Martial Arts Workouts for Novices in Quarantine

Need to exercise when you are quarantined and don't have any weights or equipment? Bored by your usual workout routine.

The answer: try some basic martial workouts.  Great for strength, cardio, and stretching.

If you like these , I'll do more.

Very Basic Routine: Horse stance, forward punch, and then at the end, some inward blocks.

 


 Basic Routine: Chop, turn, punch. Then double punch.

 

If you do find these useful, tell me and I'll do another half dozen.

New Topic: Pandemic Pastimes.
Finding meaningful challenges
Thinking inside the box.

I'll just store this video here while I refine my technique and endurance.



My pandemic pastime is to learn to solve a rubrik cube while in plank. I’ve worked for two weeks reading and watching YouTube. My nephew pointed out some basics to me but I kept running into roadblocks.

I finally hired an online instructor (Tania: she’s amazingly patient and useful. Highly recommended. Comment for her contact info) and I can now solve the cube. Not every time but I have done it now twice myself. M

My best time for solving: 24 minutes!
My longest time in plank position: 72 seconds.

Next steps: work harder at staying in plank and accelerate my solution time.

More Fun?
Watch me as a yoga model!

Yoga Pam Butler

Pandemic Pastimes: Doing a Rubiks Cube while in Plank

 New Topic: Pandemic Pastimes.

Finding meaningful challenges
Thinking inside the box.

Here's a video showing how much I have to refine my technique and endurance.



My pandemic pastime is to learn to solve a rubrik cube while in plank. I’ve worked for two weeks reading and watching YouTube. My nephew pointed out some basics to me but I kept running into roadblocks.

I finally hired an online instructor (Tania: she’s amazingly patient and useful. Highly recommended. Comment for her contact info) and I can now solve the cube. Not every time but I have done it now twice myself. M

My initial times for solving: 24 minutes!
My longest time in plank position: 72 seconds.

By late spring:

Time for solving rubiks cube:    Around 3 minutes Time for staying in plank:         Around 65 seconds

Problem: my rubik time is not moving down any more and my plank time is not moving up.

Next steps: work harder at staying in plank and accelerate my solution time?

Pick another goal since there's no way that I can make these two numbers meet....

More Fun?
Watch me as a yoga model! (I'm the awkward guy in the background. The flexible elegant lady up front is Pam Butler, our yoga instructor).

Yoga Pam Butler

For those that are tracking, here's my status on rubiks cube March 2022.