Maintaining weight

[Snowbat]

I picked up karate again, once a week. Pretty intensive training that lasts for over 2 hours but outside of that, I workout at home too.

I like to do some shadowboxing (usually 2 sessions of 3 minutes) but once a week I do weightlifting. Well the weight I'm lifting is myself since I do pull ups, dips, push ups and squads and this really helped to gain some weight.

I was way too skinny a few years ago and now, after working hard for months and months, I finally have a normal weight I feel comfortable with. I'd like to maintain this weight. I don't really want to become as huge as a bodybuilding tank nor do I want to become skinny again.

So what is the frequency I should maintain? Is it good to do heavy weight training once a week, once per week karate training and on the other days the shadowboxing and some agility excercices?

Thanks for any tips.

[sperki]

First of all, unless you're particularly genetically gifted (or use some hormonal enhancement) you are unlikely to bulk up like a body builder. Especially if you stick with the penitentiary style (body weight) workouts. My ideal weekly workout would be 2 days of MA, 2 days of weight lifting (with weights) and 3 days of cardio. Of course work and life in general seem to take their toll on that plan. Ah, to be single and back in college when 2 a days were reality....

[Snowbat]

Ah, to be single and back in college when 2 a days were reality....

Ah yes, the good ol' days without worry I may still be single, but work is eating up too much time.

But no, I'm far from genetically gifted. I have to work very hard to gain some muscle mass and I burn fat in no time.

So I'll just try and do 2 bodyweight workouts per week (wearing a weighed backpack if it gets too easy), karate training once a week and shadowboxing + cardio on the other days.

Thanks!

[johnssimpsons]

Health is wealth. There are lots of health related tricks which can maintain your weight.

1. morning walk daily.

2. Eat fruit and vegetables.

3. Drink much water.

4. Do yoga and exercise daily and keep away from oily foods.

[JusticeZero]

It's very hard to bulk up like a bodybuilder. It's pretty much impossible to bulk up like a bodybuilder without consciously trying to do things specifically for the purpose of massively boosting the increase in bulk from JUST weight training.

Google images for "vegan powerlifter -bodybuild". Now ignore everyone that has extreme muscle definition and size, since they generally are doing some extreme things to achieve those. They have some bulk to them, but generally they look fairly reasonable.. this is pretty much the EXTREME OUTER EDGE of the muscle development you can get by just weight training with a standard diet. And they don't just accidentally get to the point they're at.

Don't cut back on exercise because you're afraid of bulking up to huge levels. If by some genetic miracle you find that you are getting bulkier than you want, just adjust your exercise routine for more endurance stuff.

[alstonkenn]

First of all do regularly exercise daily in the morning for at least 20 minutes in starting stage. Make yourself more active even on working place. Eat healthy foods and get a healthy and deep sleeps for minimum 6 hours daily.

[MaxMarks]

You're not going to gain significant weight. You're BMR (base metabolic rate) is too high. You would have to do intensive weight training with heavy weights, which included a heavy weight barring leg exercise like squats with a barbell and increasing weight to have a shot at much weight gain at all.

Work out the way it makes you feel good and make sure you include both cardio and resistance. If you feel better, you're making it through you big day at karate a little easier and you're not getting hurt, you're doing the right thing. Switch up your exercises every so often so you don't get board and you give you body new challenges.