Bodyweight Fitness: BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2020-08-05 |
- BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2020-08-05
- INSANE Pushup Gains!!!
- Another cue for beginners trying to get their first pull up
- Found my parallel bar substitute.
- Has anyone insight into herschel walkers training regime... I'm really intrigued but can't afford his book basic training
- Can do Deadhang Pull ups, but not chin ups from a deadhang position
- Went and did a little too much
- Recommended Routine: Support Holds vs Negatives vs Band Assisted Dips?
- Harder pull up variations
- Sugar intake
- Finding that balance between strength and flexibility?
- OAP Advice
- Extremely weak pulling strength
| BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2020-08-05 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 11:06 PM PDT Welcome to the /r/bodyweightfitness daily discussion thread!
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| Posted: 05 Aug 2020 10:49 AM PDT For background, I'm a 165 pound 17 year old male who is in decent shape, I've been lifting weights since I was 13. Due to covid, I haven't been going to the gym besides them all being reopened as I really do not want to catch that bug. In replacement, I've been doing insane amounts of pushups, pullups, and ab exercises at my home. For 2 months, I have been doing 400 pushups a night, 8 sets of 50 reps with about 5 minutes rest between each set. Before this, I would rep out 135lbs on benchpress for 8 reps. Well today while on vacation, I decided to go to my resorts gym and THE GAINS ARE ASTONISHING!!! I did not try to test my max weight but I felt comfy with adding 50 POUNDS TO MY BENCH!!! I ended up doing 185 for 5 reps and 155 for 12 reps, each for 3 sets. I've never been so hyped about my weightlifting gains but this is just absolutely amazing. I never thought I would be at this point, especially given my 2020 goal was to reach 200lbs on the bench. Safe to say, I think I might be on track to blowing that goal out of the water. Edit: This was done on a Smith machine so definitely may make up for some of the weight increase as well, Smith machine bars aren't the typical 45 pounds a barbell would be. I'll look into it tomorrow how much said Smith machine bar weighs lol [link] [comments] |
| Another cue for beginners trying to get their first pull up Posted: 05 Aug 2020 10:17 AM PDT Sometime ago I posted this cue here, it's something that really helped me to finally get my first pull up Today during my workout I figured something else out - allied to the cue mentioned in the linked post above, I also try to imagine that I am pulling the bar to my belly button instead of imagining that I am pulling the bar to my chest. This fires up my core like nothing else, keeps me balanced and stable and my lats are much more engaged. But don't forget to use this cue together with the other one! (focusing on bringing your triceps parallel to your lats) Hope this helps all the newbies like me [link] [comments] |
| Found my parallel bar substitute. Posted: 05 Aug 2020 07:21 AM PDT I was using two chairs and my hands were hurting (even with gloves) because the top sides were narrow, and the counter 90 deg corners were low and I always end up leaning on the counter. I was looking around for better option and realized that I can use my inversion table's frame as support. tried and it was much more comfortable since the loops are cushioned. It is easy to remove and install the table bed. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Aug 2020 11:28 AM PDT Hi guys id just love to know if any of you would know a really good breakdown exactly of his workouts [link] [comments] |
| Can do Deadhang Pull ups, but not chin ups from a deadhang position Posted: 05 Aug 2020 11:05 AM PDT Hello everyone, I'm writing because I started doing pull ups and chin ups 3 months ago. I started by struggling doing even 1 pull up or chin up, but now I can do 5 pull-ups in a row, from a deadhang position every rep, and 6-7 chin ups. The problem is that when I do chin ups, I can't make my scapulae do the right job and when I do one rep an return to the deadhang position, I struggle to lift me up again so I have to touch the ground with my feet and reposition my scapulae. I learned how to do it during the pull ups, and I can do them returning in a deadhang position, but I find it difficult to engage my back in the lowest position if my palms face me. Do you have any advice? Thank you very much in advance, please forgive me for my English. [link] [comments] |
