I'm looking to tap into the experience of the instructors and other high ranking folks at MT.
My question is, should I stop my outside conditioning prior to my BB test? If so, when should I do it?
On June 1, I'm scheduled to take my 1st dan test. I was originally supposed to do this back in October, but an ACL injury put me out. I'm now back and doing pretty well in training. I've got 8 weeks to get myself in as good physical shape as possible. Back before the original test, I was hitting the weights 3 times a week and working on building my cardio (my weakest area admittedly). After my srugery, weights and cardio became a HUGE part of my recovery
Currently I left 3 times a week with 15-20 minutes of cardio prior to the lifting. I also do calss 3 times a week and heavy bag work (for anaerobic conditioning, since I can't spart yet) on my off days. I figure I'll be in good shape. Some folks at my gym recommend taking a week or two off from extra training to avoid injury and allowing one ot be fresh for the test. Others say to work up until the test (maybe dropping the intensity a bit). What do you recommend to your students? What worked for you?
My goals are to 1) pass the test. 2) Do so as well as possible (generally my TKD falls in the not pretty to look at but pretty effective school
) 3) do 1 & 2 without getting seriously injured or re-injured.
Peace,
Erik
My question is, should I stop my outside conditioning prior to my BB test? If so, when should I do it?
On June 1, I'm scheduled to take my 1st dan test. I was originally supposed to do this back in October, but an ACL injury put me out. I'm now back and doing pretty well in training. I've got 8 weeks to get myself in as good physical shape as possible. Back before the original test, I was hitting the weights 3 times a week and working on building my cardio (my weakest area admittedly). After my srugery, weights and cardio became a HUGE part of my recovery
Currently I left 3 times a week with 15-20 minutes of cardio prior to the lifting. I also do calss 3 times a week and heavy bag work (for anaerobic conditioning, since I can't spart yet) on my off days. I figure I'll be in good shape. Some folks at my gym recommend taking a week or two off from extra training to avoid injury and allowing one ot be fresh for the test. Others say to work up until the test (maybe dropping the intensity a bit). What do you recommend to your students? What worked for you?
My goals are to 1) pass the test. 2) Do so as well as possible (generally my TKD falls in the not pretty to look at but pretty effective school

Peace,
Erik