Good Moobrack Keep up that spirit

After re-reading these posts and Angus' original post....I think there may be a difference between regular 'fitness-strength' training and 'martial arts' training...(which I have taken a break from for 6 months and now back into it with gusto).

 

I believe waiting too long between strength training sessions may lead to loss in seeing any physical improvement. Whatever progress you may have made may diminish when you have too much recovery.

 

 

quite frankly, I think it depends on your age. At 16, I can take more than a week of karate trraining and have no problems (except the obvious problem of technique loss, etc). At 45+, you tend to experience quite a lot of problems upon your return.

That explains why consistency is key issue in a 45+ year old's martial arts/fitness regime!

 

 

with all due respect..........you'll be surprised what a mature body can retain after some time off......i base my info on experience; what do you base your info on?.......... ...there is such a thing called muscle memory to assist in recovery of loss flexibility......for a current example; at 38 years michael jordan is coming along just fine in his third comeback and it looks like he will be a factor to deal with soon.......

 

 

thank you Iamrushman.

 

Taking a physical break from training does not mean Karate starvation. With the help of the wonderful internet, it is possible to learn and research new areas of our art during a physical break.

 

As a mid-40 something I find there are times I do have to take a physical break. Allthough I wonder if this is just a part of my aging process or the ms.

 

Do any other 40 somethings have opinions?

I have just returned from a 4 week absence from TKD and aerobics. The absence was due to to some non-sport related surgery. They had a hard time keeping me from training, i was able to do light stretching but no cardio, and I went the dojang just to check in on the regular nites.

 

My 1st week back has been interesting. All are worried that I am overdoing it but I feel great. I truely feel that I am back to where I was before my surgery (physically). Its like an addiction, this working out.

 

My main problem was remembering my forms and not looking stupid when i did step back into class. So for this almost 40 year old memory was the problem not the muscles...lol

 

very nice to hear those things........

 

one: that your feeling much better and are back doing what you love.........

 

two: that these young people know that were not cripples after 35yrs.........

 

 

Glad to see you're back and doing so well dreamer!

 

Lori

 

 

Nice to meet you dreamer :wave:

 

 

In order to keep from forgetting my forms I do regular visualization of all of them. And early on I started writing them down. I have developed a notation system that allows me to go back to a kata 5 years after I have learned it and be able to pick it right back up.