Training Tip, Weak Points

When someone starts training, be it martial arts, bodybuilding, athletics or any other type of physical activity, he/she will eventually discover weak points. This could be one arm weaker than the other, weakness in the leg muscles when throwing high kicks, weak pectoral muscles etc. To work weaknesses you have to do exactly that, work weaknesses.

For example, let’s use the weak pectoral situation. You find that your pecs are a little weaker than you would like them to be. Try this to bump them up a bit.

When in the gym, after every set of every exercise you do, be it squats, abs work, cable rows or whatever, perform one set of bench presses with a weight that allows you to do 12 reps. Do this after every set (unless your doing bench presses). Or when at home at night time whilst watching TV, every half hour perform 20 press-ups. Do this for about a month or so, and hopefully you should see a difference. Its nothing too demanding. Just a couple of seconds after every set in the gym, or about half a minute every hour whilst at home. But by adding this small extra attention to the weak area, it should be enough to see differences. Use this method for any type of exercise. As a martial artist you may have a weak left side kick, well after every round of sparring, perform twenty side kicks with your left leg, or again in the gym, after every set, throw out 20 side kicks. You may decide that after every time you walk into your kitchen, then that’s when you should perform your twenty.

If you devote extra work to a weak spot, you will eventually iron out these weak areas. When you perform these extra reps is completely up to you, after every set, every round, whenever you answer your phone, send a text etc. It can be at any time of the day you want, but you must do it to see the results. It can be very tempting to say to yourself, “I can do it after the next set or after the next hour”. Try and resist these thoughts. Resist them, do the extra few reps, and the gains will start to show soon enough.

Marks

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