Question about side split

CrazyBoy · Post by **CrazyBoy** » Jun 24, 2005 06:17

Ok, please accept my appologies regarding the quotation. I have a question: how often should I train my legs (with weights) in a week? My weekly strength program is planned so:
Monday- pecs and biceps
Wednesday- back and triceps
Friday- legs and shoulders
The last four days martial arts training.
Is ok so? Please give info.
Once again Mr Kurz please accept my appologies.
God bless you and Salut from Romania.

wynnema · Post by **wynnema** » Jun 24, 2005 08:38

Thomas Kurz wrote:
CrazyBoy wrote:I can surely remember that you said that one, during dynamic stretches, sweat diferently than during isometrics. This I know I've read it.
Wrong. Quote right or not at all.

CrazyBoy wrote:I have a request: can you tell me what are the connective tissues and their role? Please. God bless you and salut from Romania.
Most dictionaries give definitions of the connective tissue in general and of the fibrous connective tissue too. Biology is the first academic subject (1st year, 1st semester) taught to p.e. teachers and instructors so your instructor must know these definitions.

I think you are getting confused with Tom Kurz's quote regarding static stretching being bad as a warm up vs dynamic stretching as a warm up. Here is the quote:

"Static stretches do not facilitate these neural pathways, do not prepare the nervous system and blood vessels in the muscles for the dynamic task. You even sweat differently when warming up with dynamic actions than when doing static stretches. During dynamic exercises you sweat all over and your sweat is hot. During static stretching you sweat little, mainly on the face"

I suggest you re-check your information before arguing with the guy who actually wrote it!

CrazyBoy · Post by **CrazyBoy** » Jun 24, 2005 14:10

Ok, well I was worng and, as normal, I should appologize; so please accept my appologies regarding the misunderstandings I made. I don't want to upset anybody, especially Mr. Kurz. As for the "sweating" issue that was the statement I reffered to. Until next time, sorry again

. God bless you and salut from Romania.

Post by **Thomas Kurz** » Jun 24, 2005 16:45

CrazyBoy wrote:I have a question: how often should I train my legs (with weights) in a week? My weekly strength program is planned so:
Monday- pecs and biceps
Wednesday- back and triceps
Friday- legs and shoulders
The last four days martial arts training.
Is ok so? Please give info.

Look up posts in forum Planning and Control of Training.

Post by **Thomas Kurz** » Jun 24, 2005 16:53

wynnema wrote:
I think you are getting confused with Tom Kurz's quote regarding static stretching being bad as a warm up vs dynamic stretching as a warm up. Here is the quote:

"Static stretches do not facilitate these neural pathways, do not prepare the nervous system and blood vessels in the muscles for the dynamic task. You even sweat differently when warming up with dynamic actions than when doing static stretches. During dynamic exercises you sweat all over and your sweat is hot. During static stretching you sweat little, mainly on the face"

Dynamic actions and dynamic exercises are both much wider concepts than dynamic stretches. Also, dynamic exercises may be much more effort-intensive than such easy dynamic stretches as leg raises done until one reaches full dynamic ROM.

Post by **Thomas Kurz** » Jun 24, 2005 17:07

CrazyBoy wrote:Ok, well I was worng and, as normal, I should appologize; so please accept my appologies regarding the misunderstandings I made. I don't want to upset anybody, especially Mr. Kurz.

No need to apologize. I am not upset--I just wanted to make sure I'm not misquoted for a statement that makes little sense:

CrazyBoy wrote:Mr Kurz says that you should sweat a lot when one does the dynamic stretches (in contrast with the isometrics), but I am not.

CrazyBoy · Post by **CrazyBoy** » Jun 27, 2005 07:12

Well, it's relieving to find out that I didn't upset you, Mr Kurz. Once again, it was not my intention. Restarting training with weights and scheduling my stretching program once 2 days, I've met this problem. If before (the weight training and that scheduling) I could have done the front split with ease, now at the first try I feel a strong tension in my femural. Not very strong cause I can still maintain that position for 20-30 seconds. But I am a little worried. Can anyone tell me what's happening? BTW how long may maintain the contraction (seconds)?
Thanks in advance and salut from Romania!

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Jun 29, 2005 05:00

If you are now weight training when you didn't before it could be fatigue.
Get it checked by a doctor though if it doesn't feel like usual muscular soreness.
As for the contrations:-30 secs is usually long enough but you can hold it for longer if you wish.

Dragon

CrazyBoy · Post by **CrazyBoy** » Jun 29, 2005 07:16

Hello again Dragon! thank you for the advice, I am forever thankfull. I want to ask you this Dragon: does my questions bother you/annoy you? Do they in anyway possible upset you? I ask you this because I've received a post ffrom a forum friend and he seemed rather disturbed by my many questions. I know I should consult many sports books but if I don't have the possibility, then how. Please tell so I can calm down. God bless you and I salut you from Romania.

mat · Post by **mat** » Jun 29, 2005 07:46

CrazyBoy wrote:Hello again Dragon! thank you for the advice, I am forever thankfull. I want to ask you this Dragon: does my questions bother you/annoy you? Do they in anyway possible upset you? I ask you this because I've received a post ffrom a forum friend and he seemed rather disturbed by my many questions. I know I should consult many sports books but if I don't have the possibility, then how. Please tell so I can calm down. God bless you and I salut you from Romania.

You're posting to the forum, not Dragon personally. I am sure if he found it annoying then he wouldnt bother answering.

Although a lot of questions you ask are answered in the book, it is still very useful for other forum members like myself who are learning about stretching techniques to follow these forums. I find it motivates me to follow threads on this forum - I feel I am not alone in my efforts to improve myself. This is the biggest advantage of this forum over the books.

Mat

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Jun 30, 2005 05:39

Was it someone on this forum who emailed you?

I assure you,your questions don't annoy me.
I treat people as i would like to be treated myself.If i had a lot of questions i would hope someone help me too.

As mat said,you're posting for anyone to answer.You may get more replies if you give each question it's own topic-some people may not want to read through lots of pages.

As mat also pointed out,a lot of the answers to many questions are in the books/dvd's.However,i originally joined this forum to hear peoples personal opinions/experiences on different training methods and how it's affected them(good or bad).

It seems a waste of a forum sometimes to just quote an article as an answer.

Dragon

CrazyBoy · Post by **CrazyBoy** » Jun 30, 2005 07:27

Ok, it relieved me to found out this! I shall follow your advice and give each question an own topic so it may be easier to answer and read. I am happy to hear that you're not annoyed by my questions. Please accpet my respects, all of you forum friends who try to help somebody. Goodbye and until next time Salut from Romania.