Bodyweight Fitness: Motivation Monday for 2020-06-22 |
- Motivation Monday for 2020-06-22
- BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2020-06-22
- Questions about the RR/startbodyweight routines philosophy. Some conflict with my knowledge that i gained from when i used to lift
- Cannot breathe fully through my Diaphragm (Stomach), any suggestions?
- How do I tell if I'm actually using my abs doing crunches, rather than using other body parts while just flexing my abs?
- Any Suggestions?
- Can we build mass working out in the morning before breakfast?
- Learning about how people approach fitness and nutrition. Would love your feedback.
- No progress on chinups for many many months
- Hitting hips on bar when doing pullovers
- Question for bodybuilders
- Exercises to build support for foot and knee joints?
- Advice on how to build muscle and lose fat
- Crooked pullup bar
- When doing push ups why do I only get sore in my upper chest and near my shoulders,
- Weights and stuff
- Looking for advice.
- Planning on going back to basics with Convict Conditioning! Is it worth the time?
- Not strong women: how well does RR work? Are you able to progress?
- Making gains while having trouble sleeping
- Can someone please help me
- How long til you got your first planche push up
- Progressing isometrics and eccentrics
- How do I progress my front lever?
| Motivation Monday for 2020-06-22 Posted: 21 Jun 2020 11:08 PM PDT Welcome to Motivation Monday, your weekly thread for motivational videos, pictures, and stories! Anything goes in this thread, as long as it's motivating. Let's get started! Feeling inspired and want to pass the time with other badass videos? Check out our collection of YouTube videos through our official channel! Join our live chatroom on Discord! You can find the web client by clicking this link, here. [link] [comments] |
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| Posted: 22 Jun 2020 12:08 PM PDT Long story short, I used to go to the gym weight training 5x a week(compound exercises, hit every muscle group twice except once only in legs). I got great results. That was a few years ago and all my gains are practically gone. I still have some muscle but i'm like 18% bf. 165 lbs at 5'8 ish. Okay, so some things i want to ask. I gained all my knowledge from weight lifting from channels like eliot hulse(he was really good when he was active years back), hodgetwins, and now jeremy ethier. I really like jeremy ethier, he is my favorite. He bases his videos from what seem to be quality studies(albeit i haven't checked every video and read every study he references, so i could bew rong about him). Here are some things that seem to conflict with what is circulating on this subreddit. Please correct me on any misinformation I have, and if it varies because bodyweight vs weight lifting is different. There is a lot of information in the FAQ and RR page so this is my way of quickly understanding things. 1) More sets = more growth. 10-20 sets per week for a particular muscle group. Does the routines above achieve this for lets say back, and chest? legs? 3x8 splits 3x a week is a little underwhelming no? 2) If you want to maximize growth in a muscle group, lets say chest, you would focus on the compound exercise and do it first. But in this routine, it seems like what I would start doing is planks for 10minutes(with rests) and then into rows and diamond pushups 3x8. Wouldn't doing planks make it harder for me to do the pushps? 3) Why are weighted vests bad? If I have a 40lbs weighted vest, wouldn't it be better to do that with normal pushups than doing diamond pushups? Normal pushups are way too easy for me. Aren't diamond pushups harder because it utilizes more triceps over chest? Is this truly the fastest/hardest way to build muscle in a bodyfitness environment? I know the evidence for weighted vests is weak, but that could just be due to a lack of attention. COuld someone clarify on this one for me please? I have 12lbs vest and 40lbs. 4) Longer rests > shorter rests if the muscle demand is present. So lets say i have a 50 lbs vest, and i do that for 5 sets and 3 minutes rest inbetween sets, would this be inferior to doing diamond pushups with 90sceconds rest inbetween? Let me know if i didn't articulate well enough. