Posts Tagged ‘exercise’
First, Fix Faults—in Nutrition
I begin by quoting from my post First, Fix Faults (March 23, 2011): “I think that this principle of fixing faults first applies to all aspects of health and fitness. For example, ceasing to eat bad stuff (sweets, bread and most grain products, too many carbs, too much protein, wrong fats, medicated meat, eggs from […]
Filed under: Sports Nutrition | 8 Comments
Tags: carbs, diet, exercise, Flexibility, hyperglycemia, inflammation, magnesium deficiency, martial arts, nutrition, soreness, supplements, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz
SuperSlow
One of the ancient Thai classics instructs warriors to display [i.e., practice] their martial skills so “that one may enjoy the sight.” —Donn F. Draeger and Robert W. Smith. 1969. Asian Fighting Arts. Tokyo: Kodansha International LTD. I read about SuperSlow and the method seemed reasonable. Not very practical for many sports, but great for […]
Filed under: Strength Training for Sports and Martial Arts | 11 Comments
Tags: exercise, muscle mass, strength, super slow
More on Single Workout
Nearly 2,000 people have read my post on how the composition of every single workout influences the effectiveness of the whole training program. Of all those readers, only one commented on the topic. Others described their experiences with crude simpletons who pass themselves for instructors and lord over the naive and the undiscerning enrolled in […]
Filed under: Exercises and Workouts | 7 Comments
Tags: exercise, martial arts instructor, sports instructor, sports training program, workout plan
On Elegance and Single Workout
Elegance is [achieved by] selectiveness or restraint in the use of means—a good selection gets to the point with just the right means. In my opinion, the crucial element of a training program is a workout. Not an exercise and not a microcycle but a single workout. Why not an exercise—the basic building block of […]
Filed under: Exercises and Workouts, Periodization | 9 Comments
Tags: exercise, microcycle, sports training, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz, workout
