what do you do to keep fit for MA?

[Little Dragon 117]

what I do is workout 5 days a week, not counting Gym class (mon, weds, fri)

Monday Wednesday, & Friday:
-upper body
-Biscepts, tricepts, pects, forarms, back, and the miscles on the side of your ribs. don't know what to call them

Tuesday. Thursday and Friday:

-Lower Body
-Quads!!!!!!!! calfs, thighs

Everyday:
Abs, push-ups, flexibility, cardio (running and/or jumproping)

Everyday I also Spar and/or shadow box and practice my techniques

[Ben]

good post

I tend to focus all of my energies on my training as thsi covers my workout here the dreaded list

AGILITY
Cart wheels
One handed carts
no hended carts (trying)
Round offs

BALANCE
crane stance on log

COORDINATION
wing chun techniques on pole (also conditions)

STRENGTH
horse stance with weights
press up (normal hands, triangle hands, spread hand, fists)
hold press ups halfway
press ups on fingers
sit ups and leg lifts

KICKS
leg raises
inner crescent
outer crescent
inner to outer
sweeps
jumping outer crecsents
jumping reverse side kicks
tiger tail kicks (trying)
sweeping dragon long punch to front kicks
jumping front kicks (land on kicking leg)

SHAOLIN STRIKES
sweeping dragon punch
precious duck
knife hand strikes
piosnous snake shoots venom
golden star
tiger strike
lower wing sweeps
rams head
draw the bow

STANCES
horse
bow
cat
tiger
leapoard
crane
seven star
(all with weights)

CONDITION (once a week only)
forearms
stomach
legs
(striking pot of sand)
fists
beak
paw
claw
zen finger
puch ups on cranes necks

FORMS
5animals
wo chan
cha kung fu
su lum tab
short shaolin form
short pushing palm form


thats pretty much my training in a bag.. very exhausting so stamina is covered

[JackG]

apart from the stuff in dojo :

100 squats a day
Pressups (flat hand,knucles,handstand)
Situps (crunchs,normal and hang)
Pull ups
Jump rope and cardio when i can be bothered
some heavy bag (less recenlty cos mine is broken)

[garagefan]

Originally Posted by Little Dragon 117

what I do is workout 5 days a week, not counting Gym class (mon, weds, fri)

Monday Wednesday, & Friday:
-upper body
-Biscepts, tricepts, pects, forarms, back, and the miscles on the side of your ribs. don't know what to call them

Tuesday. Thursday and Friday:

-Lower Body
-Quads!!!!!!!! calfs, thighs

Everyday:
Abs, push-ups, flexibility, cardio (running and/or jumproping)

Everyday I also Spar and/or shadow box and practice my techniques

may i ask how old you are ?


I do daily:
99 pushups (Normal clap into knuckle pushup clap into wrist pushup)

3 reps of 100 Situps (1 of normal situps, 1 of crunches, 1 of twist situps)

20 minute blast on punchbag, random techniques

1.5 miles everyday

17kg dumbells training arms, shoulders and pecs.

[Ben]

17kg dumbells training arms, shoulders and pecs.

I dont know how much a kilogram is but that sounds fairly heavy to me

be careful, lots of lights weights are more effective for martial arts training not few heavier weights. Ive seen the hugest and bufrest guys taken out by a sprightly smaller man because the large guys have lots of strenght but no flexibility, elasticity or speed

[garagefan]

its pretty heavy. I don't want to be bulky but i am an ectomorph ( i think, the skinny one) and need to build quite a bit of muscle though i have got quite abit for my size. I would like to be about the size of a welterweight then when i'm big just tone up.

Few reps with heavy weights - build muscle
more reps with less weights - Tone muscle

[Little Dragon 117]

Originally Posted by garagefan

may i ask how old you are ?


I do daily:
99 pushups (Normal clap into knuckle pushup clap into wrist pushup)

3 reps of 100 Situps (1 of normal situps, 1 of crunches, 1 of twist situps)

20 minute blast on punchbag, random techniques

1.5 miles everyday

17kg dumbells training arms, shoulders and pecs.

I am a VERY VERY MOTIVATED 14 year old. and my step dad bought us a standard bench and some free weights, so I can only do so much exersices. Can't wait till I get my punching bag, and then I can add even more speed, balance, stamina, and power to my attacks.