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Cannot breathe fully through my Diaphragm (Stomach), any suggestions? Posted: 22 Jun 2020 10:16 AM PDT Since I started working out about 3 years ago, I began breathing through my chest (Because I thought I looked better with my chest puffed out, and I thought it was how you're supposed to breathe). However, later on I learned that it's better to breathe through your stomach. From then on I have been doing my best to breathe through my stomach, however every now and then when I catch myself breathing through my chest, I always notice that I can breathe so much more through my chest probably more than double in comparison to my stomach. I tried to find reasons for this online and on other subreddits but couldn't find a solution or a solid answer. Does anyone else have this as well? I heard it's due to poor posture, but I have fixed my posture over the months and it feels as if my stomach capacity is full after 50% of my lung being full and it can't inhale anymore air. I also read somewhere, you must first breathe through your stomach and when it's full then you should expand/breathe through your chest, please let me know in the comments what your 2 cents are! Thank you in advance. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2020 12:32 PM PDT Sometimes I feel other parts being worked while doing crunches and it feels like I'm just flexing my abs rather than using them. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2020 12:16 PM PDT Hello, I am 17, male, 5' 8.5", and ~145 lbs. I dont have a lot of fat (13.7% according to the body fat percentage calc), but I am trying to lose what I do have. Over the last week, I have biked 15 - 26 miles each day and done a work out that consists of 100 situps, 60 leg lifts, a few planks, 150 sitting twists, 50 push ups, 50 knee-to-elbow crunches, and 60 half wipers. The workout is not too intensive and it only takes me about 30 min or less to complete. My calorie intake is usually between 1200 and 1800 calories each day. Most of the food that I eat is either fruits (like bananas, raspberries, watermelon, and grapes (corn also)) or meat (usually chicken but sometimes pork or steak). My issue is no matter how little or healthy I eat and how much I workout, I seem to hover around the same weight or even gain weight (1 - 3 pounds per day and it usually resets by the next day). Does anyone have any suggestion that would help me lose the little fat that I do have? I do feel stronger and less sore each day, and my physique looks SLIGHTLY better than it did a week ago which leads me to think that i am gaining more or equal muscle than I am loosing fat but I do feel like something else might be going on. Anything helps! [link] [comments] |
| Can we build mass working out in the morning before breakfast? Posted: 22 Jun 2020 01:05 PM PDT Hello everyone, Thanks in advance [link] [comments] |
| Learning about how people approach fitness and nutrition. Would love your feedback. Posted: 22 Jun 2020 12:49 PM PDT Hi everyone, running a quick survey about how people approach their fitness and nutrition. Would love your input! [link] [comments] |
| No progress on chinups for many many months Posted: 22 Jun 2020 12:40 PM PDT About 2 years ago i started lifting, i was a 70kg atropified skeleton with no muscles. I was 182cm, now i'm 184cm and weigh 88kg. I did a routine called PPL lp for many months till corona came. Initially i didn't progress but as soon as i started eating a LOT more i managed to increase lifts, but then i stalled again for many months because i never did progressive overload. As you can see i'm retarded. My bench reached 74kg 5x5, OHP 54kg one or two reps i dont remember. My chinups stayed the same 7 all the time. With corona around i started doing calisthenics outside to avoid being infected at gym. I'm eating the same amount of food as i did when i gymmed, i eat the same thing every day which makes it easy to adjust if you wanna go deficit or bulk without even knowing how to count calories. I do the recommended routine you can find here on reddit. I can do 7 chinups with great form, 7 dips, 5 pseudo planche pushups. I have autism and adhd if that matters, i take some medication, but i doubt it has any effect on my strength or endurance. I mentioned i eat the same thing every day, so here it is: 1 bowl of lentil soup (delicious with chili and curry) 1 chicken thigh 200g cottage cheese 1 teaspoon of creatine 2 rye sourbread sandwiches with some butter and cheese. 1 meal of that my parent makes. i only drink water, i do not drink alcohol, i do not drink coffee, i do not drink soft drinks like coca cola, i do not drink energy drinks. [link] [comments] |
| Hitting hips on bar when doing pullovers Posted: 22 Jun 2020 12:19 PM PDT So I just learned to do bar pullovers (around 2 weeks ago) and today I was doing some and every time I was hitting my hip (the right side) so hard to the point where now it's blue. I know my hips are wider than normal but it's annoying. My question is what should I do to prevent the annoying pain. Because even now it hurts and I haven't done anything in hours, the pain is the worst. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2020 12:06 PM PDT I'm not a body builder but I thought this would be the right place to ask a question. I've been outside skating for a while and I was sweating a lot and I made sure to hydrate but as of now I feel like I'm gonna pass out. How do you guys relieve this feeling? [link] [comments] |
