In any athletic field, this one thing is sought after by everyone: POWER
When people think of power they tend to think how big someone's arms are, or how much weight you can lift.
Although there's nothing wrong with both of the above, in Fang Shen Do we tend to define it a bit differently.
Like Bruce Lee once said: Are you strong or powerful?
What is the difference you might ask, they're both the same right? Not so.
Ask yourself how "functional" your strength is?
Being powerful is being functional.
It's your ability to transfer your power into a strike and actually land your attack. Or perform a throwing move with pin point accuracy when you feel your opponent is off balance.
I like watching strong man competitions to see which of the athletes are able to combine, massive power with "finesse" and skill. A perfect example of being powerful.
Most of the exercises in Station Training are done using your own body weight. Often you're training multiple attributes like power, speed, & balance. You really feel like you're mastering something important: Yourself!
You're always faced with 2 types of resistance: gravitational (as in a squat or push-up) or self-resistance.
I love self-resistance.
A basic example would be to clench your fist and slowly punch out straight ahead, make it last as long as possible, resist as if someone was trying to stop you from punching out or imagine pushing against a spring or rubber until you reach full extension.
Also add Intensity, "hiss" out (with tongue behind teeth or grunt as you're pressing out) to fire up your adrenal glands. Stretch the movement as long as you can and try synchronizing your breath so that your exhale ends with the full extension.
You should feel a rush just from doing this one movement. Some of our drills involving this type of resistance work can last in excess of 5 to 10 minutes.
You can find them all right here.
I can't even start explaining the feeling once you complete that routine.
No wonder you can increase power levels in as little as 30 days.
There's one more benefit I need to cover, but it will have to wait until tomorrow, gotta go train now,
Master Yourself,
Sibok Martin
When people think of power they tend to think how big someone's arms are, or how much weight you can lift.
Although there's nothing wrong with both of the above, in Fang Shen Do we tend to define it a bit differently.
Like Bruce Lee once said: Are you strong or powerful?
What is the difference you might ask, they're both the same right? Not so.
Ask yourself how "functional" your strength is?
Being powerful is being functional.
It's your ability to transfer your power into a strike and actually land your attack. Or perform a throwing move with pin point accuracy when you feel your opponent is off balance.
I like watching strong man competitions to see which of the athletes are able to combine, massive power with "finesse" and skill. A perfect example of being powerful.
Most of the exercises in Station Training are done using your own body weight. Often you're training multiple attributes like power, speed, & balance. You really feel like you're mastering something important: Yourself!
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You're always faced with 2 types of resistance: gravitational (as in a squat or push-up) or self-resistance.
I love self-resistance.
A basic example would be to clench your fist and slowly punch out straight ahead, make it last as long as possible, resist as if someone was trying to stop you from punching out or imagine pushing against a spring or rubber until you reach full extension.
Also add Intensity, "hiss" out (with tongue behind teeth or grunt as you're pressing out) to fire up your adrenal glands. Stretch the movement as long as you can and try synchronizing your breath so that your exhale ends with the full extension.
You can find them all right here.
I can't even start explaining the feeling once you complete that routine.
No wonder you can increase power levels in as little as 30 days.
There's one more benefit I need to cover, but it will have to wait until tomorrow, gotta go train now,
Master Yourself,
Sibok Martin
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