Bodyweight Fitness: BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-02-11 |
- BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-02-11
- Did my first chin up yesterday!
- 4 year mark of working out, it only gets better
- Kavadlo Get Strong active hang progression
- Are FL and Planche bad for your..... head?
- Rings are wild
- Hitting 15 reps on Pull ups and 30 dips after a year of injuries
- Splitting up workout
- Nerve Pinching during handstand?
- Getting Started
- Diamond Handstand Question
- One arm pull-ups vs Two arm pull-ups, muscle activation
- Anyone stronger at pull-ups than dips?
- Any beginners who have issues with wrist mobility?
- Is strength or flexibility more important to prevent injury?
- Haven’t progressed in the RR in about a year, ready to quit – need help/advice/reassurance
- HELP NEEDED! Frustrated with muscle ups(Used to be able to do it but can't do it anymore)
- One Arm Handstand
- Is there any benefits to planche leans if not training for tuck planche?
- Does a narrow grip on pull ups reduces potential lat width ?
| BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-02-11 Posted: 10 Feb 2021 09:01 PM PST Welcome to the /r/bodyweightfitness daily discussion thread! Feel free to post beginner questions or just about anything that's on your mind related to fitness! Reminders:
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| Did my first chin up yesterday! Posted: 11 Feb 2021 08:49 AM PST This year has sucked for everyone, and I was no exception to that. On top of everything else going on, last fall, I went through a sudden and unexpected break up that resulted in me having to fly across the country and move in with my parents in half a day's notice. Because of the pandemic, for months my ex was basically the only person in my life, and my world revolved around him. I was utterly lost at suddenly being without him, and I thought the pain would never go away. I didn't know if I'd ever find another reason to be happy. Fast forward to the new year. My brother's old pull-up bar is visible in the background of my Zoom calls, and quite a few people have asked me if I could do a pull-up, to which I always sadly replied no. Also, I've been told in the past that I wouldn't be able to do a pull-up because I'm a girl and also too "bottom-heavy." But I was sick of feeling sorry for myself, so on Jan 1 I started a pull-up training program. This past month I've done more upper body/back-focused work than I probably ever have before, and there were many days where I wanted to give up and thought that a pull-up would be impossible for me. So you can imagine my surprise when I was able to do a clean chin-up yesterday! Even though I haven't hit my final goal of doing a pull-up, it's crazy to tangibly see the progress I've made, and I'm feeling pretty unstoppable now 💪 Anyways, I've always enjoyed lurking on this sub and reading about people reaching their goals, so I just wanted to share mine and say that no matter how low you're feeling, there will be a better day out there 💖 [link] [comments] |
| 4 year mark of working out, it only gets better Posted: 11 Feb 2021 12:43 AM PST What's up guys. This summer I reached the mark of being into working out for 4 years. I have made so much progress physically but even more mentally. To me it's crazy how physical activity can serve as such a boost for your confidence and well being overall, all the while being completely free. Imagine a pharmacy company finding a pill that may help cure depression, overcome anxiety, lowering chances of leading mortality causes CVD and certain cancers, increasing confidence and perseverance and the list goes on, the world would go crazy, right? Well, what if that pill already existed, in the form of healthy diet and exercise? That's exactly what it is. Diet and exercise do not assure you a healthy life, let's be honest here, life comes with a lot more obstacles and limitations which we do not entirely control. However, from the things we CAN actually impact, exercise is a great one, and it may just make your life a little more bearable. For those of you just starting to work out, don't quit, the benefits will only become more clear the longer you do it. For those of you interested, I made a little video about my past 4 years experience in training. I wanted to give back to the community because I'm so grateful for what it has done for me so far. I tried including some tips that have helped me in staying consistent and having the best experience with the training I do. (sorry for the click baitey title, trying to reach a larger audience :)) Don't quit homies, I promise you it will be worth it. Age: 21 Height: 171 cm Weight: 69 kg Concerning my diet, I try to stick to real foods while staying away from overprocessed ones. I think to gain mass and develop a good physique, it all narrows down to calories in vs. calories out, and of course an adequate amount of protein (which isn't extremely high, as often advertised). However, I'm also concerned with my health so I'm not really fond of added sugars and other additives. I try to eat 'natural' foods if that makes sense. I've also been vegetarian for almost 5 years now. My training is really diverse, mostly calisthenics based. I do not stick to the same style of training all the time, but rather switch between barbells, bodyweight, functional exercises like rope climbing and here and there some powerlifting. I go running 3x per week and do some HIIT here and there for cardio. I can't really put my finger on a certain kind of training and say: 'this is what I do', because I just prefer staying active and challenging my strenght (and weaknesses) in different ways. [link] [comments] |
