Bodyweight Fitness: BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-04-02 |
- BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-04-02
- Two month in and I'm feeling amazing!
- Exercise recommendation for keeping healthy shoulders?
- Question about skinnyfat
- Importance of Weighted pull ups for attaining first muscle up
- Opinions on "mini Murphs"?
- Neurological adaptations during a caloric deficit
- Can't seem to progress in my pull-up reps
- I'm an 18 year old doing bodyweight exercises for 5 years. But the increase in strength and muscle size have been really less. I would like some help.
| BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-04-02 Posted: 01 Apr 2021 09:01 PM PDT 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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| Two month in and I'm feeling amazing! Posted: 02 Apr 2021 02:34 AM PDT Progress pic - https://imgur.com/n4EBOPN Bonus gif for fun - https://imgur.com/HhnS25N I have now finished two months of bodyweight fitness, doing the RR three times a week, running three times a week and with one rest day. I still keep getting stronger each week and progressing in the program. The weather took a nosedive for most of the month so at some weeks I would only run once, but increased my distance, doing 10km a run now. Besides the RR I have on some days done an additional short ab workout from Chris Heria just for fun. To push myself further, I have signed up for half-marathon (couldn't find a full marathon event) and Nordic Race (A hard race with a lot of obstacle and mud in Denmark), which I will attend in June with under a week between :D It Will be interesting how I will do, being my first time attending these. I have also signed up for local climping membership but they are still closed due to covid. Besides getting a lot of motivation from this awesome community here on reddit, I have listened to The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck and now Can't Hurt Me, which just gets me more pumped and can highly recommend! They don't focus on training but about getting your head right, through struggles, challenges and pain. You all keep up the great work and keep pushing! [link] [comments] |
| Exercise recommendation for keeping healthy shoulders? Posted: 02 Apr 2021 02:18 AM PDT Hi all, I've been doing calisthenics for about 3 years now, but never really focussed on keeping my entire shoulder/shoulder girdle strong. I decided I want healthier shoulders, to prevent injury and more strength in my compound movements. I'm looking for exercises to make sure there are no weaknesses in my shoulder/shoulderblade, so that i'm certain my shoulders remain healthy for years to come. Currently I'm thinking about adding facepulls to my program, Y-raises and besides that maybe some wall slides to strengthen the serratus anterior. My routine has been looking like this: 4 sets of 10 reps of pushups 5 sets of 5 reps negative pullups OR 4 sets of 8 reps bodyweight rows 4 sets of 8 reps Squats 3 sets of 15 reps bodyweight curls/ tricep extensions. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Apr 2021 08:41 PM PDT I'm 17F, 110lb and Im skinnyfat. I'd like to gain muscle.. but I really have no clue where to start Ever since first attempting to gain muscle around 6 months ago, I gave up. I ended up gaining lots of fat because I was told to eat 2000+ calories and to get 100g+ of protein or I wouldn't gain any muscle. I felt really sick, almost throwing up and that experience fucked me up mentally for awhile Although since then, I slowly increased my caloric intake to approximately 1600 calories; comfortably, which is big for me. By just adding little things to already healthy food (Apple + peanut butter) it helped me a lot I don't even know why I'm writing this. I just really wanna try and start up again but I'm so scared and honestly have no idea what I'm doing. Cardio? No weights? Bodyweight? Sleep? Protein? Carbs? It's stressful.. Any advice or tips? Preferably from a past skinnyfat girl/guy with actual experience or a friend. As you can tell I'm pretty lost [link] [comments] |
| Importance of Weighted pull ups for attaining first muscle up Posted: 01 Apr 2021 07:57 PM PDT I got my first muscle up a few weeks ago. I had not really been training intensely for it,but rather during my pull up /back workout towards the end I got it seemingly out of the blue. I had been training weighted pull ups with added 20kg before. The next day I try to do a muscle up but fail so I then go and do a set of heavy weighted pullups, wait a minute and try to do a muscle up again. This time I stick it quite easily. The weighted pullups help immensely with the explosive pulling motion needed for the muscle up, I feel it helps you really recruit your back muscles to establish a mind-muscle connection as well as the fact that when the large weight is taken off you feel almost weightless in comparison. I have also gotten my pullup max of 14 after a set of weighted pull ups. Has anyone else gotten such results or is it just me ? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Apr 2021 12:18 PM PDT Hi guys. We're heading into another lockdown here in ontario and I refuse to lose my gains for a third time! I really have little motivation to work out at home but I do have a pull up bar, rings and a running track very close to my house. My plan is to do a modified Murph workout every evening. Starting with 1km run, 20 pull ups, 40 push ups and 80 body squats and then another 1km run. When it gets manageable I'll up the numbers and maybe end up doing a "real" Murph at some point. My question is: as someone going to the gym for general health, vanity and such, will this workout be "enough" for me to not lose my gains? Hopefully I'll be able to do it every day for the month of April until we open up again. Thanks and happy Easter! [link] [comments] |
| Neurological adaptations during a caloric deficit Posted: 01 Apr 2021 08:52 PM PDT I'll give a tl;dr at the top of the post: How significant is the progress you can make towards new skills and exercises when you aren't really able to build muscle due to a caloric deficit? The context for my question: I'm currently dieting rather heavily and with that, I'm fully aware that any gains in muscle mass would be pretty minimal if at all. However through reading on this sub for a while I've learned that a large part of how competent we are at these motions comes from the adaptations we make in our brains as we do the motion repetitively. While I'm sure other factors such as weight loss will affect how easily I can perform the exercises in the long run, is it reasonable to expect to get "stronger" at these exercises despite my low caloric intake? Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Can't seem to progress in my pull-up reps Posted: 30 Mar 2021 02:21 PM PDT A little background of my overall fitness: I am 32 years old, and been out of shape for a while. I fall in more of the "skinny fat" category at this stage. Have a slight belly protruding, but arms, shoulders legs don't have a lot of muscle mass. I used to be heavily involved in sports/athletics through my childhood, up into my early 20's. At my peak, I was able to do about 15 pullups in a set, without any real training. I kinda used to just "skate by" on natural ability. Over the last few years, working a desk job and a sedimentary lifestyle, I've pretty much abandoned fitness altogether, and I'm trying to get back before I'm too far gone, or rather have to work harder to bring back my ideal physique. I decided to ease back into fitness starting with some bodyweight exercises; pull-ups, push ups, crunches, squats, and some light cardio on off days. I knew I wasn't gonna be as strong as my early 20's, but I can only manage about 3 pull ups before my muscles fatigue. The next set, I do even, less, maybe 1-2, and not soon after I can't even manage 1. I've been at it a few weeks, working out 3 times a week, working different muscle groups so I don't over-train and give time for my muscles to recover and build, but I still only manage to get to 3 reps at most on my pull-ups. Am I just too old for this exercise now? How can I get stronger and increase my reps? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Mar 2021 01:13 PM PDT I weigh 54kg or 119.05 lbs and I'm 5'7. I got into parkour first and then into bodyweight fitness. But the increase in strength and muscle size is unnoticeable. My current workout routine is: 20x3 Normal Pushups 20x3 Diamond Pushups 20x3 Pike Pushups 20x2 Long arm situps 20x2 Leg lifts 20x2 Heel touches. I sleep for almost 4-5 hours per day. Yeah my sleeping routine is really bad and I don't have a strict diet. I just eat whatever is in front and eat till I'm full but I don't eat junk food. I would like some advice and some help. My goal is to do free standing handstand for at least 30 seconds. The last I ever came close to my goal was last and I did handstand for 20 seconds. [link] [comments] |
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