I had these VHS tapes from Panther Productions, i miss the info in them. I was a underweight person, i trained with these tapes, made me very strong, These videos are worth their weight in gold as they say. I thank the channel here for uploading this information.
This is very real. I learned about isometrics years ago. A yoga man was stronger than all of us. He never lifted weights! He was smaller, yet he was super strong. He taught me that yoga builds strength through isometric principals. He would say something like “strength in movement is developed in stillness”.
Paul is SO correct on this. I used 5o do these types of exercises in the 80's and it greatly increased my strength and my friends and people in my martial arts class, even my Sensei were surprised when they noticed I had gotten surprisingly stronger over time, because I, like Bruce had a thin frame so he was my idol and I did everything I could that he taught in his books. Also, isometrics I widely used by Olympians and it has been for many years so that should tell you something too. Great info right here
@@solomonstello you will need to take lots of steroids for that, even shawn michaels and jean claud van dam had to take steroids to get their physiques and they are considered small
I still have a bullworker im going to start using it again for you young folks a bull worker is a dynamic tension device that came out in the 1970s and it works.
Anyone who says isometrics are outdated needs to read The USMC manual "Marine Physical Readiness Training for Combat - MCRP 3-02A", the version of which I have being last updated in 2004. Specifically page 3-99. A lot of the wrestling or "combative" exercises are also isometric in nature. In addition, pushing cars with your fists, holding a push up position, and hanging from a bar are all wholly or partly isometric exercises.
this is revolutionary for me. i always have done just a little weight training every day and never saw much progress. doing isometrics with it seems to be the way.
1)Bouncing in New Orleans for 7 years as well as working other high risk security details,I have had the very unfortunate opportunity on more than 1 occasion to be confronted by individuals under the influence of both alcohol and drugs,including PCP!The few times that I have attacked the eyes, the result was the same,drugs or no.Did it ever stop anyone, NO, It's not designed to. It is merely a gap bridging tactic. Whether it causes immense pain or not,every time I got the same visceral response.
this actually clears a lot of things on my opinion. For an example Masahiko kimura used to practice his special osoto-gari against a tree, and usually knocked out pro judokas with ease. Cool video + Vunak looks like mac gyver.
The wierd thing about kung fu punches is that they produce force concentrated in a very small area. The force of those strikes doesn't do much to a punching bag, but does a lot to a human body. There is another component to a punch that's not covered in this video is the power produced through kinetic linking.
2) that response was, that individual covering and checking for damages. Buying me time to follow up with something that would cause the stopping damage I was HOPING for.. We can battle over which techniques are the best, then we can talk about whether Bruce Lee could have beat Ali, but when it come down to it, superior techniques do not win fights, superior people do.. ~ Guro Billy Brown
This is really good information here and no, it's not outdated. Look up isometric strength training. Everything he said here is accurate from all the research I have read. Basically isometrics recruit more muscle fibers whereas your normal type of resistance weight lifting targets less percentage of your muscles used. And isometrics only target a specific joint position like he said. (sometimes a bit more) of course, combining isometrics with resistance training is the best.
Yup. gene lebell said he was incredibly strong for a little guy too. Bruce f*king side kicked a 300lb heavy bag and made it move considerably. Eye jabs n leg kicks it's over.
Krav Maga is an israeli military self defense style meant for the street and in war which is great. Boxing / Muay Thai / Kyokushin / Jujitsu ARE practical as it trains and season you to be hit and keep on fighting back in a compose yet reactive nature. Jeet Kune Do is a great style as its flexible and much like Krav Maga but not exacty , as Krav Maga trains you to combat multiple scenarios in the least time possible whilst JKD needs some time to master the basics.
Dan Inosanto is one of the big gest frau dst ers in martial arts. His "as many arts as possible" (his words). Was designed to keep students coming in paying him money. Sc ammer.
Well, you pretty much answered your own question, if you have access to cqc, K.maga or JKD instruction then go for it, because karate and TKD are more of a long range style, muay thai has the klinch and all but for the street you need alittle more than that, but don't let go of the classics like boxing because you learn what is like to get hit and still fight and in my opinion THAT is the main thing: don´t panic.
