Wrestling Bulgarian Conditioning & Gymnastic Drills for Combat Sports Tutorial

Lyubo Kumbarov, former 4 x Bulgarian National Champion and Wrestling coach at Roger Gracie Academy HQ in London is here filmed by the Warrior Collective giving a tutorial on prep/conditioning/gymnastic drills he views as being essential for developing the physical performance of elite combat sports athletes in wrestling or other grappling based systems.
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[@kapitana6634]

im from bulgaria too and this is exactly what we do at our wrestling gym

[@jagerthedog4378]

Къде тренираш?

[@peshokelemeto2256]

Супер братле! Аз се зарибих доста в борбата и граплинга много хубави спортове!

[@onerider808]

"If you got dizzy rolling forward, we'll get undizzy rolling backwards." Epic. My new warmup before class, randori, or porrada. Thanks!

[@Samuelcpittman]

This is how I do foreplay.... no complaints so far.

[@nosho409]

Those neck bridges are more entertaining than any IBJJF match ever

[@mraih7796]

😂😂😂

[@nieljansegers9211]

I always thought wrestlers were amazing athletes and I’ve always loved watching them train and compete but after watching this video I love them even more. The strength, flexibility and mobility this man possesses is unbelievable. I hope I will be as good as this person some day, after lots of training of course.

[@aeon-aton.4341]

thanks for the memories. used to train freeStyle wrestling at Latimer Rd, Ladbroke Grove, during late 90s: many nationalities; Mongolian, Bulgarian, Iranian, Turkish, Romanian, Greek, some truly world class wrestlers: (before MMA popularity began) standard was very high and very serious, warm up involved all within this video along with more advanced gymnastic techniques: a few of the wrestlers were able to head-flip multiple times without hands on mat support!!! incredible strength and suppleness, skill and technique amongst wrestlers: those years were highest level of all fitness i achieved. now 52, recently began bjj: training, strength, flexibility during warm-up is quite inferior to FSW freestyle wrestling.

[@emeliedenmodige2470]

did you suffer any injuries due to the wrestling training (neck bridges) or maybe the opposite?

[@aeon-aton.4341]

No injuries during training: however I did sustain a recurring rib injury from actual wrestling, which forced I to quit to allow injury to fully heal.

[@emmanueljoseph6702]

This is great... But for many of us the warm-up will be our entire training session ahah For real great tutorial

[@ptrainingbytim]

Wrestlers are truly the greatest athletes. Thanks for sharing this amazing warm up.

[@zohebdholakia3782]

I would love to train with teacher like this. Very difficult to get any sort of wrestling training where I stay.

[@roe1699]

Where do you live?

[@zohebdholakia3782]

@@roe1699 Mumbai India

[@roe1699]

Nice, I wish you the best. I was hoping you might be close to me! 😅 You are very far.

[@zohebdholakia3782]

@@roe1699 Thank you. By the way where are you located?

[@roe1699]

Arkansas usa

[@coachbiggsremedy9634]

This guy is awesome

[@warriorcollective]

Lyubo is exceptional. He is also a brilliant human being. I have a lot of time for him!! Glad you liked this video featuring him!!

[@stayshredded]

Lyubo Kumbarov is a BEAST ! OMG ! I am really shocked. Thank you Master for showing us your warm-up ;) Respect from Poland !

[@QuocNguyen-vx5kd]

Now that is a warm-up!! Lyubo Kumbarov is a boss!!!

[@khurramrashid3074]

luckily lyubo is my coach and he is master of this sport. love training with him. he is a beast!!!

[@smantoff]

Great drills. Thank you very much for sharing. Keep up the good work!

[@vietta84able]

These drills are amazing!

[@panosab]

Excellent video, drills and explanation! thank you.

[@gorantanko9849]

😮woow,really awesome training combo,just what i was looking for,this guy is a beast💪

[@sunnygogoi5072]

One of the best video I ever seen on KZbin 👍

[@MrHDGH]

This was really good and useful for me! Thank you very much!

