I’ve lost around 2 stone(now 5,4 and 57kgs), am fighting fit..but need more tone all over. Tips please!?
Hey there
I’m just looking for a good free site or ideas about toning my whole body. I’ve lost a couple stone over the last year and gotten really fit, healthy and very very active. I’m not afraid of really hard work exercise wise!!
I do around 3hours cardio per day a sit’s also part of my job as well as an hour intensive stretching yoga and chi gung/tai chi style stuff, I do sits in varying styles and fit-ball press ups. Ive got a small gap (40mins) in my day before bed time where I can do serious toning/resistance work. I feel a bit untoned in the usual woman areas, tum, bum, upper arms, thighs. Ive searched the web loads and have found bits and pieces but OI want to vary it as much as possible.
Is it best to do upper body one day, lower the next? Or concentrace on certain areas each day? Or is it best to do whole body daily or every other day?
I certainly need to drink more water too, any tips on remembering??Its awful, but I DO forget!
Cheers
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I think you need to do more homework on the style you want to study. You have listed styles that are anything but Shaolin style. Use the web to see what else is available in your area.
All the arts you mention are what are recognised as being ‘soft’ arts. Xingyi (HSing I), Bagua (Pa Kua) and Tai Chi are seen as martial arts (although these days, Tai Chi less so). The reason they are classed as ‘soft’ is because they do not emphasise muscle power or strength. They use more fluid movements and concentrate on the development of ‘inner power’. This means that they take longer to learn and become proficient with but they still work well if they are taught by a proficient instructor. In terms of fighting, Ba Gua and Xing Yi are probably the most effective and they are beautiful arts to watch. Tai Chi is a great form of exercise and has an amazing history as a fighting system but few people teach it that way. Qi Gong (Chi Gung) is a set of breathing/meditation exercises designed to strengthen the body and build chi (inner power) for health or healing. It isn’t a martial art.
None of these are particularly like Shaolin kung fu. So if you have your heart set on a dynamic hard martial art (like Shaolin) then you need to look elsewhere.
I have never heard of Xingyi or Bagua before, but after looking them up, I would have to say either of those two. (probably Xingyi). Tai Chi and QiGong are mostly ‘internal’ martial arts, and would not have the ‘external’ body use you would get from shaolin.
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