Bodyweight Fitness: Sunday Show Off - Because it's perfectly fine to admit you're also doing bodyweight fitness to do cool tricks in front of people! |
- Sunday Show Off - Because it's perfectly fine to admit you're also doing bodyweight fitness to do cool tricks in front of people!
- Her first push-up!
- Is manipulating rest time between sets an effective way to increase strength / size gains in the long term?
- Can you really achieve high-level gymnastic moves with short rest times?
- 90 Degree Push-Up & Handstand Tips that Helped me Achieve them
- Bedsheet/rope rings?
- Calisthenics Compilation after ~5-6 Years!
- Any benefit to doing your reps slowly?
- The Culprit of my Problems: the Anconeus Muscle
- Any way to practice/prepare for Human Flag at home?
- BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2020-07-26
| Posted: 26 Jul 2020 01:18 AM PDT HEY YOU, Have you taken any recent pics of those sweet gains, your human flag, or those handstands off the wall you're finally holding? Do you have other bodyweight fitness accomplishments you've made and want the world to know about because your friends and family can't appreciate how hard L-sit progressions are?? This is the thread for you to share all that and inspire others at the same time! I'm talking about another S-S-SU-SUNDAY SHOW OFF!! Note that we aren't limiting you to what we're discussing on the FAQ. Show us anything that blew your mind the moment you realized you had it. This may include aspects of: gymnastics, climbing, parkour, weight loss/gain, posture, etc. They are all more than welcome in this thread. We also want to remind you that we've been sharing your content on @redditbwf on both Instagram and Twitter. Help us grow our sub's social media in order to reach out to non-Redditors across these other platforms! Check out some of the previous Sunday Show Off threads for more inspiration! Archives here. Want to motivate yourself further? Use our member locator and workout map resource in our sidebar to form a local workout group in your area! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jul 2020 10:32 AM PDT I don't post often, so I'm not sure if this is the correct sub. Please correct me, if needed, and I'll move it elsewhere. Wife got her first push-up and I'm so proud of her! 'Rona quarantine has us feeling pretty down and depressed, so we decided to get up and start moving. She set a goal of getting one real push-up and worked steadily to get it! How? She progressed from wall pushes, to inclines from the back of the couch, then to the ottoman, then from her knees and finally her first one! Next goal is to improve form and keep pushing. She wants to do a pull up next! Slowly but surely TL;DR My wife did her first push-up and I couldn't be more proud of her! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2020 01:18 PM PDT Regarding rest time between sets, there's usually two different recommendations:
However, once we find our 'perfect' rest time between sets (let's say, 5 minutes), are we supposed to keep it exactly the same all the time? Would manipulating it (decreasing or increasing it) be an effective way to enhance progress? To illustrate what I mean, let's assume that:
For example, let's say I'm training weighted pull-ups, I'd have these 10 options regarding rest time between sets, and thus different load-volume combinations:
(Of course, I could use a different load with each set, adapted to the amount of fatigue (to ensure RIR=0-2) - but still, the average intensity per session is reduced) Let's suppose that I've been working in option C (12 minutes rest between sets, +42.5kg 5 X 5) for several months, and I've reached a plateau. The questions are:
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| Can you really achieve high-level gymnastic moves with short rest times? Posted: 26 Jul 2020 09:55 AM PDT I remember reading in Building the Gymnastic Body by Coach Sommer that the rest times are extremely short compared to what the "research" says right now to rest between sets when doing weights. With basic exercises (pushups, pullups etc.), there's actually no rest time at all, but the book says to simply pair antagonistic exercises (push with pull etc.) and alternate from one exercise to the next. With the statics, one of the methods said to rest 45-90s at most. Clearly, resting 2-3+ min between sets is not something that is suggested in the book at all, and not even now with the Foundation series (or whatever the current programs are called) I believe, and yet his gymnasts have clearly mastered the high level moves all these years. I realize that his style of training is very different from the "traditional" gym training of going to failure, trying to add reps/weight each workout etc., and I wonder if perhaps this is the secret and what allows you to get strong without resting a lot between sets. Then again, I also wonder if we aren't given all the details in the book and they actually rest more between some exercises/periods of time. [link] [comments] |
