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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2007 21:44:03 GMT
dude, yer in california! so yeah, the indo board is like the train, right?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2007 17:03:24 GMT
www.indoboard.com/Easily made from scrap. It's not an ideal training tool, since you can't vary your stance. I still recommend a regular ride on public transportation. Where are you laowho?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2007 14:29:28 GMT
yes, yes mine are made f/ 6" and 12" pvc w/ end-caps, wh/ allow u 2 fill the roller w/ anythin f/ rocks 2 water for different resistance. have a long and short board--long board is left outside 2 warp, so that concave-side up on roller makes 4 tha nastiest ride, while other way is good 4 my wife and beginners. i'm in tallahassee, as u know by now. thanks 4 the wing chun/yamawara dojo info, 4 wh/ u've been karmalized. gotta check out the fallout there! lol. gonna go respond. cheers
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2007 18:02:26 GMT
ps the long board is amenable to 4 of the 5 tai chi stances. even do snake creeps down np. used 2 do all the usual skateboard tricks. have a move called buddha step, wh/ requires u to walk f/ 1 end 2 other over the roller. also do wuji, w/ both feet 2gether and perpendicular 2 roller (ie log-rollin in water at lumberjack competitions). tea stance, horse, bow, etc., all can b done. even small sequences and transition steps...but haven't been able 2 stand on 1 leg yet.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2008 6:53:40 GMT
I had a good day at the gym today. I thought I would share it with you guys.
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Jan 3, 2008 9:16:44 GMT
Well done Tsafa! I thought you'd be going for a 1RMax, but that was a good set. Where do you go next? I've deadlifted 310 for a set of 10 before, but those days are behind me. +1 as long as you stay safe and keep away from those 1RMs.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2008 19:21:43 GMT
Good form. You'll be doing 500 in no time.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2008 21:04:49 GMT
Thanks guys. I normally don't go any heavier then 365 on squats but given the holidays and cold weather a lot of my practices have been canceled so I put some more effort into my lifting in the last three weeks. I'm not planning to push past 405 on squats, I will be concentrating more in my fighting now that the holidays are over. I maintain at about 365 for 6 reps for most of the year.
I am thinking in doing some heavy deadlifts next week just to see where I stand there.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2008 3:48:03 GMT
Great tsafa. The fellow at youtube was wrong to say you coulda gone lower. Perfect spring at the bottom, and nice "waggle" to start each move the same. Shows good, relaxed Yi (wisdom mind, of Yi Quan, etc)? Excellent rhythm. You move very well for a big guy. Anything special you do for your knees? (I have knee troubleand take fish oil). And do you do anything specific for your core (what I got the medicine ball for)? Finally, how much cost to subscribe to youtube, and does it allow you to save/capture the videos there? thanks
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Post by rammstein on Jan 4, 2008 3:57:11 GMT
Youtube is free
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2008 4:19:45 GMT
Thanks Ramm. Gonna go sign up now, and hopefully be able to save some files! (And I just read today that bujutsu developed into Budo. Any thoughts? Trying to put a time-line to a geneology of all martial arts.) cheers
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2008 5:27:37 GMT
Hi laowho. Like Ram said, You Tube is free. You register there, the same way you registered here. You login and just upload your video from your computer. To capture videos from You Tube there are a few programs designed to do this. You should be able to find some choices with google. I had one that was working for a while but no longer is. You Tube must have changed the code.
The guy who posted the comment on You Tube was probably from a Power Lifting back ground. In a Power Lifting competition it is required that the top of the thigh dip below the knee. My philosophy is to squat down until you hit a 90 degree angel in the knee. This keeps the stress on the muscle rather then the joint or tendon. I use the same method when benching. Elbow makes a 90 degree angle. Keeping the stress on the muscles helps me avoid any joint/tendon problems. There is of course the occasional aches of old age creeping in but that can't be avoided. Most of those aches would still be there if I didn't lift either.
