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How do you train at home?


datguy

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Title says it all. At home I usually use a free standing bag to practice kicks, I stretch, and practice forms but surely there's a way I can "mix it up." Well share your ideas and ways of training and maybe get some new ideas from some people. :)

“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

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Do you have trees, a garage, strong rafters, a big yard? Are you into weapons training? How much money can you spare for equipment? Do you want technique or attribute training? What is you level of experience?

Let us know a little more of what you have and what your looking for so we can help you better.

My fists bleed death. -Akuma

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I have a fair sized yard so i have room to set up circuits etc. As far as equipment goes i use a 16kg Kettle Bell, 3 sandbags of different weights, pullup bar, Boxing bag and a jump rope. Also i do interesting things in my workouts like jumping the fence over and over and incorperating any object i find into and exercise. You really don't need much equipment, infact the best workouts are the ones with simplicity.

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I train with freeweights at a gym. It is something I enjoy. At home, I have a jump rope, collection of sandbags, a TRX, a few chishis and most importantly the ability to do many katas that are now engrained in my DNA.

Matsubayashi Ryu

CMMACC (Certified Mixed Martial Arts Conditioning Coach)

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I try and incorporate some of the workout stuff we do during my classes for home workouts to improve on what I know I will be doing. I also try to do alot of shadowboxing (I don't have a bag :( ) as opposed to running or biking or something, because I'm a firm believer in training for what you will be doing. Although running and such can be good workouts, the way I see it you might as well spend that exact same time practicing your stuff- and if you're working hard, you'll get just as good a workout ;)

"It's not about how hard you hit, its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward."


It's not the skill, it's the HEART.


White Belt, June 2011. Yellow Belt, August 2011.

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Nice ideas and I agree simplicity is the beautiful thing about working out...you don't need fancy equipment. Sometimes I'll do something like do as many barbell and dumbell curls as I can before fatigue takes over. Then I'll go over to core exercises for a while. After that, I'll do some kicks and punches on my bag until I get tired then I go back to weights. Sorta like my version of P90X with other components thrown in :P

“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

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Not much, lately. Work and family take lots of my free time. But, when I get around to it, I'll do forms, hang the heavy bag and work it over, sometimes I'll lay on my side and do different kicks in varying sets, reps, and combos, punch using dumbells, and different things like that.

One thing you can do is grab a chair, and use it for balance to do slow kicks, kick over the back, do dips and elevated pushups on it, and all kinds of stuff.

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