Stadion's Sports and Martial Arts Training Discussion

As thorough as Mr. Kurz is, this is most likely covered somewhere, so forgive me if it is. When I put my feet in front of me seated on the floor and reach down and touch my toes I have noticed that my legs start going numb. Is this normal or should call 911 now? After a few weeks of stretching, I ha...

I agree. Flexibility alone does not make you a good karateka. I feel that it is the gateway to speed, agility, coordination, and better technique. Basically, I want to check something off a list. I will dramatically alter my routine to focus on endurance, speed and technique once I have nailed the s...

I am focusing on legs solely with the primary goal on hitting the splits in four months. Since it causes a bit of aguish to attempt the horse-riding stance for more than a minute, I feel adding weight training is going to make things go quicker. A couple weeks ago I was not able to go wider that sho...

I just tested for 7th Kyu, so now I can back off the classes for four months. February, March, April and May are going to be spent doing two karate classes a week and two weight training sessions. I was hoping someone wouldn't mind commenting on my proposed routine. My goal is to perform the side sp...

Good idea. Since phpBB is a "turn-key" solution, for the most part, it might be easier to set up a new topic called "Member Routines".

But it wouldn't take a lot of work to add a new a field in the "profile" area and if it exists, show a routine button that would go directly to the information.

backinjured wrote:If you've bought Stretching Scientifically, you might want to look at page 158 in the bottom of the page SOUNDS IN AND AROUND JOINTS, you'll get a clear explanation!

Note: I have the Fourth Edition! book

Yeap, there it is. Thanks!

Sorry for posting a covered topic

I bought Stretching Scientifically a few weeks ago. I have been using the techniques and have been seeing progress. I have a stretching machine and it shows that I have gone from 100 degrees to 150 in about three weeks. I still have a long way to go before I can get in chairs, but I am diggin' this ...

I read Stretching Scientifically this week. From what I understand, the most important thing I can be doing to acheive the splits is strength training my legs (full range and in the opposite direction of the movement). Add dynamic stretches (kicks: front, side, back) 2-3 a day (nothing hard, just sw...