A question for those who workout

I have a question for those exercises. Since my goal is to return to college, have a good job, start dating again, & being independent, I plan on getting back into Martial Arts, & joining a gym. How long did it take you before it became a routine? For me working out is more than physical, it's also mental, and I planon being disciplined & confident from these workouts.

Thanks

 

It took me about 3 weeks to get back into a steady routine. It will take you are little bit longer because you aren't just going back to working out. You have a laundry list of tasks.

- start dating
- being independent
- getting back into Martial Arts
- joining a gym

You have a lot of things you need to accomplish. Working out doesn't have to be as strenuous, it could be something as walking for 20min a day. Or what I do sometimes. If I just don't have time. When I'm at home watching TV I do pushups and situps during commercial breaks. Or I jog in place.

If you have been in martial arts before you can do your katas.

 

According to something I read, it takes about 3 months in average to get in to any new routine.
Guess it depends on how driven you are as well as other aspects.

When I went back seriously to the gym a year ago, I think it took me about 6 weeks to sort myself out. Now, I freak out of I cant go.

 

I'm currently getting back into it.
I'm between going 2 to 6 times a week to the gym. In fairness, the 2 times was the first week, since then I've been going on average 4 times for six weeks now. I'd say I'm just starting to get into a real routine now, gym before uni every day.

 

that's a serious question and merits equally serious thought. I have been working out alone in my apartment, every week since '05, and have been lifting since '96. Some people find it easier to workout at gyms, around other people, whereas others find it easier to workout at home. If you can do something right after you wakeup, from the comfort of your home, I think it's easier to pick it up as routine. If you have to drive out to a gym every time you needed to get it in, I think it becomes harder to maintain.

Everywhere I go in my place, there is something that qualifies as a piece of exercise equipment, from worn weight plates to battle-scarred gloves, knee braces and ACE bandages (that smell like piss). I surround myself in this environment, and it has become a way of life for me.

SOOO..in suggestion.. I would say buy some dumbbells, or something that you can use at home. Start changing your atmosphere and live the life of an athlete, that trains and grinds when there are no other people around, for personal glory.

 

Hmm... if you want to train for power or agility is my question.
I train for agility, not power. My power comes from adrenaline.
I find it easier to battle another person that way.
I depend on my body, not weights.
I am physically fit and toned but not from weights, from what my body can do on its own.
I prefer a private area without others for my training.
I can take a cut (with a knife or razor or whatever) where a weight lifter can not.
My body is precision tuned to do what I command it to do with my brain, not what I think or hope it will do. We work together as one.

Are you trying to get BIG but lack power or are you trying to get BIG with power?? Im just curious. I have never used weights before but I find that I am at least twice as fast as those who do.

I understand that you want to join a gym and get BACK into martial arts. Is that correct? May I ask for what purpose do you intend to get back into martial arts? What will you use it for?? Is it to defend yourself just in case of an attack on you???

But I train to kill, not injure. So speed is essential to me. It helps to eliminate the size thing. Usually the bigger guy will win in a battle. Not in my case. He has no advantage over me just because he is bigger and stronger.

What is the purpose of your training so I can answer properly??

 

lol

not exactly what I had in mind....

 

I know...
But what does our friend have in mind I wonder??
That is very important to know.

If he is anything like my brother then I will not assist.
I trained with him but he trained for the wrong reason.
Probably why he is still in prison now.

 

sounds like the plot to a movie

but in all seriousness, good martial arts instructors will remind you of the power you have, and the dangers of using it unwisely. You can definitely learn how to kill and disable people during the course of your instruction, but it should not be used for the wrong reasons.:smt023

 

I agree. My instructor did not allow weights. I was taught to use my body only. I cheated only in high school just to be a part of the IN crowd. The guys used to life weights and I did too just to fit in with the other guys, not to disrespect my instructor.

 

This is a bit of a contradiction.

1) One can not train for adrenaline. Now there are those in MMA who wold disagree however, since the body never release the same amount of in any given situation, what needs to be trained is a meticulous skill and muscle memory. The Marine Corps tried "Adrenaline" based training with its L.I.N.E. program (I was a certified trainer) and found it did not work.

2) The contradictoriness comes from stating that you train with Adrenaline based training, which is really gross functions, not "precise" at all. Hitting skills are not gross skills and are taught with cognitive and controlled thinking.

...like shooting the sniper rifle.

 

my last TKD instructor had weights in his basement, but the first one I had from Korea, just had us using body weight. The knuckle-pushups, the chinese pushups, the situps, the jogging.

If you look at many of the successful MMA fighters, they're really lean and arent really built up like powerhouses, except for a few. Anderson Silva for example, is very lithe-like, but his speed and timing is leaps and bounds above anyone else.

I'm not beating guys up, so I just like to lift and get big to look good in my clothes. If I started training in an art again, I would probably stay away from 'big man' lifting, but still go for explosive power lifts to get certain moves off faster.

 

Maybe I should have said my strength comes from excitement or fear.
At that time I am just as strong as the more powerful opponent, just faster in what I have observed in myself.

 

lol

sounds like that 'crazy man' shit

where a guy falls 20 feet and hits the ground running

 

LOL... you are correct. Does sound crazy I know, but its true. I have lost only one battle with a person on an individual level so far. But that person was a woman. I can not harm a woman unless she has a weapon in her hand.

 

My last "official" fight was in Baltimore. 3 rounds 3 min. 1st round I danced around the poor kid's body like I was on dancing with the stars.

Mid-way through the 2nd....19years old > 37 years old. ha ha ha. Now I train to keep in good shap. If I'd just change the way I eat I could get rid of that last bit o lower ab.

 

But still you would be taken out by that guy who intends to kill you. Just get you in close enough to reach your vital organs or parts, and its all over. I like it when an opponent thinks they are greater. I get them in close and take them out. This method works I can promise you that. Your ego plays a big part in what I do for a living.

A smart opponent observes first. He attacks only when he is attacked or as an element of surprise. He stays at a minimum an arm length disance from his opponent. Thats what I do.

He analyzed his opponents walk, talk, reach, range of motion, etc. before he attacks. Even at the handshake Im analysing what your limits are.

You have no chance to win!!! No matter how strong you are.

I will walk away if I believe that I can not win. I calculate to WIN!!!

Thats why America is so successful today in her battle against T.

People like me make sure that if we engage then we will be win!!!

 

fighting 101 right there

paying attention to their dominant side is important too, although we were always trained to be as effective from southpaw as we would be in orthodox. You see guys switch stances up all the time in fights now. gives you one more thing to think about.

 

Correct!!!
I like your thinkiing. I will rep you for this post if it lets me reps some more tonight.

 

Great points. Repped.