[futurama-freak]

wow thats impressive for a 14 year old. When i was that age i used to do nothing but laze around and play on the xbox

[Little Dragon 117]

Originally Posted by garagefan

its pretty heavy. I don't want to be bulky but i am an ectomorph ( i think, the skinny one) and need to build quite a bit of muscle though i have got quite abit for my size. I would like to be about the size of a welterweight then when i'm big just tone up.

Few reps with heavy weights - build muscle
more reps with less weights - Tone muscle

Yeah man I do the same things. I am tryin something new now were I build some muscles big and the smaller muscles I make ripped. I just want to look like Bruce did in the Way of the Dragon, but origionally I wanted to look like he did in Enter the Dragon, until I was informed that that wasn't healthy because if you look like that (look like you are always flexing even though you are not) then yo u might possibly have a very low amount of body fat and suffer from dehydration.

[garagefan]

i would advise you little dragon to cut down on muscle building. At your age your bones haven't full grown yet and building muscle could deform them. Wait till your about 16 till you try to become Bruce

[Little Dragon 117]

Originally Posted by garagefan

i would advise you little dragon to cut down on muscle building. At your age your bones haven't full grown yet and building muscle could deform them. Wait till your about 16 till you try to become Bruce

Ha ha ok. I will definately take your advise into consideration.

Also, I play X-box sometimes. but I am mostly on.....you know what.........Myspace having conversations with my friends. If i am not on myspace then I am breakdancing, but 80-90% of the time I am practicing MA.

[garagefan]

breakdancing ey i would love to take it up personally, hey you have xbox live?

[Little Dragon 117]

Originally Posted by garagefan

breakdancing ey i would love to take it up personally, hey you have xbox live?

nope sorry. I used to have Xlink Kai, and XBC, but I never had time to get them downloaded again.

[Fightingace101]

Originally Posted by Little Dragon 117

what I do is workout 5 days a week, not counting Gym class (mon, weds, fri)

Monday Wednesday, & Friday:
-upper body
-Biscepts, tricepts, pects, forarms, back, and the miscles on the side of your ribs. don't know what to call them

Tuesday. Thursday and Friday:

-Lower Body
-Quads!!!!!!!! calfs, thighs

Everyday:
Abs, push-ups, flexibility, cardio (running and/or jumproping)

Everyday I also Spar and/or shadow box and practice my techniques

COOL. HERE IS MINE
MON, WED, FRI
BICEP,TRICEP,FORARM,BACK,LEG,AB,CIRCUIT
TUE,THUR,FRI
FOREARM,AB,CHEST,SHOULDER,NECK,CIRCUIT

DAILY
FLEXIBLILITY,INTERVAL TRAINING

HAND TECHNIQES:MON,WED,FRI
LEG TECHNIQUES:TUES, THURS, FRI
TRAPS&GRAPPLING ON SATURDAY

ON WEDNEDAYS AND FRIDAYS ILL DO THE ENTER THE DRAGON ROUTINE FROM THE "ART OF EXPRESSING THE HUMNA BODY". I ALSO GET MY CIRCUIT FROM THAT BOOK AS WELL.
* I MUST ADMIT, SOMEDAYS I'LL SKIP SOME WORKOUTS AND EAT JUNK FOOD. LOL

[Little Dragon 117]

Originally Posted by Fightingace101

COOL. HERE IS MINE
MON, WED, FRI
BICEP,TRICEP,FORARM,BACK,LEG,AB,CIRCUIT
TUE,THUR,FRI
FOREARM,AB,CHEST,SHOULDER,NECK,CIRCUIT

DAILY
FLEXIBLILITY,INTERVAL TRAINING

HAND TECHNIQES:MON,WED,FRI
LEG TECHNIQUES:TUES, THURS, FRI
TRAPS&GRAPPLING ON SATURDAY


ON WEDNEDAYS AND FRIDAYS ILL DO THE ENTER THE DRAGON ROUTINE FROM THE "ART OF EXPRESSING THE HUMNA BODY". I ALSO GET MY CIRCUIT FROM THAT BOOK AS WELL.
* I MUST ADMIT, SOMEDAYS I'LL SKIP SOME WORKOUTS AND EAT JUNK FOOD. LOL

Same here, i am not perfect, so once or twice I will skip my workout (not the MA practice though) and just sit on myspace all day or somthing