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You opinion/experience with weight training and MA training By KempoGuy06 - Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:03:01 GMT

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I dont know if this has come up before or not but i thought i would ask.

First a little background to the topic: I used to weight train all the time. 5 days a week i was at the gym either lifting weights or doing cardio. Well I ended up seriously agrivating a previous injury and had to stop going. I had to do something to stay active, i didnt want to only run and stuff at the gym because it is boring and i only do it in the first place because its good for the body and it help with recovery after lifting. This is when I found my dojo. I study Shaolin Kempo Karate at Bluegrass Martial Arts in Louisville, KY. I love SKK it is great but something was still missing. So i decided to give the gym a try because my shoulder(injury i mentioned) was feeling better since i started SKK. This was about 3-4 weeks ago when i was a yellow belt. I just tested for my orange belt this past saturday and my instructor told me that my test was one of the best orange belt test he has seen and personally the power and speed of my handstrikes and kicks had improved. He asked me what i had been doing to prepair. I told him about getting back in the gym and about some of my work outs. Which included doing my hand strikes with small weights in my hand 2-5lbs. I have also notice the increase in speed and power that he mentioned. Im going to contine with my workout plan and hopefully i will see more improvements.

So my question to anyone who reads this: Do you have any experience/opinions on this? What advice can you give me/anyone else?

This may seem a little off but i would like to know so i posted.

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