For any Martial Artists/Athletes

[endo42]

researching and found this......its quite true, im using it to convince my parents about eating a healthy BB style diet....

According to 1996 article from Iron Man, Bruce Lee utilized an weight lifting schedule on an every other day basis to allow for recovery. Lee coordinated his bodybuilding workouts so they fell on days when he wasn't engaged in either endurance-enhancing or overly strenuous martial arts training. He increased his body weight from 135 pounds to 165.

Lee geared his training for function rather than muscle size. Three areas most important in Lee's physical fitness program were stretching for flexibility, weight training for strength, and cardiovascular activity for his respiratory system.


To say Bruce Lee reinvented himself in terms of his physique would be a massive understatement. Not to sound too stereotypical against Bruce's racial background, but the average man of Oriental decent in general are mostly smaller physically than their Western counterparts. Bruce as we knew him was not always the muscular specimen we are all use to, in fact because of this apparent disadvantage of not being able to build muscle easily because of maybe diet or genes, resulted in him being quite thin as a young man. So this was the first obstacle that Bruce had to overcome in a effort to excel in his martial arts - not to say that you have to look like superman to be an expert, but for Bruce this was essential in aiding to express oneself with one's body by displaying speed, power and flexibility when in combat.

As Bruce matured along with his thinking of his art and training, he realised that even if a martial artist possessed a high skill level in his chosen discipline, will also need to be very conditioned physically to become more effective. As Bruce used to say, "what is the use of executing all of these fancy techniques if there is no power behind them," as well as, "one must also be able to take a blow from an opponent, which is more than likely to happen." Who can argue with those statements as Bruce was to found out after being involved in a fight with a challenger, which was to leave him totally exhausted - the fight only lasted three minutes. After that fact, Bruce was forced to rethink his approach to training, where he discovered that another key factor was cardiovascular fitness which was of optimum importance. Bruce was to follow an almost masochistic training schedule which was to resculpt his body into a sleek, lean, muscular fighting machine. Bruce trained constantly whenever and wherever he had the chance, in fact he never stopped training one way or the other. Arguably it has been said from most quarters that through this apparent case of overtraining, eventually contributed to Bruce's demise. One thing you cannot argue with was the magnificent physique Bruce had, which he used to great effect in his too short life. Bruce built his body not just for show but for strength, speed, power and ultimately, functionality. This was a great achievement in his case, especially when you consider what his physique was like before entailing in the art of combat.



"When you are a martial artist, you only eat what you require and don't get carried away with foods that don't benefit you as a martial artist."



"Bruce didn't eat a lot of baked goods, primarily because they were made from refined flour and contained nothing but empty calories. He had no interest in consuming calories that wouldn't do anything for his body. Bruce would eat probably three to five meals a day but he didn't eat large portions, mainly because everything was centered around his working out and fitting that into the day. He might have, depending on how his schedule was on a certain day - and it could have been different on any day - a couple of protein drinks, he might have juice, or go out for a Chinese lunch and then have sort of a normal dinner. Like most people, he ate better if he spread it out over the day. His favourite foods would be almost anything Chinese, and things like spaghetti or pasta."



Bruce Lee's Supplement & Diet Intake Nutritional
(in the form of a high-protein drink) Vitamins & Minerals Balanced Diet Ingredients:

* Noninstant powdered milk
* Water or juice
* Ice cubes
* 2 Eggs - sometimes with their shells
* 1 Tablespoon of wheat germ or wheat germ oil
* 1 Tablespoon of peanut butter
* Banana for it's carbohydrates and potassium (and/or other fruit for flavouring)
* 1 Tablespoon of brewer's yeast
* Inositol
* Lecithin (in granular form) Energizer "67" (200 tab)
Lecithin granules
Hi Bee Pollen with C
Natural vitamin E
Natural protein
Rose hips (liquid)
Wheat germ oil
Natural protein tablets (chocolate)
Acerola-C (250)
B-Folia (180)
B-Folia (360)
A-Veg (500)
E-Plex (250) Breakfast
Food: A bowl of muesli cereal, comprised of whole grains, nuts, and dried fruits, plus 2% milk.
Beverage: Orange Juice and/or tea.

Snack
Juice or Protein Drink: Protein powder, noninstant powdered milk made with water or juice, eggs (sometimes with their shells), wheat germ, bananas pr other fruit, and even peanut butter were often added. Brewer's yeast was frequently added.

Lunch
Food: Meat, vegetables, and rice.
Beverage: Tea.

Snack
Juice or Protein Drink: see ingredients for morning-snack protein drink.

Dinner
Food: Spaghetti and salad, or another meal of rice, vegetables, and meat, chicken, or seafood.
Beverage: One glass of 2% milk and/or tea.



Athletic Performance
No doubt about it. Excess body fat hinders sport performance.

Granted, outstanding sports men and women come in all shapes and sizes... even within the same sport. But remember, it's not your weight that matters but your body fat percentage. Here are some of the reasons why...

Excess body fat is related to injury, non adherence to training and overall reduced athletic performance. A high body fat percentage acts as "dead weight" reducing speed and efficiency of movement.

A high body fat percentage is also detrimental to jumping, agility and endurance activities.

Even those athletes who want to gain weight will harm their performance by increasing body fat too much.

Calculate your own body fat percentage and then compare it to other athletes in your sport. It can give you a great indication of whether you could make improvements or not.

Gymnastics 5-12%

High/long Jumpers 7-12%

Wrestlers 5-12%

Triathlon 5-12%

Swimming 9-12%

Sprinters 8-10%

[Stand Ablaze]

I've read things like that before, I know a good lot about Bruce Lee. What he done worked for him, he was an expert on vitamin intake and took the exact amounts each day, aswell.

But when Bruce shot up to 165lbs, he also eventually went down to 135lbs because he didn't like the look at all, so he didn't stay at 135lbs.

[BigJoe15]

Nice post, havent seen that information before.

BigJoe

[endo42]

for someone into athletics its good to show scientific research to back up things

so like that athletic chunk part there shows it does HINDER

i know thats obvious, but geez some parents will do anything to ignore it.

[US_Ranger]

I do muay thai and jujitsu and I'll tell you what, that **** is a killer workout. On training days I have to up my carb intake dramatically or I come out feeling like complete **** though.

[melon]

I train with a shaolin monk once a week for 3 hours. I eat close to 5000 clean calories on that day and still lose weight. It's insane how tough it is. To think that the monk did it for 8 hours a day, 6 days a week for 20 years is crazy.

[Stand Ablaze]

I done Ju Jitsu untill my weight interfered, I was about to go for Black belt, too, or training for it rather.

Nutrition is really important, it's not like doing a constant cardio, and it taxes the body big time.