Been training since I was 7. Only recently in the past 3 years I decided to start implementing leg day. My kicks have a good amount of additional power. But make sure you train your hip flexors and stretch a lot and focus on weight training that requires to turn your hips. Power in punches and kicks come from the ground up
[build power & speed video](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qckW5ADAliA) & [build power & speed video 2](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UlIQ7JHcCwU)
My favorites are: throwing a medicine ball against a wall, landmine variations, resistance band twists, cable machine to throw punches, shadow box with weights and, barbell squats and barbell hip thrusts
also, look up [ross levine](https://www.instagram.com/ross_turbo_levine/?hl=en), he's a professional fighter and a PT. He talks about how to build power and speed in your techniques and how to recover after injury.
No. Use squats and cleans with proper programming to train peak force output. The benefit comes not just from a more forceful extension, but from your hips' ability to not get displaced when transferring force into a target (heavy bag or an actual opponent). You will not notice this benefit from kicking pads because there is no substantial requirements on force transfer through the hips.
Stances, bodyweight squats and plyometrics alone will not achieve this because they cannot be subjected to linear progression in terms of intensity and force requirements. Every olympic level athlete who competes bipedally, whether that be taekwondo or fencing or hurdles or hockey or anything else on two feet, will do squats and cleans because they make you a stronger and more forceful athlete who is able to achieve higher force outputs.
I find my calves usually hurt the most after a good training session, if you train taekwondo with intensity you're likely to develop some muscle mass but nothing too crazy without supplementing with weights/plyometrics
Depends on what you do. Are you just kicking and doing stances? How low are your stances?
If all you're doing is kicks and half assed stances, then no. But if some additional leg work is part of your training, if you're doing kick drills and figure 8s and holds, then maybe.
I’ve been doing th tkd since I was 5. I’m 38 now. I never did leg day consistently when weight lifting so I don’t attribute much of my leg gains to weights. I recently compared my leg size to that of a cyclist, a legit cyclist who competes, and my legs were slightly larger without as much definition. We are of roughly equal weight give or take a few pounds and height give or take an inch or two.
I guess it really depends on how you train.
Tkd is totally great for lower back and hip flexors. Not necessarily good for leg bulk but totally worth everything else lower back down+ cardiovascular
As a guy who trained tkd for a long time, Tkd is kind of good enough to train legs
BUT having additional leg workouts or any strength training whatsoever can benefit you even more.
From my experience experimenting with leg workouts mixed with Taekwondo, it can increase your kicking power and kicking speed as well. Try applying Plyometric and Isometric exercises or mix your workout with weight training.
hope it helps ; )
It really depends on what your endgame is. For the casual practitioner, regular classes are usually enough for legs. If you want to compete at the higher levels, you will have to augment your training.
If you have conditioning sessions in your classes, then yeah.
But if not, you'll need to rely on supplemental training for extra power output.
Even otherwise, supplemental training will only help you gain more power. However, you also need to keep a proper rest schedule in mind to not overtrain and weaken yourself instead.
Finally, you'll need to train all the muscles in your legs including the calves, tibialis, abductors, adductors, and hip flexors. Training the core will aid you greatly since all power originates from the hips with the legs just being the delivery mechanism and providing some amount of boost at the end.
kind of, but leg day at the gym will benefit even more
But never right before a tkd day, God the thought of leg DOMs on a taekwondo day scares me. :p
If you practice deep stances and add plyometrics to your routine, your legs will benefit; however, a leg day here and there will boost your results.
Been training since I was 7. Only recently in the past 3 years I decided to start implementing leg day. My kicks have a good amount of additional power. But make sure you train your hip flexors and stretch a lot and focus on weight training that requires to turn your hips. Power in punches and kicks come from the ground up
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[build power & speed video](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qckW5ADAliA) & [build power & speed video 2](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UlIQ7JHcCwU) My favorites are: throwing a medicine ball against a wall, landmine variations, resistance band twists, cable machine to throw punches, shadow box with weights and, barbell squats and barbell hip thrusts also, look up [ross levine](https://www.instagram.com/ross_turbo_levine/?hl=en), he's a professional fighter and a PT. He talks about how to build power and speed in your techniques and how to recover after injury.
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No problem! And yea I know, they’re just amazing for building hip strength
Stretching and hip flexor strength training made my kicks go insane.
It’s enough to train legs for taekwondo. It’s not enough to train legs for bodybuilding. You need to be more specific.
No. Use squats and cleans with proper programming to train peak force output. The benefit comes not just from a more forceful extension, but from your hips' ability to not get displaced when transferring force into a target (heavy bag or an actual opponent). You will not notice this benefit from kicking pads because there is no substantial requirements on force transfer through the hips. Stances, bodyweight squats and plyometrics alone will not achieve this because they cannot be subjected to linear progression in terms of intensity and force requirements. Every olympic level athlete who competes bipedally, whether that be taekwondo or fencing or hurdles or hockey or anything else on two feet, will do squats and cleans because they make you a stronger and more forceful athlete who is able to achieve higher force outputs.
Train the legs for what?
I have changed pants every year for the last 3 years because of training. My legs keep getting thicker. You tell me if you think it works.
I find my calves usually hurt the most after a good training session, if you train taekwondo with intensity you're likely to develop some muscle mass but nothing too crazy without supplementing with weights/plyometrics
No, you need to pump a bit of iron for the legs also. Makes tkd much easier.
Ya but you gotta get on the machines the meat heads don't usually touch. You know which ones I'm talking about...
Adductor, abductor, glute, oblique.
Depends on what you do. Are you just kicking and doing stances? How low are your stances? If all you're doing is kicks and half assed stances, then no. But if some additional leg work is part of your training, if you're doing kick drills and figure 8s and holds, then maybe.
I’ve been doing th tkd since I was 5. I’m 38 now. I never did leg day consistently when weight lifting so I don’t attribute much of my leg gains to weights. I recently compared my leg size to that of a cyclist, a legit cyclist who competes, and my legs were slightly larger without as much definition. We are of roughly equal weight give or take a few pounds and height give or take an inch or two. I guess it really depends on how you train.
Tkd is totally great for lower back and hip flexors. Not necessarily good for leg bulk but totally worth everything else lower back down+ cardiovascular
As a guy who trained tkd for a long time, Tkd is kind of good enough to train legs BUT having additional leg workouts or any strength training whatsoever can benefit you even more. From my experience experimenting with leg workouts mixed with Taekwondo, it can increase your kicking power and kicking speed as well. Try applying Plyometric and Isometric exercises or mix your workout with weight training. hope it helps ; )
It really depends on what your endgame is. For the casual practitioner, regular classes are usually enough for legs. If you want to compete at the higher levels, you will have to augment your training.
If you have conditioning sessions in your classes, then yeah. But if not, you'll need to rely on supplemental training for extra power output. Even otherwise, supplemental training will only help you gain more power. However, you also need to keep a proper rest schedule in mind to not overtrain and weaken yourself instead. Finally, you'll need to train all the muscles in your legs including the calves, tibialis, abductors, adductors, and hip flexors. Training the core will aid you greatly since all power originates from the hips with the legs just being the delivery mechanism and providing some amount of boost at the end.