- Treat it as something you will do when you are 80 years old.
- If you can lift X lb, try to just lift X-10 lb. If you can do N reps, try to do 1.5N or 2N reps.
- The most important is you should "enjoy" while you are doing it. If you feel it's "hard work", you may lift more than you should.
Appledog wrote:
Anyone who does weight training of any kind will completely destroy their ability to do tai chi.
JMO
everything wrote:lift luggage, ....
RobP3 wrote:What "indoor" training I have seen in one of the main Yang Family lineages involves heavy weapons, an iron staff, a large iron ball as well as a lot of "resistance" training with a partner (Dynamic Push Hands). I'm sure other family styles have similar Indoor" methods. I sometimes wonder if teachers tell people they don't need "strength" in order to stay stronger than them
johnwang wrote:everything wrote:lift luggage, ....
In another thread, we had come to the conclusion that Taiji is supposed to be trained by person who is rich. All Taiji masters have their own slaves to lift luggage for them.
Lift luggage -> sweat -> bad
Appledog wrote:willie wrote:After training for many years in Taiji, I have found that a lot of taiji players consider weight training as something
undesirable. There are many health benefits associated with resistance training. Taiji doesn't really require great strength,
But that doesn't mean that people cant reap in the many rewards of resistance training and having a good understanding of macro-nutrition.
Anyone who does weight training of any kind will completely destroy their ability to do tai chi.
Sure, there is a case for doing specialized weight training once you are at the advanced level, however the way this is usually discussed should make it clear that isn't what we are talking about here.
Chart illustrating the difference between weight training and tai chi:
tai chi <-------------- [ beginner ] --------------> weight training
If you do this kind of stuff, when (if) you ever figure out what you've actually done to your body you will have to go all the way back to being a beginner just to get on the correct path again. And some forms of muscle development are semi-permanent. Depending on how you train and how old you are, you run the risk of doing permanent damage and being unable to learn tai chi for the rest of your life.
JMO
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