Martial Arts

Macrotracker34
Macrotracker34 Posts: 65 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Thinking about starting martial arts classes this month. However class is longer than 30 mins. 120 mins. I know not all of it will be full on as there will be stretching etc.. I'm just little bit worried it will mess up my weight training gains. It's only once a week

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,042 Member
    Why do you have to take one that's 120 minutes? There has to be other options than this.

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  • Macrotracker34
    Macrotracker34 Posts: 65 Member
    It's self defence and local. Thank you for link
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,042 Member
    Macrotracker34 wrote: »
    It's self defence and local. Thank you for link
    Well if it's once a week, it shouldn't derail you.

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  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,746 Member
    I don't think a once a week 120 minute martial arts class would mess up your weight training gains at all. Take the class and just see how it is. You won't really know unless you just do it.
  • Macrotracker34
    Macrotracker34 Posts: 65 Member
    I could even reduce my runs to one a week and the class. It's something I'd like to do to build confidence
  • Bianca42
    Bianca42 Posts: 310 Member
    I take a karate class 2x a week for 45 minutes. There is a lot of stretching and instruction time. I'm not going all out for 45 minutes and I don't really count it as a workout. (As far as confidence building, it's been great. And I've gotten way more flexible. 2 years ago I couldn't touch my toes...Tuesday I realized I can touch my nose to my knee when I stretch.)

    Now, I'm not sure how intense a 120 minute class would be, but I gotta believe that there will be some downtime.
  • Macrotracker34
    Macrotracker34 Posts: 65 Member
    Awesome. Yes there must be down time for sure
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