About FitnessJourneyman

Fitness is a passion of mine. I train in martial arts and rock climbing, but spend time doing a lot of other sports and outdoor activities. It's hard to find time for it all. Lately I've been focusing on how to keep up with my core activities with so many things competing for my time. In particular, martial arts training requires discipline to keep studying the material that you need to remember and become better at. I blog about helpful information and motivation to keep people at their best and hopefully accelerate their training or even take it to the next level.

Cross-Training and Customizing your Workout

Cross-training has become quite popular lately, and with good reason. No matter what sport or discipline you are practicing, you can gain a lot of benefits from cross-training:

* Reduce chance of injury
* Increase performance from muscles that are difficult to target with your main training program
* Help motivate you with new exercises
* Discover new sports that you might also enjoy
* Reduce specialization of muscle training

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