Bodyweight Fitness: BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2020-07-18 |
- BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2020-07-18
- Slip Up Saturday (Chaturday): This is the thread to vent, laugh, and humble yourself with this past week's screw ups in training. You can also tell us all about it on our Discord chat!
- a minor psychological trick I use for high rep sets
- I made a pulley system in my garage to help with planche and iron cross!
- 3 Month Progress (Recommended Routine)
- I don't have access to a climbing gym. How can I achieve the upper-body strength of a climber using pure calisthenics (no weights)?
- Pull ups and chin ups
- Male with large lower body (hips, legs) And small upper body (torso, chest, shoulders) Any good workouts to help with this?
- easying the pullup progression
- Is there an activity/workout more complete than wrestling?
- A motivation story and a serious doubt on what to do now !
- Recommendations for pull ups?
- How much or hard is enough?
- Transforming weightlifting to bodyweight routine
- Hinge movement on RR
- Big heavy boys who achieved the muscle up. How did you get it?
- Choosing a dip bar
- What's a good GTG for legs and abs?
- Totally failed today
| BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2020-07-18 Posted: 17 Jul 2020 11:06 PM PDT Welcome to the /r/bodyweightfitness daily discussion thread!
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| Posted: 18 Jul 2020 12:21 AM PDT Welcome back to the thread where no matter how new or adept you are, we can all take a moment to embrace the shortcomings that come with this journey, finding ways to improve together. If you've got a photo or video of yourself face planting from a handstand, doing a muscle-up into a low ceiling, or simply want us to sympathize with your lack of resolve in training consistently, this is the thread for you! Be sure you are familiar with the rules, particularly #2: No Medical Advice. So how'd you goof this week? Tell us about it! Share your epic fails! Click here to view last week's thread Click here to view previous Slip Up Saturdays. ADDITIONALLY, Saturday is the day we promote our chatroom, which we maintain throughout the week. There, you can find some of our active subscribers lounging around ready to provide real-time answers to your burning questions, or make friends with a common interest in bodyweight fitness! Follow the instructions below to get started: Step One: Click on this link to join us on Discord. Register for an account if you don't already have one! Step Two: Say hi, bullshit with us, or ask any questions you like and tell us how much you deadlift. [link] [comments] |
| a minor psychological trick I use for high rep sets Posted: 18 Jul 2020 08:06 AM PDT when that set of 20+ seems so daunting that I don't want to start I just tell myself I'm not going to do 20 squats, I'm going to do 5 squats. and if I feel like it 5 after that. by the time I'm at 10 I'm already deep into the set so I end up committing to the whole thing. or with pushups if I'm doing 30 then I just tell myself I'm going to do those easy first 10. of course 10 isn't enough so I do another 10. by this point I'm too far in to not do the last 10 hope this helps someone :) [link] [comments] |
| I made a pulley system in my garage to help with planche and iron cross! Posted: 18 Jul 2020 06:22 AM PDT Hey there BWF. I recently made a DIY dream machine in my garage using pulleys I got at Home Depot, an old climbing harness, and some paracord! [link] [comments] |
| 3 Month Progress (Recommended Routine) Posted: 17 Jul 2020 03:17 PM PDT 29 (30 in 2 months!), 5'8--154lbs, 172cm--69.8kg Background Beginning of quarantine I was 160lbs (72.5kg). I started running and dropped some weight, and then I found the recommended routine. I have never worked out. I do hike, some yoga, and surf. I have been following the recommend routine for 3 months, and I have incorporated running (did my first half marathon this week!) I purchased rings about 6 weeks ago and that has been the purchase I have made in a long time! Routine 5x3 Typewriter ring pull ups 6x3 Deep step ups 6x3 Ring Dips 7x3 Harop Curls 6x3 Front tuck lever rows 10x3 Archer ring push ups 12x3 Ring roll ups 12x3 Banded Pallof Press 12x3 Reverse Hyperextension I have also been mountain biking, running, and hiking on exercise days or as an active rest day. Diet This is my biggest weakness. I eat whatever I want all the time. I do not count calories, but I do not eat the worst things--I just don't keep track of anything and treat myself to goodies. But it usually looks like this: Wake up: Coffee/Cream of Wheat Post workout: Protein Shake Snack-Fruit Lunch- Sandwich or eggs and toast Dinner- Burger or Burrito Usually asleep by 10:00pm and awake by 6:00am, and sometimes I am able to squeeze a nap in during the day. Questions
