 You won't lose speed
Weight training does NOT make one slower.
Repeating:
Weight training does NOT make one slower.
It makes one FASTER.
It is true that "muscle bound" bodybuilders are often non-functional athletes - they are slow and lack flexibility and move like they are wearing an astronaut's space suit.
But weightlifting, by a fighter, does NOT make him slow. Neither does packing on muscle mass.
It is true that heavier things take longer to accellerate than lighter things.
But think about it more deeply: you are talking about MUSCLE. That is what DOES THE MOVING!
It is the engine in the car. FAST cars have BIG HEAVY engines in them. If you took a big engine, and "souped it up" like people are doing to four cylinder cars now, it would freaking SCREAM.
Boxers and wrestlers, at the olympic level, do LOADS of weight training. It isn't the single most important thing they do. But it is incredibly important to their careers that they weight train.
An olympic level boxer is NOT slow. He is like a striking snake.
Your car won't get slower because your engine is bigger.
The stronger your muscles, the BETTER they will be at ACCELERATING the MASS of your arm. Even if the muscle makes the arm heavier, it IS the big ENGINE that moves your ARM.
Don't believe the old wives tales, fellows. They are mostly spread by guys who are too lazy to work out. |