TKD

RoryMurphyJnr

Anyone doing TKD out there?
Have just got back to it after about 6 years due to weddings kids etc.
Always regretted not going on to get my black belt
Have my red tag and just starting to find my feet, patterns 3 step sparring slowly starting to come back to me.

Need to improve my flexibility (or get a little bit) any suggestions

R

TKD SC

RoryMurphyJnr wrote: »

Need to improve my flexibility (or get a little bit) any suggestions

R

Hi,
I've just finished reading this book: pretty detailed but good enough. To sum it up for me - do dynamic stretching (side, front and back leg swings) every morning and evening 12 reps x 4 sets for each. I've terrible natural flexibility and this seems to work for me (when I actually stick to it!)
thomas kurz, stretching scientifically.
http://www.stadion.com/stretching_scientifically.html

Good luck with starting back!
Simon

RoryMurphyJnr

Thanks for that Simon,
certainly give me a good start

scottie pippen

TKD SC wrote: »

Hi,
I've just finished reading this book: pretty detailed but good enough. To sum it up for me - do dynamic stretching (side, front and back leg swings) every morning and evening 12 reps x 4 sets for each. I've terrible natural flexibility and this seems to work for me (when I actually stick to it!)
thomas kurz, stretching scientifically.
http://www.stadion.com/stretching_scientifically.html

Good luck with starting back!
Simon

do you warm up before this - or do you do it straight out of bed?

TKD SC

scottie pippen wrote: »

do you warm up before this or do this - or do you do it straight out of bed?

It depends really - not straight out of bed as trying to get our one yr old ready too!! I try and do it at some stage in morning - maybe 30mins after awake but before leaving house, or else maybe in work mid morning (if no one looking ). No warm-up needed though. A lot of detail is given in the book, so I'm really summarising here...the leg swings aren't uncontrolled leg swings, the first couple sets are very controlled, almost lifting the leg up if that makes sense. Then start going a little higher and maybe put your hand out and aim to tip off it so you / your leg has a target (which prevents from wild swings also). By your last set you can lose a bit of control on the swing and let 'gravity' take over a bit more. So take it as quite a relaxed approach, hence no warm-up needed (it is almost like a warm-up itself really), and don't start swinging as high as you can first thing or you probably will pull something! Hope that makes sense?!

scottie pippen

yeah I get ya, thanks. I was thinking of adding something like that to my morning routine. been trying to do 20 body weight squats straight out of bed as help me wake up a bit faster.

RickCreasson

Take it slow. Pre-warmups are a good idea.

BTW, how is it going now?

SBG Ireland

RickCreasson wrote: »

Pre-warmups are a good idea.

does that mean a warm up before the warm up?

RickCreasson

SBG Ireland wrote: »

does that mean a warm up before the warm up?

Yes.

Slow movements.

I have often seen people perform warm ups that were too vigorous.

I have noticed some people actually getting injured by these vigorous warmups

Pre Warm Up, is allowing the body ease into movements

This is not to be misconstrued as stretching routines/methods

yomchi

^^ is that not just a warm up?

RickCreasson

yomchi wrote: »

^^ is that not just a warm up?

It could be by one train of thought.

From another train of thought, a pre-warm-up could be simple movement, without fast temperature changes.

But not of the vigorous warm up I am speaking of.

yomchi

RickCreasson wrote: »

It could be by one train of thought.

From another train of thought, a pre-warm-up could be simple movement, without fast temperature changes.

But not of the vigorous warm up I am speaking of.

I think we're just into semantics at that stage

SBG Ireland

i like to start off with no movement, its called the before-pre-pre-mild-warm up

RoryMurphyJnr

RickCreasson wrote: »

Take it slow. Pre-warmups are a good idea.

BTW, how is it going now?

All good thanks delighted I got back to it.
Patterns slowly starting to come back to me

RickCreasson

RoryMurphyJnr wrote: »

All good thanks delighted I got back to it.
Patterns slowly starting to come back to me

How is your body holding up? Is it starting to feel better or comfortable?