Awesome numbers Dave, especially for a practicioner of advanced age, with a full-time job, a family, and the back issues. I hope I can be looking at even somewhat similar training regimen a decade on from now. Inspiring!

I strive towards what Dave does. But currently I'm on the mats for 4 hours / week for the past half year or so. One of which is playing with kids and the rest 3 most is teaching. Might get 1 hour of rolling in :/ Used to train like an athlete though from around age 23-30. But that was MMA. I was a Jiu jitsu head though, always made time for gi as well.

I am a hobbyist, married with 2 small children and a full time job. Some years I have trained several times a week amounting to 6-10 hours a week, but lately I have only managed once a week. I'll teach a kids class for an hour, maybe rolling with some of the older ones, and then do an adults class afterwards. Sometimes I teach the adults and othertimes I am a student. I always roll for about 30min in the adults class though. It totals about 3 hours a week.

I am 49 and train/teach 6-7 days a week. I am married with one son. My family trains almost as much as I do., which makes it easier as we are together quite a bit. Wife is a Purple Belt and our son is a Yellow/Black. I teach/train as follows: Monday-Thursday 1-1/2hr each session (1hr instruction/drilling,1/2 hr rolling) 2-Gi and 2-No Gi classes My wife and I also asst/instruct in the Kids Advanced Class on Tues/Thur for 1hr Friday Comabtives 30minutes instruction/drilling 45m-1hr Rolling with strikes or hidden weapons Saturday Schedule Women’s only class-1 hr Positional sparring MMA Training/Sparring -1hr Gi Jiujitsu 1-1/2-2 hrs (1hr instruction/drilling,1/2 -1hr rolling) Sunday is for privates which I do at least one every Sunday. 1-hr (45m instruction/drilling 15m rolling) Total Active mat time: Instruction appx 7 hrs per week Rolling appx 5 hrs per week Private lessons increase the above numbers.

I'll be 37 next month and started jiu-jitsu at 30. Full-time work (40-60 hours a week) and train around 20 hours a week (which includes drilling) + 3 hours of strength and conditioning. No husband, no kids--just work and jiu-jitsu. My recovery period is usually 2 days before competition.

Im 48 years old and have solid sport background. My normal week starts with day off at Mondays. Tuesday I do weight training in a morning and at evening 1 hour drilling session or regular training including 4-5 rounds sparring. (It varies, based on feeling). Wednesday night normal class with 4-5 rounds sparring. Same thing at Thursday and Friday. At satuday Weight training or what ever kind of jiu jitsu (this varies depending how my body feels). At Sunday two hours open mat. So totally 5-6 jiu jitsu training sessions + 2 weight training sessions. After every 3 weeks I skip 1-3 three sparring sessions and replace them with drilling or swimming. This makes sure I still recover.

... I'm 67 years old.

... Might even learn something by then. :D

I'll be 37 next month and started jiu-jitsu at 30. Full-time work (40-60 hours a week) and train around 20 hours a week (which includes drilling) + 3 hours of strength and conditioning. No husband, no kids--just work and jiu-jitsu. My recovery period is usually 2 days before competition.

Mondays - 1.5 hours BJJ, 1.5 hours judo Tuesdays - 3 hours teaching kids classes, 1.5 hours BJJ Wednesdays - 1.5 hours judo Thursdays - 3 hours teaching kids classes, 1.5 hours BJJ Saturdays - 1.5 hours judo (if the body is still feeling ok, so not necessarily every week) I generally don't go too hard these days (except for judo where there's only ever one speed ... flat out!) I recently cut back my Wednesday schedule, which had included coaching a kids comp class and teaching a BJJ adults fundamentals class. So I've slacked off somewhat. Oh, and since most folk are stating their age ... I'm 67 years old.

Thats amazing! I hope I can do that at 67!

Also an opportunity to post this perfect meme :D

I don't consider myself a 'hobbyist'; I find that term to be a bit strange, as professional BJJ players for the most part don't make a dime doing what we do either. I make part of my living with jiujitsu, train basically every day, and dedicate myself to deeper understanding. I think we should throw that term away, as it implies a lack of seriousness.