bushido_man96

The only reason strength training with weights will thicken the wall of the heart is because it is making it stronger. That would be bad, right?

So, bodyweight exercises, walking and stretching...and what about all this MA training you do? I'm certain it raises your heart rate more than walking does. Like I mentioned earlier, I doubt your cardiologist is educated on strength training, and therefore isn't qualified to comment on it, but does so anyways...because he's a doctor.

It's great that you mention the "staying alive" training program, as there is more and more evidence showing that strength training is very important for "the athlete of aging." It's interesting to me that your cardiologist recommends not to lift anything over your own weight...that means you better not ever gain any weight, or that it's ok only if you gain weight. Either way, I'd first ask what your doctor actually knows about strength training, or if he/she has ever done actual strength training (by which I do not mean "just going to the gym"). A great book, written by Dr. Jonathon Sullivan and Andy Baker, titled The Barbell Prescription is a great resource for the how's, why's, and benefits of strength training for the older population, those in their 40's, 50's, and beyond. It is quite safe and quite beneficial to the older population to strength train. This book fleshes it all out, from how strength training effects the body in more ways than just building muscle, to safe and effective programming training sessions. See the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Barbell-Prescription-Strength-Training-After/dp/0982522770/ref=sr_1_3?crid=RB2GR2WXXOTB&keywords=the+barbell+prescription+strength+training+after+40&qid=1573079253&sprefix=The+Barbell+Pre%2Caps%2C170&sr=8-3 I know you enjoy YouTube, and fortunately, Dr. Sullivan has a channel, too. Give it a look: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwNjgwAS3wBBxcwouQz5J9w

Sounds like things are going great! It's great to hear that your son is that receptive to suggestions; being coachable is a very valuable trait. Good luck in your upcoming testing!

Ok, back in the gym today. With the setback of getting sick, and then kids and wife getting sick, and add to that the complication of switching to night shift/split shifts, I've got to make some adjustments to better allocate my time. So, it's back to linear progression (LP) on the squat for short time, and moving to a 4-day programming. 11/5/2019 Strength Training Deadlifts: 135x5, 205x5, 225x3, 275x5, 295x3. Lat Pull-downs: 140x10, 140x10, 140x10. I've been having issues with deadlifts for some time, and the main issue is when I belt up for the heavy sets. I can set my back and pull without the bar moving around when I don't have the belt on, but when it's time to pull heavy, I've got to belt up. When I do, my setup just goes screwy, causing me to push the bar away from my shins during the setup and messing up the entire pull. So today, talking it out with a friend/student that also trains at the gym, I was able to fix the problem by moving the belt higher up on my stomach. It feels odd, and I feel like Urkle with the belt like that, but when I dropped down in the setup, it made a huge difference. So, issue resolved, I hope.

I agree. I think this just happens as we progress in our MA journey. It sounds like Sambo should maybe become your primary style, if you can swing that.

He did actually study a little bit of Judo; I think he trained some with Gene LeBell, but I might be off on that. Had he been aware of BJJ, he probably would have looked into it, at the very least. Other things to consider is the weight class he would have fought in. I think he usually walked around at about 145 lbs, and with cutting that takes place, who knows how light he would have fought. And he was so frickin' freaky fast, he would have probably been one of the heaviest handed lightweights around. Of course, this is just me spit-balling and speculating.

Iain Abernethy has several books on the subject: https://iainabernethy.co.uk/shop/product-category/book/ Lawrence A. Kane and Chris Wilder also have a good book on the subject: https://www.amazon.com/Way-Kata-Comprehensive-Deciphering-Applications/dp/1594390584 Stuart Anslow has done some researching into this subject matter in the ITF TKD forms, as well: https://www.amazon.com/Stuart-Paul-Anslow/e/B003TRVHW6?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_9&qid=1572900742&sr=1-9 I hope these resources point you in the right direction.

Bruce Lee is one of those special figures in the world. His physical abilities were incredible. He was a thinker and a doer, and luckily for us, he put a lot of it down on paper. He broke some barriers in training that have left an indelible mark on the MA world. I imagine that the was probably more than capable of handling himself in fights and self-defense scenarios. I don't believe that he was unbeatable, and I do believe that if he would have had the chance to step into the Octagon in his prime, I'm not sure if he would have. What would a public loss have done to his image in his prime? Who knows, I could be very wrong, and perhaps he would have been more than willing to step into the Octagon to show what he had developed. It would have been great to see, that is for sure. For now, the legend lives on....and I think the MA world is all the better for it.

What I find fascinating is that every new student is a different opportunity for an instructor or coach to learn something about how they teach or coach.Let's take your 62 year old new student, for instance. This person will probably have a skill that considerably younger students may not have; patience. This provides all kinds of avenues to take as an instructor. However, where this student shines with patience, he/she probably lacks what the younger students have; physical ability. This will present it's own set of challenges when it comes to teaching or coaching. However, we also have to be aware enough to take into account the possible life experiences that either the young or old student present to us, and take into account all those things when approaching each class we teach.

10/31/2019 Strength Training Warm-ups: 5 box jumps, 5 med ball light tosses, 5 med ball slams. Deadlifts: 135x5, 205x3, 225x2, 275x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 115x1, 135x3, 135x3, 135x3, 135x3, 135x3.

Just because a practitioner has trained using one or three step sparring does not mean that they have not learned to punch to their full potential.

So, I got sick on Thursday last week, and had a bad weekend overall, with a colitis flair and something going on with my inner ear, causing me extreme dizziness. So I missed my Friday and Monday workouts. 10/29/2019 Strength Training Warm-ups: 5 box jumps, 5 med ball throws (very lightly), 5 med ball slams. Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 225x3, 275x1, 300x5, 300x5, 300x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 135x3, 170x1, 190x5, 190x5, 190x5. Stretch: just sat in the stretching machine. Still not feeling great, and it wasn't a great workout.

