| As you surf through the Internet, you will | | | | increase his speed and power. He started lifting |
| undoubtedly see many Bruce Lee workout sites. | | | | free weights, he used isometric exercise, and he |
| Most of them are useless. The articles talk about | | | | tried just about any exercise gizmo available at |
| Bruce Lee workouts, but few give you specific | | | | the time to give him the winning edge. After a |
| details of how he trained. | | | | free weight lifting injury, he gave up free weights |
| I'm going to share with you some of his exercise | | | | and began using bodyweight and isometric |
| devices. Some he created on his own and others | | | | exercises as the core of his strength and speed |
| he just adapted to his needs. Now mind you I'm | | | | program. |
| no Bruce Lee expert, but I have spent hundreds | | | | Bruce Lee's training methods were effective. In |
| of hours researching this man. | | | | fact, some of the students became World Karate |
| Bruce Lee workout - Strength And Speed | | | | Champions including Chuck Norris, Joe Lewis, and |
| Bruce Lee started training at a young age, his | | | | Mike Stone. Between all 3 of them, during their |
| father was skilled in Wu style Tai Chi Chuan and | | | | training with Bruce they won every Karate |
| began training him in Tai Chi. It is important to | | | | Championship in the United States. |
| understand, that Tai Chi, the style that Bruce | | | | Lee discovered early on, that the key to muscle |
| Lee's father practiced, used an exercise called | | | | growth was to keep pushing and placing stress on |
| "pushing hands" this is somewhat of an isometric | | | | the muscle. He began using different isometric |
| exercise. In that it uses the resistance of another | | | | exercise devices to overcome the major |
| person, as well as an isometric contraction. | | | | disadvantage of traditional isometrics, which is that |
| From age 13 to 18 Bruce Lee trained with master | | | | you can't measure your growth or add additional |
| Yip Man in Wing Chun Gung Fu. In addition to that, | | | | resistance. One of the isometric exercise devices |
| Bruce Lee also trained in Western boxing. Winning | | | | that Bruce Lee used was called a Tensolator. He |
| the 1958 boxing championship match. | | | | used this device to increase his punching power, |
| Early on, Bruce tried just about anything to | | | | and to develop his incredible V-Tapered body. |