Sam McNally on Preparing for ADCC 2022 (#34)

Join us for this intriguing conversation surrounding Sam's ADCC 2022 training camp, from everything to do with learning rulesets to improve competition outcomes, wrestling shark tanks, learning positional nuances before submission savagery, and rehabbing major injuries.

Sam McNally is a BJJ black belt under Darragh O Conaill, is the owner and head coach at Exec BJJ Studio, Dublin, and heading to the -66kg division at this year's ADCC in Las Vegas, USA.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 0:28 ADCC trials experience
• 2:26 Weight cutting for ADCC
• 3:55 Sam’s strategic approach for winning competitions
• 6:56 The length of time it takes to understand how to win from every position
• 8:46 How Sam went about drilling his wrestling techniques in preparation for the trials and ADCC @jmarsh_bjj_wrestling
• 13:13 Is wrestling about being strong, or about being fluid?
• 16:02 How Sam gets his conditioning in for wrestling
• 18:13 Where positional work fits in to wrestling training
• 20:00 How Sam approaches building new weapons into his game
• 26:26 How Sam sets his training goals
• 28:20 How Sam came up with his periodised approach to training
• 33:16 Hard training - how useful is it?
• 38:30 Injuries and rehab protocols
• 44:22 Was Sam ever formally taught to brace?
• 46:25 Sam’s approach to S&C now
• 48:40 How Sam ensures his students can recall what he teaches them
• 54:37 How Sam goes about teaching his curriculum
• 58:34 Sam’s competitive career goals