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pknox
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Hello All:
I have heard many many times about how beneficial weight training can be for martial artists. What I haven't heard, though, is the training load the average martial artist who weight trains has. I train Mon-Thurs, about 3 hours a day, in Jun Fan, Kali, Silat, and mixed grappling (ground). I am 6', about 230 lbs, and consider grappling my "favorite" range. For someone like myself, who is in class about 12 hours a week, is weight training beneficial, or would it just lead to overtraining? I'm wondering if I would just be better off training in my art at home on the "off days." Given my schedule, I could weight train on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Would once a week be enough, or if I lifted on two days (say Friday and Sunday, to allow a day of rest in between), would the fact that there would be a minimum of four days between weight training sessions (7 if I only trained 1x week) negate the benefits I'd receive by lifting in the first place?
Thanks in Advance,
Pete Knox
I have heard many many times about how beneficial weight training can be for martial artists. What I haven't heard, though, is the training load the average martial artist who weight trains has. I train Mon-Thurs, about 3 hours a day, in Jun Fan, Kali, Silat, and mixed grappling (ground). I am 6', about 230 lbs, and consider grappling my "favorite" range. For someone like myself, who is in class about 12 hours a week, is weight training beneficial, or would it just lead to overtraining? I'm wondering if I would just be better off training in my art at home on the "off days." Given my schedule, I could weight train on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Would once a week be enough, or if I lifted on two days (say Friday and Sunday, to allow a day of rest in between), would the fact that there would be a minimum of four days between weight training sessions (7 if I only trained 1x week) negate the benefits I'd receive by lifting in the first place?
Thanks in Advance,
Pete Knox