conditioning?

Coleen Carignan: Just go do the martial art. No one will care if a beginner can't keep up, as long as they know you are trying.Good luck. Train hard.

Elli Esaw: i take tae kwon dopersonally i think that stretching is the best. martial arts is not the most physically demanding sport really i just stretch and if you think it is maybe just working on your kicks and doing jumping jacks to wake your body up a little helps to.

Debora Soliani: the martial arts in itself will help you condition yourself. for workouts outside of the martial arts itself go to crossfit.com

Minh Lefrancois: Crossfit.

Dannie Briseno: Jump rope and sprints. These arts are about speed and movement. lifting weight is only going to slow you down because of the large muscle. Also body weight exercises and stretching

Cassidy Pangrazio: You really don't have to worry about that. The workouts you will get will train muscles that you would not train during the conventional exerci! se regimen.

Jonie Lauria: personaly I enjoy using a bike to get to short distances from my home to condition myself or longer distances if I feel like it I spend very little on gasoline not that that helps the question but...

Penelope Armond: running up stairs find some bleacher to run up that will help a lot and jump rope

Robin Tommie: Stretching is first and foremost - other aspects like stamina, speed, strength, and focus come with DOING the art. You can run all day and night, but it's not going to do what you think it will. Reason? You use a completely different set of muscles for martial arts in a completely different way than you would, say, sprinting or running stairs. Not to say that those aren't good for you, but they're not going to further your martial arts. As far as strength, if you're pre-training, pushups, squats, planks, situps/crunches, handstands, etc. These are good body-weight resistance ways of strengthening and keeping in condition...! .Show more