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It is widely believed that martial arts conditioning is the best overall fitness and conditioning exercise program available. When you using martial arts as your fitness program you are using your whole body. You are getting the benefit of the four areas you should be concerned about for ultimate health.
Cardio
In ninjutsu you train your body to optimize every aspect of yourself. Having the ability to utilize your lung capacity allows you to efficiently and effectively use your mind and muscles. If you are going to fight you need every part of you functioning well. Ninjutsu conditioning exercise requires your body to function holistically, all parts working together as one.
When people speak of cardio what they mean is the body’s efficient use of oxygen to enrich the blood. The blood carries the oxygen tot he muscles and organs so they can operate at peak levels.
One example of martial arts fitness and conditioning is cardio kickboxing. Cardio kickboxng became very popular because of its ability to get the body tone, strong and develop endurance. The big problem is that people thought they were doing marital arts when they were just conditioning their bodies.
Endurance
Good cardio health leads to improved endurance. Whether you want to be able to work all day without fatigue or you need to make your way across the country side, infiltrate the enemy camp and potentially fight the enemy you need a high level of endurance.
Martial arts fitness and conditioning encourages endurance. The drills and exercises we do in ninjutsu build up your ability to keep going when others are screaming to stop. This is a competitive advantage for anyone.
Strength
You build great strength and conditioning workout when martial arts is the foundation of your fitness. In ninjutsu you work on:
- Core strength. Your abs, back and hips
- Leg strength. Your quads, knees ankles and calves
- Upper body strength. Your shoulders and arms
When doing martial arts all these areas get conditioning. You don’t have the same old boring workout every day. You get this strength from learning something new, working on perfecting something old and building up your character strength as well.
Martial arts provides a good strength and conditioning workout which is essential for success. It is also necessary as you age. You can postpone many age related disease and illness with a martial arts based strength and conditioning practice.
Flexibility
I have seen everyone who has come into my ninjutsu school increase their flexibility. The nature of the way we train encourages progressively more supple bodies.
And ninjutsu, unlike many other martial arts conditioning, is based on natural body movement. You don’t need to be able to kick over your head to be flexible. In fact, one of the things I hear from Tae Kwon Do and Karate teachers are stories of their “latest” hip replacements! If your martial arts is causing degeneration of your joints and muscles then you are doing the wrong martial arts conditioning system!
Whether you want to become a master ninja, be able to defend yourself or just get into great shape, ninjutsu should be your martial arts fitness choice.
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