Nadz37

Smoking is not a problem, havent touched nicotene in 2 weeks with no craving. Found the alcohol to be a surprise. Anything but wine? Live with a vegetarian, so the fruits and veggies are no problem either. So the body kinda alarms itself before I will injure it? That's good to know. JC, my general goal is to punch stronger and become stronger in general. I am not unfit, nor am I fit, and I believe that the fitness will pickup along the side of the exercises. But from the looks and sounds of it, I have still have a long way to go ^^ Hope to hear some replies, but thanks Wastelander and JC

New to the forums.... Hope you dont mind a bit, but trying to figure myself out regarding martial arts and thought it'd be best to join an online forum as well. I used to be a green belt in Goju Rye before I moved as a kid, and subsequently quitted. Now I wanna try and get back into the game and work for my black belt. I wasnt sure how to cross and uncross topics and threads regarding subjects....so please check out my topic hear, need some advice http://www.karateforums.com/post463024.html#463024 I hope to get to know some of you, and hopefully pick up some great advice while I try this, pleasure coming aboard ^^

Hi, greenie needing some advice on general training regimes as well as increasing upperbody strenght. I'm gonna babble a bit but hopefully it might be usable information when advising me I apologise for perhaps writing tooooo much, but please bear with me I am 22 year old female who started Goju Rye when I was about 8. I did that for 5 years till we moved. Alongside with karate I also did ballet for 7 years and hiked quite a bit in the mountains up until recently. When I moved I joined a new dojo, Gojukai, but dropped it after a year finding myself losing interest. I started doing hockey before switching in my final year of high school back to karate. I think I did Shotokan or Shoto something? I dropped out again due to exam stress and time shchedules. 5 years later, I've attended a free class this monday with my dojo with whom I started. My senseis still remember me:) I was at a green belt in Goju Rye and can still complete my first 3 katas fluently despite the interuptions. Well, I will need to fix the forms because my katas changed slightly when I 'defected' If I can figure out my transport issue, I am definitely signing back on, but in the meantime I have started training myself as well this week. Problem is, I dont know how fit I am. Someone has suggested the beep test, but I am not familiar with it at, but it sounds like a lot of running and I more or less know my capability in that:P Im referring to the limits of my muscles. I believe myself to be healthy, not nessesarily fit however. I am 1.57 weighing about 63-ish. It varies Food include whatever I find but a balance of the good and bad. Been a social smoker for about 4 years now, but not addicted. I have no clue what my current physical ability is. I know I have a fairly good kick, and the blackbelt I paired with the other day commented on it as well. This is prolly due to ballet, hockey and mountain hiking as a kid. I dont hike that much anymore, but I still walk about an average of 3-4km a day. Welll...got my car just now...not sure how much that will impact me;) I lack severly in upperbody strenght, which also makes sense concidering all the sports I participated in involved my legs. I punch like a girl...and I know I am one, but still its...embarresing So as a sollution; I bought 1kg wrist/ankle bands today. I am not planning on doing exercises involving impacts as I understand according my research to be unhealthy. But I did wear them on my wrists while jumping rope. I also practised my katas, blocks and punches wearing them. My friend who studies physiotheraphy also suggested pushups. I know women cant bulk up due to a lack of testorone but neither do I want broaded shoulders. Well, around here we call it swimmers' shoulders. My questions: How do I determine the limit of my physical capability? When do I know I've reached my limit in a exercise before risking injury? How do I increase my general upperbody, as well as punching strenght? Do I need to follow a specific diet or a change in dietary lifestyle to augment my training? If you had read this far, thank you for your patience XD