My question would be how much of your class time are you willing to dedicate to this kind of training, to the detriment of actual TKD-focused training? And what does the training incorporate? And to that end, how much true "strength" gets developed from that training? In the end, the way I view it, is if it's worth the class time spent doing it for the actual benefit that results, or is there a better, more efficient alternative to actually building strength?

I'm not sure who said anything about looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger, nor about MAists doing an Olympic weight training program, but it wasn't mentioned here. I would also add that "going to the gym" is not synonymous with "strength training."

Bob! Your value is incalculably high! No one can put a cap on it! Not even you! Keep in mind that no journey is a straight, direct path to the destination; rather, it tends to be a winding road, often filled with detours and construction. At times, we are driving along and making good time; then there are times where we have to get out and walk. There are times where we can put the pedal to the metal on long straightaways, and then there are times where we come to mountains that throw us lots of twists, turns, and switchbacks. Sometimes it feels like we are going backwards, but keep in mind that we are still going! I think the hardest part of it all is to look back at what we had or what we were in our youth, in our prime, and it's important not to compare who we were then to who we are now. We grow, we learn, we change. But, we continue on. You, Bob, will continue on! Even if someone like me has to drag you!

Not only could it be brought up, it will be brought up.

Three different TKD schools/clubs, an Aikido dojo briefly, and a Defensive Tactics club.

Personally, I would not recommend doing so. I would recommend students that want to get stronger do so by seeking out a dedicated strength training program, and putting in the work on the side to get stronger. What you will be able to accomplish with dumbells and the minimal amount of time you'd be able to dedicate your classes to will not amount to much of an overall strength gain in the long run, and the time spent in class would be better spent dedicated to practicing TKD. I recently posted a thread in the Health, Training, and Fitness forum in regards to this approach: https://www.karateforums.com/the-two-factor-model-of-sports-and-ma-performance-vt52769.html As for conditioning, it would probably be most beneficial to work that into the drills in the TKD classes, using timed drills and the like along with sparring. Round-robin sparring is a great way to work in conditioning.[/url]

10/23/2019 Strength Training Warm-ups: 5 box jumps, 5 med ball throws, 5 med ball slams. Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 225x3, 275x1, 310x5, 310x5 (90% of Monday). Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 115x1, 140x5, 140x5, 140x5. Barbell Rows: 95x5, 115x5, 135x3, 155x8, 155x8, 155x8. Lat Pull-downs: 137.5x8, 137.5x8, 137.5x8. Stretch: kick stretches, quads, hams, glutes, back, shoulders, and stretching machine.

Even though you've had four heart attacks, you could probably still do it. But, it's a matter of wanting to, and your posts lead me to believe that you do not.

I found this article to be very insightful, and even though it's viewed through the lens of coaching, I think many of the thoughts are valuable to those of us who are instructors. https://startingstrength.com/article/a-matter-of-perspective I look forward to your thoughts!

As I had mentioned in my previous post, I'm looking at changing the programming approach for my squats now. The number of heavy sets across I can do now is limited, and have been running off one heavy set and two back-off sets. But now I'm at the point that I don't think I can run the heavy set up any more, and the linear progression has pretty well run it's course on the squat. Coupling that with the hope that my work schedule changes at the end of the month and I'll be back into TKD classes at minimum once a week, I'm moving to an intermediate programming for the squats. After mulling over some options, I'm going to give a Heavy/Light/Medium (HLM) approach a try. Looking over my log, the last weight I did for three sets across was 345, so I think I'm going to set the program up from that point, and try to move forward. I'm going to "ease" into this change, and hopefully, I can make it work. Monday will be my "heavy" day, and the goal is to get to where I can do 4 sets of 5 reps across. Wednesday will be a "light" day, working at 90% of Monday's weight at 2 sets of 5 reps, and Friday will be a "medium" day at 95% of Monday's weight for 2 sets of 5 reps. Once this is set in motion, the goal will be to add weight, probably 5 lbs, to work sets on the following Monday, and the light and medium days will get calculated off of the new heavy day weight. With the added stress to the legs being done in TKD class, the lighter sessions will be welcome. Fast-forward to.... 10/21/2019 Strength Training Warm-ups: 5 box jumps, 5 med ball throws, 5 med ball slams. Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 225x3, 275x1, 345x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 135x3, 170x1, 205x5, 205x5, 205x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 205x5, 225x3, 280x5, 280x5. Stretch: kick stretches, quads, shoulders, stretching machine. So, working into the new programming for the squat. That set of 345 was hard, and next week, I'm supposed to do 3 sets of 5. We'll see how that goes. If I need to recalibrate the weight I work with to start this off, I will.

And yet, still not as effective in building overall strength as squatting, pressing, and deadlifting. A lot of what you mention falls either into the category of what I would view as practice, or just as exercise, and not training. Exercise is done for how it makes you feel today; the "pump" or "burn" if you will. Training is a systematic approach in which current capacity is assessed and a plan is made to improve that capacity over a period of time. In weight training and in other matters, this is accomplished through programming. Knowing what was done yesterday effects how we program the next workout, and the workout after that, and the workouts down the road. Most of the people who go to the gym to "get a workout in" more often than not are only exercising, and not truly training. And that's ok, if that's what they want to do. Doing something is better than doing nothing.

Everything in life includes food, muscle, fat, and health. Not just lifting weights. In order to get the most out of your body when training, nutrition is important to consider. The right balance of protein, carbohydrates, and fats need to be eaten to build muscle and recover. Most people probably don't get enough protein and shame carbs and fat too much, especially if one is looking to build strength.