April 12, 200422 yr http://www.geocities.com/sadenoo2/conditioning.html Visit this link and read the entire page. It includes how to body condition properly to become a better martial artist, how to do situps properly (without damaging lower back) and various exercise techniques. Theres some gr8 info on muscle fibres and how you become stronger. It also includes a weekly workout routine. Tell us what u think. p.s check out the rest of site too. "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee
April 13, 200422 yr Interesting. I'll do some adjustments in my training. 10x for the link World Shotokan Karate
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April 14, 200422 yr Thank you so much! I believe in order to become a better martial artist you also need to understand what how that happens (Improving your fitness 110% everyday). Rule #1: Play the game to the limit. Damn the consequences.
April 16, 200422 yr Yes interesting reading. I can't say I agree with the muscle training until "failure" as the web author states it. In most people , 70-80% is more than sufficient to see huge benefits. Then again, I am guilty as charged of training until I crawl out of the gym on my weight / running workouts. I love training though and seeing how hard I can push myself ShotoMan of the Shotokan
April 16, 200422 yr Author Yeah the training till failure sounds like a typical kyokushin exercise... "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee
April 16, 200422 yr thanx for the link. interesting read, good ideas. 3rd Kyu - Variant ShotokanTaijutsu"We staunt traditionalists know that technique is nowhere near as important as having your pleats straight when you die."
April 16, 200422 yr Training until failure isn't bad. That's how I do it. I'll do as many push ups as I can in one set until I can't push myself up again. That's all he means by it. For some of us (myself included), it doesn't take that many. Crunches are another story. I can do many, many sets of crunches, and in fact I don't think I've ever done so many that I just can't do another. The burning pain may stop me, but it isn't like the arms where the muscle just refuses to respond.
April 16, 200422 yr Interesting article, Rich. Thanks for sharing. "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My Cologne Sheffield Steelers!
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