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/Terranam1 3d ago

I agree but surely there's an overlap, alot of martial artists have desirable physiques and I find pure gym work for aesthetics doesn't inspire me 

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u/Ldiablohhhh 3d ago

A lot of martial artists have desirable physiques because they recognise the importance of the strength and conditioning work that goes hand in hand with martial arts so they train that simultaneously.

I have seen guys who have trained various martial arts for years and look like a potato because they only do the martial arts training and not the S+C. Which is fine as their goal is just to learn to fight but your suggesting you want both so you have to train as such.

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u/Terranam1 3d ago

So for the boxers and wrestlers who are jacked do they have separate coaches for training and conditioning? Or do they make it up themselves

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u/Ldiablohhhh 2d ago

Some will do yes. By that I mean the high level guys who's making a career from it. There's loads of information out there on youtube around the subject though which lower level guys likely rely on since they are less likely to be able to afford or to need a separate coach.