Youngmantis
I really don’t know why you’re here - you obviously have your mind made up and you’re simply not listening to what people here are saying.
Originally posted by Youngmantis
yes, not tempted but doing tense activities with your muscles will naturally make your muscles tense
Absolutely the complete polar opposite of what is correct. If you tense a muscle you have to then relax it. It’s not “tense” activity that makes a muscle tense - it’s refusal to relax. What the hell are tense activities anyway? Even heavy resistance training should not be “tense”.
may be harder to forget about the muscle and just use the deep muscle the muscle that only is used to execute movement.
What does this mean? When you punch a straight punch you need to be fluid and loose to release power, for example, but you absolutely HAVE to use your triceps to extend your arm. Is the triceps a “deep muscle”? There is no one muscle used to execute a movement. Muscles always work in groups to cause an action. If you are moving, you are using muscles - there is absolutely no avoiding this.
I have learned though that pushups would not help strength in traditional kung fu, although i will still be doing them so my arms don’t get scronny
And this one’s a blinder! Who taught you this? Pushups are one of the best exercises that exist - they work the triceps out extensively, which are muscles essential for punching (see above), they work the chest and shoulders and they use all the core stabilising muscles.
Dude, stop thinking you already know and listen to what’s being said here. And seriously, reconsider the people that are teaching you this stuff.
Oh yeah, also, that last word that you’re looking for is “scrawny”.
