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  1. R

    Stength & Conditioning for Wing Chun

    Hi Everyone, I am wondering what kind of focus everyone has for improving strength & fitness for Wing Chun (if any). Do people just rely on the practice or do you do anything separate. I know my school does some fitness as part of a class sometimes but mostly it is something people have to do...
  2. Draco90x

    I became so damn heavy ! which sport should i switch to ?

    Hi everybody. Am glad to be here again . since i hit 25 years old i became so heavy specially at 30 years old with a weight of 130 kg compared to my 22 years old's peak endurance 90 kg . So right now am thinking about normalizing my weight but dont know how to recognize my healthy weight...
  3. Ivan

    Is there such thing as overworking?

    I constantly feel the need to train. It's like an itch I can't scratch but I want to know whether I should push it. For starters, here is the schedule I try to stick to every week: MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursday Gym 0530-0645Gym 0630-0745Gym 0530-0645Gym 0530-0645 Gym 1110-1300Boxing...
  4. 0

    Knee problem - can I still train?

    I found out through my doctor that I have no cartilage in my knee - it's gone. That means any bending or running will be raw bone-on-bone contact and it will hurt badly, like it does now. I have pain going up stairs and going down stairs. I can't even run (properly) anymore. My knee is like thin...
  5. P

    Pain from the thumb to the pec

    I recently joined in a boxing gym, the First time I went there the coach didn't wrap the part of the hand around the thumb. When I try to extend the right thumb to the left and to grab things I feel pain from the thumb up to the lateral part of the pec. I I also feel pain when I extend the arm...
  6. AngryHobbit

    Back support for MA training

    All, I know I'm not the only one who has serious back issues but wants to train as regularly and as normally as possible. Does anyone use any back support during their training? It needs to be something sturdy enough to provide reasonable support but flexible enough to allow for vigorous...
  7. NCRonin

    Unknown Knuckle Damage

    So yesterday evening I came home from training and began doing some basic drills on the wooden dummy (mine has a padded steel trunk). I had my headphones in and lost track of time and my pace, I ended up going harder and faster than I intended to but in the end I wasn't any soarer than after a...
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