He was also instrumental in training law enforcement even at the SWAT levels and our nations special forces. Hes definitely not all talk and show if that's what you were implying.
@@imakebigsmiles He probably baffled them with bullshit and talking like he does in the video. Back then they bought that kind of nonsense. Today Police train with more talented and knowledgeable people.
Blowhards/Know-It-Alls tend to do that. Like Arthur Jones, Rippetoe is responsible for a virtual revolution in training, and is, for the most part, correct in what he says. However, like Jones, he's apparently come to think he's all-knowing & infallible, and, like Jones before him, he's wrong. (Ironically, Rippetoe often criticizes & insults Jones, apparently not realizing that, in some respects, he's a virtual carbon copy.)
Good explanation. I do a lot of different gym stuff. For multiple things judo boxing muay Thai bjj wrestling. Dead lift different squats version's body weight pull ups sit ups push ups chin ups and other exercises assault bike mountain hiking
I don't know if that's the best way to train tendons... but I know working on a farm for years does... I think tendon strength takes years to develop. But in reply to you there ARE different types of strengths... Muscle fibers are fast twitch or slow twitch... and fast twitch are broken down into 2 other categories. So he is at least right about that...
@login76 To a point your right. Lifting and throwing excersises are the real deal for the most part. But strong tendons help with the lifting and throwing movments. I lift weights and throw tires for my strength. But I do isometrics for my tendons and joints wich in turn helps my lifting and brute strength workouts.
@kelly980 ya but look at bruce lee he wasnt big at all but he could take i think it was a 60 lb dumbell and hold it straight out for like 20 mins or somehting liek that even half the bodybuilders cant do that so u have to take that into consideration to
Correct. Lee's isometric routine described in "Tao of Jeet Kune Do" comes straight from "Functional Isometric Contraction" published by Hoffman/York in 1961.
Uhhh Vunak has trained at least 20 or more Military/Government agencies-Most notably Seal team six. Sure he makes videos, but so do a lot of the BJJ guys out there. Michael Jordan made videos and made lots of money-does that make him any less of a Basketball player? UFC has a nice caged ring, with gloves and a ref. Not so with the Seals or any of the government agencies that Vunak has trained. UFC is still very good though. Dont get me wrong, UFC is great, but it is still a sport
@xylnathien about five reps, in 3 to 8 elbows positions, 5 to 9 sholder positions and 5 wrist positions, do as much variations as possible an never do isomethrics for 3 days in a roll, it could be day in day out or two days in and one day rest, but never 3 days in a roll, by the way only begin counting when you are pushing it hard enought to lock your muscles ^^
never said he did im saying look at the stats from bruce lees psi in his punch and look at a heavyweight boxers psi in a punch also bruce has speed wich is a great advantage against a heavyweight
@iceblue4u i think he used certain concepts of lifting... but found a way to maintain the strenght and speed without actually looking buff etc. But im not sure about what paul is saying here about isometric strenght training... i think a combination of isometric and lifting.. would be better cause if you lift just for the strenght and not so much like power lifting or body building... u should be oke... and with isometric training.. u will get that strenght that paul is talking about
@kelly980 i disagree because they tested his one inch punch and it had 1000psi wich is the same amount of pressure as a heavyweight boxers right straight wich could give u a concussion
@kelly980 well like the vid says to there are different types of strength also bruce hitting with the same amount of power as a heavyweight boxer when hes the size of wat a light weight? thats alot of strenght if u ask me jus saying he has jus as much strenght especially for his size he could push limits well beyond his ability wich is strenght i would say i say he would stand a pretty good chance against olympic lifters and such
I don't know if there is such a thing as tendon strength BUT you will agree that there are different "types" of strength ...Isometrics develops one "type"..and that type just might be very useful for combat. I am with Vunak. There is a very good reason that power lifters in my experience usually DON'T hit as hard as you would think and many not hard AT ALL.
Not difficult at all to hit the eyes! Eye shots in a fight come quick and often. How many times do you see a street fight where both guys come out with black eyes and cuts? Now,it might not always come out so clean, but nothing ever does in real fire. It could be a thumb,hell it could be a pinkie that hits the eyeball,the target that is being hit..When you hit nerves like that,you get the same response each time. Might not stop him, but it will give you a easy in to land stopping shots.
