Page 9 - Latter Stage Jeet Kune Do for Beginners
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Cardiorespiratory training requires an appropriate
intensity. The safe maximum heart rate for an
individual is 220 minus the age. For example for a
30 year old individual [ 220 - 30 = 190 beats per
minute ] Duration of activity is important and the
heart rate should be maintained in its training range
for at least 20 minutes .
When running to avoid boredom listen to music (with
the I-phone or other music source, saving multiple
playlist is now possible) while running. Change your
tempo while running depending on the music that is
playing in your playlist. Another movement you can
add to your running is shuffling your feet based on
the Jeet kune do footwork or the fencing footwork.
Besides running you can also ride your bicycle or
mountain bike in parks or woods. Or ride your
bicycle to work. Both exercises are very beneficial
exercise for your cardiovascular system.
In Jeet Kune Do, we start our workout with
shadowboxing to loosen our muscles. Imagine helps
you in shadowboxing. Imagine your worst enemy
stands before you and you need to destroy him. The
more intense your imagination the more the fighting
becomes real in the frame of your mind.
With shadowboxing stamina and speed will be
develop. It also establishes techniques to be more
spontaneous and intuitive. With continuous and
hard exercise will you be able to develop endurance.
It takes years to achieve your peak condition.
Unfortunately stamina can be quickly lost when you
stop maintain high conditioning exercises. You lost
most of the beneficial results of your exercises if you
skip more than a day between your training.
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