how many hours do you train a day?

[karatekid1975]

Wow! I feel like such a wimp ... I do two hours a week of TKD (I just got back into training recently). I used to go three times a week (TKD), plus jujitsu on fridays (classes went as long as my instructor felt like LOL ... depending on what we were working on). Now I'm a fat slob LOL. Not really fat, just out of shape.

[Shotokan-kez]

Admittidly i don't train everyday at home. I do 3 hour lessons in the dojo each week and maybe one or two hours at home on different days, i do a lot of cycling to so it fits right with me, with other commitments as well.

[James Bullock]

I average about 4-6 hours a day overall not including teaching and taking my own classes. I do this usually Mon - Fri...and if I feel I need extra I will workout on the weekends as well. I have been doing the above for about two years.

This wasn't always the case but over the last 10 years or so I have done no less than 2 hours a day at least five days a week.

[Akaratechick]

okay, I am testing for black belt in three weeks and I don't train everyday. I train on Monday, Tuesday, Thurs, Sunday for 1 1/2 hours then strength train on Sat. and take Wed. and Fri. off, maybe I'm not doing enough? K

[boyo1991]

lol, i just broke my toe doing a hook kick and im doing more than that... but maybe you just dont need to...

[James Bullock]

It isn't necessarily the quantity of hours that you train it is more the quality of the training. Practicing a punch ten times with focus on structural alignment, penetration, economy of movement, motion, and energy is much more beneficial than 10,000 sloppy punches.

[boyo1991]

"It isn't necessarily the quantity of hours that you train it is more the quality of the training. Practicing a punch ten times with focus on structural alignment, penetration, economy of movement, motion, and energy is much more beneficial than 10,000 sloppy punches."

i agree, but what if you only have like 2 good puches, and those are the only punches you do? sure 10,000 sloppy punches can hurt you, but what if you only do 2 puches a day?

[bushido_man96]

"It isn't necessarily the quantity of hours that you train it is more the quality of the training. Practicing a punch ten times with focus on structural alignment, penetration, economy of movement, motion, and energy is much more beneficial than 10,000 sloppy punches."

i agree, but what if you only have like 2 good puches, and those are the only punches you do? sure 10,000 sloppy punches can hurt you, but what if you only do 2 puches a day?

You are taking the point of the matter here to an extreme. The point is that quality is more important than quantity when you are training for technical purposes. Now, if you are endurance training, then the more you do at a time, the better it is for your endurance. However, MA training is equal parts endurance, technique, conditioning, strength, flexibility, coordination, and all kinds of good stuff.

The difference between training 3 days a week for 1 and 1/2 hours may be about the same as training 5 days a week for 1 hour at a time. It really depends on the focus of the training, and how you go about it.

[Ippiki_Ookami]

I go to Karate class twice a week which makes up 3 hours of training. Other than that, I do about half an hour of solo training per day with one day off.

I want to spend more time at home training and trying out different ways to train, but school, school events and homework take up a lot of my time.

[bushido_man96]

I want to spend more time at home training and trying out different ways to train, but school, school events and homework take up a lot of my time.

Even if you take 10 minutes between homework projects to do your form, it is 10 more minutes of training. Even in small, spread-out bursts, you can still work a little something in.