Stadion's Sports and Martial Arts Training Discussion

Here's the deal. Static stretching before dynamic movement is bad for you. Don't do it. This means no static passive/isometric/active stretching before walking or calisthenics or anything else that involves dynamic use of your body. Instead, do dynamic stretches (leg swings, arm swings, etc) beforeh...

Check out his column, he lists a set of strength exercises in there....can't quite remember where, but they consisted of things like crumpling rugs/newspaper/towels with your toes, scooting around by contracting and and extending your toes (try it in a chair with wheels if you can't do it standing u...

After reading an article on Alexander Zass (AKA the amazing samson), I am intrigued by his training style. He claims that rather than train his muscles for maximal strength, he trained his tendons, then muscles. It seems that, according to the article, the man used extreme range isometrics to accomp...

Hey folks, I just have a quick question for any of you (but naturally, especially Mr. Kurz). Do any of you see any inherant advantage to aerobic fitness in either swimming or running as compared to the other? I need to get my aerobic up to speed, but personally I can't stand running. I'll do it if I...

For most of Pavel Tsatsouline's material, take the techniques and apply them to a well thought-out, planned, and scientific (I hate to use that word as it seems so ostentatious, but you know what I mean) routine. I disagree with some of the theories Mr. Tsatsouline promotes, but in practice his tech...

Okay, let's start from the top. As usual, I'm not Mr. Kurz, but hopefully I can help a bit. The elliptical crosstrainer. In my opinion it's not as good as running, but it's certainly better than nothing. It's benefit is that it avoids the joint impact that running on a hard surface would have, but f...

I'm not Thomas Kurz, but I think I can answer a couple of your questions. 1 - This kind of stretching is called ballistic stretching, and is dangerous to your muscles. The sudden stretch you get when "bouncing" can lead to a strong contraction in the muscle as a defense mechanism against being stret...

Isometric stretches should be done *after* the main part of your workout. Remember, the purpose of the isometric contractions in those stretches is to fatigue your muscles; something that's going to be made even easier after your workout. In addition to that, they mess up your prioreceptor (balance,...

I apologize for how long it took me to reply. I cannot create your plan for you; only you or your coach can do that. I don't know you, don't know your capabilities, don't know your current level of fitness, don't know your psychological preparation, etc etc. Even things such as your general preferen...

I'm not Thomas Kurz, but I might be able to help. First off, what do you mean by a "boxers workout"? What parts of the body does it work? What kind of intensity are you talking here? Does it emphasize strength, agility, strength-endurance, aerobic-endurance, anaerobic-endurance, speed, what? What ki...

Thank you very much for your help.

-Shawn

Sorry this seems to be in the wrong forum, but this is the most active and I have seen other posts like this in here. This is mostly addressed to Mr. Kurz, but I welcome input from anybody. Oh, and to the moderators, if I am in the wrong spot let me know where this should be posted. This is a copy o...

tsdsensei - While what Atkins preaches is true, I disagree with much of what people have done with it. A brief synopsis of what makes you fat: Insulin releases are the only thing that will ever make you fat. When your blood sugar rises too high too quickly, your endocrine glands secrete insulin, whi...

Use a one sided dumbbell or (preferably) a 5-10lb sledge hammer. Grip it with one hand in an icepick grip (head down) a ways away from the head. Twist your wrist slowly in 180 degree semicircles (if you can go further you're a mutant), bend it laterally, bend it up and down. Do the same thing with a...

Good luck Xander, I wish you the best.

-Nightshade