"EVERY prominent athlete in the modern world trains dynamically." Wow, how could any of these other guys in this thread disagree with you knowing that you know the training programs of every modern athlete in the world(except for the entire US military, and maybe a few MMA fighters)?
Swole Jitsu no he wasn’t. He fought once in his life. Gtfo here Unless you were with him 24 hours a day from 1940 to 1973, that's not something you're capable of knowing. For all you (or I) know, he could have dozens of fights -- or hundreds. Or, he could have only a few. Whatever the number, it's not something you can possibly know. Your remark is a load of gas -- YOU "gtfo here."
in theory, isometric strenght ideal proportion is 50% of your entire body strengh, but the development of this condition require not just a trainer but a fisitian once that it is almost a medical condition, that is the diference between army push ups and gym push upps ^-^
I doubt Mohammed Ali would cope against the likes of kicks and headbutts, its not the style of fighting he was trained to deal with. Also remember F=ma Bruce Was very fast, the velocity of his hits meant the deceleration on a body was HUGE, the force could be bigger than Ali's when he hit because of this. Don't count size to be everything because in a fight with no rules its not the prime factor, technique is.
No, he was saying: In non-Isometric lifting, when doing 10 reps, the last 1 or 2 is where your body gets the most benefit. To do an isometric is to do one “rep” holding for 10 seconds. A great example of this is the plank.
Yes, the 80s -- when men actually wore MEN'S shorts, instead of something they stole from their great-grandmother's underwear drawer (while insulting those in the past who dressed better).
@truthfilter Untrue. GSP does Romanian power lifting and dominates every MMA athlete he faces. Not to mention , nearly 100% of all boxers, wrestlers, and MMA fighters do weight lifting routines. Nothing wrong with isometrics, but that is one very small part of strength training.
@troy11691 Like i said, before in my last post, he probably could do weird things which no-one else tried (e.g. the one inch punch) and was good at them. But if he was measured doing the same thing as everyone else, he wouldn't have been super-strong by comparison. E.g. If he'd been measured doing a boxer's straight right, I'm sure it would have had only the same amount of power as other boxers' straight rights.
Those of you who wear the women's capri pants / granny bloomers popular for the last few years need to take a dull, rusty straight razor & do literally what you've already done figuratively.
@guitarfetish342 OK look at the Olympic lifters. The bigger guys with bigger muscles lift more. I.e, they are stronger. That's why they have weight divisions.
Isometrics have been used by Olympic lifters for decades to increase strength & power. (The fact that one type of training works doesn't mean that another type of training doesn't.)
CQC: Could describe everything from Krav to Combat Sambo to Fairbairn/Sykes methods as taught by guys like Kelly McCann. Krav Maga: Repackaged kickboxing and combat judo, which is good as long as it's not from Darren Levine. Jeet Kune Do: A concept, not a style. Just training whatever works best for you is closer to true jeet kune do than training in anyone else's style. Google: Google can tell you more than any comment from a "martial artist" on TH-cam.
isometrics for punching is not the best method. For puching the key is timing acceleration/speed for that you need to have different fibers that you develop with isometrics. And strenght is at the bottom and almost unnecesary to train if you know to have balance which precede all of the latter qualities i mentioned and also if you know how to align your body behind the punch. But again timing/presicion makes the difference in striking.
"That's isometrics, where both sides of the muscle/limb contract to keep that limb in place." Are you speaking of all isometrics, or only static holds using a weight? If you think all forms of isometrics contract muscles on both sides of a joint, you should really rethink your qualifications as a personal trainer.
@thomaskrypton uhm... bruce lee was a master in many styles an faster than shutter speed in his day. His kick had enough force to break any mans back in about .7 seconds. Which is still faster than either "boxer" boxing is good for street fighting. But in mma, they get ripped... your point is invalid.
This guy is one of the baddest men on the planet.
I had these VHS tapes from Panther Productions, i miss the info in them. I was a underweight person, i trained with these tapes, made me very strong, These videos are worth their weight in gold as they say. I thank the channel here for uploading this information.
