r/martialarts • u/Terranam1 • 3d ago
QUESTION Martial arts to get built
Hi Im 21 and got a little bit of muscle and a little bit of fat and do MUAY THAI on rare occasion (to learn how to fight and 2 to get built); I ask my instructors if there are any exercises I can do outside of class to get better and they shrug it off or say hit the heavy bag for 30 minutes. Anyway I was wondering what martial art would get me built the quickest or just built in general? And is the instructor advice sound
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u/CS_70 2d ago
If you are like most people, you don't want to look like a body builder, but rather to look lean and athletic.
That means having a reasonable - but normal - amount of muscle, together with being really lean - low body fat.
You achieve a pretty good amount of muscle by any calisthenic or explosive exercise (as hitting the bag, of course). The key is intensity and training to failure (it matters nothing if you need 30 reps with your body weight to get that). You get low body fat by looking at your diet and eating less or near your metabolic maintenance rate (the amount of calories you need daily to exist).
No martial art or exercise will make you lean. Only diet. Abs are made in the kitchen, goes the saying, and it's spot on. Hit the bag until your muscles are spent and you can't lift your arms, your muscles will grow.
So work out with intensity. Eat less for a while and then stable at your MMR. That's it. As a note: you will be hungry especially the first couple weeks.