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Hi people, this article has to be the most important article for me. This is where i got my inspiration to get involved with fitness and martial arts. Master Bruce lee has inspired millions through his teachings, his fitness, his ever growing hunger for knowledge and always will keep inspiring. But there are still may people who would be unaware of his philosophy. I never met Master lee , as he died many years before i was born. But i got to know him from his work (movies, books) and he will always stay close to my heart.
Bruce lee was a specimen of health. he always said "you have to train seriously , nothing is taken for granted". He developed a 6 week training program that could make you fit for any activity. I will take you through, series of different elements of fitness on which he heavily relied and emphasised.
1.
AEROBIC EXERCISES:
Physical training is a skill of disciplining your mind, developing your power and supplying endurance to your body. He laid heavy emphasis on cardio- aerobic exercises for all martial artist.
RUNNING:
One of his favourite aerobic exercise was running. He used to run 4 miles on normal days in 24- 25 minutes. He would change his tempo while running- after several miles of constant, even strides, he would sprint several feet and go back to normal running again. he used to run in parks, beaches, woods, down hills or surfaced streets.
EXERCYCLE:
Another of his favourite exercise was exercycle, which he used to develop amazing endurance, legs and cardiovascular muscles. He developed such stamina that he could ride the exercycle for 45 minutes to one hour flat at top speed of 35- 40 miles continuously. He would ride his cycle after running.
SKIPPING ROPE
Another exercise that he scheduled in his routine was skipping rope, which you can adopt. He emphasised on it heavily saying that it develops your stamina, leg muscles and "makes you light on your feet" developed balance and coordination. 10 minutes of skipping is equivalent to 30 minutes of jogging. As you develop the stamina gradually you can skip for 30 -45 minutes straight , like Master lee did.
2.
SHADOW BOXING:
Is a good agility exercise which also builds up your speed, stamina and amazing balance and footwork. Several rounds of shadow boxing helps you in all these departments.
3.
FLEXIBILITY:
One of his favourite exercise was stretching . He said that beneficial exercises are those that do not cause antagonistic tension in your muscle. When there is excessive or antagonistic tension on the elongated muscles, it hinders and weakens your movements. It acts like brake , causing premature fatigue, generally associated with new activity- demanding different muscles to perform. He emphasised on stretching the legs by touching your feet with hands, this creates basic flexibility.
Other exercises included leg splits and hanging raises. Other advanced exercises are back stretches going as far backward and then forward bending, as much forward as possible.
4.
ABDOMINAL EXERCISES:
No one could help but notice Bruce lees abdominal muscles. His most popular was sit ups of slant board. Secure your feet, bend your knees, hands behind your head, lift your body towards your feet. Do as many as you can until the stomach starts to feel the strain. Add a weight like a barbell plate after that and do more sit ups.
Another exercise he did was sitting on the edge of the bench having his feet secured by some one and going down towards the floor as possible and crunching back up. He also did a lot of hanging leg raises.
Leg raises on the floor was yet another of his favourite exercise.
For
Conditioning Mid section
his mid section , he would have someone thrown the medicine ball on his midsection while lying on the floor.and someone throwing the medicine ball at his midsection with some force and letting it hit his midsection before catching it.
Besides this some fitness tips he always gave were : " Park your car several blocks from your office and walk briskly", another famous tip was " dump the elevator and take stairs instead" even climb the stairs faster and skip one or two stairs while climbing up or running up.
(from: Bruce lee's basic training)
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