This is very real. I learned about isometrics years ago. A yoga man was stronger than all of us. He never lifted weights! He was smaller, yet he was super strong. He taught me that yoga builds strength through isometric principals. He would say something like “strength in movement is developed in stillness”.
If that video was made today it would be 3 hours long. Good information straight to the point and no bs
Vunak was so ahead of his time.
Bruce was ;)
Ya don't hear much of this these days! Thank you.
I really thought vu was gonna push da wall down seriously thought he is so unique and so ahead of the curve.
Paul is SO correct on this. I used 5o do these types of exercises in the 80's and it greatly increased my strength and my friends and people in my martial arts class, even my Sensei were surprised when they noticed I had gotten surprisingly stronger over time, because I, like Bruce had a thin frame so he was my idol and I did everything I could that he taught in his books. Also, isometrics I widely used by Olympians and it has been for many years so that should tell you something too. Great info right here
i do 80s bodybuilding, id rather have no fighting skill at all but look like 1996 shawn michaels in return
@@kerpal321 I want excellent fighting ability and look like Tom Platz and Franco Columbu.
@@solomonstello you will need to take lots of steroids for that, even shawn michaels and jean claud van dam had to take steroids to get their physiques and they are considered small
I still have a bullworker im going to start using it again for you young folks a bull worker is a dynamic tension device that came out in the 1970s and it works.
I know this is a year late but Dude! I was telling my son that I want one again 😂
Yes I believe in the bullworker
Just looked it up. Seems legit to me. Might pick up one, thanks.
That is actually the most logical and smartest post I have ever read from anyone in regards to martial arts. Good job brotha.
Yep love Paul Vulnaks work. You can always learn something new to add to your martials art knowledge.👍💪💪
Anyone who says isometrics are outdated needs to read The USMC manual "Marine Physical Readiness Training for Combat - MCRP 3-02A", the version of which I have being last updated in 2004. Specifically page 3-99. A lot of the wrestling or "combative" exercises are also isometric in nature.
In addition, pushing cars with your fists, holding a push up position, and hanging from a bar are all wholly or partly isometric exercises.
Thanks, Is there a full video of this?
vunak's approach to isometrics to increase power is brilliant. thanks, paul. now i get it
There are three kinds of strenght, positive, negative and static, that is it.
This is some really good advice.
Wow. I've been missing out lol.
Gonna start doing this everyday.
this is revolutionary for me. i always have done just a little weight training every day and never saw much progress. doing isometrics with it seems to be the way.
1)Bouncing in New Orleans for 7 years as well as working other high risk security details,I have had the very unfortunate opportunity on more than 1 occasion to be confronted by individuals under the influence of both alcohol and drugs,including PCP!The few times that I have attacked the eyes, the result was the same,drugs or no.Did it ever stop anyone, NO, It's not designed to. It is merely a gap bridging tactic. Whether it causes immense pain or not,every time I got the same visceral response.
this actually clears a lot of things on my opinion. For an example Masahiko kimura used to practice his special osoto-gari against a tree, and usually knocked out pro judokas with ease. Cool video + Vunak looks like mac gyver.
The wierd thing about kung fu punches is that they produce force concentrated in a very small area. The force of those strikes doesn't do much to a punching bag, but does a lot to a human body. There is another component to a punch that's not covered in this video is the power produced through kinetic linking.
2) that response was, that individual covering and checking for damages. Buying me time to follow up with something that would cause the stopping damage I was HOPING for.. We can battle over which techniques are the best, then we can talk about whether Bruce Lee could have beat Ali, but when it come down to it, superior techniques do not win fights, superior people do.. ~ Guro Billy Brown
i love this guy's lessons
someone taught me isometrics when i was younger =)
This is really good information here and no, it's not outdated. Look up isometric strength training. Everything he said here is accurate from all the research I have read. Basically isometrics recruit more muscle fibers whereas your normal type of resistance weight lifting targets less percentage of your muscles used. And isometrics only target a specific joint position like he said. (sometimes a bit more) of course, combining isometrics with resistance training is the best.
Vunak is the real deal
Thank you ! Great video and very much needed 14 years later!
Great advice! Vunak is the real deal.
This is great stuff.
Dynamic strength by harry Wong been doing it for 20 plus years I'm 47 and look early 30s
Bruce Lee was an avid bodybuilder.
