I’m always looking to expand my knowledge of fitness.
One question I have is, when you say that you look for performance before look(very reasonable). You mean performance in fights ? Or what kind of performance ? I do High-Intensity training, which I’m sure you know is high weight, low reps, going to failure. My muscles improve performance, and strength with every workout because I consistantly progress the intensity of my workouts by adding weight or reps each time. What performance does this strategy lack ?
I can only think of 1 area that I’m not sure if it helps or not, and that would be endurance, I cannot be sure of this because besides my High-Intensity training, I train hard in class, and hold my stances as long and low as possible, which I also do at random times between classes.
Once again, I’m just trying to learn, I don’t mean to be saying that my road is superior, and you should all quit yoursand join me . I think that makes sence.
your right. it lacks in both muscular endurance and cardio. Performance to what end will always be a contentious issue on these boards and some will provide arguments for both sides. Fight performance is greatly skill but generally the other areas you should consider are actual strength, cardio endurance, muscluar endurance and speed.
has anyone seen that dimmak discussion?? no relevance, just lost the thread
Originally posted by KaiKhoon One question I have is, when you say that you look for performance before look …
It’s an excuse for my fat gut :D. Seriously, I’m twice as old as you. At your age you can probably follow a more intense program than me. Doing the program I do I experience almost no muscle soreness or fatigue (from weights anyway). That means I can ride my bike in to uni each day less than an hour after finishing my workout. It also means I can train MA with no pain. It also means I can do HIIT training twice a week effectively. Plus whatever else I want to do. In other words, I get strength without the usual DOMS side effects of my old traditional weights program. Maybe at your age you don’t get sore muscles. When I started MA I was still doing my old workout. On legs day I could hardly stand in class later that night. The next couple of days I’d struggle on my bike and for any other workout I wanted to do. Now I can lift heavier than ever before. There are disadvantages, but they are minor compared to the advantages. E.g. you brought up endurance - my weights don’t help at all with that. I do HIIT for that and MA helps too.
Anyway, at your age it’s probably not the best program for you. Just saying that there are different methods that are also effective. Maybe when you’re old and sore like me you’ll need to follow an “easier” program like PTP.
Iron has a fairly well weighted regime but freely admits his cardio aint so flashy.
To relate them like that is misleading.
On the loads and age thing though,
1stly, I do agree that yrs of conditioning will give you a certain level of available strengths but as we get older alot of people seem to drop off their load because " the body doesn’t perform as well". Of course certain things happen to us as we age, but here in china it’s not at all uncommon to see quite older 60 + men AND women, particularly in the farmer class, doing extremely hard physical labour and looking as toned as you well worked 25 yr olds. Maybe this deserves a thread of its’ own, but do you think it’s more psychological and changing priorities??
Bicep curls are good preventative medicine against bicep tears during deadlifting, from what I hear. I’ve heard you should do them for 3 months out of the year as a powerlifter.
I really lack in cardio, besides the first 15 minutes of each class I get no running in. I had to quit skateboarding because it’s taken its toll on my right knee, and that is effecting my kung fu. I quit soccer do to the lack of community interest and the leagues of higher age group are all down hill. Now that I hear boxing simulation is a good way to get cardio endurance, I might start doing that.
Muscular endurance I get mostly grow doing my stances as hard as possible, and a do bar hang when I can.
I’m starting a new program once school starts again, and I have access to their gym. I will combine more cardio and endurance into it, because I have learned that my program isn’t the best for MA when it’s all by itself, and Toby’s right because I am looking to be able to spar better with this training.
Originally posted by fa_jing Bicep curls are good preventative medicine against bicep tears during deadlifting, from what I hear. I’ve heard you should do them for 3 months out of the year as a powerlifter.
What do you know about deadlifting? :mad:
I actually had a sentence about isolation exercises to address deficiencies but I deleted it for some reason.
. I think that makes sence.
program like PTP.