help me train

[vinhthekid]

****. i feel inadequate.

i just roll everyday for about 2 hours and do an hour of yoga.

and rest on sundays.

and drink like a fish.

[nezha]

I would think especially for MA weight lifting you need a major pull/press in every plane. Horizontal pull/press, vertical pull/press, and squat/deadlift or two other big leg movements. Thats what I do and then I add in other power exercises like power shrugs, push press/jerk/snatch once in a while. Always striving to increase the weight lifted or the reps. I workout in the 1-4 rep range a lot and have good results.

For horizontal pull I assume you mean rows and stuff like that, but what would constitute a vertical pulling movement? Thanks.

[LI GUY 1]

Yes, horizontal pull is a row. Bent over BB rows, DB rows, cable rows, any BOR actually. A vertical row woud be a weighted pullup (my favorite) or lat pulldown (meh in my book).

Also, truepwrz: Looks like your schedule sucks balls. A little bit anyway. Don't focus on bodyparts like biceps or chest. A well developed chest or back is more of a bodybuilding outlook. You want to focus on being stron in movements, like overhead press, squat, etc.



Try this:

MONDAY: Bench Press, Squat, Row

WEDNESDAY: Miltary Press, Deadlift, Weighted Pullup or Lat Pulldown

FRIDAY: Bench Press, Squat, Row

SUNDAY:Pure bagwork, heavy cardio


Lifting 3 days is plenty, you need time for skills (class) and cardio. 4 days is overkill. Eat more food than you are now, and not junk food. You are skinny so this is important. Work hard in the gym by always trying to increase the weight or reps.

Also, your biceps, triceps, abs and all the other little muscles will get plenty of work from presses and pulls. No need yet for isolation movements as it may hinder your time better spent training your martial art.

[LI GUY 1]

Some video demos of how to perform all these lifts:

Bench Press
Squat
Row
Military Press
Deadlift
Weighted Pullup
Lat Pulldown

Cool? Good stuff.

[metarat]

****. i feel inadequate.

i just roll everyday for about 2 hours and do an hour of yoga.

and rest on sundays.

and drink like a fish.

Sounds good to me, although I'd have to work up to your awesome level of conditioning!

[metarat]

That Bruce Lee worship site I posted is oddly organized; there's one link if you can find it where he does have some old school exercises laid out but he doesn't really map a routine.
He does advocate presses one place, but in another says BL thought too wide of a chest was a hinderence to MAs. --?!? Guess it is a little screwy.

But look what else I found--

http://www.cbass.com/

Here is some old school, I read the "Ripped" series a long time ago (you can't tell from looking at me now, sadly). He also has a link to the real "Hardgainer" guy.

---Checked the site out, and sadly he's all about sales; you can probably find some of his books at used bookstores and on eBay. He had a lot on routines, as I recall.

[truepwrz]

alright plan changed about how long would it take me to gain 15lb of muscle???

[nezha]

26 years.

Seriously, the most important thing for you to do is to is to go into the gym and lift weights. No offense, but if you are as skinny as you look in the videos that have been posted on this site, then reps and sets won't matter THAT much.

If you really intent on packing on some weight, I recommend this site

[truepwrz]

a gallon of milk :5eek: that is an awful amount of milk a day i will be dead after a 2quarts but cool, btw i look really skinny but i just weighted myself and i am 160lb which is pretty heavy compared to most my friends that are fit

[truepwrz]

i just dont get how 135lbers look so much bigger than me