People are often fooled into believing that the basics are only for beginners. What they don't realize is that with almost every discipline, whether it's art, music, sports, martial arts, fitness, etc, you learn the most valuable skills right at the beginning. Consistent practice of the basics is THE key to mastering any discipline. For example, in the Wing Chun system of martial arts, the concepts of centreline and economy of motion are taught the first day you walk into class. And those are the guiding principles throughout your entire Wing Chun journey. That's exactly what this video is about.…
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THE MOST ADVANCED THING YOU CAN DO ARE THE BASICS!
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BODYWEIGHT EXERCISES FOR MARTIAL ARTS AND SPORTS
These are some of my favourite bodyweight exercises for strength and conditioning for sports. When you're figuring out a workout for sports, you need to first understand that you need to train the entire body. Never mind the Bro Split where you train one or two muscles a day. That's a program designed specifically for bodybuilding and has absolutely no place in a sports program. You use your entire body in any sport. Therefore you must train the entire body and learn to use it as one unit. This means that compound or multi joint exercises are the focus and…
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SPORTS CONDITIONING - What You Need To Know
One thing I've seen a lot in the fitness industry is trainers giving everyone the same workout regardless of their goals and needs. For the most part, this is a bodybuilding style split routine. You know the ones I'm talking about. The programs where you train different muscles on different days. You may have an upper body day and a lower body day, or you may do your chest and back one day, legs and abs, one day, arms and shoulders one day, etc. And depending on your goals, that may be the right program for you. Or it might not…
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