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Giles Garcia discusses strategies for breaking through training plateaus in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

This week, we're joined by Giles Garcia! Giles is a black belt competitor and the head coach and owner of Ronin Grappling in Glasgow, Scotland. In this episode, Giles explains how to break through training plateaus: how to spot one, how to name the specific problem hiding underneath it, and how to build a plan to solve it. Topics include: overtraining, the elevator theory, naming your plateau, and treating training partners as collaborators. Train with Giles at Ronin Grappling in Glasgow: ht...

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