Power lifters do a lot of other funky stuff to gain leverage like put their legs extremely wide and do summo-squats and summo-deadlifts. I don't do that because that is not how I fight. My squat exercises help me come out of a deep lunge fast... or push through a shieldwall... In a battle I never lunge so deep that my $emprini is in the ground or my legs are as far apart as a summo wrestler. My squat is designed to give me strength and speed in such a way that the body normally functions when fighting.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2008 11:04:58 GMT
After putting up the last video I got the idea of putting up videos of all the major exercises that I do. In this post I will demonstrate my main shoulder exercise, dumbbell shoulder press. It is the only main exercise I prefer to do with dumbbells. Normally I prefer barbells. As part of my SCA training, it helps me keep my sword and shield up and adds power to my blows. The Key is full range of motion. The dumbbells have to come all the way down each rep. Don't lean back because then you get your chest into it. I tend to do higher reps with shoulders. I do 4 heavy sets or 8 to 10 reps. My reason is that shoulders is a small muscle and its a semprini to get heavier dumbbells off the floor and up to my shoulders.
I put up a video I had from this past summer. I had originally made it in response to an email I had received about the proper range of motion for shoulder exercises. Some people only go down to their ears. That is not full range.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2008 19:02:42 GMT
This exercise is much easier to to with a barbell, using the same weight. That doesn't mean it's better with a barbell, in fact it's better with dumbells in that you are forced to fight to stabilize them. I normally do these standing up.
Keep it up!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2008 19:34:24 GMT
Yes, that is true. With a barbell you can lift a lot more weight because you are can get more assistance from you triceps and squeeze the weight up. I don't like to do shoulders standing because I am usually recovering from squat/deadlift work out. I want to maximize my rest time for my back. I do recognize standing is better because it forces you body to do more coordinating, but I feel I gain more by giving my back a break and hitting legs harder a few days later.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2008 2:45:42 GMT
That looks like it hurt alot Tsafa
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2008 4:30:28 GMT
hmm.. wow, your strong, I'm still young, and I'm aiming for really lean muscle than bulky muscle, but some poeple like either one of them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2008 5:49:27 GMT
-Bloodwraith, its more work for the mind then the body. Self-Motivation is the key. You have to have a burning desire to be the best you can be. As long an you move in an anatomically correct manor, it does not hurt.
-Gunitgaurilla50, your body type is determined by genetics mostly. You can only influence them so much. I have been training for 20 years, this is as strong and as big as I get. In fact, it takes serious training to maintain my current strength level.
If your parents are lean, then you will likely be lean. You can still add some mass and strength to some extent. Likewise if your parents are big and bulky you can be a strong, massive guy, but you will have a hard time being lean. You have to work with what you have and maximize it.
I went to a SCA armored tournament last spring with about 300 fighter of all shapes and sizes. The winner turned out to be a short fat guy with a big belly. He was using a coffin shield and spent most of his time just defending. He was conserving energy waiting for his opponent to make a mistake. The guy that came in second, was a tall lean guy with a heater-shield who was jumping up and down all over the place, running in circles during his fights trying to create opportunities. Both of these guys are really good because the have figured out what works for them and have maximized the effectiveness of their style. Which one came first vs second was chance, on another day it might have been reversed.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2008 6:02:17 GMT
well i'm not talking tall and lean like Yao Ming, I mean like ripped like Leonidas from 300. I do a lot of core strengthening and lung strengthening from baseball, and a lot of leg strengthening from kung fu.
I used to be scrawny, but fast, but after 3 years of nothing but working out and running, now i'm pretty strong and fast. I like balancing out those two, it really gets you far in sports like baseball and football.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2008 7:38:41 GMT
I'm trying to work out what is going to work best for me for my re-enactment but I haven't found a formula yet that will do everything I need it to. I have strength from martial arts but not the sort of strength it takes to wield a sword and shield for upto an hour and a half at a time. I take protein powder but I can't put on more weight or muscle than I have.
Tsafa: What is the best way to work with what I have if all I have is 65 kilos, 143 lbs and I am 6'3"? I know what works in the martial arts that I do but our swords and shields are alot heavier than I am used to, add to that eventually wearing chainmail and I could be in trouble unless I learn to use the strength I have. Any help is appreciated.
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