Stadion's Sports and Martial Arts Training Discussion

so instead of doing 100 reps in one go, you advise to break them up into 2-3 sets of 30 reps? how many secs should i rest between each set? Ahad, you are too concerned with precise numbers, and Article 29 answers both of your questions. Art. 29 says the following. My comments are in the brackets "[...

The answer is: do whatever number of sets and reps your body responds best to (see below). This will require some experimentation. I'd start on the low side. From Article 24: "Question: Why do you advise doing long sets of exercises with low resistance as a preparation for low-repetition and high-r...

In the secrets of strertching dvd it says to situps, crunhes, leg raises, back floor extensions etc. how many sets of reps shall i do for each one? did he say 100 reps in the dvd or am i wrong? i tried to do 100 situps the other day and cant barely pass 20 reps. do i have to do 100 or can i rest bet...

my workout is upper/lower splits.

i do rowing machine as a warm up for upper days and so on?

am i doing right?

The purpose of running is to gain cardiovascular fitness while using the legs throughout their full range of motion, or nearly so. Recall that the video says to take long strides. If at 10 km/h your heart rate/min is high enough to gain sufficient cardiovascular fitness, and if you're able to take ...

CSta wrote:Fix your back; you need to take care of that issue first.

how do i do that? simple relax stretches like yoga?

in secrets of stretching dvd thomas says running is acceptable. what about jogging at 10km/h? also what about rowing machines in the cardio section in the gym, can i use them? i usually jog for 10mins to get warmed up before the workout. is this ok or does it have to be done after to the end of the ...

i have back pain and im scared of doing squats. dead lifts, good morning lift etc. that stresses the back musles. instead of these excercises can i use the machine aleternatives for example leg press machine for squats. with such machines i can rest my back against the machine support and it doesnt ...

Im a total newbie to this and wanted to do side/front splits so i bought this secrets of stretching dvd. i watched it and im confused. dvd says lower back and ab muscles must be strong first before going on the main excercises. it says abductor flyes cannot be done unless you toughen ab and lower ba...

i do the warm up on cycling before stretching. then after stretching i hit the weights.

in stretching i do 80% static stretches and 20% dynamic stretches. is this normal?

see below

you say it is a warm-up...but a warm up for what? You say you cycle in a gym, therefore is this a warmup for a weights workout? or a stretching workout? If you look at the posts mmeloon pointed you towards, you'll see that cycling too much can impact your flexibility. i do the warm before stretchin...

mmeloon wrote:Do a search for "cycling" and read what has already been written about this topic.

is my warm up routine ok?

hi, to get my body warm and sweaty before i do any activity i use the cycling machine at the gym. i cycle at medium resistance at constant 58-61 RPM for 15 mins non stop then after that i cycle gently with no resistance for 2:30 mins to get heart rate down. is this an ok warm up or do i incorporate ...