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Originally Posted by Bad_Intentions
Obviously being a girl I wouldn't want to become 'bulky' etc.
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I now utilize the "face meets palm like rushing wind of north star" technique...
...look up female olympic powerlifters. See if you can tell which ones use 'roids. Then, ask yourself
why you could tell which ones use 'roids.
You are not at, nor will you ever attain, an olympic level of training intensity no matter what the fuck you do. Not gonna happen. Even if you were a male - who produces an ungodly amount of anabolic testosterone naturally - you would not "zomg become teh bulkzorz!" unless you spent
an ungodly amount of fucking work attempting to attain
specifically that goal.
Hell. Pushing your bench up above 300 without bulking at all isn't even that hard to do... or at least not if you're starting from "average healthy" male physique. Seeing as you don't even produce enough testosterone to grow a decent mustache, there's probably close to nothing (noninjectable) you're likely to do that would "zomg make uz luk bulky and nonfeminine!!one!"
So please... put that lie to rest. If you were male, bruce lee - who was probably the fitness lead of the martial arts world by far - would be an example of the upper limit in bulk from the fitness specializations of combat training.
You, otoh, are not male... and there's no way in hell you're
really going to put
that much work in. For starters, you're not fit enough to perform that kind of routine yet, and wouldn't be unless you work at it - and secondly, there can only be one "world's most fit," and if you were determined enough to someday be it, you wouldn't exactly let superficial apperance stop you, would you?
Yeah. Not going to happen, and you're not motivated enough to get that kind of bulk even if it did result from this. Put that lie to rest, finally. People
can't "accidentally" bulk, and all that fucking myth has done is result in people dying due to poor fitness, with no positive benefits.
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Originally Posted by Bad_Intentions
I like the idea of martial arts, always have but never had the opportunity to do one. I'm wondering how fit it will keep me
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lol...
...you can burn between 1500-2000 calories an hour if you really, really get into training hard.... 'n if you go that far, you'll have the stamina to match...
...basically, you'll be lean, amazing explosive strength, good endurance, good flexibility, improved reflexes, balance, and coordination. 'n if you really get into it, you'll have surreally improved reflexes, balance, and coordination, to the degree that it will fundamentally alter the way in which you interact with the world.
Oh, and current research suggest it's pretty much impossible to develop osteoporosis while remaining active and slamming your shins/elbows/fists into the mat/bag/etc... though it'll probably be a while before you get all worried about destimulation of estrogen receptors in bone tissue, or anything...
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Originally Posted by Bad_Intentions
and what effects it will have on a female body.
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'bout the same as the effects it would have on anyone's body, except you'll still be female.
Like I noted, Bruce Lee probably was the peak fitness expert and practicioner in the martial arts. Compare his wiry physique to the average healthy college-aged male, and then pretend it's female. Lean, slender, firm...
'n HLC is right. Since its validity as a martial art depends more on what you bring to your training than the training itself, the instructor and the tone of the class are key...
...but, that has little to do with whether it will make you pretty enough to sit passively while boys select you for their sexual gratification... so, rest assured, you couldn't get bulky if you tried, and if you did try, martial study wouldn't be the path you would want to choose. Consider it to be really bitchin' cardio work, albiet with a few other benefits. Like... flexibility. Or the ability to balance your entire bodyweight on one little stabilization muscle that most people go their whole life without using, while completely ignoring the major muscles which most people are familiar with...
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