Episode 312 - Longevity For BJJ Featuring Mike Bidwell From "BJJ After 40"

The Chewjitsu Podcast

Eugene Tsozik

Wrestling, Wellness, Brazilianjiujitsu, Sports, Interviews, Mma, Bjj, Health, Chewjitsu, Injuryprevention

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Chewy and Eugene are joined by BJJ black belt and founder of “BJJ After 40,” Mike Bidwell.

Mike joins the podcast to discuss his start in traditional martial arts, how stretching his hips improved the health of his knees, Mike’s favorite stretch to improve hip flexibility, Mike’s most important rule to follow before full rolling, how to “clear the calculator,” the importance of having Jiu-Jitsu as a release, the two critical questions to ask yourself in BJJ, how training evolves as you get older, the utilization of “Precovery,” active recovery, the "Pomodoro Method," how to build good habits, who inspired Mike's coaching, recovering from an injury, how Mike discovered BJJ, and the idea behind "BJJ After 40."

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0:00.0	What up, guys? So today's podcast, we're going to have Mike from BGG after 40.
0:04.8	He's another, you know, Jiu-Jitsu content creator guy who was making videos.
0:10.5	I mean, he's been making videos since like I got started back.
0:12.4	He's an OG, man.
0:13.5	OG and grappling, OG and he's been lingering around out there for a long time.
0:17.8	But this is my first time chatting with him, had a great conversation.
0:21.4	A lot of good takeaways. Uh, if Jiu-Jitsu, like training or training Jiu-Jitsu for sustainability
0:26.9	for longevity is something that you're focused on, which I know a lot of us are.
0:31.2	A lot of us like to compete, even me, like I like to compete sometimes, but, you know, even that,
0:35.4	even then I still like to train most of the time for
0:38.2	longevity, where I can train like the pace that I'm doing for a long, long time.
0:42.8	And, you know, I can train and enjoy it because, again, it's there's at a certain point
0:47.0	where you just understand like that's, that becomes the goal.
0:49.5	It's part of the thing you do, man.
0:50.8	Yeah, it's like, you know, when I was younger and i was lifting it was like i just want to push numbers right and i was doing power lifting and strong man and i got myself up to
0:59.3	250 you know uh weight wise right like just beefy boy i was eating tons of food was on the mexican
1:04.4	supplements right and uh i was just i was just going right i was like i'm gonna get so strong and then
1:08.6	you're like uh maybe lifting like this probably isn't sustainable, right? Because like, you know,
1:13.6	these kinds of weights, like putting 500 pounds on your back and doing squads,
1:17.3	like, really not the best thing to do, right? So again, you adjust. My lifting,
1:21.5	adjusts, our training adjusts. And so we get some ideas on adjusting training and things like that, if the subject is kind of interesting to you.
1:27.8	And overall, it's a fun conversation.
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