Yup. gene lebell said he was incredibly strong for a little guy too. Bruce f*king side kicked a 300lb heavy bag and made it move considerably. Eye jabs n leg kicks it's over.
StarseedΩTobias That’s s myth. Watch Bruce’s training videos.
wow this information is really valuable! bruce lee was one smart ass!
Krav Maga is an israeli military self defense style meant for the street and in war which is great.
Boxing / Muay Thai / Kyokushin / Jujitsu ARE practical as it trains and season you to be hit and keep on fighting back in a compose yet reactive nature.
Jeet Kune Do is a great style as its flexible and much like Krav Maga but not exacty , as Krav Maga trains you to combat multiple scenarios in the least time possible whilst JKD needs some time to master the basics.
Dan Inosanto is one of the big gest frau dst ers in martial arts. His "as many arts as possible" (his words). Was designed to keep students coming in paying him money. Sc ammer.
Thank you you making lots of sense. Great lesson
Well, you pretty much answered your own question, if you have access to cqc, K.maga or JKD instruction then go for it, because karate and TKD are more of a long range style, muay thai has the klinch and all but for the street you need alittle more than that, but don't let go of the classics like boxing because you learn what is like to get hit and still fight and in my opinion THAT is the main thing: don´t panic.
Excellent
Very good information.
This guy is a good talker...the showman of the 80's
He was also instrumental in training law enforcement even at the SWAT levels and our nations special forces. Hes definitely not all talk and show if that's what you were implying.
@@imakebigsmiles He probably baffled them with bullshit and talking like he does in the video. Back then they bought that kind of nonsense. Today Police train with more talented and knowledgeable people.
Great insight.
I knew Vunak did isometrics by the way he moves. I’ve been doing them for years and my speed, quickness, and strength as increased exponentially.
why is he ahead of time
When he says 'there are different kinds of strength' somewhere out there Mark Rippetoe is having violent convulsions due to intense disagreement haha
Blowhards/Know-It-Alls tend to do that. Like Arthur Jones, Rippetoe is responsible for a virtual revolution in training, and is, for the most part, correct in what he says. However, like Jones, he's apparently come to think he's all-knowing & infallible, and, like Jones before him, he's wrong. (Ironically, Rippetoe often criticizes & insults Jones, apparently not realizing that, in some respects, he's a virtual carbon copy.)
@iceblue4u yeah and then he did his back in weight lifting and moved to Isometrics and developed the best physique, speed and strength of all time
Good explanation.
I do a lot of different gym stuff.
For multiple things judo boxing muay Thai bjj wrestling.
Dead lift different squats version's body weight pull ups sit ups push ups chin ups and other exercises assault bike mountain hiking
this is just like what they do in one of the branches of Chow Gar Southern Praying Mantis then Grinding arms drills.
I don't know if that's the best way to train tendons... but I know working on a farm for years does... I think tendon strength takes years to develop. But in reply to you there ARE different types of strengths... Muscle fibers are fast twitch or slow twitch... and fast twitch are broken down into 2 other categories. So he is at least right about that...
@Nhia89 that they do is dynamic tension simlar but not quite the same becuase its movies but with great resistance
@login76 To a point your right. Lifting and throwing excersises are the real deal for the most part. But strong tendons help with the lifting and throwing movments. I lift weights and throw tires for my strength. But I do isometrics for my tendons and joints wich in turn helps my lifting and brute strength workouts.
@kelly980 ya but look at bruce lee he wasnt big at all but he could take i think it was a 60 lb dumbell and hold it straight out for like 20 mins or somehting liek that even half the bodybuilders cant do that so u have to take that into consideration to
Actually some of the books of Bob Hoffmans if your interested it's in depth subject of FIS
Correct. Lee's isometric routine described in "Tao of Jeet Kune Do" comes straight from "Functional Isometric Contraction" published by Hoffman/York in 1961.
Good stuff
Groin kicks*. Tommy carruthers he's crazy fast so is Emil Martirossian. But still slower than Bruce which boggles my mind and their minds as well haha
I fought Vunack back in the 80's
What do you think of the Bullworker isometric device from the 70's Paul?
