Oliver Taza | Making weight at ADCC, the importance of rest for professional athletes, upsides of a balanced nutrition plan

Oliver Taza is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu professional athlete. He recently became Pan American Champion, earning his title with four impressive submissions in four matches. He's been a CapoNutrition athlete for about six months. In this episode, Oliver shared his humble beginnings in Jiu-Jitsu and how he found his way to the prestigious Danaher Death Squad in Austin (formerly NYC), where he trains under the legendary John Danaher alongside champions like Gordon Ryan, Nicolas Meregali, and Giancarlo Bodoni. We explored the importance of rest in the life of a professional athlete to prevent injuries and peak performance, and we discussed how a strong structure is conducive to higher overall productivity, starting from cleaning our cooking area every day. Oliver opened up about the challenges he faced in making weight for ADCC and the nuances of different weigh-in formulas, whether in the morning or the night before a competition, speculating on how things will change in the future.