Bodyweight Fitness: BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-05-28 |
- BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-05-28
- Back Exercises for Beginner
- New to calisthenics and wanting to know if I can combine body weight and weighted workouts.
- I just failed this core strength test and I am confused
- Lost all hips and thighs!!!
- Is there any thumb rule to determine which muscles are causing the tightness and weakness in the lower body?
- Feminine lower bod
- 4+ Months Out Due to Shoulder Injury - Advise please!
- Tools to practice 'hand over hand'?
- Single Leg Nordic = Weighted Nordic +?
- Is hiring an online calithenics trainer worth it?
- Do core exercises worsen love handles?
| BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-05-28 Posted: 27 May 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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| Posted: 28 May 2021 07:23 AM PDT I've only recently started exercising and taking care of my diet. Since gyms are shut due to covid, I'm just using YouTube and trying out exercises that work for me. But I often feel like my back isn't strong. In exercises like Plank, Pushups or even ab crunches, I can feel my form dwindling and many times after these, I feel slight pain in lower back muscles. I think I need to work on my back first so I can do the other exercises properly. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm looking for some back exercises that I can start with. I checked a few YouTube videos but I can't get the hang of the stuff they mentioned so I was hoping I could get some recommendations here and I'd try harder to get those particular ones right. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| New to calisthenics and wanting to know if I can combine body weight and weighted workouts. Posted: 28 May 2021 07:08 AM PDT I'm not entirely sure which subreddit to go to for this, so please bare with me. For a long time now, I have been incorporating a push/pull/leg split into 5/7 days of my week. I notice that by Friday, my full body day, I have almost no desire to lift (mostly because of recovery reasons I think???). I have thought about making my full body day a calisthenics type workout, not even using dumbbells or anything. I'm hoping to hear from some people with experience in calisthenics and weight lifting, if not one or the other. Would it be beneficial to continue lifting for my split and then switching to calisthenics for that one day a week or would it kill my gains in any way? All responses are greatly appreciated, thanks! [link] [comments] |
| I just failed this core strength test and I am confused Posted: 27 May 2021 12:33 PM PDT so, I have recently noticed that I can plank for 10 minutes, checked my form, everything, and I decided to do a core strength and stability test. but I failed, and now I am confused, here is the test:
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| Posted: 28 May 2021 09:33 AM PDT I cant seem to build muscle on my thighs and hips, I lost weight and now have inverted triangle body type and used to be hourglass. I have a lot of upper body fat/stomach fat, but my legs hips and bum are SMALLL now. I lose all fat from my thighs easily and work out all the time on upper body aswell and have balanced workout routine for all of my body, now lately ive done way less lower body and only been focusing on upper body/stomach. I lost 45-50lbs, 185lbs - 138lbs. I wanna be an an hourglass or just gain more hips >_< I increased my protien intake aswell and have been working out for two months, im also 15. any advice? thoughts? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 May 2021 11:00 PM PDT I have just started the BWF primer. I have a desk job and sit almost all day. I have been doing so for the last 10 years and I am 29M. As you may have guessed, I have the typical qualities of such a life : flat butt, can't touch toes, thin thighs, beer belly (soft, meaning weak abs), 10 pushups on floor, 0 pullups. Now, these make my body generally weak. That's why I have started with the BWF primer. I am getting sore chests, biceps and all and that's okay. When I sit down for long, I feel a tightness in my bottom. The region between the scrotum and the tailbone (maybe pelvic floor?). Not always. Sometimes. I feel it more when I am sitting with my legs extended a bit forward on a chair. When I sit cross-legged, the tightness goes away quite a bit. Is it because of my hamstrings? Do the hamstrings connect to that region? Or glutes or hip flexors? How do I determine which muscle is in what condition? I read somewhere that weak muscles overcompensate and become tight. If you want to get rid of tightness you strengthen them and the imbalance goes away and everything becomes as it should be. Is this the thumb rule? I mean I try to stretch my hamstrings, but that doesn't work (very slight and temporary results). I was trying long lunging and I could feel my back leg tightness in the hip/hip-flexor region. Does that mean that my hip flexor is tight because my quads and all are weak? Or is it shortened because of the sitting? If so, how to lengthen them? I don't have access to a PT. So my main doubts boil down to:
