Rickson Gracie is said to be the best Brazilian Jiujitsu practitioner of all time. But few people know he’s also a functional strength training pioneer. He used gymnastics, underwater exercise, neck training and simulating the movement patterns of animals to build real world strength and mobility. He was also an early pioneer of training with resistance bands, independently creating his own from the rubber tubing of a speargun. He practiced breath and surfed, hiked or rode his bike daily to buil