“Internal” body training and non-complimentary activities
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 3:14 pm
One of the older common pieces of advice from years ago was that weight training hinders internal development, because it makes the muscles tense. I think many people now realize that this is a lot more nuanced, because swinging around heavy staffs can be considered “weight training”, yet internal artists do it… it’s more about how you include weight training into your program and keeping it inline with the principles you train under.
Not all “internal” martial arts practitioners agree on what the right way to train is, but at least a certain portion agree that you need to relax certain muscle groups in the legs and torso in order to develop that feeling of gaining more heaviness, balance, solidity in the lower half… part of this comes from relaxing the chest and allowing the weight to sink down, but also relaxing part of the hips, butt and legs like the hamstrings… to allow other muscles and connective tissue to develop.
This is, there are a number of activities that require recruiting various lower body muscles groups like, running, cycling, skateboarding, roller skating, rollerblading etc. So you spend years developing your the perfect balance of muscle groups for your “internal” body method… what are your thoughts on engaging in other lower body heavy activities that work the lower body in different ways? Do you think, have you found, they disrupt the “internal” development by developing different muscles, or does nothing get in the way of “internal” lower body development? Basically, can you do things like cycling, skateboarding, roller skating etc, and maintain your “internal” body development?
Curious to hear all your perspectives.
Not all “internal” martial arts practitioners agree on what the right way to train is, but at least a certain portion agree that you need to relax certain muscle groups in the legs and torso in order to develop that feeling of gaining more heaviness, balance, solidity in the lower half… part of this comes from relaxing the chest and allowing the weight to sink down, but also relaxing part of the hips, butt and legs like the hamstrings… to allow other muscles and connective tissue to develop.
This is, there are a number of activities that require recruiting various lower body muscles groups like, running, cycling, skateboarding, roller skating, rollerblading etc. So you spend years developing your the perfect balance of muscle groups for your “internal” body method… what are your thoughts on engaging in other lower body heavy activities that work the lower body in different ways? Do you think, have you found, they disrupt the “internal” development by developing different muscles, or does nothing get in the way of “internal” lower body development? Basically, can you do things like cycling, skateboarding, roller skating etc, and maintain your “internal” body development?
Curious to hear all your perspectives.