[@kallepikku4991]

Wow. Can't believe what I just saw. Wrestlers' are entirely a different specie. :D

[@pandabear6245]

They like it rough

[@brunsta234]

Kalle Pikku yep . The best shape any one can be in is wrestling shape

[@slicksouthpaw5998]

You know what they say if you can’t beat em join em

[@bullfrogjay4383]

I have so much respect for wrestlers, they are monsters and have inspired my BJJ style and conditioning.

[@michelesalutati3880]

Fantastico, grazie.

[@legitprowrestling6653]

Great video!! Thanks guys..

[@dinesh4277]

I loved it and thks to both of you. Brilliant......again this of lots.

[@HerreraCam]

Fantastic!

[@gaetanoiuculano7895]

Do a video showing suitable progressions to help with learning the drills if possible . Awesome video bro!

[@local_hotpotato]

Thanks so much for this. Ive been transistionin to coaching and i always want to switch up the warm up/ stretch routine couse i coach mainly 6-10yr olds so the same stuff dosent stick. This will do wonderfully Greetings from Finland 💪

[@martilopez5289]

amazing workout!!!

[@onerider808]

Great routine; thanks!

[@bacfu]

Excellent..

[@anthonycollins5671]

good stuff. I am 66 years old and I can do some of them but not correctly

[@giorgosvita7741]

Great stuff!!

[@JaxJazer]

This video is gold

[@RudeSkin]

That was awesome

[@ballr7239]

Thank you for the video awesome 👏

[@valerypopov6499]

Damn i love this guy

[@enricoligabue658]

Woowwww fantastic training

[@OnTheEdge5950]

Great stuff guy's!

[@michaelspyrou1784]

very useful.thanks

[@sarmadnajim4839]

Thank you 👍🏻

[@davidogan]

This is a killer exercise. Literally.

[@Ahturro]

Warm up*

[@Ash-ku2rz]

wow, this is so good, I am gonna take at least three weeks to get good at this. I am doing this on the grass :)

[@henriquecarvalho880]

Wtf did I just saw? That's some serious neck strenght, but I have to say, the look on the BJJ guy when the Bulgarian start doing crazy neck flips is just priceless

[@amjad3.147]

Awesome

[@rahamabdelhak1448]

nice practice

[@marcelocassio2142]

Very good

[@linheiro_]

impressive!

[@carnivalwrestler]

I had to go to a chiropractor just from watching those neck bridges.

[@brunsta234]

carnivalwrestler cuz u didn't grow up doing them .

[@russelgrimes6739]

Those wrestlers are going to get bone spurs in their neck. The small vertibrae of the cervical spine is not designed to handle a persons entire weight. Athlean x did a video on neck exercises. If those bone spurs start pressing on sensitive nerves near the spine, this could result in impairment, like having the feeling of a stiff neck for the rest of your life.

[@kapitana6634]

@@russelgrimes6739 shut up softie

[@lockeddownboxing9904]

yeah, first time that I went to a bjj class we did this for warm up and I was very shocked and I just couldn't look at all these people snapping their necks from this and it gave me a lot of anxiety just thinking about doing this but once you overcome the fear and actually try it yourself you're completely fine, just need to remember to support the weight with your hands and you'll do just fine. Brings you to another level of athleticism.

[@lockeddownboxing9904]

and believe me what you see here is actually nothing if you compare a full wrestling training.

[@davidbarcia5266]

Subscribed as fast as you can take somebody down!! very instructive workout. Respect! do utre

[@squatant652]

This is badass wow💪💪💪💪💪

[@elmemesin]

wow, amazing!, thx a lot for that stuff!, you are a beast! grettings from argentina!

[@atan4651]

this is gold.

[@dharmendersingh7322]

I like your wrestling exercise warm-up body exercises . please more make wrestling Technic video.❤

[@lockeddownboxing9904]

its really great I am just not so sure to circle the neck, I heard many times from physiotherapists and pe teachers that doing this rubs off your neck and doing it for long time will cause you bad injuries especially in sports where you use your neck a lot.

