Weight Training for Martial Artists

by Jennifer Lawler

Book Overview

"Weight Training for Martial Artists" details the best way for martial artists to improve speed, strength and power without bulking up or losing flexibility. Lawler discusses common weight lifting... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1880336235
• ISBN13: 9781880336236
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Turtle Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

great info,bad detail

I just gote this book to find out what stuff I should do for tkd.The info may not be that great but any one that's done weight lifting before should be able to make the right program out of what she saids.over all this is a great book for info but not so great on detail,right forms etc.

Great resource

Wow - I wish had found this book a lot earlier in my martial arts career. I'm sure I would be a better black belt now if I had started supplementing my karate with weight training earlier. Great guide!

great all around information

This is a great all around book that covers more than just weight lifting. I especially like the wide variety of stretching exercises shown because martial artists should not sacrifice flexibility for strength. I also like the way it breaks down the exercises into workout plans so you don't have to figure out which exercises you need to be doing. I have been doing the karate workout for a couple of weeks and I already see the results in my karate classes. Although many of the exercises use weight machines, I have been doing the free weight variartions at home which seem to be getting results that are just as good as joining a gym and using the weight machines. It's about time somebody wrote a detailed introductory book about weights just for martial artists.

great information and tons of ideas

This book describes different weight training exercises for every muscle and muscle group. The instructions are clear so that even beginners can understand what they're supposed to be doing and why. There are sections on warm-ups and how to maintain flexibility so that you don't hurt yourself lifting weights. The book lists different approaches so that you don't get burned out. It also tells you how to adapt weight training to the martial art you practice so that you can become better at it. I've been practicing martial arts for about ten years and I've been weight training for about the same amount of time. I thought I knew everything about weight training, but I still learned something from this book.