best routine for me

[Sinar89]

hey, i've been trying to work out and i'm trying to find some good routines for me. the problem is that most people know how to bulk up well but not get solid to good. i'm real interested in taking martial arts so i believe i have enough muscle on me, but i need to get solid. i think that its better than getting big for martial arts cause you get more speed and flexibilty.....i don't think Arnold would be that good for martial art right? so, if anyone has a link, a video or just a routine that basically gets you fit, and solid (best example i can think of is Brad Pitt from Snatch. the Irish gypsy bareknuckle boxing champion). thanks for any help

[Mischievousjoe]

I think some bulk can occassionally be advantagous, but for the most part your right, speed increases your striking power more than size. You'll probly want to do a lot of bodyweight excercises suplemented with light weights.

 

http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=15521

 

thats a thread that includes a routine I used to use that requires only minimal equipment. Good Luck!

[SevenStar]

people over estimate the speed thing when it comes to power. who do you think hits harder - de la hoya or tyson?

 

I use bodyweight exercises and heavy weight training in comibnation.

[Sasori_Te]

a fast bigger guy will hit harder. Why not both?

[Mischievousjoe]

right, if you can get both then go for it, but in physics speed is the more important of the two. And if you don't have access to a gym with heavy weights, you can still get pretty good results from minimum equipment i think.

[Jinxx0r]

F = M*A

 

Force = mass times acceleration... simple physics. The bigger you are and the faster you can throw your weapon, the more force you will generate. The nice thing about this is you can increase your speed, and keep the mass the same and generate power, or you can increase your mass, keep your speed the same and increase power.

 

or you can do as someone else mentioned and do both, and really increase your power.

 

 

You can be muscular and still be flexible. Just make sure if you add muscle you keep full range of motion.

[SevenStar]

right, if you can get both then go for it, but in physics speed is the more important of the two. And if you don't have access to a gym with heavy weights, you can still get pretty good results from minimum equipment i think.

 

maybe with objects and machines, but I don't think that holds true with humans. Reason being that variations in speed will not be that great. When you compare de la hoya and tyson, tyson is much bigger. de la hoya is faster, but likely not so much faster that he can make up for the weight disadvantage and then some. Comparing a semi going 15 mph and a ferarri going 90 mph, yeah, you're right. But when you compare two humans who are much closer in speed, no.

[aefibird]

I'm going to move this over to the Health, Training and Fitness section.