Anyone here use mutliple gyms?

Skillful_Dan · 11-26-2007, 01:57 PM

I'm getting back into martial arts after a shoulder injury and arthroscopic surgery, and I've hit a road block. There are two bjj gyms in the Raleigh area, one is a Crossfit, the other is a kickboxing / bjj school that has no weight room.

I remember hearing about GSP and how he went to different gyms for boxing and grappling until a year or two ago. Anyone here use multiple gyms or have any advice to give me?

spirez · 11-26-2007, 02:24 PM

What sort of advice do you need? I go to one place for BJJ and another for boxing and muay thai. i'm doing this at the moment as there isn't really a gym around that does everything really well, so i'm finding the best of each in the local area.

What are your goals? Do you want to compete?

Are you saying the crossfit gym also does BJJ?

immovablestone · 11-26-2007, 02:28 PM

Get what you need from wherever you can, I use a golds gym, a rock wall gym, and garage full of evil shit, to train...

Skillful_Dan · 11-26-2007, 02:36 PM

Correct, the crossfit in my area has a brown belt teaching bjj. Everyone on this forum though makes it sound like crossfit is a cult.

For goals, I would be happy to compete in bjj, but I have no intention of competing in MMA. I like my face the way it is and I dont need it rearranged. I also want to get back lifting and into shape ( I lost like 15-20 pounds recovering from the injury and surgery). So if i go with the dedicated jiu jitsu school, I'll also need to join a golds gym or something.

Skillful_Dan · 11-26-2007, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by immovablestone

Get what you need from wherever you can, I use a golds gym, a rock wall gym, and garage full of evil shit, to train...

maaaan, the closest thing my garage has to evil shit is a Ford.

immovablestone · 11-26-2007, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Skillful_Dan

Correct, the crossfit in my area has a brown belt teaching bjj. Everyone on this forum though makes it sound like crossfit is a cult.

For goals, I would be happy to compete in bjj, but I have no intention of competing in MMA. I like my face the way it is and I dont need it rearranged. I also want to get back lifting and into shape ( I lost like 15-20 pounds recovering from the injury and surgery). So if i go with the dedicated jiu jitsu school, I'll also need to join a golds gym or something.

This is the conditioning forum, Crossfit is ok here, 'ware mentioning it over in the S&P forum though... I'd say go there and learn from the BJJ guy if it's a combined program, it should be pretty physically demanding.

**Standard** · 11-26-2007, 03:09 PM

Try out both classes, see which one has a better BJJ program if thats your goal you should base what school you are going to on that. You are always going to want to train at the best gym you can if you want to compete even at a non pro level.

If need be get a gym membership too, half the guys that train at the club i go to have a gym membership aswell. You can always buy weights if you have the room, for a couple hundred bucks you can get most everthing you need for basic strength training, for the cost of a couple years gym fees you can completely outfit a gym for all your needs.

spirez · 11-26-2007, 03:29 PM

Do you have the name of the brown belt at the crossfit place?

Personally i think crossfit would be excellent for BJJ strength and conditioning and i'm sure you could use the facilities for regular lifts when crossfit classes aren't on.

JRT6 · 11-26-2007, 11:09 PM

Crossfit is a great GPP workout in general and a brown belt in BBJ is to be respected so if you like the instuctor you are probably in a better set up than you think

**MikeMartial** · 11-27-2007, 01:18 AM

I train ITK at a traditional dojo, I train at a Crossfit, and I drop is sporadically at a BJJ place, and another place for MT.

There's nothing wrong with going to multiple gyms other than the cost. If I were in your shoes, I'd head to the Crossfit/BJJ place. Now THAT would be convenience!