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Llarion
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Hello!
Do you adapt your training to your physical limitations, or force yourself to work through them no matter what?
I ask because one part of my training frustrates me; I'm asthmatic, and so I can't do extended cardio. I'm also built sort of like a fire hydrant. (I am often mistaken for Jason Alexander, from Seinfeld) So, what ends up happening is that I learn all that things I'm supposed to to, and I approach it with ferocity; but I get winded quickly, and have an extended recovery time. Losing weight did not help as I hoped it would, it just made me quicker. So, I try to focus on techiques that defeat an opponent very quickly, with brutal finality, because I couldn't go 15 rounds. I couldn't even go one, really. 2 minutes of sparring takes me 5-7 minutes to recover from.
My body shape limits some of the things I can do too, but it helps others. I have short arms and legs, and a longish body for my height, and I'm stocky. I'd be lost in the sweeping movements of Tae Kwan Do or Kung Fu, I imagine... I really like the Akido and Hapkido that is an integrated part of my training, because my center of gravity is very low, so I'm very difficult to throw, and I know how to use the natural leverage I'm afforded. I want to tell myself it all balances out, and that I have strengths and advantages others don't; but after doing 3 forms in a row, when my pulse is at 190 and I'm only getting 800cc of air, I have doubts, ya know?
Do any of you have any physical limitations that you've worked around or successfully circumvented entirely as part of your training? What were the obstacles, and how did you overcome them?
Do you adapt your training to your physical limitations, or force yourself to work through them no matter what?
I ask because one part of my training frustrates me; I'm asthmatic, and so I can't do extended cardio. I'm also built sort of like a fire hydrant. (I am often mistaken for Jason Alexander, from Seinfeld) So, what ends up happening is that I learn all that things I'm supposed to to, and I approach it with ferocity; but I get winded quickly, and have an extended recovery time. Losing weight did not help as I hoped it would, it just made me quicker. So, I try to focus on techiques that defeat an opponent very quickly, with brutal finality, because I couldn't go 15 rounds. I couldn't even go one, really. 2 minutes of sparring takes me 5-7 minutes to recover from.
My body shape limits some of the things I can do too, but it helps others. I have short arms and legs, and a longish body for my height, and I'm stocky. I'd be lost in the sweeping movements of Tae Kwan Do or Kung Fu, I imagine... I really like the Akido and Hapkido that is an integrated part of my training, because my center of gravity is very low, so I'm very difficult to throw, and I know how to use the natural leverage I'm afforded. I want to tell myself it all balances out, and that I have strengths and advantages others don't; but after doing 3 forms in a row, when my pulse is at 190 and I'm only getting 800cc of air, I have doubts, ya know?
Do any of you have any physical limitations that you've worked around or successfully circumvented entirely as part of your training? What were the obstacles, and how did you overcome them?