There can be more to body building than just lifting weights. For variation in your routine you might want to engage in martial arts style activities such as Aikido, Karate, Judo, Qi Gong or any of the other ancient Asian disciplines that are about building muscular strength. The great thing about learning martial arts as well is that you are also taught how to be very spry on your feet.
Martial arts training also teaches you how to focus yourself mentally. In a way you could refer to it as “applied body building” as eventually you end up fighting an opponent in these disciplines. There is a lot more to it than just “pumping iron” which is great for those who want a little bit of variance to the way they work out.
The benefits of martial art training are similar to those of straight muscle building, only the activities are a bit more aerobic as there is lots of jumping, swinging the arms in the air and kicking. In fact most martial arts professionals also weight train. Many people who try Tae Kwon Do and the other Asian disciplines experience many physical and psychological benefits. The physical benefits consist of, but aren’t confined to the following: loss of body fat, healthier year round, becoming more energetic, better physical aerobic condition, as well as stronger joints.
However martial arts is directly related to anaerobic exercise because there are many postures and weight bearing type exercises that mimic the holding of a weapon even if there is none in the persons grasp. Also many of the ancient moves are specifically about developing grace and strength. Some of the martial arts forms are more about developing a longer lithe body shape that can help you mimic the movements of certain totem animals like a panther or a crane. This is why studying the martial arts is also ideal for women as it is not as much about developing the truly shiny iron man type muscles that are not necessarily that attractive to females.
The most popular forms of martial art that are currently taught in the Western World as an adjunct program to muscle building are Aikido, Capoeira (a form of dance mixed with street fighting), Kendo, Wing Chun and Wushu. Almost all are based on ancient Asian sword fighting or hand combat techniques except for Capoeira, which is actually a form of martial arts practiced by African slaves in Brazil.
The only drawback to supplementing your weightlifting routine with a martial arts building program is that it can be hard on the joints. This is because there is less stationary exercise than there is with just a straight program of muscle building and therefore more risk of injury. This may be of some concern to you if you are an older muscle trainer or have joint pain. Almost all muscle builders suffer from joint pain or growing pains of some kind sooner or later. This can usually be treated with liniments and calcium magnesium type supplements.
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Body building is defenetly not needed. it doesnt give musle memory like martial art does
I do Karate & work out in a Gym
Karate will get you fitter & stronger while doing a sport ( art.
Gym is just gym & can compliment the martial arts training .
So My answer is start with Martial arts & add some gym work in three when you can afford it , have time for it or want to take you martial arts to the next level.
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Clap Push ups
That is when you do a push up, and when you are pushing up, clap your hands and do about 20 a day!
depends on what kind of MA
wrestlers do lots of body weight training and sprawls
boxers punch while holding small dumbbells to utilize the muscles needed.
You should ask your coach for whatever you are learning on what is the best training methods to build strength, but whatever it is, it shouldnt involve lots of isolation training (such as bicep curls or barbells where you isolate your whole body from moving except that 1 muscle to build its size)
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Age is becoming less and less of a factor. With the equipment out there now it's easier than ever before to reach desired results regardless of your age. I work with a guy that competes in power lifting and he didn't start until after college.
A few months ago somebody had asked a similar question about bulking up as an MMA fighter. What I told him is pretty much the same as what I'm telling you.
Bodybuilding is good to an extent. I base this on personal experience. If you bodybuild and really bulk up it can hinder your performance more than you may realize. Your body is structurally designed to handle an optimum amount of body weight. The key is to finding that weight. If you over build (which sounds improbable I know) you dampen the core ingredients to performing martial arts at an optimum level. As most people know muscle out weighs fat on a 1:1 scale. And even though muscle is a working mass of tissue there is a point wear it becomes too heavy and begins working against you rather than working for you. Other muscle groups have to then compensate and you begin to lose speed as well as agility. Muscle also tears easier in greater mass creating the more liklihood for injury during a grappling or MMA match.
Ideally you need to find what weight works best for you and stay with that. Bodybuilding, flexibility, and stamina all go hand in hand in making a competitive martial artist. If you focus to much on any one thing the others will suffer. It's very important to keep them well balanced.
I hope this helps and good luck!
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you should check out what is close to you. lots of dojos have free trials so just test some out and see what you like.
i dont think your body build stops you from doing many martial arts.
Kicking – Tae Kwon Do
Grapples- Judo
Weapons- Ninjutsu
Body building- Wrestling
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