Uhhh Vunak has trained at least 20 or more Military/Government agencies-Most notably Seal team six.
Sure he makes videos, but so do a lot of the BJJ guys out there. Michael Jordan made videos and made lots of money-does that make him any less of a Basketball player?
UFC has a nice caged ring, with gloves and a ref. Not so with the Seals or any of the government agencies that Vunak has trained.
UFC is still very good though.
Dont get me wrong, UFC is great, but it is still a sport
@xylnathien about five reps, in 3 to 8 elbows positions, 5 to 9 sholder positions and 5 wrist positions, do as much variations as possible an never do isomethrics for 3 days in a roll, it could be day in day out or two days in and one day rest, but never 3 days in a roll, by the way only begin counting when you are pushing it hard enought to lock your muscles ^^
never said he did im saying look at the stats from bruce lees psi in his punch and look at a heavyweight boxers psi in a punch also bruce has speed wich is a great advantage against a heavyweight
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@iceblue4u i think he used certain concepts of lifting... but found a way to maintain the strenght and speed without actually looking buff etc. But im not sure about what paul is saying here about isometric strenght training... i think a combination of isometric and lifting.. would be better cause if you lift just for the strenght and not so much like power lifting or body building... u should be oke... and with isometric training.. u will get that strenght that paul is talking about
you're stronger than what you look" thats what he said
imagine how strong schwarzenegger's
This is as close your gonna get to Bruce lee training you!
Wouldn't compound strong lifts such as squat deadlift etc and olympic lifts such as clean and jerk, help you move something from point a to point b?
Something like a sack of potatoes? Sure thing
@kelly980 i disagree because they tested his one inch punch and it had 1000psi wich is the same amount of pressure as a heavyweight boxers right straight wich could give u a concussion
@kelly980 well like the vid says to there are different types of strength also bruce hitting with the same amount of power as a heavyweight boxer when hes the size of wat a light weight? thats alot of strenght if u ask me jus saying he has jus as much strenght especially for his size he could push limits well beyond his ability wich is strenght i would say i say he would stand a pretty good chance against olympic lifters and such
I don't know if there is such a thing as tendon strength BUT you will agree that there are different "types" of strength ...Isometrics develops one "type"..and that type just might be very useful for combat. I am with Vunak. There is a very good reason that power lifters in my experience usually DON'T hit as hard as you would think and many not hard AT ALL.
Not difficult at all to hit the eyes! Eye shots in a fight come quick and often. How many times do you see a street fight where both guys come out with black eyes and cuts?
Now,it might not always come out so clean, but nothing ever does in real fire. It could be a thumb,hell it could be a pinkie that hits the eyeball,the target that is being hit..When you hit nerves like that,you get the same response each time. Might not stop him, but it will give you a easy in to land stopping shots.
"EVERY prominent athlete in the modern world trains dynamically."
Wow, how could any of these other guys in this thread disagree with you knowing that you know the training programs of every modern athlete in the world(except for the entire US military, and maybe a few MMA fighters)?
bruce lee was a real fighter, not a competition fighter
allthattimewasted222 no he wasn’t. He fought once in his life. Gtfo here
Swole Jitsu no he wasn’t. He fought once in his life. Gtfo here
Unless you were with him 24 hours a day from 1940 to 1973, that's not something you're capable of knowing. For all you (or I) know, he could have dozens of fights -- or hundreds. Or, he could have only a few. Whatever the number, it's not something you can possibly know. Your remark is a load of gas -- YOU "gtfo here."
in theory, isometric strenght ideal proportion is 50% of your entire body strengh, but the development of this condition require not just a trainer but a fisitian once that it is almost a medical condition, that is the diference between army push ups and gym push upps ^-^
Gotta love Paul....but i found myself pondering does he have his shirt tucked into his shorts or does that shirt have a built in belt? 🤣
so in summary, isolate muscle groups relevent to you, train to failure.
10 seconds ok but how many sets?
Is that a young Marc Denny aka Crafty Dog, from the Dog Brothers?
NO!
Yes, it is
10 secs and how many reps?
