Training Regiments for the Working Guy...

[CrazyAZNRocker]

Professional fighters or people who are just dedicated to the arts train almost 6-7 days a week working on there art and body, through continuous practice, work outs, and sometimes supplements to keep the energy high. I'm sure we all know that.

However we are not all professional fighters... We also know that.

So what do some people do to keep in shape and their techniques sharp, while juggling around life on a budget?

This is an important question I think, and could benifit a lot of people who do martial arts, but are not those who can't train 24/7.

For example, I'm a current art student majoring in animation, and it is very difficult to find times to train in between, school, work, commute, and animating.

So what are some useful tips that the regular Joe do to keep in fighting shape?

[boxeador]

Training 7 days a week is usally a bad idea because you want a day for your body to recover. For the average guy just set aside a little bit of time for your workouts. I'm sure most people on this board are average joes. I think the best thing to do is to have a set schedule for your workouts if at all possible. Or at least a workout plan you set aside for the day. This will allow you to maxamize your workout potential.

I think some things a lot of people overlook while training it proper sleep and eating habits. Make sure your getting a good eight hours of sleep every night. Eat balanced meal 5 times a day. I think proper sleep and eating habits are just as important if not more important for keeping your energy and sharpness up at their top levels. Also not everyone has a perfect diet so I suggest getting a good cheap multi-vitamin and supplement that into your diet.

[fangshi]

Yes , often we all feel the time crunch . I myself go through this on a regular basis . A wife , 2 kids and a job that keeps me away from home about 13 hrs a day , 5 days a week will do that . I have found that high intensity , quick burst workouts go a long way towards helping with my training . Not sure what your current goals or training are like so specifics are hard to pin down but here are a few things that I do that help get me through when 10 min is about all I can spare .

10 quick and short sprints ( anywhere from 50 to 200 m ) are good for getting that heartbeat going .

10 min on a staitionary bike going all out really gets the legs pumping .

10 min on the heavy bag is often one heck of a work out !!

A quick bout of 10 burpees , 10 push ups , 10 body weight squats , 10 any sit up variation . For as long as you have or as long as you can , is fun .

10 min basic technique can be helpfull in time crunches for keeping the rust off . I do 1 or 2 at a time depending on time and difficulty of technique.

Run through a form or kata or whatever they call it in your particular style. Some may take more than 10 some less .

8 to 10 min of a well organized ab routine can be very effective . If you are advanced physically you may want to add a thera band or medicine ball or one of those stability/swiss balls .

This one is my favorite but can take longer than 10 min depending on you .

1) flat bench press (as much weight as you can handle for 5 to 8 reps)

move to chin up bar without resting and do as many pull ups with

hands facing away from you as you can .

move to heavy bag and strike as fast and hard as you can for 30 s to 1

min.

2) catch breath (not too long )

3) military press (as much weight as you can handle for 5 to 8 reps)

handstand pushups without resting

move to heavy bag and strike as fast and hard as you can for 30s to 1

min .

4) catch breath

5) curl ( as much weight as you can handle for 5 to 8 reps)

move to chin up bar without resting and do chin ups with hands face in

move to heavy bag and strke hard and fast for 30s to 1 min.

6) catch breath

7) at this point depending on time and energy you can throw in dips

and/or pushups to round out workout .

BE SURE TO WARM UP AND COOL DOWN

There are a bunch more that I do but you probably get the picture by now .

VERY GENERAL STUFF

Fast and hard for a few minutes is always better than nothing !!!

park at the back of the parking lot

never take the elevator

get a bike and use it when you can instead of the car

make the best use of the time you have and use you imagination .

hope this helps a bit If you want more specific stuff let me know your goals and interests and I will help you figure something out .

[Aodhan]

Professional fighters or people who are just dedicated to the arts train almost 6-7 days a week working on there art and body, through continuous practice, work outs, and sometimes supplements to keep the energy high. I'm sure we all know that.

However we are not all professional fighters... We also know that.

So what do some people do to keep in shape and their techniques sharp, while juggling around life on a budget?

This is an important question I think, and could benifit a lot of people who do martial arts, but are not those who can't train 24/7.

For example, I'm a current art student majoring in animation, and it is very difficult to find times to train in between, school, work, commute, and animating.

So what are some useful tips that the regular Joe do to keep in fighting shape?

When you first get up, do 50-100 pushups and 50-100 situps. If you get into it, you can add 50-100 squats. Takes maybe 10-15 minutes.

Run up any stairs you have to go up, walk back down and run up again.

Find a good book on isotension, you can use this even sitting at a desk/easel/drafting board.

Aodhan

[ROB]

When training time and energy is limited, I find it best to make all my training sport specific in some way, so I'm working my strength, conditioning & basic skills & drills, in each and every workout, rather than have strength days, aerobic days, ect.

Ross boxing web site has some excellent cross training routines, also https://www.crossfit.com, has tons of free info, you could adapt any of their short work outs to your busy life style.

If you try and eat a good diet 80 % of the time, you don't need supplements.

Just get plenty of greens, veggies / salads, low fat protien sources chicken / turkey,and some good fats, ie olive oil, almonds, seeds, fish .

cut out the coffee & tea,milk products, alcohol,and drink plenty of water.

[Sam]

I always just work it into life ..... 10 mins of stretching when i get up so i get up 10 minutes earlier.... when i get some free time in the evening [watching tv] i do some form of workout depending on what mood im in... or if i was lazy in the morning i stretch... - youll be amazed how much free time you actually have for 10minutes here and there [i only have a 9 -5 job : but its an hour journey each way and i train 5 days a week]