Dear forum members,
I have very huge motivation to perform qi gong not only because it can make my body healthy and mind clear, but give tremendous strength and stamina.
Only with practicing stance training, qigong (yi jin jing, 8 brocade, lohan hands, taiji etc.) one can get such performance as from lifting weights or running. So I wonder if such physical exercises are necessary.
I heard that running is harmful to healh from chinese medical perspective-over time organs can be collapsed.
Strength training as weight lifting etc. can restrict energy flow and make muscles less controlableand slow.
From my personal experience I can say that strength from chi kung is much more powerful than from weight lifting. Power from qigong is more explosive and alive while weight lifting is exhausable (I was weightlifter 3 years).
However I don't understand how such things are possible. How without using weights one can get such strength, speed, and stamina only practicing qigong.
And I don't know how western exercises like jogging, lifting weights, punching sand bags affect the results on qigong training.