# Kung Fu Training and Health **URL:** https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/c/wai-jia-the-kung-fu-forum/kung-fu-training-and-health/14.md [Latest](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Kung Fu Training and Health category](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/about-the-kung-fu-training-and-health-category/17)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/about-the-kung-fu-training-and-health-category/17 "2025-10-04T00:53:01Z")
Information exchange on the art and science of Kung Fu training, including fitness, performance, and injury rehab and prevention. --- ## [Iron Body/Palm training](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/iron-body-palm-training/15251)
**Author:** [@Viper555](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Viper555)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/iron-body-palm-training/15251 "2026-10-02T07:16:35Z")
Could some of you guys tell me how you do iron body and iron palm training.I’ve read about it and it seems like it would be really cool to be able to do the stuff they do.Thanks for any help on this. --- ## [Lululemon](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/lululemon/60841)
**Author:** [@GeneChing](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GeneChing)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/lululemon/60841 "2026-07-03T01:06:54Z")
Everything You Wear Is Athleisure Yoga pants, tennis shoes, and the 100-year history of how sports changed the way Americans dress OCT 28, 2018 Derek Thompson Staff writer at The Atlantic SHUTTERSTOCK / KATIE MA… --- ## [The Enhanced Games](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/the-enhanced-games/63178)
**Author:** [@GeneChing](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GeneChing)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/the-enhanced-games/63178 "2026-05-27T03:06:54Z")
The Enhanced Games were such a flop its parent stock immediately tanked Christian D’Andrea For The Win May 26, 2026, 10:55 a.m. ET The Enhanced Games failed to live up to their own hype. Heck, they failed to live u… --- ## [Water](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/water/6156)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/water/6156 "2026-05-12T02:08:37Z")
??? Anyone help ??? K. --- ## [Pull ups](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/pull-ups/19806)
**Author:** [@madlock](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/madlock)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/pull-ups/19806 "2026-05-10T05:32:29Z")
Hello everyone. My case is pretty simple: I can’t do a single proper pull up or a chin up. What kind of excercises do you folks think would be most efficient for strengthening the muscles used in pull ups? Would at-home… --- ## [Athleisure](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/athleisure/59146)
**Author:** [@GeneChing](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GeneChing)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/athleisure/59146 "2026-02-18T15:41:06Z")
Ty Haney Is the Queen of Athleisure Nora Caplan-Bricker Jun 5, 2018 The 29-year-old CEO of Outdoor Voices is taking on Nike, one color block at a time Uh-oh. \*\*\*\*, says Tyler Haney, the 29-year-old CEO of apparel… --- ## [Concussion](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/concussion/15582)
**Author:** [@fa\_jing](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/fa_jing)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/concussion/15582 "2025-11-07T02:22:26Z")
How do you fighters reconcile the reality of concussions with the goal of longevity? --- ## [Vegetarian](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/vegetarian/18422)
**Author:** [@BatesMotel](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/BatesMotel)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/vegetarian/18422 "2025-11-03T08:44:21Z")
How many of you are vegetarian’s? And if you are, did you switch your diet to that because of martial arts? Kathy --- ## [Pushups](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/pushups/58282)
**Author:** [@Cataphract](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Cataphract)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/pushups/58282 "2025-01-14T05:57:48Z")
What kind of and how many pushups do you recommend? I know trainers who let you do 100 (fast and minimal), others think 10 clean reps are enough. The APFT perfect score is 77. So I guess that should be a good target. I… --- ## [iron balls](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/iron-balls/6015)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/iron-balls/6015 "2024-11-11T02:16:53Z")
can you use those iron balls(im not sure thats what their called) you spin in your hand instead of dit do jow for irom hand training??? thanx, Creeper --- ## [Training with a Staff..](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/training-with-a-staff/34117)
**Author:** [@bean](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/bean)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/training-with-a-staff/34117 "2024-11-07T20:24:28Z")
Hello, does anyone know a good basic form/s for training with a staff?(and where i can view them) Have been told it improves (or can help to) improve fluidity/precision of other non specific movements, and i’m keen to g… --- ## [Bodybuilding makes you slow and...](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/bodybuilding-makes-you-slow-and/52810)
**Author:** [@sanjuro\_ronin](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/sanjuro_ronin)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/bodybuilding-makes-you-slow-and/52810 "2024-11-06T00:31:27Z")
Remember that silliness that some still believe that BB makes you slow and stiff? Well… Here is former pro BB Flex Wheeler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL2TnTVKDu8&feature=fvsr Kevin Levrone sprinting http://www.… --- ## [Anyone train in NE PA?](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/anyone-train-in-ne-pa/61025)
**Author:** [@BeaterWhacker](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/BeaterWhacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/anyone-train-in-ne-pa/61025 "2024-11-05T02:37:32Z")
I am looking for like-minded and aspiring martial artists in the Poconos area of Northeast Pennsylvania in order to meet up and train together. Ultimately I am looking to start a group to promote kung fu and martial arts… --- ## [Traditional training equipment](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/traditional-training-equipment/55219)
**Author:** [@Raipizo](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Raipizo)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/traditional-training-equipment/55219 "2024-11-05T02:07:43Z")
Anyone out there know of any ye olde kung fu training equipment. Okinawan karate has it’s own things so I’m sure kung fu has some apparatuses also right? I tried looking on the Internet with little luck. Just looking to … --- ## [Crocodile Crawl](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/crocodile-crawl/60591)