I may sound haphazard or confused because I am. There are so many conflicting advice and opinions all over. But one thing I believe is Occam's razor. The simplest solution is the best solution always. And I believe my problems will also have such a solution rather than very convoluted and complex routines like foam rolling, this program, that program, etc. Sorry if I sound a bit rude on the last part. I just want a reasonable solution ( a habit that is doable). If you are a PT kindly mention it along with your comment. I came to calisthenics because I can do it anywhere and most exercises are compound exercises. Edit: I forgot to link this: http://mamasweat.blogspot.com/2010/05/pelvic-floor-party-kegels-are-not.html?m=1 . This makes me even more doubtful about bridges. Bridges makes my symptoms worse the next day. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 May 2021 12:05 PM PDT I have what's basically an hourglass body shape and prominent hip dips that make me extremely dysphoric. So much so that if I can't find a natural solution I plan on getting surgery somewhere in the future. I've tried the whole Pinterest workouts for hip dips and maybe it's just cause I don't do them frequently enough but I've seen no change. I have a hard time staying motivated to workout bc mental illnesses and such but- Long story short; goals: widen my waist for a more rectangular shape, slim down my hip dips / hips in general I workout at home so I don't have an EXCESSIVE amounts of equipment but I have indivual weights, bands, ect along with a weight bench and an elliptical- (along with a currently unmounted pull up bar) [link] [comments] |
| 4+ Months Out Due to Shoulder Injury - Advise please! Posted: 28 May 2021 01:07 AM PDT Hello All, Longtime follower of BWF, and since lockdown started last year made great progress on the BWF beginner routine (partly adapted). Moving from band assisted dips to weighted dips, and weighted push ups. In pull ups I moved from band assisted to 3x8, but stalled for weeks, even with deload weeks. I then decided to try a pull up progression routine (similar to Armstrong) to break the plateau - worst mistake I've made. Following a session one day my shoulder felt weak and hurt, pain wasn't too bad, just uncomfortable. The pain is inside at the front of the shoulder. I rested for a few weeks and there was no sign of recovery. I started with a physio who said it was inflammation from overuse, but we're 3 months on and although it's improved, I'm only just allowed to do knee press-ups (which is depressing) and a few band exercises. It's really getting to me now the fact that I'm losing all the progress I made, I made a conscious effort to lean down, reducing body fat a good few %. However since the injury in fear of putting on unwanted weight (I'm tall and very lean, a pot belly doesn't look good), I've lost 10 pounds. I guess I would like to know if anyone has been through similar or any tips or recommendations to try progress recovery? I appreciate any suggestions! Edit: I should add during the pull-up routine, I decided to try increase ROM to move more into a dead hang to try activate lats more (thinking that maybe I was plateauing due to using biceps more). I think this affected my form which put more pressure onto my shoulders. [link] [comments] |
| Tools to practice 'hand over hand'? Posted: 27 May 2021 11:51 PM PDT Hello everyone! Not sure if 'hand over hand' is the proper English term but I'm looking for some alternative tools like gymnastic rings (which I already got) to hang on our metal t-beam in order to practice holding onto it and swinging to the next. I would like to have more different sorts of grip things (not only rings). Any suggestions on that? Or ideas? I'd like to attach them with some kind of lashing strap to the beam. I hope you understand my idea roughly. Thankful for any suggestions! Best regards Larplife [link] [comments] |
| Single Leg Nordic = Weighted Nordic +? Posted: 27 May 2021 11:25 PM PDT I take it that no one, as of yet, has done a proper single leg Nordic curl (concentric), and only a few people seem to be trying. Theoretically speaking, how much weight would need to be added to a normal Nordic curl to simulate the force required? I weighed myself doing a Nordic curl type movement, and the scale read out to about 60% body weight. This should be about the same as a knees pushup. If taking out the other leg makes the amount of bodyweight to be lifted 80% (the 40% from the two legs on the ground is now halved), does that mean a single leg Nordic is roughly equivalent to an 180% bodyweight weighted (BW+80%)Nordic curl? [link] [comments] |
| Is hiring an online calithenics trainer worth it? Posted: 27 May 2021 01:20 PM PDT I enjoy calithenics and I want to get good/better at it. But it isn't my job I'm not a personal trainer or fitness model or anything and I have no real interest in any of those as a career path so there's no financial gain. I've started thinking about getting a one to one online coaching from different trainers. But they're all £200-400 for a 12 week plan and form checks and that's a lot of money to commit for something that may not be worth it as calithenics is just a hobby. Edit: I'm thinking about getting a coach just to make sure I'm not doing anything stupidly wrong I've built a routine I enjoy and can stick to and I see progress. But I've just never had a coach before so wondering if I'm really missing out on something important. What are people's thoughts on this? Have you made great progress without a trainer? Have you gotten a trainer and seen the benefits and think it's worth it? Or have you gotten an online coach and regretted it? [link] [comments] |
| Do core exercises worsen love handles? Posted: 27 May 2021 03:08 PM PDT Hello everybody, I'd like to start with calisthenics but firstly I feel like I should try to get rid of my love handles. It has been insecurity all my teens because I was fat when I was a kid. I've seen many videos that talk about how to lose fat but as I'm skinny they recommend not to start a caloric deficit and neither I want to lose weight I just want to get rid of my love handles. I saw a video of ATHLEAN X a long time ago and he was telling not to do core exercises or similar things, or your love handles could worsen because you're starting to build muscle in those areas. The best would be to start avoiding junk food and doing exercise so the overall appearance of your body increases. Should I do core exercises to lose my love handles? Pd: Sorry for my english, I'm not a native speaker but I'm learning lol [link] [comments] |
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