Hello again MAP I'm very interested in an effective training (I've trained until now too but without any organization : every day maximal reps of pull-ups, chin-ups, pushups, squats, leg raises,with 5-10 seconds break betwenn,about 3 sets each) , I know that most of you have a lot of things against this "program" and please tell me why? So...I've searched on MAP and found some sites about strength(maximal strength, explosive power) these were the common words. I read those informations, but there is (are ) ) a problem: equipments. I have some equipments (I'm living in an apartment ) : Two 10 kg(22 pounds) dumbells, ab roller, extensor, hand grip, jumping rope. I know you would recommend me to go to a gym but first of all I don't have too much money and I need a lot of time for sutdies too. So this is my situation, and here comes my question: 1) What type of training should I do? Are there any sites that recommend workouts in my equipments parameters? 2) Is better jumping rope than jogging? 3) Do you recommend me to listen tips from Bruce Lee's books? 4) I've read that eating eggs in morning is very unhealthy...then when I should it them? (considering that they are full of proteins). Thank you again community
The first thing to understand is: what is it you are trying to achieve? Without knowing what your goals are its impossible to know what type of training you should do. Mike
My goals are simple: I want to be a complete martial artist, full body stenght, mobility and flexibility Thank you Razvan
No sweat. I'm in a tight pinch financially myself, and I've recently completed a degree course, so I know what both situations are like. Can I just say that some vital statistics (heigh, weight, bench, squat, training history/lack thereof)on yourself would be more helpful than knowing what equipment you've got? Absolutely no offence intended. OK: 1)try http://www.trainforstrength.net for bodyweight exercises. Going on your equipment, I'd say the dumbells are likely to be most useful as paperweights, or possibly projectile weapons. 10kg isn't even enough for a decent set of bicep curls, I'm afraid. If I were you, I'd start doing bodyweight squats. A lot of them. Try setting a clock going and doing sets of 20 seconds work and 10 seconds rest. If you can get 8 'rounds' in with 12 or more squats on the last round, you're doing well. Also, pushups. The skipping rope is going to be much more useful. I have one myself, and it's great for a warmup or even a longer workout. The ab rollers and hand grips I can't really say, as I've never tried them, although I've done bar rollouts for my abdominals which is a similar movement, but with a barbell. Personally, on the exercise side of things, I get my orders from on high at http://www.crossfit.com for the simple reason that it's over in half an hour, leaving me in a puddle of sweat, it gets the job done nice and quickly and I'm absolved of having to plan separate sessions for strength, cardio, etc. It also means I can spend more time with the bag and kata. 2)Hmmmm, welll... umm.... Not really no. They're different exercises. 3)I can categorically tell you to ignore almost everything in bruce lee's books. He was quite radical for his day- being one of the first martial artists to actually do weightlifting, etc. But if you actually try his routines, especially 'from nothing' as it were, you'll probably just burn out. I have 'the art of expressing the human body' myself, and quite a bit of the stuff in it just isn't up to date or very useful. I would have been much better buying this: [ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Conditioning-Martial-Arts-Sports/dp/0736002502/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313503579&sr=8-1"]Complete Conditioning for Martial Arts Complete Conditioning for Sports Series: Amazon.co.uk: Sean Cochran: Books[/ame] 4)Whoever told you that is full of it. Eat eggs whenever you like.
Knight Errant, I really thank you for your reply. I'll just read the sites you gave me. Oh yeah! And about Burce Lee's books, I readed them becuase of Bruce's extraordinary physical form...I'm still unclear why is Bruce so relative? Have a nice day Razvan
That's cool. I read them for similar reasons. Please don't repeat my mistakes Don't get me wrong, the guy had a nice physique and was generally pretty cool, but the actual training advice is very old.
Ok, I understand. But! I have a problem. You said that with the 10 KG dumbells I can't train good enough but for my biceps I can do only 10-15 reps (is that enough? ) and there are a lot of other exercises that are very hard to do with these weights (for me) like : flies, or these: http://www.google.ro/imgres?q=flutu...0&tbnw=202&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0 What you say? Thanks.
hmmmm, well I generally don't go a lot for those kinds of exercises, as the aim is usually to 'isolate' a muscle. They're relatively small exercises for relatively specialised purposes. You're much better off building up a 'base' of more general, 'bigger' exercises. That's not to say the dumbells are going to be entirely useless, mind. Learn to do a 'pistol'- a one legged squat- and then try doing it with a dumbell in your hands. Good times
