Lifting weights is lifting weights for karate good or bad?

Speed and power is good in karate. You also need a balance. It also depends on which style. So is lifting weights good or bad? I want to build some muscle but don%26#039;t want to get too bulky.|||I would think building too much muscle would be bad. The bigger the muscle, the slower you would move. Toning your body, in my opinion, won%26#039;t do any harm.|||Good as long as you can still move your arms, do weight exercises that work your whole body like deadlifts, bench press, chin ups or lat pull downs, stay away from isolation exercises and get some kettlebells, isolation exercises are for bodybuilders only!|||Lifting weights worked for Bruce Lee.|||good.


If you lift correctly it can increase your response time.


It is the rare person that has so much muscle that it slows them down.


Martial arts are great but being in shape is a must.


If you are doing just martial arts and no additional exercise then you are selling yourself short. Someone with less martial art experience but is in better shape will be able to defeat you.|||Lots of reps with low weights would build lean muscle as well as help with your cardio. Sounds good to me! Just keep yourself limber. Obviously stretch before you work out, but also afterwards.|||I answered this question somewhat in another post, so I%26#039;ll repost it here....





by Scott B Member since:


January 08, 2008


Yes. If you love them both. Most people are saying that you are going to get in-flexible and slow. Which is not true. With bigger muscles you actually have the capabilities of having faster, more explosive, and harder strikes. It difference is the way you are training.





There are 3 types of strength: absolute (your max lifting power), explosive (how fast you can generate it), and static power (the kind of power you use when you weight lift for body building, slow and controlled).





The problem arises when you only do your body building workout. You must add plyometrics to your workout to change your absolute strength into explosive. You must teach your muscle fibers to generate speed with power. In this way you actually can be faster and stronger using body building techniques, as long as you train smart.





As far as the inflexibility. The truth is that body building will make you inflexible... If you are not stretching! Tom Platz used to be able to do full squats, and John Parrillo (a body building guru) actually recommends it because there is some research that says it helps muscle growth.





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So going on that topic. It depends on how many reps you are doing and when you are reaching failure. If you reach failure in the 6 to 8 range, then you will look like a body builder in two years. This trains the muscle fiber that likes to grow.





If you keep your workouts to the 15-20 range, you are training the endurance fiber which does grow, but not as big. You will be able to last longer and be stronger if you train in this range.





So the answer is keep your workouts in the 15-20 range and you%26#039;ll be fine, and you should be lifting.|||The truth is, it is very hard to bulk up to the point that flexibility is lost due to muscle. You must train rigorously and eat quite a lot. My advice is lift weights which are heavy, but balance it out with karate training and cardio and stretching. Along with a good diet, you shall be a warrior in no time!!





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