Conclusion I love the Recommended Routine, and I have fun doing it. I am about to turn 30 and I am in the best shape of my life. TL;DR: Love the recommended routine! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Jul 2020 11:09 AM PDT I was watching Magnus Midtbo on YouTube. He's an ex-pro climber who does mostly vlogs. His upper-body strength is insane, and he makes it look so easy. He makes himself look as light as a feather. Is that kind of strength possible without access to a climbing gym? Is most of that strength only attainble through finger work? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jul 2020 10:01 PM PDT I used to be 200 lb and I could do two chin up. After 4 months of diet and hard work I lost about 40 lb but my max chin up still haven't increased. And I still can't do it properly. What should I do? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Jul 2020 12:23 PM PDT Hey guys do you know any good calisthenics excercises to help develop a larger upper body and help me get a better frame in general?Any advice would be much appreciated [link] [comments] |
| easying the pullup progression Posted: 17 Jul 2020 08:54 PM PDT I find the pullup progression very hard. I am at the negative pull-ups stage. Can do two 10s ones but then my body just drops almost halfway immediately. Are there any other exercises I can do (barbell, dumbells) that could help me with this and are easier to adjust in terms of difficulty level? [link] [comments] |
| Is there an activity/workout more complete than wrestling? Posted: 17 Jul 2020 10:18 PM PDT If you had to pick one activity to work out the most muscles the most evenly, is there a better option than wrestling? Maybe swimming? [link] [comments] |
| A motivation story and a serious doubt on what to do now ! Posted: 17 Jul 2020 09:44 PM PDT Motivation part at the bottom! Doubt on what to do since I'm on advanced progressions on some exercises and on beginner on the others as per the RR : I am a 23 yrs old male (172cm, 64kg). I was 70kg with decent belly fat 3 months back when I started my fitness journey. I have lost significant fat since then and my upper abs and upper obliques are visible now. I have been doing a balanced burn program on freeletics which has definitely helped me with my cardiovascular endurance but I'm now bored of the high rep no rest circuit training. I also do athlean-x's six pack promise core workouts 5 days a week. I like the programming of RR but am not sure whether I should do the RR or build my own intermediate routine along the lines of RR or maybe start a new muscle building journey like weights free gain on freeletics. I'll provide you with my current abilities below: Can do nearly 25 clean pushups in a row. Nearly 20 clean diamond pushups in row. Similar numbers for sphinx and pikes. I also want to learn muscleups,handstands, planche, levers, dragonflags,etc and I'm also willing to start my journey toward these as soon as possible. I'll probably buy rings by the end of this month. I eat a balanced diet (with nearly 90grams of protein) of around 2000 calories and I believe this is near my maintenance since my weight is nearly stable now since 3-4 weeks. Motivation part : (Can do nearly 10-12 pistol squats on right leg and 4-5 on left leg in a row) Left leg imbalance is now much much less actually. I had an auto immune disease problem last year due to which I had swelling in my left knee for nearly 5-6 months so my left leg muscles degenerated. It became so small and weak that I couldn't even climb down stairs slowly on that leg just 4 months back. That was one of the reasons that I started training and It was kind of my short term dream to perform a pistol squat on that leg. I got my first pistol on that leg just a week back. I literally screamed in happiness when I got my first pistol and demonstrated it to my parents saying "see how far I've come". Still my left leg is a bit small in size than my right but I guess I've progressed greatly on strength. I could barely unevenly jog 6 months back but I can sprint at my full potential now. Gradual increase in strength and size in that leg has been my top motivation to not give up. I started training because I was fucking bored of those lazy low intensity physiotherapy to gain my strength back and wanted to do something interesting and challenging. Also, I had to take painkillers every 2-3 days just to walk properly 6 months back but I haven't had any need of a single pill since nearly 4.5-5 months. THANKS IN ADVANCE PEEPS [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jul 2020 06:58 PM PDT So recently I've hit a plateau on pull ups I use to do 3×10 so total of 30 then I switched to 4×8 so total of 32 then I got stuck there. Recently switched to sets of 5 but only 1 min rest in between but I can only go 6 sets of 5 and then 3 (with bad form) on my 7 set. I've been at these numbers for like 2 months now with no improvement. Is it just a matter of adding weight or should I structure my sets and reps differently? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jul 2020 09:29 PM PDT I understand the principle of volume of work done and increasing it over time. I'm wondering how you all determine you're doing enough work with an exercise or movement or muscle group to progress efficiently? [link] [comments] |
