weight training

[Michael-dk]

Hi Burton,

I will start with weight training next week. I'm not sure how many times per week I should train and also how to train (every muscle group everytime or.....) This is not a MA question, but I hope you can help me anyway.

Thanks,

Michael.

[Burton]

Hi Michael!
I suggest you check out www.mikementzer.com. He has a great and logical method for gaining strength quickly and efficiently. You should only lift weights for about 20 minutes per session, 3 times per week, and each body part only gets worked once per week. That means about an hour total per week to develop a good base of strength. You can later add specific routines for clinch, striking, etc.
I break my workouts into 1 shoulders, biceps, triceps 2 legs 3 chest, back, traps, neck.

You have to lift heavy to get a good response, but you don't waste time doing set after set of the same exercise at a moderate level of exertion. Check out Mike's site, and if you e-mail him, please tell him that I said hello.

[Stuart S. Igarta]

I'm not Burton but I have been lifting weights for about 20 years now. Because of my age (I'll be 40 this year) I no longer can recover as quickly as I use too. I lift weights 3 times a week focusing on a different muscle group for each of those days. On Wednesday, I'll work chest and triceps. On Friday, I'll work back and biceps. On Sunday, I'll work shoulders and legs. I personally like to go as heavy as I can keeping my rep range between 4 - 8 reps with the occasional single and double. I can still deadlift 405 lbs. so I think this routine works for me.

[Burton]

Thanks for the input Stuart! If we don't give our bodies sufficient time to recover after a workout, we will never see the results we want.

[Michael-dk]

weight training

Thanks for the advice. I really like that I only have to train weights for about 60 minutes per week ! I don't enjoy weight training as much as MA, but would like the results (as would Tina).

Michael.