Posts Tagged ‘Flexibility’
Sprints and Splits
Question: I am a sprinter, and I know that stretching can be detrimental to running speed, but I would still like to learn to do splits. Is there a way of learning splits that would not be detrimental to my sprinting, or even improve it? Answer: If, to increase flexibility, one does only the type […]
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Tags: elastic energy, explosive power, Flexibility, running speed, splits, sports training, sprinting, stiffness of muscle-tendon unit, stretching, Thomas Kurz, weightlifters
The new year is the time for resolutions, for starting over, for trying something new. So here are a couple of resolutions for starting over and for trying something new: “Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own” (Bruce Lee), and the Zen saying I had already repeated a […]
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Tags: combat sports, Flexibility, martial arts, strength, Thomas Kurz, track-and-field
A few people have asked me, “What is the difference between the Flexibility Express and Secrets of Stretching DVDs?” Here is my answer: I made Secrets of Stretching when I was 35. I made Flexibility Express at 55, so the main difference between those two DVDs is 20 years of research and experience. The other […]
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Tags: Bodhi Chenevey, fighters, Flexibility, Flexibility Express, martial artists, resistance exercises, Secrets of Stretching, strength, stretches, Thomas Kurz
It has been a long while since I produced any instructional material on training for sports and martial arts. The reason is a severe shoulder injury I had a few years ago. I totally dislocated and nearly destroyed my shoulder. (Full info on the injury is at http://tomkurz.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/back-bridge-twist-seminar-excerpt and http://tomkurz.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/no-sweat-workout/#comment-133.) Of course, I was not […]
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Tags: back bridge, exercises, Flexibility, Flexibility Express, martial arts, shoulder injury, shoulder rehab, shoulder surgery, splits, sports, strength, stretching, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz
First, Fix Faults—in Nutrition
I begin by quoting from my post First, Fix Faults (March 23, 2011): “I think that this principle of fixing faults first applies to all aspects of health and fitness. For example, ceasing to eat bad stuff (sweets, bread and most grain products, too many carbs, too much protein, wrong fats, medicated meat, eggs from […]
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Tags: carbs, diet, exercise, Flexibility, hyperglycemia, inflammation, magnesium deficiency, martial arts, nutrition, soreness, supplements, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz
A couple of days ago I answered these questions from a young fighter. I get similar questions from time to time, so I decided to share my answer with my readers. Questions: I am preparing for amateur matches in Muay Thai and boxing. I work out twice a day. In the morning I begin with […]
Filed under: Exercises and Workouts, Flexibility and Stretching, Strength Training for Sports and Martial Arts, Teaching Movement Skills for Sports and Martial Arts | 1 Comment
Tags: boxing, Control of the Training Process, Flexibility, isometric stretches, Muay Thai, optimal frequency of workouts, relaxed stretches, Science of Sports Training, Secrets of Stretching, sport-specific exercises, static stretches, strength, technical workout, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz, warm-up, workout
There were some rainy days in Northeast Kingdom so I spent them reviewing and commenting video recording of my last seminar on combining strength and flexibility training. At the seminar I had the participants go through exercises that simultaneously stretch and strengthen the involved muscles, and even help with posture correction. One of these exercises […]
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Tags: back bridge, exercises, Flexibility, injury, rehabilitation, shoulder dislocation, strength, stretching
Three weeks ago I returned from a business trip to Poland. In my time free from business meetings, I gave two seminars on combining strength and flexibility training. Those seminars were organized by Dariusz Nowicki, member of the Technical Committee of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), trainer of the best Taekwondo club in Poland, sports […]
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Tags: exercises, Flexibility, jet lag, Piotr Drabik, seminar, strength, Thomas Kurz
One reader wrote me an e-mail with questions: > I have owned your books Science of Sports Training and Stretching > Scientifically for many years as well as your DVD’s Secrets of > Stretching and Clinic on Stretching. Due to my own misunderstanding and > bad practices at martial arts schools I have attended I […]
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Tags: BJJ, conditioning program, endurance training, explosive strength, Flexibility, martial arts school, maximal strength, mma, periodization, power training, Science of Sports Training, strength, strength training, Thomas Kurz, workout
In its July 2009 issue, the Black Belt magazine published my article on stretching. The article got a sloppy edit. If you have read it (say, in the course of researching the m.a. market), you probably wondered why would I have written such a disorganized piece. I would not. Here is the real deal: In […]
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Tags: Flexibility, splits, strength, stretching, Thomas Kurz, warm-up