| Kavadlo Get Strong active hang progression Posted: 11 Feb 2021 08:08 AM PST Hey everyone. I'm pretty new to strength training and I got the Kavadlo bros "Get Strong" book. I just completed week 3, and being in decentish shape, it's been pretty easy except for active hangs. They're sheer torture to me with the only issue being grip strength. It's my forearms that really suffer and by the end of 3 30 second hangs my grip is toast. Next week I need to do 3 40 second hangs and that feels like asking a lot out of my grip. My question is, considering everything else is pretty easy. Is the book kind of off expecting me to have such grip strength (when I can do every other excercise without issue?) or is my grip really that weak that I'll hardly be able to pull off what is being asked of me in week 4? I REALLY appreciate your help! [link] [comments] |
| Are FL and Planche bad for your..... head? Posted: 11 Feb 2021 05:40 AM PST I will probably get hate for this but here we go- You know when you are doing BL, FL, and Planche it sometimes is really hard your head is like about to explode, sometimes my ears and eyes hurt for a solid 2-3 minutes after the set, is this bad for like pressure or something like that? Im sorry im not so bright. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Feb 2021 11:27 AM PST Just a whole new feeling to my workout. I've been working with body weight with a pull up bar and paralletes. Added rings a week ago and the stabilizing muscles in my shoulder and arms have really come a long way in a short time. I even noticed some cross over in my work toward a planche and my straddle planche is way steadier now. My rings workout is as follows: 1x 30 second hold 6x ring dips 1x 30 second hold 6 ring dips 1x 30 second hold 6x ring dips Hold til burnout Ring push ups x6 three times Add however much rest feels needed between sets. Looking forward to continuing progress on rings but anyone whose struggling with stability this is a must. [link] [comments] |
| Hitting 15 reps on Pull ups and 30 dips after a year of injuries Posted: 10 Feb 2021 07:56 PM PST Stats 26 year old , 179cm 82kg Just wanted to share this video as I'm quite happy with this! I was suffering from really bad elbow injuries for a big part of 2020 which includes MCL Laxity as well as a combination of Golfer's Elbow. I wasn't able to hang myself as the pain was near unbearable. I wasn't able to do push ups as well as Dips as well for the most part of 2020. I decided to get treatment around September 2020 and my elbow slowly recovered. Also in September 2020 I sprained my ankle , popped my hamstrings from splits , injured my wrist and I was having knee issues from squats , so you can imagine how awful that period was. Beginning 2021 I decided to slowly inch back into pull ups and dips. I started with 5x5 pullups and 6x8 dips and after a 6 week program I decided to test my max. Elbow still does hurt If I push myself too hard. Regardless I'm super grateful to be able to do pull ups and dips after so long If anything I'd say whatever injuries you're having don't give up. You'll recover, slowly abut eventually. Don't let the injuries get you down. You WILL recover! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Feb 2021 08:41 AM PST So recently I've started lifting weights. I don't have enough money for a gym membership so I lift from home. However I also have online classes and limited time to get a full workout in some days so what I'll do is split up my workouts. For instance, Ill do 12x5 sets of squats during my break, have a class for 40 min, then go back and do another excercise. Is this ok? Will this affect my gains in anyway? [link] [comments] |
| Nerve Pinching during handstand? Posted: 11 Feb 2021 03:03 AM PST Every time I kick up into a handstand to practice the movement I feel a tingling sensation in my anterior deltoid and my upper chest. Anyone have this problem? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Feb 2021 08:43 AM PST Hi! So, I'm a complete noob to bodyweight workouts/training and I haven't been to an actual gym before or done much of the complicated exercises. And I can't really go to the gym right now, especially cause memberships are expensive, and it's lockdown still. I've been struggling with self-esteem with my body for a while, and motivation to go and work out. I looked up my body fat percentage and it's at around 19%, not sure if that makes this easier or harder for me. I've also heard that I had to eat more to get muscle, which confused me. But anyway, I'd like advice on how to get started and to keep long-term motivation throughout this process. Thanks to everyone who helps in advance! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Feb 2021 10:52 AM PST So pretty short question. Is a diamond (Hand Placement like a diamond push up, not the shape you make with your legs) handstand good for progressing to a one arm handstand (since your hands are super narrow) or not? [link] [comments] |