**Author:** [@GeneChing](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GeneChing)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/crocodile-crawl/60591 "2024-08-31T17:53:04Z")
//youtu.be/FtZBcOrRHPQ --- ## [Planking](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/planking/59174)
**Author:** [@GeneChing](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GeneChing)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/planking/59174 "2024-05-07T05:55:45Z")
How is it that we don’t have a thread on planking here? Well, we do now. Plank away. A fitness instructor from Aurora has set 2 world records for planking George Hood in the plank position at the Indian Boundary … --- ## [Master Yang Jwing-Ming Seminar in Indianapolis](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/master-yang-jwing-ming-seminar-in-indianapolis/60839)
**Author:** [@jwwmantis](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/jwwmantis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/master-yang-jwing-ming-seminar-in-indianapolis/60839 "2024-01-14T01:04:00Z")
Greetings. I am pleased to announce that Master Yang Jwing-Ming will be teaching a seminar April 20-21, 2024, in the Indianapolis, IN area. Topics include chin na, four seasons qigong, and taiji fighting applications/con… --- ## [Knockout Workouts](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/knockout-workouts/60831)
**Author:** [@GeneChing](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GeneChing)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/knockout-workouts/60831 "2024-01-03T22:58:05Z")
I love the term ‘Knockout workouts’ so I’m launching this new thread in hopes that this trend is real. I also love the term ‘knuckle therapy’. FITNESSBOXING Feel Like You Need to Hit Something? You’re in Luck: Knocko… --- ## [Shoes?](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shoes/10376)
**Author:** [@Mannek](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Mannek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shoes/10376 "2023-12-21T00:48:13Z")
Hey all, I have a question for you about shoes! I am checking out that banner link as Im searching for a pair of shoes for whatever Kung Fu school I finally decide to join. I wanted to ask if anyone’s had an experienc… --- ## [ADD and natural ritalin alternatives????](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/add-and-natural-ritalin-alternatives/5966)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/add-and-natural-ritalin-alternatives/5966 "2023-10-27T08:16:48Z")
some people are diagnosed with attention defecit disorder…and are prescribed a methamphetamine, ritalin many times in error. are there any herbal alternatives that people can use to try to achieve the same effect as rit… --- ## [Shorinji Kempo Contact Gear...](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shorinji-kempo-contact-gear/60787)
**Author:** [@mickey](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/mickey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shorinji-kempo-contact-gear/60787 "2023-10-17T01:51:29Z")
Greetings, This looks like really good stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elo8AMSTQ\_Y mickey --- ## [Smoking](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/smoking/44)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/smoking/44 "2022-12-11T23:28:55Z")
Anybody smoke? Anybody smoked, given up, then noticed a huge leap in their training? C’mon, I need inspiration. --- ## [Kicking speed and power - excercises](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/kicking-speed-and-power-excercises/60573)
**Author:** [@fiodor](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/fiodor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/kicking-speed-and-power-excercises/60573 "2022-11-23T00:52:27Z")
Hi What excercises can you recommend to improve the kicking speed and power? Thank you in advance! --- ## [Smoking](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/smoking/21029)
**Author:** [@Diamond\_Dragon](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Diamond_Dragon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/smoking/21029 "2022-11-16T03:49:23Z")
In order to continue my training I must quit smoking because I know it’s bad for the health. Does anyone have some advice on this or experienced themselves? My goal is just quit at once and not in small steps. --- ## [Marketing Nutritonal products with Multi level programs](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/marketing-nutritonal-products-with-multi-level-programs/12810)
**Author:** [@Royal\_Dragon](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Royal_Dragon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/marketing-nutritonal-products-with-multi-level-programs/12810 "2022-11-16T02:17:57Z")
Anyone ever do this? Sucsessfully? I am asking because one of my girl friends classmates are trying to get us to sell USANA products in a multi level marketing system. I once tried doing that with Herbalife, and eventu… --- ## [Fitness Models](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/fitness-models/59618)
**Author:** [@GeneChing](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GeneChing)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/fitness-models/59618 "2022-09-18T20:11:30Z")
Why don’t we have a thread here dedicated to fitness models? WHY? Let’s start with this. :rolleyes: FITNESS + WELL-BEING Published 2 days ago Fitness models compete in ‘booty slapping’ contest at Russian bodybuildin… --- ## [Li Ning opens in America](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/li-ning-opens-in-america/47115)
**Author:** [@GeneChing](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GeneChing)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/li-ning-opens-in-america/47115 "2022-05-16T15:34:52Z")
Anyone who has been to China knows Li Ning. Li Ning is the adidas/Nike of PRC. I’m surprised to hear they are opening in Portland since that’s deep in Nike turf. December 9, 2009, 8:43am Li Ning to open Portland sto… --- ## [Yuan Herong, Bodybuilder, TCM medic & Kung Fu fan](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/yuan-herong-bodybuilder-tcm-medic-kung-fu-fan/59853)
**Author:** [@GeneChing](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GeneChing)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/yuan-herong-bodybuilder-tcm-medic-kung-fu-fan/59853 "2022-05-03T15:36:07Z")
I don’t care what any of you say. Yuan Herong could crush us all between those thighs. :eek: Totally ripped female Chinese bodybuilder is the real-life Chun Li and a doctor She’s posted photos in her wedding dress a… --- ## [Crossfit](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/crossfit/50699)
**Author:** [@Neo](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Neo)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/crossfit/50699 "2022-01-09T17:15:13Z")
Been doing crossfit workouts as part of my workouts and find that yeah, I’ve lost weight that people have actually noticed, although not sure if that’s more due to the increased volume recently and the pushing of myself … [Next page](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/c/wai-jia-the-kung-fu-forum/kung-fu-training-and-health/14.md?page=1)