Hello, all. While reading through many of the posts here, I noticed that while many of you love and practice martial arts, not too many people know how to train for them right, or if they have some ideas, there are still many questions. While there is much information out there it can be frustrating to find good info as it relates to martial arts.
So, first let me tell what my philosophy on training is and then, recommend some, in my opinion, good sites. What I am about to say is nothing new. However, some people still don't get it. Here it goes.
Training for athletics is not the same as bodybuilding. If one trains for martial arts, he should train like an athlete and not bodybuilder. Forget about how your body looks and concern yourself with what you can do with that body. Think of your body as one unit and train it accordingly. Forget about how big your arms are or how much you can bench. You should be more concerned about how fast and powerfull your core (read - hips) is because most athletic movement is done through your core. Don't train different body parts on different days but train the whole body at once by utilizing functional exercises that mimic and exxagerate our everyday movements. Your workout should be rather short, intense and leave you breathless. It should resemble what might happen in a combat or survival situation. My philosophy is very much in sync with and borrowed from the guys at CrossFit and this is going to be the first site I am going to recommend. If anyone knows any other sites, please post links to them here as well.
http://www.crossfit.com - My favorite site and for the most part my training program (read through the message board and download the free issue of "what is fitness?")
http://www.dragondoor.com - a lot of great info and articles. Those evil balls of iron do really work. I am from Russia and I remember gireviks or Kettlebell athletes were among the strongest, fittest and most respected athletes.
http://www.trainforstrength.com - good ideas and exercises
www.planetjubei.com/mazone/ - a lot of great workouts in the workout section
http://www.warriorforce.com/products.html - Ross Enamait's site with some links - great guy, great info on training for boxing (can be used for MA).
That's it for now. I'll post more links as I remember or come across more.
So, first let me tell what my philosophy on training is and then, recommend some, in my opinion, good sites. What I am about to say is nothing new. However, some people still don't get it. Here it goes.
Training for athletics is not the same as bodybuilding. If one trains for martial arts, he should train like an athlete and not bodybuilder. Forget about how your body looks and concern yourself with what you can do with that body. Think of your body as one unit and train it accordingly. Forget about how big your arms are or how much you can bench. You should be more concerned about how fast and powerfull your core (read - hips) is because most athletic movement is done through your core. Don't train different body parts on different days but train the whole body at once by utilizing functional exercises that mimic and exxagerate our everyday movements. Your workout should be rather short, intense and leave you breathless. It should resemble what might happen in a combat or survival situation. My philosophy is very much in sync with and borrowed from the guys at CrossFit and this is going to be the first site I am going to recommend. If anyone knows any other sites, please post links to them here as well.
http://www.crossfit.com - My favorite site and for the most part my training program (read through the message board and download the free issue of "what is fitness?")
http://www.dragondoor.com - a lot of great info and articles. Those evil balls of iron do really work. I am from Russia and I remember gireviks or Kettlebell athletes were among the strongest, fittest and most respected athletes.
http://www.trainforstrength.com - good ideas and exercises
www.planetjubei.com/mazone/ - a lot of great workouts in the workout section
http://www.warriorforce.com/products.html - Ross Enamait's site with some links - great guy, great info on training for boxing (can be used for MA).
That's it for now. I'll post more links as I remember or come across more.
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