Bodyweight Fitness: BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-03-11 |
- BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-03-11
- This is a post for the injured and those who lost motivation or progress because of an injury.
- Bodyweight play with young kids
- Streamlined Workout
- I need a good workout routine
- Are the muscle groups of the fingers/hands/wrists/forearms and the toes/feet/ankles/calves the true base of calisthenics?
- Planche lean advice
- Weighted vest and leg workout
- Myopia and avoiding inversion exercises
- Gymnastics ring recommendation
- Failure and isolations
- Question about cheat development with parallettes.
- What excercises to add to the RR for my back (I have scoliosis) and when to do yoga?
- Recommendations for gym bag that can hold 30kg weighted vest?
- Is bouldering a good way to excercise in comparison to weightlifting/BWF in terms of calories burnt/defining muscles?
- How often should I be doing wall push ups?
- What are the prerequisites for a dragon flag?
- For those of you who got the freestanding hspu by following Yadd Mohammed's tutorial, how long did it take and did you have any trouble getting the full handstand?
- What makes a rest pause approach better than the standard set and vice versa?
| BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-03-11 Posted: 10 Mar 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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| This is a post for the injured and those who lost motivation or progress because of an injury. Posted: 10 Mar 2021 07:24 PM PST TLDR: I went from the ideal body image (peak) got injured and lost most of my progress. But if you don't keep pushing to fix yourself, no one will do it for you. You are in charge of your injury. Don't get complacent and lose it all and blame everything on the injury. I started doing that, and I lost most of who I was. But I never gave up and am now recovering, fixing the weak muscles, and will eventually get back to the muscular self I used to be. Don't compare yourself to your past self because you're not that person anymore. Create your new self, be proud of your everyday accomplishments and whatever you do DON'T GIVE UP. In the Summer of 2019, I was benching two plate bench presses and was the guy that people would ask about my exercises or flock to me because I was physically and noticeably fit. In September of 2019, I somehow hurt myself doing incline press and felt this weird tingling go through my shoulder into my neck and back. Eventually, my back would flare up (swell) twice it's size in the scapular/rear delt shoulder area and it would become hot and painful. I took breaks to let it heal but it did not heal. Months later: My doctor sent me for an ultrasound after ultrasound even though I insisted I get an MRI done. He began to tell me my problem was psychological, that it had to do with something I was doing in my daily life that I needed to figure out. My life went from trying to go workout to always getting swollen and eventually I lost all motivation. I became sedimentary, it felt hopeless. 2020 September: Eventually, after consistently getting zero results from the ultrasounds, I demanded to see a sports doctor. I was referred to one and had an appointment within the next months. However, Covid set so all the MRI's took months to get done. 2020 Late November: MRI's finally get done and I've started physio again with little hope that anything will actually get better. 2020 December: the Doctors see my MRI's low and behold I have a Labral Tear in the Labrum (Shoulder tear). These tears cannot be fixed without surgery. I get sent to a surgeon. 2021 January: The surgeon says I do indeed have a labral tear which would explain shoulder pain in the front and instability. However, some of the pain I have in my Scapula may not be from that spot. I have a winged scapula and a labral tear. 2021 February: I start consistently doing all the physio exercises and am saddened by how I went from a top-tier athlete to a sluggish not so fit 26 year old. I can hardly lift the weights I used to and am lifting the lowest weights I've ever lifted. 2021 March: Since doing the exercises consistently I have begun to feel less pain and discomfort from my scapula. My winged scapula has started to wing less and my serratus anterior muscle in my shoulder is getting stronger. 2021 present: I am starting to back to the gym again. I (only) did an hour of cardio today but I am feeling more motivated than ever to get back to my old self. I made this post because I can understand how hard it is for people who are injured to see themselves slowly lose all their progress. I also, understand how it feels when you can't do the thing you love doing (going to the gym). But my biggest advice to those people is don't give up. Figure out what's wrong and if you come up with nothing go elsewhere and see someone else another doctor or another physiotherapist. Commit to the exercises, you can only make the difference. Yes, the small weights make you sad but the progress will make you motivated. My shoulder pain I think came from multiple things, a torn labrum and a tear elsewhere that made my serratus so weak that it winged so far that I had lost a lot of control of motion. Now, I am focused on continuing to strengthen that muscle that got weak until I am finally ''normal" and I can start getting my life back. I notice I have