SevenStar

I asked because I was hoping you wouldn't say that, even though I figured you would. If you look at a diagram of the pectoral muscle, the "upper", "lower" and "inner" pec are all within a close proximity - so close that you can't work one without working them all. The pectoral muscle is one muslce, not three, and any of the bench variations will hit all three, so only one variation is necessary. The abs are the same way - the abs are one sheet of muscle - there are no upper and lower abs, technically. The "lower ab burn" that people feel when doing leg raises isn't the lower abs, but actually the hip ab/adductors.

you don't have to master it, but you do want a solid foundation in it. There will be some crossover you'll notice, as in recent years, kyokushin has been influenced by thai boxing.

it could be a training issue - your body just may not be used to it yet. keep training, keep stretching. As far as potassium goes, potassium is key in dissipating lactic acid in the muscles. the less lactic acid buildup, the better off you are, naturally. banannas are a decent source of potassium. much better sources are raisins, mushrooms, spinach, greens (collard, mustard and kale), and cod.

you can figure out which days - you are the best one for that. As for what to work and which lifts to do, we can better determine that after you tell us what your goals are. What do you want to get out of weight training?

2 to 4 hours is WAY too long for a weight training session. split your body into groups, for example, pulling muscles one day and pushing muscles the next.

what is your goal?

I think the issue here is what you define as proper and what type of lifting you are referring to. In regards to mass and endurance training, yes, you need rest. three days a week is still sufficient, however. For strength training, you can get away with lifting daily. You CAN train your body parts once per week, but you won't see the greatest results. your body will begin to "untrain", or atrophy in as little as 96 hours. By lifting once per week, you may be working against yourself, because you are giving yourself TOO MUCH rest. Once again, depends on the goal. If mass is your goal, you are correct. If pure strength is your goal, you are not.

like I said, it will depend on how you train. Look into the power the people program by pavel tsatsouline. he advocates working the same bodypart daily. I do this and have never had a problem. I also bench close to 300. I meant to edit those out like I edited the rest or your post. my bad.

When I trained kali, I was told that they aren't technically the same - it's territorial. stickfighting from the southern phillipines is kali. Northern is arnis. Central is escrima, and tends to have more of a spanish influence.

Why do you do inclines, flyes AND flats?

but you do the following exercises... from a non-bodybuilding perspective, these serve no purpose. you need compound movements, not isolation movements.

yeah you do - but they are exercised only to a minimal degree - unless you use a close grip.

for power training, you want heavy weght, low reps. A weight that you can push no more than 5 times, and do not do any more than 3 sets.

in response to lifting daily, you CAN lift daily with no problems, depending on how you are lifting. you get sore when you do higher set and rep work - like mass or endurance training. Doing that type of training, the body needs rest. When you are lifting maximal weights - very heavy and very low sets - you can lift daily with no problems at all. that said, what is your goal? you are stating that you need to get back in the gym, but what result are you looking for?

gumbi is very correct.

I've been told that in aikido, they do the uber cooperative fall intentionally - if you resist the techniques, you're gonna get something hurt - similar to tapping on an armbar - if you don't tap, you get your arm broken. problem is that in being cooperative, people get too carried away and just throw themselves...

the only kyokushin in town is taught in churches. I work with a guy who teaches at one of them, but I haven't seen him in a while. He drops by the gym from time to time. Is there any reason you're looking for kyokushin in particular? I know of the japanese guy you are referring to, but he doesn't teach kyokushin...

I know what you meant - I think that should be style driven though, not individual driven. muay thai is a perfect example. What is it known for? very rigorous training. IMO, the art as a whole would be better if the art as a whole had some type of standard it adhered to for training and conditioning. most sport styles - bjj, wrestling, boxing, muay thai, etc. have these training methods as an integral part of them. Not all styles have this.

No, we don't... you've been reading too many internet forums. I know far more CMA guys who think that than I do thai guys. Their training methods are very rigorous, which is what makes many great fighters, the style itself is also good, but so are many other styles. style doesn't matter, training methods do. greatest according to whom? If I start listing great thai fighters, you likely wouldn't know them. On the other hand, if you start naming great kyokushin guys, I wouldn't know them. Greats in an MA tend to be only know by exponents of that MA. Ask most non chinese stylists who sun lu tang and wong fei hung were. ask them who chang tung sheng was. They can't tell you. Why? because they aren't into chinese ma, and don't keep up with "greats" in the chinese MA scene. The "greats" that get known are usually known because 1. they train something with HIGH visibility, like boxing, and even then, only the cream of the crop are known by the general masses or 2. they have high visibility due to articles, videos, etc. in addition to being good. These are guys like chai sirusute, paul vunak, mas oyama, etc. if you remember that, you will always be mistaken. the training methods make the fighter. you can take the most talented man in the world - if you don't train him properly, his skills will never transcend mediocre.

yeah, that's true - in boxing and thai boxing, contact with the back of the fist is prohibited - probably because there is less padding on that side... but you can hit with a bare elbow, go figure...

just talked to a WC friend of mine. you do use the shoulder you punch. you use your lats to anchor it down, but you do use it. you don't rotate it out like a boxer does because it will mess up the squareness of the torso, which you are trying to maintain. Anyway, muay thai generally has a higher success rate because of its training methods. it's not inherently a better style - There is no best style - but there are better training methods, in thai boxers follow them. on average, from what I've experienced, WC does not. if you were able to throw one punch that stopped the wrestler from taking you down, I question how "vicious" they are. I help one of our guys get ready for his most recent mma fight and one of the drills we did was that he could only use takedowns and I could only use strikes. It's HARD to prevent the takedown of a guy who really wants to put you on the ground. I was able to stop him on a few occasions, but more often than not, he got me down. I think that is part of the main point in discussions like these. Many people don't realize just how easy it is to get taken down.

not all of them do san shou...

muay thai is very dominant. the main reason is it's training methods. It produces strong, capable fighters very quickly. Is it the best? No. Is it darn good? yes.

I don't disagree with that. That doesn't make him correct however, just means he stumbled on something that worked for him. he curled light dumbbells daily - kept them at his desk... As we all know now, high reps with light weight is ot the way to get strong. The most efficient way to gain strength without mass is very low reps and very low sets with maximal weight. Lee thought that heavy weight led to big muscles. That, as we know, is not necessarily true. Also, Lee thought that being bulky would restrict his ROM (range of motion) As we know today, this is false. muscular guys can be just as flexible as little guys - provided that they stretch, naturally. Many bodybuilders don't put alot of effort into a complete stretching regimen, but several other big athletes do. There are big MA, football players, etc who are extremely flexible, and I've seen bodybuilders who can do the splits. Once again, Lee was wrong. Bruce was a strong believer in "functional muscle" but yet he did curls and pullovers? Isolation movements are not the way to building "functional muscle" good mornings are good exercises but are known for causing back problems... lee injured his back by doing them with heavyweight and no prior warmup. Like I said, I'm not trying to take anything away from him, but alot has changed since his time in the way of exercise science...

he believed in electro stim, for goodness sake...