| Weight lifting was one of the key points of Bruce | | | | dead lifts, curls and bench press. He used the other |
| Lee’s workout methods. As is well known, Bruce | | | | days to do workouts that were not overly |
| had a very strong urge to be as physically fit as | | | | strenuous. Using this program his body weight went |
| possible. He was always working out some body part | | | | from 130 pounds to about 160 pounds. |
| or doing cardio work by running, skipping rope or | | | | Having gained this extra body mass, Bruce felt it was |
| riding an exercise bike. He was really way ahead of | | | | too restricting to his style. It was too much bulk for |
| the times with some of the things he was doing that | | | | the speed of movement that he needed, so |
| concerned obtaining functional strength or doing | | | | eventually the weight came down. He continued |
| whole body workouts. | | | | working out with weights but changed his routine. He |
| Bruce had always worked out with weights, but one | | | | also used weights during his martial arts training. For |
| period of his life he concentrated more on this. He | | | | example he would hold small weights in his hands |
| normally believed in lifting heavy weight, but not to | | | | while practicing punches. He could even be found |
| the point of over exertion. With the help of two | | | | using a dumb bell at any time, even while doing other |
| body building friends, he worked out a three days a | | | | things like watching T.V. or playing with his son |
| week program and used simple exercises like squats, | | | | Brandon. |