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lets say i am working my arms.. i do my arm exersises then go about 300 pushups, is that a good idea of should i do them a different time/day?

if after 4 months you automatically go up in rank, you need to find yourself a new place to train.

your right should be equal to your left [easier said then done i know] ... obiously there will be a dominant side, but both should be pretty close to eachother. if you can deliver a powerful punch with your left hand but only a weak one with your right then there is a problem... what if your left arm gets broken in a fight? are you just going to give up?

you can practice like sh*t for 5 hours a day for 10 years and be awful. you can practice will full concentration for 2 hours a day for 3 years and be amazing. do not think quantity means quality.

thats too bad i won't be attending there or i might of run into you... i went there for a trial lesson and relised it just wasn't for me.

bboydocument... you need to exersise each muscle group twice a week... arms, abs, legs, shoulders, back, chest.. 2 times a week. once will NOT cut it unless you have a special program set by a professional nutritionist/trainer. because they are gods. you also need to EAT. eat till you can't move.. from the sound of things your metabolism is through the roof.. so you need to eat a complex carbohydrate meal awhile before you exersise to build up your energy supplies. something like whole weat pasta, whole weat bread, even macaroni and cheese will do the trick. next you need to goto the gym or do your resistance trainign routine [pushups, situps, whatever it is you plan on doing]... if you are doing pushups do NOT think you can stop at 100 or 150 and that is enough, unless of course that is all you can do and your muscles are exaused [i do not know what your personal level is].. but after your workout is done and your muscles are pumped full of blood, and i mean RIGHT after [its recommend within 20 minutes] you need to eat. eat what? mainly protein, some potassium, even a little bit of fat won't do you any harm. go get yourself some yogurt, milk, and chicken breasts, and eggs. and just goto town.. eat till you can't move, eat till your stuffed and then pack a little more down. protein is to muscles as hay is to horses. if you do plenty of cardio [martial arts] and you weight lift, then you simply cannot eat too much of it. and yes, your body WILL canabalize on itself [muscles] if you barely eat and do intense physical work. this is what kills anorexics.. then run 30 miles a day but only have a non-fat yogurt and an apple for dinner. their body eats itself until there is nothing left.

mmmmm honeybuns.

the only way to control your adrenaline is from actually having it released... this means threatening situations and fighting. when i first started fighting, i would get bad tunnel vision and feel really heated, i really wouldn't remember much of what i did and wouldn't be able to control myself.. my body would naturally just forget most of the training and take a semi boxing stance and just throw rights and lefts as its natural defense response. after awhile that will fade and your body will just feel strong and alert from the adrenaline but you will be able to maintain your concentration and control yourself.

what i want to know is what have you been doing with yourself lately that has resulted in this degression... you don't just wake up one morning and lose it.

I don't direct this towards anyone imparticular... Scr*w your dan level, your kung fu monthly magazine, your studying in japan and china, your MA exploitation movies, and your "my teacher said" genius. NOTHING you see in any of these movies is fighting. It's choriographed movement. I won't badmouth ANY of the actors and say that they can't fight off the screen because I don't know.

i find milk to be one of the biggest protein rich foods that i consume after i lift and or do resistance training... lately i have been just downing a quart of milk [chocolate one day, fat free the next.. just to keep the fat levels down and switch it up so i don't get sick of one] straight after a nice long work out... this equals exactly 32 grams of protein. naturally i sit down and eat a meal consisting of meat/beans/egg [basically any protein rich foot] after the milk. My question is... will drinking that kind of amount of milk on a regular basis have any negative side effects. I know that kidney stones can be developed from overloading your system with excesive calcium on a regular basis... but is a quart of milk every other day enough to lead to a complication like that?

don't forget that drinks like powerade and gatorade have a wealth of electrolytes in them, which your body burns through like crazy when you work out/do cardio/or any activity that makes you break a good sweat.

i dont' even bother trying to gauge my normal calorie intake per day at all, i find that nearly impossible if you want to have anywhere near a normal life. I go by the very simple idea that you eat foods with carbohydrates in it for energy, then you weight life [not too heavy, not too light] do those muscles till they are solid and feel like they are ready for a rest... then go eat proteins till you can't move... i personally will rip through a quart of fat free milk, half a dozen eggs, and some chicken breasts.. also make sure to hydrate yourself [i drink at least 8 glasses of water a day].. pile some regular based cardio [martial arts duh] on that... and i've got around 165 - 170 lb figure... i am rather lean, and enough muscle so that i dont' look anywhere near scrawny.... however i don't have a visible six pack, my pecks are not solid bricks, and my arms do not look like veins are goona shoot out and strangle you... it seems like you need a degree in body physics and nutrition to get anywhere further then that with weightlifting... lots of people must have these degrees.

hehehehe i got that joke delta.. your a funny man, i like you

ok, finally a topic i can help someone at.. hehe I have spent an unimaginable amount of time visiting dojos [mainly karate and kenpo] over the past year.. and I know a great deal about spotting a sweat factory/mcdojo/bullsh*t. i also used to train in chinese kenpo system just incase anyone is curious. 1. If you already have some martial arts knowledge and/or background then just sit in on a lesson and watch the class and teacher. mainly pay attention to the teacher.. is he barely pulling off those kicks? is his footwork off balance or sloppy? does he look like he is having a tough time performing?.. next watch the higher belt students and see how they move.. are their moves lacking power? do they forget their katas in the middle of performing it? 2. weither or not you have experience.. is someone trying to badger you with handouts and pamplets and videos... usually places that lack in quality will try to make up for it in pretty demos and presentations. 3. ask the teacher and students if they do any sparring? if so what kind? point, free sparring, full contact? any good school will give students the option of sparring with eachother. 4. how much $ does the school want? do they want to charge you $100 a month and $100 a belt advancement? and the next question you have to ask yourself is "do these facilities need this kind of money to stay open?" You might find yourself in a dojo no bigger then your living room, but the instructor wants an amount of money that could fuel a dojo 5 times that size". these places are the money suckers and have around 12 to 14 belt ranks for the sole purpose of getting thousands out of each student. 5. and finally, ask your instructor under whom he trained and a little background on the lineage. is this just some guy who studied for 5 years under some guy who lives in new jersey who went to japan for summer vacation and watched the karatekid series? or did he spend a chunk of time studying under a genius? well i hope those help.. feel free to visit this site as well http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/5699/dojo.htm goodluck.