Should I do bodybuilding or not??

[Tgace]

I wouldn't call this guy "slow"...

 

[EvanWinther]

Go for it- I've been doing it but I wouldn't recommend getting huge as it will slow you down. A strong core is probably the most useful in martial arts though

 

[SenseiHitman]

When I was a teenager I studied Kenpo at Traco International and at that time, Tom Connor and his son were into pumping iron and they looked very scary with their shirts off and they moved fast and had power. Around the same time they were still alive and kicking (pun intended) I went to a seminar taught by the kickboxing and karate fighting great grand master Joe Lewis, and as we all know he lifted weights and I can say from seeing him move in person in his mid 40s He was very very fast and hit very very very hard and he could take several powerful blows to the body. His weight lifting helped him. So being a teenager and very impressed with these three I lifted weights and it helped me too. It can help you also, but do not sacrifice flexibility.

I would suggest power lifting over body building. You make not look as good at the beach, but you will have the kind of strength you may need to body slam someone that has you in a standing choke of some sort. Don't sacrifice flexibility, lift correctly and stretch a few times a day.

 

[Buka]

A strong core is probably the most useful in martial arts though

It will serve you well, Evan.

 

[moonhill99]

Well Bruce Lee did bodybuilding so did Jean-Claude Van Damme.

But lot of people into martial arts and MMA don't get really big too the point they look like this.

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/111097126695-0-1/s-l1000.jpg

http://orig13.deviantart.net/9dfa/f/2015/240/e/f/personal_trainer_eric_by_muscle_head-d97ge5q.jpg

Just really big.

 

[moonhill99]

Most people that are into martial arts and MMA take on the athletic physique bodybuilding look like.

http://static1.squarespace.com/stat...b612/1430434550936/JMEm01+002.jpg?format=500w

http://cdn.psfk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/maxresdefault-1.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6b/cf/f2/6bcff27cee0cf695f68efdfd8f5c4602.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GHGY2CrXyj8/hqdefault.jpg

https://pp.vk.me/c614724/v614724063/dcee/NTyGBBD3_q8.jpg

It is the athletic physique bodybuilding look not looking really big like Incredible Hulk.

The human body is not really build to get that big like the Incredible Hulk!! If you are that big than you move really slow and get short of breath really easy.

So most go for the athletic physique bodybuilding look.

 

[PhotonGuy]

I wouldn't call this guy "slow"...

He is also not particularly big by bodybuilding standards.