turkey73 said:I have been doing the Kung Fu now for about 1year and have got to 2nd cup (Blue Sash) and have been at the gym for about a month. I seem to have lost about 1.5stone already but my diet and smoking is my weakness at the moment (why oh why does the work canteen have to keep assailing my nostrils with the glories of the bacon butty in a morning!).
I found just practising doing the sets properly over and over again was enough to keep me in shape for Kung Fu.
That and lots of sit ups and push ups, I've never bothed with a Gym.
I also used to look a right tool banging out combinations of punches and strikes over and over again, worked though.
When i used to work in a plastic factoryI used to practise all the time, at work, at football, i would be kicking the bales of bubble wrap around the warehouse, unleashing various combos of kicks and punches on them, but my favorite was i would jumping spinning kick or jumping back kick the big rolls of 1.5 meter wide double skinned bubble wrap, they used to stack them end on end in the warehouse and the challenge was to kick the top one off and leave the bottom one still standing.
You had to hit it really hard.
Cant be bothered with it now though.