Is martial arts along with powerlifting possible or are there any harmful effects?

Answer 1

Martial Arts and Powerlifting go hand in hand, but you must do them in correct ways. For example, you must always work for toning, conditioning, and Speed , with power force while doing power lifting, Don't look for bulk. Remember bulk decreases your flexibility and slows you down, while definition and power do opposite. This is essential in knowing that in order to have a great power lifter martial artist workout, you must always have the routine in order to make this possible.
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Great sites for knowledge on Martial Arts as well, and it will help you gain strength as I have recently, been on it myself.
I appreciate you so much for your effort in this, and if you train right, no there are no harmful affects. The best is to check in with your Medical Health Care Taker, and let them stumble on the situation to further increase your benefit, understanding, and to help you out as well.
Thanks for your time, and Good Luck.

Answer 2

Powerlifting Art

Answer 3

An instructor is not necessarily a master. many people think of Bruce Lee as a master. He was far from this. But he was very instrumental in bring martial arts to the western world. He fame was part of this introduction. It is impossible to master 5 styles of martial in in 20 years! I think you change your goal. Having goals are great. You have a goal you should write it down. You should develop a plan to obtain the goal. You should make sure the goal is an obtainable goal. You want to create a style. martial arts have been created over 1,000 years ago through much research. Just like the wheel has been created. There is no need to create a new wheel. There is nothing about a wheel that requires a need to develop another wheel. The same is true it has already been done. Those that created the martial arts were doctors and educators. They learned about the human body (anatomy). The understood how it works. It is not just block, punch, kick. All of that research has been done. People say that every style has its weakness. I can't say that that is completely correct. Every style may have some different methodology. That doesn't make it a weakness. Many traditional or classical styles are complete systems. The problem lies in having an instructor that teaches the system correctly. The other problem is will you train long enough to learn the system. I was with and Aikido instructor today that said in Aikido there are over 2,000 techniques. I don't recall the exact number, but he gave the number. You only need to know 264 of them to earn a black belt. There are 64 techniques from white to brown. It takes years to get to black belt and you will have only learned 264 technique of the 2,000 plus techniques. There is so much to learn.

Answer 4

ARGH! The whole powerlifting vs. bodybuilding. These are not the same thing... ARGH! Sorry, on to your question: Powerlifting will build some muscle mass. If you picture this as bodybuilding, that is not powerlifting. Powerlifters throw the weight around a la the kettle training, the olympics, strong man and such. Bodybuilding builds a "pretty" mass of muscles that may or may not be functional. There are work outs that stress strength with endurance training. Just the same you should look to switch up endurance and strength training. The movie 300 had some pretty fun looking training.
Have fun.

Answer 5

Of course, powerlifting is very good for...wait for it...power. So it depends on the art. While I practice mma, doing deadlifts really improved my takedows and overall core strength. When it comes to other aspects such as striking, they may be stronger, but your may fatigue a little quicker, but that's only temporary. If you workout correctly, you can make good strength and power gains while maintaining your speed an flexibility. Just make sure you stretch after your workouts.

Answer 6

There's nothing incompatible about combining powerlifting with the Martial Arts. They work very well together.

Answer 7

Remember that a slender body is an easily controlled body.. They both compliment eachother, but you might not want to overdo the powerlifting, as it may slow you down martial arts- wise, and may affect your flexibility. I don't think there are any negative effects from doing both in moderation, but remember moderation. =)

I'm with Rob, it's better for grappling arts than striking ones.

Answer 8

The only potential drawback is muscle soreness. You won't be able to do a full-intensity martial arts workout the day after a hard weight workout because you will be stiff and sore. If you do go ahead and work out hard the next day, it will interfere with your muscle recovery period, slowing down or even negating your strength gains. If you are young and/or take lots of supplements this should be manageble, though.

Answer 9

There aren't really any harmful effects unless you use poor technique and hurt your back. I've been lifting weights and practicing martial arts for over 10 years. I've found that the weightlifting exercises that help MMA training the most are ones that improve muscle elasticity. That is ones that not only strengthen but improve flexibility. Lunges, leg press, squats, dips, incline press, overhead triceps extensions, chin ups, lat pull downs, cable rows, power clean and overhead press are all good for MMA training.

Answer 10

The idea that powerlifting hinders your flexibility is a myth.

many martial arts teachers (and boxing coaches) look down on lifting because of old taboos and basically what amounts to "old wives tales".

The truth is that it will increase your stregth.

Where the old wives tale might be based on, has a kernel of truth which is easily avoided.

Possibly if you trian weights the belief is that you will tend to begin to "muscle" things and be tense, instead of relying on technique.

This is basically true of a student whether they lift or not. It is corrected by just pure practice and learning technique and using it.