| Transforming weightlifting to bodyweight routine Posted: 17 Jul 2020 07:44 PM PDT So I'm starting calisthenics. The new routine I've created has dedicated ab workouts, pull-up workouts, rows, dips (once my dip-bar comes in), and push-ups. Now, I'm curious as to how I should approach the ladder-end of my usual routine. I normally finish with bench-press, shoulder exercises with weights, chest flies of all types (decline, incline, flat), as well as some other exercises such as a dumbbell horizontal press. Are there any calisthenics exercises and progressions that target these muscles I train in the ladder-end of my workout more effectively? Thanks to all in advance! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jul 2020 06:53 PM PDT Hello everybody, have finally decided to fully commit to working out with just body weight, I just started looking at the recommended routine to start there, one thing I did notice is that there isn't any glute work, now correct me if I'm wrong, but I looked at the Nordic curl as the hinge movement, and see that is mainly works the hamstring with a little glute help, are glutes not worked directly or am I missing something, thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Big heavy boys who achieved the muscle up. How did you get it? Posted: 17 Jul 2020 12:49 PM PDT I'm 2.03m and 97kg and I'd like to be able to do a muscle up. However, I feel like my weight and proportions make it a lot harder than any tutorials make it out to be. So I'd love some stories from fellow big boys on this. Some stats: I'm on a pull-up programme to increase max reps right now. I do arched back pull-ups like CaliMove and my max in one set is now 16. Tomorrow is my next test day. After this programme and hopefully a max of 20+ I can switch to straight body pull-ups, as they seem to have better carryover to muscle-ups. I can do parallel bar dips pretty easily and am now doing ring dip negatives. I haven't really trained straight bar dips lately but I think I'll manage that part of the muscle up. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jul 2020 05:39 PM PDT I am 1.58m tall and I am looking for a dip bar that I can use for:
I was browsing for dip bars and noticed they come in different sizes. And since the currnet situation in the world, cannot visit shops and determine whether the dip bar isn't too "uncomfortable". Also cannot afford to purchase something and then return it, as most companies do not process refunds at the moment. Any tips on choosing dip station that I can use at home? [link] [comments] |
| What's a good GTG for legs and abs? Posted: 17 Jul 2020 05:33 PM PDT I use GTG as my main form of exercise daily because I'm usually busy. A few minutes to workout every 30 minutes throughout the day feels best for me. Now, I've been GTG on push-ups and pull-ups for a few weeks until I realized that I don't do my legs and core. I'm thinking of doing shrimp squats and hanging leg raises for the respective body parts. They both seem challenging enough and I can add weights or do variations if they get too easy. Are my choices alright or are there other leg/core exercises better suited for a GTG type of workout? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jul 2020 01:10 PM PDT Hey y'all, just needed to write to vent and get some support. I started the RR two weeks ago Wednesday and have felt proud of myself for following through that long--I've never done anything like this consistently before. One of the keys to my success has been keeping a journal of my workouts, so I can see the progress I'm making every session, and log what I need to work on or adjust. It's been great to see and feel myself getting stronger! Until today. Even last night I was thinking about working out today and kind of dreading it. Why? I don't know, I should probably actually think about that a little more. At any rate, I woke up today still dreading it all the same, but I decided I'd try to push through. I warm up and start, and I'm having a tough time with the pull-up progression (starting from absolute beginner--male, 6', 215 at start, 210 as of today). Earlier this week I went from arched hangs to banded negative pull-ups in my doorway, and today I just got flustered dealing with the bands and stopped in the middle of that exercise and moved on. Looking back now, I realized I completely skipped most of the arch hang progression (I definitely can't hang with a 90-degree in my shoulder). I moved on to negative pullups early. A little later I went on to my negative dips, and it seemed like I'd taken a step backward--I could barely do five reps when I logged 3x6 negatives earlier this week. So at that point, I just threw in the towel and wrote in my journal--"Today is hard, write about it on BWF." So here I am. If you've read this far, thank you! I guess when I look back at what I've written, I think I got ahead of myself and then got frustrated about it when I felt it as a setback. Can anyone here relate? Any advice or perspective is helpful. Thank you BWF! [link] [comments] |
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