weakness from the Labrum tear, so I'll likely need surgery but I just want you to know that no matter what, you are in charge of your life. Your injury is not. It's easier said than done and I understand it's heartbreaking to lose progress and feel stuck but you need to keep trying or you can lose yourself too. Just because you're injured and don't look as buff as you did at your peak does not mean you're any less attractive. Be easy on yourself but not complacent. Understand your current limitations, because if you don't acknowledge them then you might hurt yourself more before having a chance to get back. The great thing about hitting rock bottom is there is always room to improve and each improvement is significant to your motivation, and to someday getting back to where you were. I have a friend who was also in great shape and got injured and he went from 170 pounds to now bordering 300+ and makes excuses why he can't get back or gets really upset when his friends try to help. He got stuck and blames everything on his injury. It's an easy place to fall into. I did too. But you can't give up because no one will fix it for you. Let go of what you looked like before the injury and look forward to what you want to look like. Make small reasonable goals (ie., I want to minimize the pain and weakness in my shoulder. So look up rehab videos on youtube (PRehabguys) or go see a physiotherapist). Once those goals are achieved, rebuild yourself. The biggest takeaway I want you to get from this is you choose the path you want to walk. You can let your injury win and then blame it for you losing your health, your girlfriend, your sex life, etc or you can take charge of your life and make a change one reasonable goal at a time. [link] [comments] |
| Bodyweight play with young kids Posted: 11 Mar 2021 09:50 AM PST So I have two young kids (5 and 7) and very little free time for focused exercise. I'm starting the move program in the little time I have, but I'm looking to supplement that with games and play with my kids which will also help with with my own goals of increased balance, mobility, and strength. Here's some ideas I've come up with, but would love to here others:
Any other ideas? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2021 12:37 PM PST Looking to hit all the major body parts for someone just getting back into lifting after a year off. Push-ups Squats Calve raises Kettlebell curl to shoulder press I don't have a pull-up bar at the moment. Does this cover enough muscles? I plan to workout 3xs a week. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2021 12:33 PM PST I'm a high school senior male looking for a good workout routine, as I'm rather too skinny and weak for my liking. I've been doing well with eating healthy and I just need a good workout routine. Going to a gym is not really viable for me right now and the only exercise equipment at my house is an exercise bike. So what is or where can I find a good workout routine? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Mar 2021 11:13 PM PST Nearly every calisthenics exercise involves the use of the hands or feet. They are what connect the body to the earth for which to apply force. That's the scientific definition of base right? "The bottom of something considered as its support. " Can't do a pull up without the grip to hold the bar. Can't do a push up without your hand able to bear your weight. Can't do a pistol squat without ankle strength and mobility. Furthermore, every exercise becomes easier as one's hand/feet position become stronger. Maybe this is obvious. But I've enjoyed doing my workouts with paying extra attention to the muscles in my hands and feet. For example, when I do dips and I actively squeeze the bar harder than normal, my form and strength are better. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2021 05:35 AM PST Here's my max planche lean, any advice to progress further? Other than lean,pseudo push ups, and tucked planche variants how do u train for this move [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2021 02:18 AM PST Hi, I am working at home and I was doing usually quite simple exercises for my legs like pistol squad etc. But after some time it become much easier. Will wearing a weighted vest make this exercise better for me once again? [link] [comments] |
| Myopia and avoiding inversion exercises Posted: 11 Mar 2021 08:06 AM PST I started my journey of exercising a month ago and during that time I wanted to do a full body check to know if there's something I should be cautious about, missing any nutrients, etc. During my eye exam there were a few micro retinal tears that are not an issue, but my doctor advised I avoid all inversion exercises if possible because of my myopia (-8/-9). As far as I understand, most inversion exercises are a good way to target the shoulders and back, correct? I don't really care about reaching for handstands, I just want to feel good in my body and build some muscle so i'm not just a skeleton frame. Will I be missing out a lot if I avoid all inversion exercises or can I cover most of the faults with alternatives, such as band assisted exercises? [link] [comments] |
| Gymnastics ring recommendation Posted: 11 Mar 2021 06:48 AM PST I'm about to buy a gymnastics ring. What are the best, durable, and affordable rings that you guys recommend? Comment below thank you so much [link] [comments] |
