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 Topic: physical exercises for ttPosted: 03/19/2008 at 2:54pm |
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my coach said for me to do 20-30 push-ups a day to build up my upperbody. he said dont do weights because i could damage something. is there any other exercises that would build up my upper body?
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Posted: 03/19/2008 at 3:14pm |
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if you do weights properly you aren't more likely to damage something than from doing push-ups.
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Posted: 03/19/2008 at 3:15pm |
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yes but i am 13 years old
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Posted: 03/19/2008 at 6:11pm |
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As long as you are not "maxing" out then lifting weights is ok. There is an area in the bones that is not totally fused together yet. That area allows you to grow during puberty. PPL who damage that area won't grow. So you can lift medium to light weights. Don't ask me what that area called because I forgot. You can try to do body weight exercises to increase your upper body strength. Examples would be push ups and pull ups. You can use benches to increase or decrease the intensity of push ups. For example incline push ups, decline push ups, 1 arm push ups. pull ups, wide grip, narrow grip, 1 arm pull ups if you can. ETC
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Posted: 03/19/2008 at 9:12pm |
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Masturbation won't make your palms hairy and weight lifting won't stunt your growth.
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;107/6/1470 Of course you might injure yourself lifting weights. That's not a reason to avoid weightlifting; it's a reason to seek out an experienced lifter who will show you how to lift properly. In any case, the lower body is more important in TT than the upper body. Pushups will do nothing to improve your TT performance. |
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Posted: 03/19/2008 at 10:16pm |
I have had professional coaches tell me that pushups are one of the best ways to train strenght for TT. @dek-dek weight lifting is generally not advised at such a young age. It isn't necessarily dangerous, but few 13 year olds know how to do it without injuring themselves, so just stick with the basic stuff like pushups, back exercises and so on. |
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Well, playing more might do it as it directly builds the exact targeted muscles, but here's the best exercise I know for table tennis . . . SWIMMING! You won't do any harm unless you drown!
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Posted: 03/20/2008 at 1:14am |
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Posted: 03/20/2008 at 1:19am |
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Or a shark bit your legs off.
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Posted: 03/20/2008 at 1:24am |
I do Turbo Jam ... After I swim (in pool) as there is no sharks or speedboats |
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Posted: 03/21/2008 at 3:11pm |
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Yea, stick with the basics. Push-ups for your upper body, and balance it out with some back excercises. Also, for TT I find endurance/speed big factors. Also do some cardio, short burst sprints, jump rope, etc. These will build endurance, inter/intra muscular coordination= potential strength, they'll increase muscle fiber recruitment = muscles will react faster, etc. Also, the most important thing is to eat healthy. But, if you want to get into weight training (I wouldn't recommend it), you can start with endurance weight training = start with light weights and focus on the # of reps. Sorry if I sound like a buzz kill, but I think you're still too young to worry about muscles. Remember, you don't need strength to defeat someone ;) just the proper technique/strategy.
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If you are only 13 years old perhaps indian club swinging would be a good exercise system for you to explore. It will increase your grip strength and the range of motion in your shoulders and chest. The clubs that you would use weight about one pound each yet they provide a good workout. Gymnastics and the related exercises are of great benifit as well. The person who mentioned swimming is right on the mark as well. Exercises that promote trunk rotation would be better than straight push ups because so much of the power for table tennis comes straight up from the feet through the hips and then into the arms in a twisting route. The problem with push ups is that it puts the focus in the wrong place for our sport, it puts it on the arms and chest instead of the feet and waist. I was once told that table tennis is 90 percent legs and 10 percent arms, so let us increase our leg strength and quickness of our feet before concerning ourselves with how strong our chest is.
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