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I prepared very long post but it's gone. Auto-saved function has only a fraction of things that I wanted to mention so this time I will make it short.
First of all - I'm not a pro table tennis player. far from it. I type this message as a personal trainer and strenght sports enthusiast.
I will list some of the information I have encountered on this site that I believe are not true.
1. High reps for being ripped.
High reps don't have any special abilites to shape the muscle. Being ripped means having some muscles with low amount of body fat. So using a training that burn enough calories accompanied with diet makes you ripped (assuming that you already have the muscles... If not then it's discussion for another topic ). Number of reps are not deciding factor.
2. Weight training (especially low reps with high weight) makes you slow
Myth. Weight training doesnt make you slow. Getting fat and less mobile does. Weights make you stronger and might make you faster. I typed 'might' becase speed is not as trainable ability as strenght. However there is one thing that might interest you. Strenght training teaches your body to use more strenght in short amount of time. Have you seen olympic weightligers that lift 200kg (440lbs) over their head while some of them look like regular dudes? They used weight training to be able to use alot of strenght in very little amount of time through preparing nervous system to activate muscle fibres very fast (high rate of force production) not to look jacked. Don't you think that can help in killer shots ?
3. Gym work needs to be similar to table tennis match (endurance based, lighter weights etc.)
Myth. Table tennis players are not weightlifters and gym is not a tennis table. Strength traning needs to supplement sports training. Not simulate it. So pick what table tennis training can't give you but weight training can - strenght, using as much strenght as fast as possible in more explosive exercises (as push press for example), working on muscles that are not worked much in table tennis for balance purposes, prehab (like strenghtening rotator cuffs).
First of all - I'm not a pro table tennis player. far from it. I type this message as a personal trainer and strenght sports enthusiast.
I will list some of the information I have encountered on this site that I believe are not true.
1. High reps for being ripped.
High reps don't have any special abilites to shape the muscle. Being ripped means having some muscles with low amount of body fat. So using a training that burn enough calories accompanied with diet makes you ripped (assuming that you already have the muscles... If not then it's discussion for another topic ). Number of reps are not deciding factor.
2. Weight training (especially low reps with high weight) makes you slow
Myth. Weight training doesnt make you slow. Getting fat and less mobile does. Weights make you stronger and might make you faster. I typed 'might' becase speed is not as trainable ability as strenght. However there is one thing that might interest you. Strenght training teaches your body to use more strenght in short amount of time. Have you seen olympic weightligers that lift 200kg (440lbs) over their head while some of them look like regular dudes? They used weight training to be able to use alot of strenght in very little amount of time through preparing nervous system to activate muscle fibres very fast (high rate of force production) not to look jacked. Don't you think that can help in killer shots ?
3. Gym work needs to be similar to table tennis match (endurance based, lighter weights etc.)
Myth. Table tennis players are not weightlifters and gym is not a tennis table. Strength traning needs to supplement sports training. Not simulate it. So pick what table tennis training can't give you but weight training can - strenght, using as much strenght as fast as possible in more explosive exercises (as push press for example), working on muscles that are not worked much in table tennis for balance purposes, prehab (like strenghtening rotator cuffs).
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