Karate or Gym?

[Lee]

You need some sort of strength training to make yourself at the peak of your ability when doing Martial Arts. You are not performing the best you can unless you are phyisically fit. You also need to be in shape and strong so that you can perfect techniques. So really Karate, and most other MAs, along with the Gym, or any other kind of strength training and keeping fit, are necessary to be the best MA you can be. However, in my opinion, if I could only participate in one I would pick the MA, in this case Karate.

[SaiFightsMS]

There is now a poll down in health and fitness that this thread triggered. So go down there and talk about how you divide up your training time.

[theswarm]

karate or gym?

 

i bought a 9 month gym membership for 200 dollars

 

i went once a week for about 2 months

 

i bought a karate membership for 48 dollars

 

I went once a week for 2 months - went heaps and heaps, and I still go - and i'm still enthusiastic and i still love it.

 

Although karate has kind of devloped my sense of self a bit as well- and I think if i went to the gym i'd probably be enthusiastic about it - the benefits of karate go beyond the physical

[Jack]

I havn't gone through all of the responses here, but in my view it depends upon what one wants from life and training, and what they enjoy doing.

 

If you enjoy learning martial arts, join a martial arts club! If you much prefer going to the gym, go the gym! If you enjoy both, incorporate them both to work together.

[Withers M.A.A.]

Remember by learning Martial ARts you are also learning something. By going to the gym you exercise your muscle to get stronger and get in shape. You can acheive these goals in the martial Arts also but at the same time learn something that may save your life.

[blitzcraig]

Think about this. Whats the point of big mussles if you cant use them affectivly? But they are good to have

[wcnavstar]

Weight training is always benaficial to your martial art training. However, you should never let the muscle power you gain from weights to replace the subtleness of your chosen style. Moreover, some styles require more strength than others. While on other styles strength training would only be harmful. You must learn to tailor your weight training to your paticular style based on the amount of muscle versus technique your shooll requires of you.

[GhOsCeLL]

First, I would like to say that blitzcraig's signature is very inapropriate, and that it can hurt someone's feelings. Also, it can be said much better, such as: "you will never be good at something until you're good at it." And plus, you can learn some proper grammer while YOU'RE at it. You misspelled YOU'RE, because it's YOU'RE not YOUR.

[TJS]

dude, did you notice how it said "sarcasm" at hte bottom of his post? yea..that means hes joking most likely..calm down.

[chh]

And plus, you can learn some proper grammer while YOU'RE at it.

Sorry, but SOMEBODY'S gotta do it: The proper spelling would be "grammar."