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| Question about cheat development with parallettes. Posted: 11 Mar 2021 05:17 AM PST So I bought parallettes cause I want to start doing handstand push-ups and to save my wrists for regular push ups. I'm wondering if anyone uses these, have you gotten development on your chest? If so, what kind of routine do you do? [link] [comments] |
| What excercises to add to the RR for my back (I have scoliosis) and when to do yoga? Posted: 10 Mar 2021 11:57 PM PST Hi, I've read up on a few old posts but wanted to create my own here. I'm in my fourth week of doing the RR and it's been great! I have a mild scoliosis (meaning my spine is leaning sideways) which, as I understand it, causes my vertebra to slightly move horizontaly which causes pain. What I need to do is strengthen those muscles to keep my vertebra in place. What excercises can I add which would help me doing this? It feels like the RR doesn't do a whole lot for those muscles. In addition to that I want to start a basic yoga routine (can anyone recommend me something? Otherwise I'll just go with what this guy Ataratnik does because he's so reassuring haha) But my questions is: Do I do yoga every day in addition to the RR or on the days in between? Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Recommendations for gym bag that can hold 30kg weighted vest? Posted: 10 Mar 2021 06:25 PM PST Hey everyone, Hope this question isn't too dumb but basically I'm looking for recommendations for a gym bag that can hold a lot of weight (30kg+). I train calisthenics and like using a weighted vest at the gym too so take it there with me in a bag via public transport (about a 10 min journey) but been mostly limited to 10kg or so, Not really gear you can wear out and about. Is there anything on the market that could handle 30kg or so? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Mar 2021 05:15 PM PST Hello, so I'm trying to get into bouldering since its a pretty fun activity that I've only ever done a few times in my life at really ametuer walls. My main concerns are in terms of physical activity, is it enough for me to build muscle and burn calories? My grip strength is decent enough, I can hang for about a minute and a half in a palm-facing-each-other position on a bar, so I hope to begin climbing right away. The only thing is that I'm not familiar with how it works out on your body. Weightlifting and BWF is very target specific, as in you can target a body part and set an amount of reps and sets. But to my knowledge, bouldering has more movements that aren't really reps and sets, and more of using the wall and it's path. You also put your weight on specific body parts to gain a foothold or grip to stay in place, but aside from grip strength, is that even an excercise? Or are the movements of pulling myself up considered the excercise, since I'm activating my muscles, and hanging doesn't do much aside from increasing grip strength? Anyway I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post in, but any advice would be great! [link] [comments] |
| How often should I be doing wall push ups? Posted: 11 Mar 2021 03:47 AM PST For a little context: Quarantine messed me up bad and I'm trying to get back to where I was a year ago. One of the exercises I do is 400 wall push ups a night in sets of 50 each. Takes me about 30 minutes with breaks. I've been doing this for about a month? Something around that. Maybe around three weeks. Anyway. I haven't noticed any change whatsoever despite doing this every night. I read that I should be letting my arms rest, say do 400 one night then rest the next day but since I do so little (or at least so little compared to what I used to do) I wanted to know how many days I should rest and how many I should be exercising in order to ensure my body heals and get stronger instead of just wasting time. Cheers to anyone who can help [link] [comments] |
| What are the prerequisites for a dragon flag? Posted: 10 Mar 2021 08:15 PM PST I've been wanting to try my hand at achieving the dragon flag skill. I think I have a decent amount of ab strength to at least do the most basic progression, but I just want to know what essential requirements does one needs to have to start training properly for the dragon flag? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Mar 2021 08:11 PM PST Ive been working towards the freestanding hspu following yaad Mohammed's youtube tutorial and was just wondering how long it took yall to get it and if you were able to press into a handstand after practicing the "yaad hold". How would you have done it differently? [link] [comments] |
| What makes a rest pause approach better than the standard set and vice versa? Posted: 10 Mar 2021 08:25 PM PST Recently I've come to notice the existence of the rest pause style of training, whether it be in the Russian fighter pull up program, FitnessFaqs' W3, W4, W5 pyramid style like training, or AthleanX's 22 day pull-up challenge to increase overall pulling reps and a lot more. Why is this effective? Why is it better than a "standard" way of training. for example doing 3x10 pull-ups with 2 mins rest? Is one more effective than the other? Sorry for the barrage of questions. Doing something in a rest pause fashion doesn't appear to push your muscles the same way as setting a somewhat strict rest time to follow. [link] [comments] |
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