Workout Speed

When people train, everyone has a different speed in which they go through there workout routine. After warming up, some like to slowly get into a workout rhythm by performing slow movements whilst stretching, to fully make the muscles ready for the workout to come. Others as soon as they have warmed up, perform there workout at full throttle, working out as hard as they can.

Obviously, both types of workout can and should be employed, so as to shock the body into different types of situations. From a martial artists point of view, when a situation develops in the street and you are forced to defend yourself, you don’t want to have to say to the attacker/s, “please excuse me while I fully warm up”. You must be ready to explode with fast powerful movements. For this reason sometimes starting your training with full speed and power can be a good idea.

Having said that, I think it depends on what type of training you are doing. If you plan on going to the gym and strength training is the order of the day with heavy weights, I fully advise you to start off slow, using light weights and slow movements, then build it up after a few sets. 100 meter runners also start of slowly, stretching and running a few times round the track before doing short sprints then after half an hour or so of the workout, they attempt full 100 meter sprints, and even then, it may not be at there fastest pace.

To save on injury it is always fully advisable to warm up properly before each workout, and start your movements slowly. But to keep your muscles and body always in a growing and developing state, you must shock your body every once in a while. This can be by changing the time you train, weight you use at the gym, different types of cardio training etc. Experiment yourself to see what works best for you.

Marks