| Went and did a little too much Posted: 05 Aug 2020 10:54 AM PDT So I've been working at the RR for a few weeks. Being prior military I thought regular pushups were below me. So the good idea fairy told me to start planche and headstand PU progressions. Now I'm nursing a tennis elbow Word to the wise: Take it slow. I've been humbled and will restart it all when I can get back to business [link] [comments] |
| Recommended Routine: Support Holds vs Negatives vs Band Assisted Dips? Posted: 05 Aug 2020 10:24 AM PDT Hey guys, So I've started the RR about a month ago and I'm really loving it. I have an autoimmune disease which has kept me out of the gym during the pandemic, and the RR has been a great help in keeping me active. I struggle with dips for the time being, I feel like I've got a good stride with support holds and wanted to move to negatives to keep my progressions going. I find it difficult to keep my shoulders pressed down with negatives, however with a light band I am able to perform 5 dips (I have a red, black, and purple band) with proper form. Would I be missing out on building stability/smaller muscles groups/etc by using bands to assist me with dips as opposed to following the progression perfectly, in other words by sticking with support holds/unassisted negatives until I can do dips unassisted? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Aug 2020 11:36 AM PDT Hi Everybody!, I am 5'8 158 lbs pretty skinny but athletic and I am trying to make my work out more intense and wanted to see if you guys had any harder pull up variations here is my current work out I usually end up doing 3 sets during my lunch break Monday Wednesday and Fridays
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| Posted: 05 Aug 2020 10:48 AM PDT Hi all, I've made drastic changes to my diet in the last 2~ months and I've been doing the recommended routine for the past 2 weeks. I've noticed though I've been feeling ill the morning after a workout - I usually feel alright a few hours after waking up so I'm assuming it's something amiss with my diet where I'm not getting something I need post-workout (I workout in the evenings). I track what I eat in MyFitnessPal and the only thing that stands out is that I don't get a lot of sugar, I get around 30g~ a day in a 3,200kcal average per day diet - currently weigh 76kg and I'm trying to gain weight/muscle. Am I getting enough sugar? Could that be the reason I feel ill the morning after a workout? If lack of sugar is a concern, is there any particularly *good* ways to increase my sugar intake? Thanks. [link] [comments] |
| Finding that balance between strength and flexibility? Posted: 05 Aug 2020 11:42 AM PDT Would love to hear about how y'all strike a balance between mobility and strength training. I'm working on some muscle definition and trying get flexible at the same time. How do you do it? If you had to do an intense stretch routine like the middle splits would you do it before or after strength training? Does it make sense to combine the two? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2020 08:33 PM PDT So i am creating this post to ask about OAP, relative to where I am at. So before I start with my question, since this relates to where Im at I will give a little background. Over the course of about a year ive trained OAP, I got to a band with 10 lb assistance, negatives and very short 1-2s pauses that usually ended in a negative that i couldn't hold for much longer. My bodyweight was 210, My Weighted Pullup 1 rm was 135 lbs. Now I have been cutting and weigh 202, My weighted pullup 1 rm is around 160 lbs. Do you think that I could never get it because my strength was not in the sufficient range? Do you think this was a matter of using strictly band training as i find its effective until you become very close to achieving OAP, then the rotational stability as you turn your arm tends to be the weak point. (If this is not discussion promoting for whatever reason, please simply ask me and I will reframe it, as i am trying to have a discussion here.) [link] [comments] |
| Extremely weak pulling strength Posted: 04 Aug 2020 12:29 PM PDT Shiiit. I just realized my explosive pulling strength is really really weak. I can do 16 pull-ups in a row, and not a single kipping muscle up. Actually, I can barely even pull the bat up to my chest. I haven't trained anything other than weighted pull-ups and front lever progressions in the past months so this may be why? Also this may be why I plateaud in my front lever progress? Is there a way I can build up my explosive pulling strength while training weighted pull-ups as well? I'm thinking about starting to gtg for front lever only anyways because I think my problem is a lack in lay strength. If anyone can help that would be much appreciated thank you. [link] [comments] |
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