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Weight training

Athletes of every kind, from golfers to boxers, are lifting weights to improve their game. However, its not only the professional athletes who are into lifting weights - people from all walks of life are realising that strength training has great benefits for their everyday life!

Unfortunately, many people are unaware how to train correctly and are not only effectively wasting their time, but risking their bodies and lives doing so! It is critical to learn how to lift weights properly so as to maximise your efficiency and thus not waste your time in the gym. As with stretching, incorrect technique can actually make you progress backwards!

REPS and SETS

It is important to know what you are training for. Training for endurance is different than training for strength. The number of reps is the number of times you lift the weights without pausing. The number of sets is the number of times you lift the weights for a number of reps. Eg: If you lift the weights 10 times and then pause for 2 minutes before lifting the weights for another 10 times - you have done two sets of ten reps. So how many reps should you do per set?

*I would recommend this type of supplement training for karate

So how many sets should you do? It is important to vary your training load to maximise your improvement. The number of sets you do will effect the total volume of reps per session.

So how hard you should push? It is important to allow your muscles to recover from your training sessions. The intensity at which you train will effect your overall training load.

*I would recommend this type of training

It is important to vary your routine between sessions with high intensity of fewer sets and lower intensity of more sets! Regular training that induces fatigue lasting several days may lead to increasing soreness, stiffness, and injury - so do not include these sessions often.