Finding the right balance

There seems to be lots of misconceptions about "Frequency of training".

The question I get alot is "How many times a week should I train?"

Or some students have the idea that training more will make them stronger or tougher.

If you want to allow for muscle growth, strength, and endurance gains to take place you have to let some rejuvenation take place.

You must allow your body to recover and heal itself or else the very thing you're doing to stay healthy will actually have the opposite effect.

Everything is about balance in every area of your life. The keyword is moderation.

I'm not saying moderate exercise. When you train on those 3 days you've set for yourself, those are high intensity, maximum output training days.

Off-days are used to stretch, perform deep breathing exercises, neigong, weapon training, and balance training.

You can train skill (punching & kicking, footwork, energy drills, etc...) every day but only push your body physically to extremes 3 times a week (Station Training, Kettle-Bells, Sandbags, D-balls, High Rep Conditioning Drills, Power Exercises)

In Neigong we say: "The chi is like a battery, kinda like the one inside a toy you buy at the store, once you hit 16 years of age that battery slowly starts to lose it's charge."

Knowing this, there is no need to drain that battery unnecessarily by over-training.

Martial art training or any kind of physical conditioning should be a way to preserve yourself, not cause you to slowly deteriorate.

That is one purpose of Neigong training. To keep your battery charged because the one that is inside of you cannot be recycled.

Charge battery here.

Master Yourself,

Sibok Martin