What strength training exercises do you use in your choosen martial art?

Do you use weights? If so what kind and how often?





What do you use to build strength in your training?

What strength training exercises do you use in your choosen martial art?
For weight training I use Olympic style lifts, in a circuit work out.





I switch up my circuit and lifting routines about every 6 or 7 weeks. I do a lot of different programs.





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I rotate between weight training, and plyometric circuits. For 6 weeks I will do weights, 6 weeks plyos, 6 weeks another weight program.





All of them I do are circuit workouts, all are explosive power type of lifts. My reps are fast, and explosive as I can be, I want fast twitch muscle as opposed to bulk. So a lot of "norms" I don't follow.





I stay away from any slow sets, doing super slow lifts. I don't go too high up in weight on anything except my legs. I am less concerned with exact technique as I am with explosion. For example on bench press, I am more concerned with blowing it off my chest then I am pressing it in a controlled manner all the way up.





That is just my routine, I also like to do Spartan type training here and there, and throwing the medicine ball around, planks, etc. Lots of core stuff.
Reply:i strenght train everyday, 30 reps with a 15 pound weight, to keep my muscle up, just curcles, nothing fancy





i also practice hand stands agiants a walls, it helps my shoulders.





for my abs ill do crunches sit up, and a rath odd one,dont know what its called, lie on the ground and hold the bottom of a table or something like that and lift your legs u, down without touching the floor, and up agian, you can go sit to side to strenghten those love handles ^_~ (its a really hard one but more effective than most ab workouts)





YOU CANT BEAT PUSHUPS





yes 30 pushups everyday, in the morning and then before i go to bed.
Reply:Weights are great, small weight high reps. Also traditional methods like Chishi and Medicine Ball.
Reply:we don't use any weights than our own.


I practice capoeira and we do indeed do a lot of muscular training though be it many times unintentionally


we do a lot of low leg excercises which really work the thighs and calves plus we do a lot of handstands, cartwheels and other acrobatic excercises which are really good for the strength in ones arms. add to that a more than healthy dosis of ab excercises and push ups and you are out for a good muscular work out
Reply:i place a strong emphasis on my core.





back extensions


leg raises


hanging knee raises


side bends


twist


sit ups


these are my primary exercises from there i perform:


squats


pull-ups


dips


push-ups





because it takes 36-48 hours to fully recover from lifting(interfering with sparring), i refuse to do an extensive weight lifting program.
Reply:Wind sprints push ups on the knuckles or finger tips 30 to 50 of each a day and the use of traditional OKINAWAN equipment and sit ups standing in a deep horse stance until my legs start to tremble