Hello all! I hope this is the right forum to ask this kinda stuff. Anyway, 5 years ago, I used to practice karate (Uechi-Ryu style more precisely). I did it for several years but 5 years ago, I had to stop because it became too hard to combine with my new job. But recently, they say wisdom comes with the years, I decided to pick it up again once a week. Not much, but better than nothing right? Anyways, during these years where I didn't practice karate, I did some workouts at home. Mainly body weight compound excercices: pull ups, dips, squats. Just because I wanted to stay fit. And it also made me gain some weight which is good since I was always too skinny anyway. But now, I'd like to continue doing those home workouts once a week and go to the karate training once a week too. Is that a safe thing to do? Will the strength workouts negatively impact my karate skills? I heard that when you get more muscle mass, you become slower. Is that true or should I not worry? I dont want to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his peak days, but I dont want to be too skinny any more neither. I know this might be a dumb question, but I just wanted to be sure. Thanks for any replies!
