Low-impact strength training

[Veto]

I have excellent fitness and near-perfect co-ordination that would be suitable to tricking, but I have never been able to add mass to any part of my body. This has caused me some trouble in martial arts but I could compensate for this by performing with finesse. This of course isn't sufficient for tricking, and I find a large strain placed on my knees in particular when attempting to trick.
Are there any exercises that are suitable to build muscle where almost none is already present?

[chicanerous]

Pick up some weights, embark on a progressive exercise routine, and start tracking what you eat. If you can't add mass, you're not eating enough. And, don't respond that you are eating enough because, if you're not gaining mass, by definition, you're not eating enough. If you're eating enough to gain mass and you're participating in a progressive weight-training routine, you will build muscle.

[Kon-El]

near-perfect co-ordination
Can you do tight-rope walking?

[Veto]

I have good balance, but I'm not sure I could manage tight-rope walking. I'm fine on a beam.
Thanks you for the advice as well Chicanerous, I will attempt to eat more during the day. I cannot add fat either so you may be right that my diet is the problem.

[TKD_Andy]

i had pretty much the same thing, i couldnt put on mass whatever i did.

I just got a really good lifting program sorted and started eating... ALOT. An easy way to add carbs to your diet is to whack a load of maltodextrin in with your PWO shake.

[mr popular]

I don't believe it is simply enough to tell a person like that to "just eat more", because they likely have no understanding of calories or what kinds of foods they should be eating, and in what amounts.

For me my situation was very similar to this, and I actually had to create a food log and weigh all of the food i ate and calculate my calories every day for months on end. Doing that I was able to gain around 40lbs. Luckily I don't need to do that anyway and I can gain weight just fine, since I understand the fundamentals...

General tips you should keep in mind, Veto, would be to:
1) Eat a protein-based meal every 2-3 hours
2) Learn to read nutrition labels, so you understand how many calories is in what amount of a certain food. This way you can estimate how many calories you're getting every day.
3) try to eat your bodyweight (in pounds) multiplied by 20, to find how many calories you need to be eating every day to be gaining 3-5lbs each month consistently.
4) lift weights 3-4 times every week with a balanced strength-gaining program
5) consume carbohydrates and protein around 30-60 minutes after you weight train
6) Some good foods to be eating would be: beef, pasta, rice, chicken, peanut butter, whole milk, eggs, and olive oil (to cook with).

That's all I can think of right now. haha

[chicanerous]

I don't believe it is simply enough to tell a person like that to "just eat more", because they likely have no understanding of calories or what kinds of foods they should be eating, and in what amounts.

For me my situation was very similar to this, and I actually had to create a food log and weigh all of the food i ate and calculate my calories every day for months on end. Doing that I was able to gain around 40lbs. Luckily I don't need to do that anyway and I can gain weight just fine, since I understand the fundamentals...

General tips you should keep in mind, Veto, would be to:
1) Eat a protein-based meal every 2-3 hours
2) Learn to read nutrition labels, so you understand how many calories is in what amount of a certain food. This way you can estimate how many calories you're getting every day.
3) try to eat your bodyweight (in pounds) multiplied by 20, to find how many calories you need to be eating every day to be gaining 3-5lbs each month consistently.
4) lift weights 3-4 times every week with a balanced strength-gaining program
5) consume carbohydrates and protein around 30-60 minutes after you weight train
6) Some good foods to be eating would be: beef, pasta, rice, chicken, peanut butter, whole milk, eggs, and olive oil (to cook with).

That's all I can think of right now. haha
Just shove food in your god damn mouth and lift some heavy ass weights. :dead:

[mr popular]

The problem with that is, newbies don't understand good nutrition, nor do they understand good lifting technique.

it's a formula for disaster!

[Steve]

Yeah but they don't understand how to read either (clearly) so there's no point in typing that out.

[shengoikee]

*generic post*

[shengoikee]

*sextuple damage*

[thereid]

*fail*

[shengoikee]

*one word vocab*

[chicanerous]

The problem with that is, newbies don't understand good nutrition, nor do they understand good lifting technique.

it's a formula for disaster!

Yeah but they don't understand how to read either (clearly) so there's no point in typing that out.
:good:

Keep your instructions simple, your words sarcastic, and mix in a lot of obscenities -- that is the way to survive the Training and Conditioning forum, Mr. Popular.


RE: First Post
Also, do as I say and not as I do.

[mr popular]

I am beginning to understand.

[johnnyg42]

I am beginning to understand this fucking shit.

fix'd

[Ashtar]

You know you want to do some bosu ball jump rope.

[Honken]

How can strength training be low impact?

-How can I help you?
-I'd like a high calorie, low fat, low carb, low protein meal please.

[chicanerous]

How can strength training be low impact?

-How can I help you?
-I'd like a high calorie, low fat, low carb, low protein meal please.
Assuming he wants to use weights and conventional exercises (i.e. not the Olympic lifts, plyometrics, etc.) to strength train, it will be no impact, as the feet never leave the ground. Running on the other hand is a moderate to high impact activity, while swimming is low impact, and jumping and leaping is high impact.