Tato Grigalashvili but I'm unsure about how much footage there is online of their training

[@The32johnny]

I'm the opposite, my background is karate from 13 , kickboxing from 16 , western boxing from 20 , mma (early pre 2000s too 2008) , wrestling and judo from from 2002 , then retired and played rugby till age 44 , I've got my sons doing bodybuilding light weights , stretching, bodyweight exercises , cardio . Admittedly I do a lot of neck exercises, my neck is so thick and joins my body unlike 99.99 percent of men , I've made up neck and jaw exercises like arm wrestling men do forearms . Again they are slow body building neck exercises , i out wrestled every scrum head wrestling with every front row in rugby with ease , one thing I did was gum shield top and one bottom and neck curled rope thro the weights , beware tho u need good teeth lol

[@DadsAnime]

More judo content, please! Also, tips on how to get as strong as possible without gaining too much weight!

[@wicked1707]

Don't go into a caloric surplus and lift heavy weights.

[@MyCk21]

Great vid lads.Keep up the great work 😁

[@miljanmandic9633]

4:30 talking about those isometric throws, I'm a fairly new judoka but I don't believe those are don't to build muscle but instead they work more on the Technique of forcing through a resisting opponent and maybe some neurological aspect.

[@eddiehennessy2627]

Isometric throws can be tricky the can mess up the full range motion in throw and lead to poor technique might suit some but I would stay away form them until you the technique Nailed

[@Yupppi]

Thanks for delivering on the requests! Regarding the banded "exercises". That's not actually gym training which some might mistake it as. That's technique training. It's called "Tandoku-Renshu", basically shadow judo. Or an extension of it. Or at least correctly applied it is, some athlete might have actually mistaken it as resistance training and do a weird loose aerobic exercise instead of focusing on the correctness of the movement, the power and mobility, over the amount of movement done (for example the guy doing some sort of ballerina spin dance with loose bands and odd power/speed phasing in the video example). It is stupid difficult to practice your body's movement through air in a controlled fashion without any resistance, so many judokas use bands when they want to do technique training in the style of "uchikomi" - entering/repetition practice for a throw, but don't have access to a training partner, for example there is no training session. A lot of judo is about how you enter into the throw and practicing that without partner is just very difficult. The bands allow you to experience the lift of arms for example or give a bit of counter-resistance when you kick your leg high up for example practicing uchimata, one of the more difficult and mobility demanding throws. To summarize: people shouldn't mistake the very lightweight banded exercises as resistance training - it is extra technique training because nobody has personal uke (the receiver of throw) access 24/7. Shadow training the entrance to a throw is very difficult in terms of moving your body the correct way, without any resistance at all. The resistance to throw is also interesting. Often times if you put your leg in the right place or drop your weight, the amount of force in the throw becomes much less important. But when you're equally skilled and the opponent took advantage over your shift, the strength always becomes a big part of the game. Some really strong guys' style is just overpowering the opponent when they get the slightest opportunity - where normally you wouldn't be able to carry the throw to the end, but the strength they have allows them to nudge it to the finish line or compensate for a small technique short-coming. However the japanese are nuts. The lightweight guys are so good at fundamentals that they can easily throw bigger guys, because they just force you into that mistake that makes you fly like a child. They get a grip, they have the foot technique, they bite like a shark when there's an opening and they force you into that opening one way or another. Worth mentioning is also the katame-waza, wrestling on the floor or what should you call it? When talking about the rotational strength and resistance to that. So much of the floor action is twisting and turning.That was a Shintaro Nakano clip, wasn't it! I find generally that the most difficult thing about judo and resistance training is fitting both in a week. I feel like the resistance training should be done in so much lesser intensity/volume to not affect your judo training that it feels like you're just fooling around at the gym. At least my experience has been that a good gym training takes that time to recover and between judo sessions it's difficult to even fit an effective training from judo recovery needs.

[@eddiehennessy2627]

Speed ,timing and repetition is most important in training for throwing techniques …..the strength is most important in the part of the contest leading up to the throw , when u grip a strong judoka u know how long your muscles can defend and when ur muscles give up throwing doesn’t take that much strength for ur opponent to throw. strength to defend is the key in judo i think ❤

[@gerym341]

Very interesting video. Thank you.

[@jiujitsuismyoutlet]

I love this content. Keep it up. Helps me alot as a Jiujitsu and judo guy

[@milanojudo]

Many S&C coaches that work with high lvl judoka shy away from deadlifting. I think it can be valuable simply because there just arent that many full body exercises, that are both easy to learn and allow you to load a lot of weight onto a barbell. Seems like you guys feel the same way.....

[@Smittjitsu]

Take a shot every time Gurph says Trows 🍻 thanks for another great video boys

[@Kaizen2013v]

Thanks guys great work. What are your thoughts on exchanging the straight bar with a Safety squat bar and a trap bar for DL’s ? I have old herniated discs that sometimes flare up on those 2 on traditional barbell exercises. But since migrating to the SSQ bar and Trap bar it’s been a lot better Any thoughts

[@olivierstultiens]

You’ve talked a lot about lower body movements, which I will agree is the core of judo, lower body and lower back strenght is the most important. But what would you do for upperbody? Weighted pull ups, weighted dips, and overhead press? Would those be sufficient in creating that upperbody strenght?

[@matthewgeary1811]

Only a beginner judoka, but I've been strength training for 5 years. Weighted calisthenics, especially pull ups and dips, have had the most profound impact on my upper body strength overall. For judo I'd probably say pull ups are more important because of the constant pulling in randori.

[@NoRockinMansLand]

Isometrics are amazing for muscular endurance. And you're referring to yielding isometrics specifically, what you said does not apply at all to overcoming isometrics

[@ryantrotter9561]

great work

[@20timesshoota27]

what differences would you implement for (greco) wrestling

[@alexandertanev127]

To say this was helpful is an udnerstatement. I believe every judo academy in the world must see this and adjust their trainings accordingly. Thank you very much for the material!

[@LookingBookJournal]

Excellent! Thanks!

[@sleepsounds8719]

Repetive fits without throwing and the rubber band training you show aren’t for strength at all they are for muscle memory and technique and speed

[@Kyzer306]

Whats the difference between the combat athlete and becoming a horse programme? Am I wrong in thinking the combat one separates strength and power into different blocks whereas horse builds them up at the same time which would ultimately be a slower way to go

[@upasaka-wolfram]

Algo gainz 💪🏻🔥

[@euanmorse]

A judo player is referred to as a 'Judoka' not 'Judoko'. Thanks for making more Judo related content!

[@johnglennmercury7]

Yer man in the middle is really freaking me out.

[@Sogard69]

Idk how yall can hit 2x bw on lifts, lol i struggle at 1x 😂

[@lonesomeloved]

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