| Exercises to build support for foot and knee joints? Posted: 22 Jun 2020 04:28 AM PDT Hey guys, I hope you can help me out... Covid derailed my daily life pretty hard, and with it any regular exercise I had like dancing, jogging with friends, or just... y'know, walking places. As a result (and exacerbated by my weird metabolism) I atrophied haaarrrrd. When I tried getting literally "back on track" a few days ago, I quickly noticed my joints, especially knees and ankles utterly lacking the support for safe and healthy exercise. Oh, have I mentioned I have an inherited ligament weakness on top of that? Yeah... So I'm in desperate need of exercises that reliably build the strength and muscles back around my joints, the more thorough and varied, the better. Do you have any recommendations for me? [link] [comments] |
| Advice on how to build muscle and lose fat Posted: 22 Jun 2020 11:44 AM PDT Many people think this is impossible. I've worked out the best way to build muscle whilst losing weight. Take in the same amount of protein and carbohydrates you had before cutting and cut out the calories from other areas. It's quite easy to cut out calories that isn't protein and carbs and get a caloric deficit each day. This way, in theory, protein synthesis will stay at exactly the same rate meaning you'll keep building muscle whilst losing fat ( as the calories your cutting out are very likely to be fats/sugars) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2020 11:37 AM PDT My doorway pullup bar is a lil crooked and i tried fixing it and it is straighter now usually but i cant get it perfectly straight. Is there a big side effect to a slightly crooked bar or no [link] [comments] |
| When doing push ups why do I only get sore in my upper chest and near my shoulders, Posted: 22 Jun 2020 10:55 AM PDT my lower pec never gets sore but my upper pec gets really sore [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2020 10:54 AM PDT Hi, Basically i started out properly working out at around Christmas time last year, and I bought myself a pair of 5KG neoprene dumbbells. Now, these are no longer a challenge so it's obvious that I need to get a new pair of adjustable dumbbells, but in the meantime is there absolutely any benefit in working out with the 5KG dumbbells? Thanns [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2020 10:33 AM PDT I'm a teenager and I'm trying to shed some Kilos, I don't have access to any equipment however, mainly because of quarantine. I did some research and came up with an admittedly short routine. The routine consists of Squats, Crunches, Planks, pushups, leg lifts and wall sits. I try to do this every Monday, Wednesday and Friday until my body pretty much gives up (yes, the burn sensation, not joint pain and stuff). I wanted to ask people who know their stuff what I could add/change to it to help along. I sadly have no control over diet though, since I do not live alone and it's one of those "Everyone eats the same" households. [link] [comments] |
| Planning on going back to basics with Convict Conditioning! Is it worth the time? Posted: 22 Jun 2020 10:28 AM PDT Hey guys, I've been training on and off since 4 years. Thanks to the lockdown, I just finished with Bar Brothers The system (12 weeks) and I must say I'm pretty satisfied with the result. Did not care much about the diet though so fat is still in the 15% range. Ate clean and followed the routine religiously. Now, I came across Convict Conditioning few weeks back and since then I am eager to try it. While reading the book I figured that my form for basic exercises like push ups and pull ups is not right. Tried proper slow form for pushups and pull-ups and I instantly felt the difference. Could do only 20 pushups in slow form compared to easy 35-40 I one go. Same with pullups. Now It feels like there's lot more to learn. I'm not at all interested in weight training and long term fitness is my goal. I can easiy stick to a schedule for months and months. What do you guys think? Should I start CC or move on to some other advance routine? TL;DR: Been working out on and off for 4 years. After reading Convict Conditioning It feels like there's lot more to learn. Should I go for it or try some other bodyweight training routine? [link] [comments] |
