Best BJJ strength and conditioning apps (2026)

MatStrong makes one of the apps on this list. Everything we say about the others comes from their own websites, help pages and store listings, checked on October 27, 2026.

There are more strength and conditioning apps for jiu-jitsu than ever, and they're very different products under similar names. Some are a library of set programs. Some are video courses. A few adjust the plan as you train.

We compared eight of them on the things that decide whether a program survives a real week of jiu-jitsu.

How we compared them

We looked at seven questions:

1. Is the plan built for you, or picked from a set of programs?
2. Does it plan around your BJJ days, or just ask how often you train?
3. Does today's session change when you're tired, sore or short on time?
4. Do injuries change the plan?
5. Does it know your equipment, including more than one gym?
6. Can you choose how long sessions are?
7. Does it log your jiu-jitsu, so the mats count as training load?

Every app also has exercise videos and some kind of progress tracking, so the side-by-side table at the end leaves those out.

The apps

MatStrong

Best for: grapplers whose week rarely looks the same twice.

This is our app, so read this section with that in mind. MatStrong builds your strength and conditioning cycle from a 5-minute assessment: your belt, which days you're on the mat, your strength numbers, the equipment you have, what hurts and what you want to improve. Cycles run 4, 8 or 12 weeks, in phases with deload weeks.

When the week changes, the plan changes with it:

• Feels off: tell it what's bothering you, from neck to ankles, and today's session is rewritten around it.
• Short on time: pick a duration from 15 to 90 minutes and the session is rebuilt to fit.
• Different gym: save each place you train with its own equipment, and sessions are built from what's there.
• Swap an exercise if you don't have the kit, it's too hard or it hurts.

You can log your BJJ sessions with their intensity, and the next cycle is built from what you did in the last one. MatStrong is a web app you add to your home screen on iPhone or Android.

JuggernautBJJ

Best for: lifters who want a set barbell program from a well-known strength coach.

JuggernautBJJ comes from Chad Wesley Smith's Juggernaut Training Systems. You choose one of five programs: Strength, Speed and Power, Endurance, Tournament Prep or Lifestyle. The app sets your sets and weights from your maxes. Setup asks how many BJJ sessions you do a week and how long your matches are, but not which days you roll, your equipment or your injuries.

Its standout feature is a daily readiness check that adjusts the day's loads, and a BJJ check-in that logs your mat sessions. Programs assume a gym with a barbell and rack. The App Store lists its last update as January 2025. For the full comparison, see MatStrong vs JuggernautBJJ.

BulletProof for BJJ

Best for: people who want coach-written programs and a members' group run by two black belts.

BulletProof is a library of set programs, mostly two strength sessions a week of about 40 to 55 minutes, in 6-week cycles. A short quiz about your goals and equipment recommends one. Programs are grouped by equipment, from none to a full gym, and there are separate rehab programs.

You can make an exercise easier or harder, and log your jiu-jitsu in a training journal. Fitting the sessions around your mat days is up to you.

Peak Strength

Best for: athletes who want a polished, established multi-sport app.

Peak Strength comes from Garage Strength and covers many sports, with BJJ under combat sports. Plans are written by coaches and adjusted by rules for your equipment, experience and age, and timed to your season or a peak date. Rating each set changes the next weight, and there are injury-recovery plans.

Sessions usually run 60 to 90 minutes, with shorter 30-minute workouts for busy days. It doesn't log your jiu-jitsu.

Grapplers Advantage

Best for: competitors who want phase-based programs with a daily readiness score.

A newer app, released in April 2026. You train through set phases (general preparation, foundation, reactive power and peak), with loads based on your maxes. A daily readiness check adjusts the day's sets and weights, you can log your mat sessions, and exercises that hurt get flagged. Lifting days are fixed weekdays.

Electrum Performance

Best for: people who want a program from a well-known grappling strength coach, with 1:1 coaching available separately.

Electrum comes from Alex Sterner, former strength coach of the Atos jiu-jitsu team. Team EP is a library of plans for two, three or four sessions a week, with add-on programs for specific body areas and separate home and bodyweight plans. Electrum says plans adjust to how you're doing day to day, but doesn't explain how.

BJJ Strong

Best for: people who'd rather buy one program outright than subscribe.

BJJ Strong, from coach Kieren Lefevre, sells seven set programs that run in the TrainHeroic app, at two, three or four days a week for about 12 weeks. A short quiz recommends one. You choose your weights by effort, and there's a demo video for every exercise.

The Strength Matrix

Best for: people who like video courses and a coach community.

The Strength Matrix, from Joshua Settlage, offers set 12-week courses at three sessions a week, plus a mobility course, in a video and community app. Progress is tracked on a printable PDF rather than in the app.

Also worth knowing

• Budo Strength BJJ Fit Program: a free app with a set program, three days a week.
• Fitbod: a popular general lifting app that adapts to your equipment and recovery. It isn't built around a sport's schedule.
• Yoga for BJJ: mobility programs for grapplers. It doesn't replace strength training, but it pairs well with it.

All eight side by side

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BJJ strength and conditioning apps compared, feature by feature

	MatStrong	Juggernaut BJJ	BulletProof	Peak Strength	Grapplers Advantage	Electrum	BJJ Strong	Strength Matrix
Plan built for you	Yes: Built from 30+ answers about you	Partly: Set programs, loads set for you	No: Pick from a program library	Partly: Coach plans, adjusted by rules	Partly: Set phases, loads from your maxes	Not stated: Plan library; tailoring not explained	No: Fixed programs	No: Fixed 12-week courses
Planned around your BJJ days	Yes: Your mat days are in the plan	Partly: Asks sessions per week	No: You schedule it yourself	No: You pick lifting days	No: Fixed lifting weekdays	Not stated: Not stated	No: Choose 2, 3 or 4 days	No: Fixed 3 days a week
Changes today's session when you're tired, sore or short on time	Yes: Rewrites the session	Partly: Readiness check adjusts loads	No: Easier or harder versions	Partly: Set ratings change the next weight	Partly: Readiness check adjusts loads	Not stated: Claimed, not explained	No: You pick loads by effort	No: Not in the app
Injuries shape the plan	Yes: Body area and severity	No: No injury input	Partly: Separate rehab programs	Yes: Injury-recovery plans	Partly: Flags exercises that hurt	Partly: Add-on programs	No: No injury input	No: No injury input
Your equipment, in more than one gym	Yes: Saved gyms, each with its own kit	No: Assumes a full gym	Partly: Programs grouped by equipment	Partly: One equipment profile	Partly: One equipment list	Partly: Separate home plans	No: Assumes a gym	No: Set by course phase
You choose how long sessions are	Yes: 15 to 90 minutes	No: Not in the setup	No: Set, about 40–55 min	Partly: Usually 60–90 min; 30-min extras	No: No time setting	Not stated: Not stated	No: Set, about 45–70 min	Not stated: Not stated
Logs your BJJ sessions	Yes: Intensity and duration	Yes: BJJ check-in	Yes: Training journal	No: Not offered	Yes: Mat sessions	Not stated: Not stated	No: Not offered	No: No workout logging

Which one should you pick?

Start with your week. If it's predictable and you have a full gym, a set program from JuggernautBJJ, BulletProof or BJJ Strong will get you stronger, as long as you fit the sessions around your rolling yourself (here's how).

If your week changes, because of extra open mats, travel, a tweaked shoulder or a 30-minute lunch break, a set program is hard to keep on track. That's the problem MatStrong was built for: the plan starts from your mat days and changes when they do.

Want to try a program before you choose an app? Start with our free 2-day and 3-day BJJ strength program.