Stadion's Sports and Martial Arts Training Discussion

There was an interesting discussion on the Dragon Door forum about whether too much maximal strength will have an adverse effect on strength by making relaxation difficult and interfering with coordination and efficiency of movement. Thomas Kurz was cited as saying that one should not be too strong ...

If anyone has any ideas to improve your sense of rythm let me know, I'd like to hear about them Play or learn playing musical instruments--drums are the most obviously applicable to sports but playing any instrument requires and refines sense of rhythm. Juggling is good too. One of my instructors n...

I meant one exercise for both.

Is it a good idea to train mucular endurance and cardiorespiratory endurance together? For example, if I run to improve my aerobic and anaerobic endurance, do I also need to do endurance work for the leg muscles, or will the running take care of that? And if I am doing specific muscular endurance wo...

Does balance training carryover from one discipline to another? For example, if I do balance training with slacklines, will my ability to maintain balance improve in, say, grappling, or would it be necessary to do balance training that resembles grappling?

Thank you, I'll have a look through those to see if there's an answer to my question. I see in the Spring 1995 one, Mr Kurz says a bad diet may be responsible for a lack of flexibility, but doesn't elaborate. Why am I interested in nutrition and flexibility? To improve my athletic performance. Yes, ...

Could you please provide a URL for the article? I can't find it.

Does diet affect flexibility? And are there any supplements that can imporve flexibility?