| 90 Degree Push-Up & Handstand Tips that Helped me Achieve them Posted: 25 Jul 2020 09:43 PM PDT Hey everyone, I recently posted a video of my progress on some other movements but it got removed for some reason so waiting for the mods to respond. In the meantime, I thought I'd share some tips that helped me learn 90 degree push ups (bent arm planche press to handstand) Here's a link to a video of me doing some reps and some exercises that help (planche holds and HSPU, as these were very helpful in gaining the strength to do these): https://imgur.com/gallery/HD9LMIH Prerequisites (If you can do these, you can definitely pull off a 90 degree) -5 freestanding handstand push ups (in link above I do them at the end of the video) -bent arm planche hold for ~10-15 seconds -able to hold a handstand and press to one (with bent arms) Training/tips: -I think the main exercise is being able to comfortably do reps of handstand push ups without the wall. Having the balance and strength to do these consistently is the most important factor. -practice bent arm planche holds (basically the bottom half of the movement): start on p-bars and do them tucked first -> advanced tuck -> straddle -> half lay -> full. At first, hold your self as low as possible as this is easier. The higher your body is from the ground, the harder it is on the shoulders. -doing them on parallel/dip bars is easier, but if you start in a low hold and press up, you'll have to do a deeper handstand push up. So if you have the shoulder strength to hold a bent arm planche on the floor, after pressing up -> the HSPU is much easier. Exercises: -after being able to hold bent arm planches and do some HSPU, start by doing a bent arm tuck press to handstand. Then, work your way up from straddle/halfway presses and a very useful tip for this transition is to do multiple reps pressing from tuck/half lay/straddle to the bottom portion of the HSPU, then do a negative back down and press back up (without doing actually HSPUS) ***doing the above exercise for reps is the best movement to practice to gain the shoulder, core, and lower back strength for the press. -If you're stuck with progressing from say half lay bent arm planche to full, try going into the bottom portion of HSPU and negative down as slowly as you can. These help a lot. -learning planche/straddle planche helps A LOT with the press. You'll be able to keep your body higher up making it easier to finish the HSPU. don't be discouraged - this move took me quite some time to learn! It's important to work through the professions of tuck, straddle, half lay, then full *HSPU = handstand push up ***I'd be glad to answer any questions about this movement as it's really fun to do! EDIT: sorry for formatting issues, will get on my laptop and make it more organized. Mobile doesn't seem to work well [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jul 2020 08:37 AM PDT Is it possible to make rings with help of a bedsheet/rope? Just tie a small knot at both ends and leave a small opening to place your hands. Has anyone done this? Would it be equivalent to using rings? You would put the bedsheet/rope over a staircase/tree branch / etc [link] [comments] |
| Calisthenics Compilation after ~5-6 Years! Posted: 25 Jul 2020 02:21 PM PDT Hey guys, wanted to put together a complication of some of the moves I was able to accomplish in ~5-6 years of training with just my body weight! I can't seem to post videos here directly, so I uploaded it to Imgur here: https://imgur.com/gallery/91WGKK0 I've always been super motivated by YouTube/Instagram videos and I've been training almost daily for these past few years I've worked mostly on planche, front levers (so hard for me), back levers, hefesto, human flag, and handstands (my absolute favorite - training one arm handstands and doing handstand push ups are so addicting!) Just thought I would share this as I'm happy with my progress but still a long way to go! EDIT: including to have my post approved. Sex: male Height: 5'9 Weight: 175lbs Age: 23 Routine: I train daily. Sometimes I take 1 day off, but I constantly "Grease the Groove" with doing planche holds/push ups, front levers, back levers, human flags, handstand and HSPU (all throughout the day). And on 3-4 days per week I train pull ups, dips, and push ups. Usually I just max out for 3 sets of each with 5 minute breaks. Sometimes I also do sets of say 15 pull ups every 5-15 mins, same with dips and push ups. Also do muscle ups occasionally, just max reps for a few sets, 10 mins between sets [link] [comments] |
| Any benefit to doing your reps slowly? Posted: 25 Jul 2020 01:03 PM PDT I am new to weight training and bodyweight fitness and recently I started doing my repetitions more slowly. When I do squats I take 3 or 4 seconds to go down; I pause at the bottom for a couple seconds, then push back up slowly. I've noticed that it is much more difficult to do, especially if I have weight as well. Is there a benefits or conversely, is it bad to do the reps slowly? [link] [comments] |
| The Culprit of my Problems: the Anconeus Muscle Posted: 26 Jul 2020 11:25 AM PDT For a decent number of years I've struggled on and off with elbow issues. I was always under the impression it was golfers elbow or tennis elbow, but every time I googled those terms, it was more on the forearm and bicep side of things. My pain is in the rear of my elbow by my triceps. I also experience snapping triceps syndrome occasionally and my elbows crack a lot. I then thought my issue was tricep tendinitis but that wasn't it either. I visited a physio and after a few visits we found out that my anconeus muscle was tender and tight. He dry needled the area twice and I'm happy to report that I feel significantly better. My elbows don't crack as much and the pain is reduced astronomically. The anconeus is literally never discussed our brought up when elbow pain is a symptom. You can do some self release using this videoI wish I would've known that this was the problem years ago because it's prevented me from properly doing bodyweight skull crushers and made pushing movements awkward. [link] [comments] |
| Any way to practice/prepare for Human Flag at home? Posted: 25 Jul 2020 07:55 PM PDT Hi, I think most of us here have limited equipment at home. That means: parallets, pull up bar and maybe rings. This is sufficient for practicing Front Lever and Planche progressions, but what about Human Flag? Is there anyway to practice it somehow with the equipment listed above? Is there a different exercise that can be done with the equipment that has strong carryover to Human Flag? [link] [comments] |
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