| One arm pull-ups vs Two arm pull-ups, muscle activation Posted: 10 Feb 2021 01:38 PM PST So I am wondering how the muscle activation changes when switching from normal pull ups to a one arm. My friend and I are both quite strong at the normal pull ups but are vastly different when doing static holds (90 degree one arm lock off) or other one arm work. This got us thinking about what differences there are in the movement that causes the pulling strength from two arm pull ups to not quite translate over to a one arm pull up. Any and all insights are appreciated. For reference, we both can do 20+ pullups, +50% bw pull ups for 2-3 reps, archers, etc. [link] [comments] |
| Anyone stronger at pull-ups than dips? Posted: 11 Feb 2021 04:53 AM PST Hey guys, so I'm in the minority when I say I can max out at 8+ pull-ups and 0 dips (parallel) without the bad kind of shoulder pain the next day. Been taking it slow and doing a lot of shoulder mobility/flexibility stretches and now I can do a few sets of 4-5 slow negatives focusing a lot on keeping my elbows in and chest out. With these I don't have any shoulder pain the next day, but overall the movement feels awkward for me. Anyone here ever have similar issues/tips? For a frame of reference on my push strength, I maxed out at 13 weighted push-ups with a 45 lb plate on my back. I do working sets of 8 diamond push-ups with 25 extra lbs. I can do working sets of 6 straight bar dips (bar touching upper stomach) without shoulder pain, but I noticed my elbows flare out too much, so I figured it was probably too good to be true and stopped doing them until I figured out my parallel dip situation. Thanks, [link] [comments] |
| Any beginners who have issues with wrist mobility? Posted: 10 Feb 2021 05:51 PM PST I feel like wrist mobility is an important part of callisthenics or body weight fitness, since most of the exercises you will be doing will place pressure on your hands/wrists. That's why I would like to ask if anyone has had any issues with wrists hurting and what they did to solve the issue. I personally feel like beginners will have some kind of issue with wrist/ankle mobility so I would love to hear some tips about how to resolve the issue. Thanks in advance to anyone replying, I feel like it would help at least someone. [link] [comments] |
| Is strength or flexibility more important to prevent injury? Posted: 10 Feb 2021 08:54 PM PST Sorry if this is a little off topic, but I hurt myself a bit doing one-leg squats and was wondering what I should focus on post-recovery. Basically, I think I was doing squats too fast and ended up straining some lower back muscles. It was just a little sore at first but got really bad towards the end of the day. I got a brace and some pain meds and am recovering well, still a bit stiff though. I also got a recommended physical therapy program from the doc that's about 6 weeks long and includes stretches and strengthening exercises. My question is, what should I focus on to prevent this kind of injury in the future? Are stretching and strengthening equally important? If I get a lot more flexible, will that make it harder to build strength? And how will I know when it is safe to do one-leg squats again? Again, sorry if this is off-topic but I thought this community might have some insights. [link] [comments] |
| Haven’t progressed in the RR in about a year, ready to quit – need help/advice/reassurance Posted: 11 Feb 2021 08:12 AM PST Hi there. I'm not looking for medical advice, just reassurance really. I'm feeling kinda hopeless about this and feel like I've put a lot of effort into this endeavor and have gotten very little out of it. Tldr; I've been doing the RR rather seriously for about a year (with varying consistency) and was progressing at a reasonable rate. My left (non-dominant) shoulder began clicking during negative dips and push-ups and I eased up on those exercises and implemented shoulder mobility into my routine, which did help. I also corrected my push-up form and I saw minor progress in these areas after that. After taking a 6-week break I went back to working out and the clicking came back along with some pain. I suspect my tendency to rest and some lack of consistency in working out has played a role. I don't have an athletic background but decided to get fit a few years ago and did the RR casually then began to take it more seriously in January 2020. I thought I was pretty strong for my size (6'1", 185 lbs) so I skipped some of the easier progressions and jumped right in. I saw some progress, both in progressions and also in my body and was encouraged to keep going. I felt great, I felt strong, and I was excited to progress to more advanced stuff. However, I did lack consistency. I would usually skip a workout or two (sometimes even a whole week), before starting up again. Typically when I would do this I would start at an easier progression and within a few sessions I was back to my usual level. I'm not sure this was a cause of some of my issues, but I suspect it played a part in them. In the summer I began to notice some clicking and cracking in my left (non-dominant) shoulder when I did ring push-ups and negative dips. I felt no pain, but I wanted to be extra cautious, so I went back to normal push-ups and eased up on the negative dips, hoping that doing so would help strengthen my shoulder and give it a break. I also realized my push-up form was worse than I thought and spent 2-3 months improving my form. I progressed through negative dips as usual. I started working on shoulder mobility