All u need
@sz42781 Nah, he poked me in the eyes and palm punched my nose.
what if i do isometrics for a while say 4 months then i start doin weights to get biiger is that better than doing one thing
I doubt Mohammed Ali would cope against the likes of kicks and headbutts, its not the style of fighting he was trained to deal with. Also remember F=ma Bruce Was very fast, the velocity of his hits meant the deceleration on a body was HUGE, the force could be bigger than Ali's when he hit because of this. Don't count size to be everything because in a fight with no rules its not the prime factor, technique is.
Yup! Hahaha! :)
is he saying the last couple of reps is where you should just hold out for a resistance type of training to build strength?
No, he was saying: In non-Isometric lifting, when doing 10 reps, the last 1 or 2 is where your body gets the most benefit.
To do an isometric is to do one “rep” holding for 10 seconds.
A great example of this is the plank.
those shorts go higher than snoop dee o double G. but much respect paul!! hahahaahaa
will this make your muscles any bigger or will this only be a complication for regular training ?
@tmsn123 people say it was a tie
a wooden dummy can gives this strenght also take my work for it
@login76 agree, but remember this's the 80's
Yes, the 80s -- when men actually wore MEN'S shorts, instead of something they stole from their great-grandmother's underwear drawer (while insulting those in the past who dressed better).
@sz42781 did you win?
@truthfilter Untrue. GSP does Romanian power lifting and dominates every MMA athlete he faces. Not to mention , nearly 100% of all boxers, wrestlers, and MMA fighters do weight lifting routines. Nothing wrong with isometrics, but that is one very small part of strength training.
@troy11691 Like i said, before in my last post, he probably could do weird things which no-one else tried (e.g. the one inch punch) and was good at them. But if he was measured doing the same thing as everyone else, he wouldn't have been super-strong by comparison. E.g. If he'd been measured doing a boxer's straight right, I'm sure it would have had only the same amount of power as other boxers' straight rights.
paul vunak is one of the best... but those shorts gotta go yo
Those of you who wear the women's capri pants / granny bloomers popular for the last few years need to take a dull, rusty straight razor & do literally what you've already done figuratively.
He never fought them because he wasn't a competing professional boxer..
just go rockclimbing or use gymnastic rings. isos can be useful as assisstance exercises.
Lol, tough its true, this is why most gyms do pushups on knuckles, develops that isometric crap with ur punches
most gyms do NOT do pushups with knuckles
@qo1o4262UYA ; Why get bigger?
@guitarfetish342 OK look at the Olympic lifters. The bigger guys with bigger muscles lift more. I.e, they are stronger. That's why they have weight divisions.
Isometrics have been used by Olympic lifters for decades to increase strength & power. (The fact that one type of training works doesn't mean that another type of training doesn't.)
CQC: Could describe everything from Krav to Combat Sambo to Fairbairn/Sykes methods as taught by guys like Kelly McCann.
Krav Maga: Repackaged kickboxing and combat judo, which is good as long as it's not from Darren Levine.
Jeet Kune Do: A concept, not a style. Just training whatever works best for you is closer to true jeet kune do than training in anyone else's style.
Google: Google can tell you more than any comment from a "martial artist" on TH-cam.
isometrics for punching is not the best method. For puching the key is timing acceleration/speed for that you need to have different fibers that you develop with isometrics. And strenght is at the bottom and almost unnecesary to train if you know to have balance which precede all of the latter qualities i mentioned and also if you know how to align your body behind the punch. But again timing/presicion makes the difference in striking.
This is not how Bruce Lee did most of his strength training at all. His weight training routines are well known.
Bruce Lee was an avid lifter. As much as I like and respect Vunak he is wrong here.
bruce did both
"That's isometrics, where both sides of the muscle/limb contract to keep that limb in place."
Are you speaking of all isometrics, or only static holds using a weight?
If you think all forms of isometrics contract muscles on both sides of a joint, you should really rethink your qualifications as a personal trainer.
@TokinTime haha. ill pass on that one friend. anyway, im sure he figured it out by now.
@thomaskrypton uhm... bruce lee was a master in many styles an faster than shutter speed in his day. His kick had enough force to break any mans back in about .7 seconds. Which is still faster than either "boxer" boxing is good for street fighting. But in mma, they get ripped... your point is invalid.