Most efficient leg strengthening exercises

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Re: Most efficient leg strengthening exercises

Postby Rhen on Thu May 24, 2018 12:00 pm

most effective leg strengthening for an internal artist:

We'll I'll just say maybe try doing the long form many times in a row. you'll get stronger for sure if you have the discipline to pull it off.

short forms don't cut it.
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Re: Most efficient leg strengthening exercises

Postby Trick on Thu May 24, 2018 8:33 pm

But if the short form is done many many many times in a row, wouldn't that do the trick too?
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Re: Most efficient leg strengthening exercises

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Re: Most efficient leg strengthening exercises

Postby wayne hansen on Thu May 24, 2018 11:13 pm

When short form was mentioned I thought 37 rather than 24 step
I feel the 24 is lacking in many ways
In our school we don't move out of a small horse stance for the first hour
We do shift weight but don't unbend the legs or move foot position
Next we have quite a few walking exercises without hands
Followed by continuous walking hands
This is followed by form and then pushing so the legs get quite a workout
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Too much leg work
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Re: Most efficient leg strengthening exercises

Postby GrahamB on Thu May 24, 2018 11:29 pm

Walking.

I would just do more walking.
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Re: Most efficient leg strengthening exercises

Postby Squeeeez on Mon May 28, 2018 12:05 am

Well, the event was this weekend.
Two of us had to give up after 40 miles, due to heat strokes (all the tabata squats in the world couldn't prevent that sadly). The third of our group joined another group and made it.

Thank you again for all the good ideas!
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Re: Most efficient leg strengthening exercises

Postby Peacedog on Mon May 28, 2018 1:03 am

Nice. Forty miles is still pretty good.

Just curious, where did the event tale place?
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Re: Most efficient leg strengthening exercises

Postby origami_itto on Mon May 28, 2018 9:02 am

Squeeeez wrote:Thank you for the excellent ideas so far!

The details:
You get a map, and then you have 25h to complete 80km through the mountains. So squats and low walks are definitely going to be helpful.

Then during the training walks so far, the feet and ankle tendons started to say hello, so that seems to be a weak point, not sure how to strengthen them specifically though.
And it's interesting - it was never a problem during the training so far, but then again I've never trained for 7-8h straight :-\


I did 70KM in (I think) around 15 hours in a Volksmarch back in 99. No preparatory training of any kind. Light snacks and candy along the way. Once I stopped the legs got really crampy though and I pretty much immediately went to sleep. It was on city streets, too, not through mountain trails.
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Re: Most efficient leg strengthening exercises

Postby origami_itto on Mon May 28, 2018 9:02 am

Squeeeez wrote:Well, the event was this weekend.
Two of us had to give up after 40 miles, due to heat strokes (all the tabata squats in the world couldn't prevent that sadly). The third of our group joined another group and made it.

Thank you again for all the good ideas!


Oh well at least you tried.
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Re: Most efficient leg strengthening exercises

Postby Squeeeez on Mon May 28, 2018 1:39 pm

Peacedog wrote:Nice. Forty miles is still pretty good.

Just curious, where did the event tale place?

It was in Switzerland, not quite in the alps but definitely not flat either :D
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Re: Most efficient leg strengthening exercises

Postby Squeeeez on Mon May 28, 2018 1:45 pm

oragami_itto wrote: did 70KM in (I think) around 15 hours in a Volksmarch back in 99. No preparatory training of any kind. Light snacks and candy along the way. Once I stopped the legs got really crampy though and I pretty much immediately went to sleep. It was on city streets, too, not through mountain trails.

Nice! Congratulations, then. :)
Oh well at least you tried.

We did manage the full 80km a few years ago but being a student I was training a few hours every day then, and also about 20kg (40lbs) lighter ::)

Leg and foot strength is still, in my opinion, one of the bases of not only martial arts but mobile life in general.
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Re: Most efficient leg strengthening exercises

Postby Greg J on Mon May 28, 2018 8:07 pm

Squeeeez wrote:Well, the event was this weekend.
Two of us had to give up after 40 miles, due to heat strokes (all the tabata squats in the world couldn't prevent that sadly). The third of our group joined another group and made it.

Thank you again for all the good ideas!


Awesome job showing up and doing your best. Now you will be better prepared for next time!

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Re: Most efficient leg strengthening exercises

Postby zhenwu on Mon May 28, 2018 11:30 pm

leg-back connection.. walking on ass =)
great for the illio-sacral-joint

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