at the recommendation of this subreddit and that helped immensely (shoulder dislocates were especially helpful!). I thought everything was fine, and continued with the RR and even progressed in a few areas, but never saw much improvement with push-ups or negative dips: every time my shoulder would click or pop I would back off or rest entirely from the exercise. This is where I think my lack of consistency came into play. After not working out for a few sessions or taking some extra rest days for my shoulder, I would start again and everything would feel okay until a few days later and I would back off or stop doing the exercise altogether. It was a constant process of resting, easing back into working out, eventually noticing the clicking and getting scared, then I'd back off and repeat. In the December and January I took about 6 weeks off, mostly for personal reasons but also to give my body a break. I started working out again mid-January and started out easy, but within two weeks I had to stop because I not only noticed the clicking and popping, but I felt some pinching in my left shoulder during negative dips and also when doing push-ups (though I was playing around with hand position and may have had them too far apart). This turned into minor pain by the end of the session. I took some extra time off and have just now started up again, but now started over completely. I've gone back to support hold for dips, incline push-ups (sometimes kneeling push-ups), and even scapular pulls for pull-ups in case that's part of the issue (legwork, core, and rows are okay and I'm progressing normally with those). I've started doing banded shoulder work on my rest days and have started passive hanging everyday (which does help). I feel less pain than few weeks ago but it's still there and I don't anticipate progressing at all in these areas till March at least. My shoulder is basically a bottleneck that limits everything I could be doing. It's just so discouraging to start over and to think that I wasted a whole year. I plan to keep (slowly) progressing or at least doing something (since I've realized that not exercising at all over certain periods of time may have played a role), and I may go see a physio in the next week or two, but sometimes I don't see the point. [link] [comments] |
| HELP NEEDED! Frustrated with muscle ups(Used to be able to do it but can't do it anymore) Posted: 10 Feb 2021 11:27 PM PST Hi, So about a month ago, I finally achieved my first muscle up, and was able to do about 3 with 2 mins rest in between in the 2nd workout after that. However, ever since that time until now, I am no longer able to do it anymore, not even 1, and this has been happening for more than 1 month already although I have been training consistently about 3 times a week. I have even tried taking longer breaks like 2 or even 4 days of rest sometimes in between workouts. Here are the links to the videos of my attempt 1 month ago muscle up: https://youtu.be/ecM9FPaFCLQ Recent failed attempt: https://youtu.be/Msr1IfiUFp8 Is there any difference in my form? Or is it just a loss of strength? What is the quickest way to gain back my muscle up? Is it via constantly attempting muscle ups until i get it back? Or training other exercises like explosive pullups or weighted pullups? P.S. Not sure if this affects but I had pizza the weekend i did my first muscle up. Maybe I did gain a bit of weight there but still, it should not take me more than a month to get it back right? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Feb 2021 04:42 PM PST So I have a 1 minute handstand, can do different shapes, can bent arm press, have great form, and feel pretty comfortable on my hands (obviously) so would this be enough to start one arm training? Also, (To people who can oah) Some tips for the future when I'm training for oah? [link] [comments] |
| Is there any benefits to planche leans if not training for tuck planche? Posted: 10 Feb 2021 03:52 PM PST I'm not trying to get a tuck planche right now but I was wondering if incorporating 3 sets of some planche leans in 1 of my push days would be good just to keep improving I guess until I decide to fully go for tuck planche because I'm trying to go for other skills. I'm just wondering if there are any other benefits to doing those. I have been training for almost 7 months now. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Does a narrow grip on pull ups reduces potential lat width ? Posted: 10 Feb 2021 01:57 PM PST Hello there, I'm new here ! So first of, thanks to all of you guys for the motivation 😊 I got into bodyweight training about 3 months ago, before that I kinda lifted weight very sporadically. Because of the curfew here in France, I can't train outside so I train from home. For back exercises, I do pull-ups (with the pull-up bar) and rows (with rings, attached to the pull-up bar). The thing is that the door frame is not wide, and therefore the width of my pull-up bar is limited: barely shoulder width. I took pictures yesterday to measure my progress (playing heavily with the lighting, I admit) and I realized that for my Back Double Biceps, my lats are not very wide and I wonder if this is due to the limited width of my grip. What do you guys think about it? I'm adding more pictures of my back so you see other "angles". Thanks a lot! 💕 [link] [comments] |
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