To be a well rounded martial artist you’d need to develop a balance of:
Stability
Mobility
Flexibility
Strength-abilty
Technique-abilty
Experience in Fighting-abilty.
Lifting weight is good but without flexibility you’re just big and stiff.
You may recall me detailing these out for you once but I was summarily accused of “copying and pasting my school manual” LMAO
I agree you have to develop all those. You cannot just focus on one thing. You know I have nothing against TCMA I started in it and still maintain in it. “Its a great starter kit”
anyways i totally agree with just lifting and not maintaining flexibility. I’ve met plenty of power lifters that can lift a car but if they probably sparred more than 1 min. they would keal over for lack of oxygen. Takes a lot of gas to keep that engine going in a big body like that. I’ve sparred guys that are 300 or more lbs. and one thing about them is for the first min. if they get a hold of you then your in a heck of a perdicament. Gotta wearem down. It usually doesn’t take long.
And you have a good memory. yes i did say that to you. and if you did copy and paste then if that was the curriculum then its a good one in my book.
I have pretty much always weighed in around 200 and am not but 5’4" tall. Not much fat, but pretty thick muscle mass. I did not build it with heavy weight either, but with very light weight. Lots of reps and slow in doing it. I also did a lot of physical cardio work as a younger man. Don’t much feel the need these days though. I do work out regularly, but lightly, just to keep the muscles from sagging. I have always been exceedingly strong. Stout as some call it. And I have my own tatoos. They are mostly hidden, and I have none on the face. I am an ugly man, and a tatoo on the face would make it even worse.
Tatoos should be placed stratigically, and not haphazardly. This tends to make you look awkward. Well placed tats make you look well balanced. Foon sui.
BMI is completely useless if you are even remotely athletic. It was a tool designed for sedentary people, and nothing more. However, people are running with it because it’s easy, and they don’t care about accuracy. They just want their empirical figure to justify whatever.
BMI has to be one of the most misused tools in medical history.
BMI is completely useless if you are even remotely athletic. It was a tool designed for sedentary people, and nothing more. However, people are running with it because it’s easy, and they don’t care about accuracy. They just want their empirical figure to justify whatever.
BMI has to be one of the most misused tools in medical history.
dam that is so true. BMI is the lazy man’s way of say hey i’m not fat. I weight 230 and most of it’s muscle. according to BMI i’m obese wtf. I work cardio like it’s not going to be around tomorrow. It’s just a general index IMO. if your athletic your weight to mass ratio shouldn’t matter if you keep in shape with some cardio and training.
basically from what i can see its not workout or diet based just supplement based.. I call bullsh*t, whilst i am in no doubt that hollywood stars have access to supplements and PEDS that we can only dream about and never afford, most of their results come from not working out or supplements but from having the best chefs and nutritionists money can buy
and if the claims were true, where would he make the best money, selling to us over the web or going to hollywood or pro body builders/models (who live by their looks and for the most part would pay anything if the claims were true)
on a side note most supplements are cr^p, only sa handfull have been documented to work in any way shape or form
I just heard about this AWESOME new diet. Guaranteed to work. Has something to do with portion control, moderation, exercise, and eating natural foods. I hear it works wonders.
[QUOTE=Drake;979231]I just heard about this AWESOME new diet. Guaranteed to work. Has something to do with portion control, moderation, exercise, and eating natural foods. I hear it works wonders.[/QUOTE]
Sounds like a fad. Anyway, this is a kung fu forum, everyone here is savvy to the fact that there can be no balance without tiger pen1s.
Ok so I went to my first SPM class and it went pretty well. I thought I would have more problems with the stance than I did. Of course I haven’t stayed in it for longer than a few minutes yet though either. I have something to practice now anyway. I have decided to commit myself to this style though. It is different from the way I would normally fight so it presents a challenge but what I have learned so far makes sense to me. Well some of it is different but some of it actually fits right in with my personal style of boxing. One of the harder things for me will be not blocking.