[@WarriorAngell]

great

[@Gladiatorat]

Много яко. Принципно трябва да добавя някои от тея дето не правя за залата и със сигурност за САМБО тренировките. Поздрави от Чикаго.

[@siddharthbakshi4350]

Just speechless

[@napnapnap9702]

Lyubo seems like a real cool dude

[@warriorcollective]

He is super cool! One of my favourites for sure!!

[@testCEO]

7:45 amazing

[@MajinMind]

Just wow...

[@ericsondiaslima3436]

Nice👍🏼👍🏼😉

[@youmadbro7733]

Love these drills. But I haven't been that agile since I was in my 20's. :(

[@Isa-wz5qm]

Stand on the guys vertebrae its fine

[@angelofdeath6853]

My favourite exericse is neck bridge

[@user-nb9bk6es5o]

Это очень хорошее видео

[@rayberms]

very helpful. im starting out wrestling for just a few months. any tips for strength and explosiveness?

[@xsova113]

Squat - deadlift - bentover row - power clean - bench / overhead press - vertical jump - sled push and pull - kettlebell swings - turkish getups - any core strength / stability exercise. Just to name a few that you should do in your training.

[@blusuck]

ummm did he juz kiss the floor while doing a neck bridge ?

[@hipqban169]

I started late doing wrestling. I’m a Jiu-Jitsu guy and value what wrestling has to offer. I keep getting injured mostly my upper body leaving every class with arm muscle aches and such. Not sure if it’s technique related of lack conditioning. I’m frustrated bc I sometimes have to miss class

[@ray.n_l]

I'm wrestling, everything is sore.

[@mohamedsyed5977]

This is genius.

[@hipqban169]

Not recommended double reps for warm up. That’s 1980s kinetics. One rep preferred. Also no static stretching prior to class. Rather at end. Prior dynamic

[@lockeddownboxing9904]

I don't want to sound like a know-it-all man but I heard hundreds of times that actually dynamic stretches prior to your training are the worst thing you can do, that you should start with static and this is written also in books, also said by sports physiotherapists. Can you explain please because that is a great matter to me?

[@lockeddownboxing9904]

supposedly dynamic stretching without your joints and muscles warmed up combined with stiffness you have before warming up can make many injuries and static stretching warms up these areas to then allow your body for dynamic stretches. How is that?

[@starhawck]

Aw man, this brings back memories of when i was at the Taekwondo club.

[@FunkySoulManDoItAll]

“Imagine you are in the Bahamas” 😭

[@RKM8506]

I was like okay, not too bad, until he started play pretending to be a helicopter.

[@warriorcollective]

Lyubo is a machine, so I guess a helicopter can form part of that ;-)

[@silvertaurus5996]

This guy crazy yo I better keep a doctor beside me while practicing

[@ccg337]

man, that was fucking crazy.

[@crazymike1706]

90% of the people watching this video cannot do these drills 🤣😃 However, this is still an awesome video

[@markymarco2570]

99.9%

[@mmaromania102]

Have you even tried?

[@rebelmnk2382]

The ones that can do it don't have time to watch this. They're too busy training!

[@kapitana6634]

we do these at my wrestling gym

[@nightmaredream1174]

Is this guy going to replace our previous coach ? Damon ??

[@akhilanandyadav2988]

Thank🌹🌹❤❤❤🙏 you Sir ji radhe radhe krishna ji Gord bless you🙏

[@yantobogo2331]

Mantap

[@jamshidbarekzai3543]

You are such a nice trainer I was doing BJJ in UFC gym but the trainer was rude and didn’t train good

[@Ahturro]

:o

[@jaideepdass]

I am a beginner, so would like to know what's the benefit of doing the rolls such as the front roll ?