| Not strong women: how well does RR work? Are you able to progress? Posted: 22 Jun 2020 12:54 AM PDT I'm merely looking at getting stronger and working against the problems aging brings for us, not looks/weightloss/etc. While always being on the very weak side of things I at least thought I had some muscles. Turns out it was just tight muscles from hell, likely from stabilizing (suspected to be hypermobile). I'm mostly worried about not being able to progress, like weight training attempts in the past: exercise too easy -> time to progress -> a tiny bit of extra weight resulted in a pulled muscle, or basically no progress at all after many attempts (overhead press: I look at you!). So while I can do very deep squats with no problems I'm worried to get injured working on one-legged ones for example. Please share your experience. edit: just added my first workout here. Lets see if something happens within a month pull-up: 1 negative/1 negative/few assisted scapular pulls (did more negatives, but basically just fell down, which isn't great for lower arm muscles) squat: 8/8/8 dip hold: 20s/20s/25s (gosh, my whole body was shaking after 15 seconds!) single-legged deadlift: 8/8/8 (very wobbly) yogabelt over pull-up bar row: 8/8/8 (face high grip, not trusting the bar to hold) push-up sofa back: 8/8/8 kneeling ab wheel (hiking stick through blackroll): 70cm 8/8/8 (middle back workout. Hmmm) assisted knee CPH: 25/25/30 on double yogablocks lower body arch raises (oh, I thought holds): 20/20/25s [link] [comments] |
| Making gains while having trouble sleeping Posted: 21 Jun 2020 10:40 PM PDT Hello everyone I hope this hasn't been discussed already because I didn't see it anywhere. My question is: regarding strength, how important is sleep when you just don't freaking feel tired enough to fall asleep? I don't know if i have insomnia or if i just can't shut my mind off, but i frequently don't feel tired at bedtime and only end up with 4 or 5 hours of sleep. This happens probably 3 sometimes 4 nights per week, but some mornings im able to sleep in more. Luckily I'm only 23 and can always muster the energy to complete my workouts, but like anyone, I definitely perform better with good sleep. So basically, my diet and overall lifestyle/gains are good and I definitely don't get the worst sleep in the world. Many people have it much worse. But I'm wondering if my gains would actually be all that much better if I got 7-8 hours of sleep every single night? Because I know there are some people out there who can do that. Right now, I have chance to get that kind of sleep, and the only thing standing in the way of that is my mind not letting me fall asleep. If I knew more about how many gains I was missing out on though, I could dismiss this rather petty issue of mine. So thank you to anyone who gives their input. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2020 12:09 PM PDT i am almost fifteen and I am 150 lbs and I'm 5'10 does anyone have any diet plans or workout plans that I can do to gain muscle, abs. etc... [link] [comments] |
| How long til you got your first planche push up Posted: 22 Jun 2020 01:58 AM PDT I can do muscle ups, back levers, one arm pull ups, strict one arm push ups and run a marathon but I can not for the life of me get past a 25 second tuck planche hold. Stuck. Stuck. Stuck. I know consistency is the single biggest key here but how long did it take for you to do your first planche push up? I'm 5'7" 145-150lbs [link] [comments] |
| Progressing isometrics and eccentrics Posted: 22 Jun 2020 06:30 AM PDT Fingers crossed I don't get the Dalai Lama reply 🤞 I've started on the RR and loving it. But I have a question about how to progress the isometric holds and (since I'm about to start a couple) eccentrics. For the hold on the dip bars I'm told to aim for 60 seconds, but how should I progress uk to this? I've read Overcoming Gravity's buit about Prilepin tables but don't really get it (and they don't seem to be aiming for a 60s hold? I'd be very grateful for advice. Currently I do 3 sets of 50s. Handstand (big goal of mine) I'm on a wall lean that I can hold for 30s and I'm not strong enough yet to walk my hands in closer to the wall. What's the best way to aim for a 60s hold? About to start eccentric pull-ups. 3sets of 5 x what length of lowering?! Thanks all. Love this community by the way. As a runner I already have more shoulder strength than ever before after 4 weeks of RR! [link] [comments] |
| How do I progress my front lever? Posted: 22 Jun 2020 06:18 AM PDT I am currently on my 3rd front lever progression, the one where umyou spread ur legs bent to the side, I can hold it for 20 seconds and I feel kind of in a stalemate, the 2 other progressions i progressed very fast, but for some reason my progression slowed down. Now what I mainly ask for is, how should my workout program for front lever look like. Should it be 5 x max holds? Or should I try to max hold as often as possible. Any suggestions? [link] [comments] |
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