thats ok to go 70% for practicing apps, but there are times when 100% is neccesary, even if it takes you a week to recover. These are times for learning a technique so it requires minimal muscular strength, breathing and chi…some things can only be learned on the breaking line.
Ultimately, you find a balance, your internal ability goes up and so you recover faster.
I was at a point once where I would hold stances until I had to crawl out of my kwoon and then be back at it the next day without any sourness. Then I would eat a pot of food, sleep, and do chi kung small circle in high school classes the next day.
The next day I was back at full force.
For stance training, train to song’s. Stay for the durration. After Santana’s smooth your fast 5 minutes and then 10 isn’t as hard as climbing to 5. Keep going to symphonies are you kung fu will be ok
Hmf. I don’t know if any of this adds tto anything…
I do a lot of zhan zuang practice. Currently I’m keeping to about 1/2 hour and climbing in stance work, then going on to other stuff.
I don’t really look for muscular failure, per se, but there is a point where thats about to happen, and that is where the real learning begins for me, that turning point. If you don’t burn to almost failure, then no learning takes place. Different styles advocate different things, however.
For the record, I think Becca nailed it, the rest is fluff…
Horse: 30 seconds
Hill Climbing, Lt/Rt: 15 seconds each side
Cross/Twisted, Lt/Rt: 15 each side
Crane: 15 each leg
Cat: 15 each leg
I only require them to be able to add 10 seconds to the horse and 5 seconds to the others every 6 months or so. Naturally new folks aren’t as low as they should be so the goal over the first 6 months is to really get the proper form and depth of stance. Then add time later.
oh, and the time increase goes up as well later on.
still hitting failure, ******! :mad: :mad: :mad:
maybe i need to eat more? more qigong? the only qigong i do daily is a 5 min sitting after working out. i do get plenty of rest.
1:30 in the following stances, r/l gets 1:30 per side…
rhino looks at the moon (r/l)
horse
cat (r/l)
bow and arrow (r/l)
twisting (r/l)
pointing to winner (r/l)
searching for the sea (r/l)
dull sickle reaps the rice (r/l)
angel staring into mirror (r/l)
angel gazes at the moon
At some point, most people plataue in endurence. Looks like you’ve hit it. You do this every day? Try taking two days of less time then try again. I have only had limited results with this, but sometimes doing something helps me keep on track. also, I find it easier to hold stances while doing something like chanting or reciting my style’s code. Most of, though, I give myself time to develope. I try to keep away from setting concrete goals. Instead of saying “I want to be up to 2 minutes befor August” I say " I will develope as far as my body will allow."
yep, this is the stance portion of my daily workout.
letting my body set my goals seems (to me) to run counter to the whole overcoming physical limits thing…
as for listening to music, chanting, etc. during stances, i was taught to keep my mind empty during stances so i do that.
can’t do that either, i’m about 1/4 of the way done with the snake turns over program (again) and trying to pace my stances with the program.
sorry for the short and half assed posts, i’m trying to talk my gf on the phone at the same time.
i want attention wah wah wah.
just kidding.
yep, this is the stance portion of my daily workout.
letting my body set my goals seems (to me) to run counter to the whole overcoming physical limits thing…
as for listening to music, chanting, etc. during stances, i was taught to keep my mind empty during stances so i do that. [/B]
I can see were you are comming from. I tried the meathod I mentioned because of an interesting trend I noticed. Every time I plataued while trying to loose wieght, I would splurge for a couple days then realize what I did and get back on track. I noticed that every time, I would start loosing wieght again. So I tried it with strength training, and had some reasults. Small ones, yes, but enough to keep me from giving up or getting discouraged.
I never listen to music while training, but chanting is a meditation tool, and it helps to keep my mind focused on the five levels of meditation and not my legs burning. When done in the right frame of mind, reciting the code also helps with this. Keeping the mind free of all thought is what we consider the first level. I am currently working on level 2.
The five levels are and their goals are:
Strong Mind = able to clear the mind at will and maintain it indefinantly
Concentration = able to cary out simple tasks without loosing focus
Control = Able to carry out all but the most difficult daily tasks
Discipline = Able to maintain focus while engaging in mental persuits such as reading or holding a conversation.
Self-Disipline = Able to maintain focus in any situation indefinantly
