TogaAssassin
08-06-2005, 07:38
Well seeing as how I am rather poor I've been working on a body weight only workout to help me develop strength and explosive power for my martial arts (primarily JFJKD and Kali/Escrima). Now here is the workout I've been working up to for the past month or so. I used to be in awesome shape (I was also doing weight training back then for sports) and I feel like I'm getting back into decent shape however I was thinking maybe if I listed my routine you guys might be able to help improve it or maybe point out some things I could improve on. Right now this is what I'm doing 5 days a week (on the weekends I don't generally work out).
Push Ups on knuckles 5*15
Hanging Rotations 2minutes forward 2 minutes backwards (arms parallel to the ground small circle arm rotations)
Crunches 2*50
Bicycle Method situps 2*50
Calf Raises 2*50
Deep Stance Set
Horse Stance 2 Minutes as deep and low as possible
Left/Right lead Toe Stance 30 seconds in each lead
Left/Right lead Heel Stance 30 seconds in each lead
Left/Right lead Bow and Arrow Stance 1 minute in each lead
Left/Right lead Scissor stance 1 minute in each lead
Hung Gar Iron body training (which involves controlled breathing in a deep horse stance) for as long as I can do it every other day (I do this after my workout but before my Qui Gung breathing) this can be a rather strenuous leg workout depending on how much pain I feel like I can endure that day.
Generally I have 3 "hard" self training days a week, which basically involve flipping through my library of strikes for marathon shadow boxing sessions to improve endurance. Specifically
Monday I focus on Kicking
Wednesday I do my Kali (shadowboxing with sticks/knife) I do a lot of pattern drilling on this day
Friday I focus my workout on my hand striking
A gym is not a valid idea for me nor is a bowflex or anything I was thinking about grabbing some free weights but that idea is almost right out as well. I can be on the go a lot so I prefer to simply use my body and my environment to get a workout.
BTW I was reading a little but about vertical (or inverted) push ups and was thinking about adding that to my list of daily exercises. Any thoughts?
Push Ups on knuckles 5*15
Hanging Rotations 2minutes forward 2 minutes backwards (arms parallel to the ground small circle arm rotations)
Crunches 2*50
Bicycle Method situps 2*50
Calf Raises 2*50
Deep Stance Set
Horse Stance 2 Minutes as deep and low as possible
Left/Right lead Toe Stance 30 seconds in each lead
Left/Right lead Heel Stance 30 seconds in each lead
Left/Right lead Bow and Arrow Stance 1 minute in each lead
Left/Right lead Scissor stance 1 minute in each lead
Hung Gar Iron body training (which involves controlled breathing in a deep horse stance) for as long as I can do it every other day (I do this after my workout but before my Qui Gung breathing) this can be a rather strenuous leg workout depending on how much pain I feel like I can endure that day.
Generally I have 3 "hard" self training days a week, which basically involve flipping through my library of strikes for marathon shadow boxing sessions to improve endurance. Specifically
Monday I focus on Kicking
Wednesday I do my Kali (shadowboxing with sticks/knife) I do a lot of pattern drilling on this day
Friday I focus my workout on my hand striking
A gym is not a valid idea for me nor is a bowflex or anything I was thinking about grabbing some free weights but that idea is almost right out as well. I can be on the go a lot so I prefer to simply use my body and my environment to get a workout.
BTW I was reading a little but about vertical (or inverted) push ups and was thinking about adding that to my list of daily exercises. Any thoughts?