[@kaiceecrane3884]

Throw defense by either a counter or distribute the force like a break fall, but is easier on the body. That would first. More advanced there are a lot of leg lock options and and some shoot defenses. It also is used for some shoulder locks, arm locks, chokes, and sweeps

[@natemonk89]

granby roll escape

[@TheMatthewf1971]

Wow! Not sure what else to say.

[@Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA]

Fantastiçheñ

[@periodic98]

7:38 I was following until then,but goddamn thats hard.

[@flawlessfusionproject5430]

8:30 Is this gonna cuz any dmage to the neck on long term?

[@maxii95]

If you do it wrong yeah

[@flawlessfusionproject5430]

@@maxii95 but this gose with every thing dosen't it? I mean cut an apple the wrong way and you gonna cut your finger. If you don't know the right method don't bother your self replying this.

[@maxii95]

@@flawlessfusionproject5430 there is no "right way" to cut an apple and it's certainly not guaranteed you're gonna cut yourself. Shit analogy. Move on

[@flawlessfusionproject5430]

@@maxii95 I've told you not to reply if you don't have something useful , but i'm not surprised you did , i could tell you're stupid since the "wrong way". And i know that you won't be able to hold your self replying this one too but you gonna be disappointed cuz i don't have much time .

[@stefcoachmma9922]

the partner looks like Rob kaman :)

[@kwak76]

most of this I can;t do

[@carritohmc]

me: oh cool, I need some warm up ideas and conditioning for grappling... 07:42, uhhh...maybe I'll stick to jumping ropes and push ups

[@kevinjtorres]

What kind of shoes are those? Anybody?

[@edwardmakarus7664]

Adidas wrestling shoes. Adizero model I think.

[@kevinjtorres]

@@edwardmakarus7664 Thanks

[@harderheart]

There is a video where a chiropractor says most these nick movement are bad for the neck( the ones he kissed the floor lol). I'm not sure if that's kind of controversial? Wrestlers have to do this because if they remain bridged using their neck while their back is not contacting the matt ,their opponents wont be given any points. For Bjj, bridging on your neck isn't that relevant.

[@Raayusad]

u bridge in bjj aswell, it is good for neck strenght and shit

[@Machbox718]

Neck bridging warms your neck for any grappling sport. In bjj your neck takes as much abuse as in wrestling. Back when I training in a strictly bjj academy they never did neck bridges and my would feel so stiff when we rolled , people go right for the neck when grappling. The alternative is to do isometric warm ups with the neck. it's safer but not as good a warm up for your neck.

[@harderheart]

@@Machbox718 thanks, very true... I think it's good to consider neck workouts to prevent injuries

[@harderheart]

@@Raayusad if I were to pick, i would choose a stronger neck version for sure lol

[@rebelsheep23]

7:52 OMG it's not for me.... can't believe my eyes

[@officixlbiggi6057]

Who the short guy, does he have a YT channel?

[@Jan_Tenev]

🇧🇬🦁❤

[@fatalradius]

7:40 Please, don't try this at home.

[@SuperRAilya]

7:44

[@brunsta234]

Yo this dude could fuck some body up. He also looks like he's gunna live to 130 years old.

[@slevineleven007]

In Soviet Russia, the mat wrestles you!

[@lordsneed9418]

this is hardcore

[@ivancuocolo489]

The leg-stretching in the very beginning of warm up seems too ballistic and too stressing for ligaments...

[@yasinpatel12345]

of course, if you have bitch made joints and ligaments like yours

[@Anton77796]

It is just the very basics for every wrestler And all jiu-jitsu guys are incredibly pop-eyed. lol

[@ericbishton2779]

Anton definitely NOT the very basics for every wrestler. Only serious competitive wrestlers could do most of these exercises. That said, most bjj players could learn a lot from wrestler conditioning.

[@ray.n_l]

Dude I've wrestled for 3 years and the best I can do is jumping back and forth from the bridge

[@Posadskiy]

Обычные борцовские разминки. 20 лет назад пацаном на самбо такие делал.