Bodyweight Fitness: BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-05-09 |
- BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-05-09
- Sunday Show Off - Because it's perfectly fine to admit you're also doing bodyweight fitness to do cool tricks in front of people!
- Can I replace cardio with body weight exercise?
- You guys seemed to enjoy the last update, so here's another! I've been following the Bodyweight Tribe gym rings routine for 11 weeks now, here's the results...
- ANY TIPS FOR A PERSON WHO HAS SCOLIOSIS?
- Need an opinion on my routine
- Lost a lot of ground and looking for help
- Lower body strength potential using just your BW is underrated
- Planche progression
- compression work + mobility w/ RR?
- Cant increase reps at all!!!
| BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-05-09 Posted: 08 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: 09 May 2021 12:13 AM PDT HEY SORRY FOR THE LATE POST, Have you taken any recent pics of those sweet gains, your human flag, or those handstands off the wall you're finally holding? Do you have other bodyweight fitness accomplishments you've made and want the world to know about because your friends and family can't appreciate how hard L-sit progressions are?? This is the thread for you to share all that and inspire others at the same time! I'm talking about another S-S-SU-SUNDAY SHOW OFF!! Note that we aren't limiting you to what we're discussing on the FAQ. Show us anything that blew your mind the moment you realized you had it. This may include aspects of: gymnastics, climbing, parkour, weight loss/gain, posture, etc. They are all more than welcome in this thread. We also want to remind you that we've been sharing your content on @redditbwf on both Instagram and Twitter. Help us grow our sub's social media in order to reach out to non-Redditors across these other platforms! Check out some of the previous Sunday Show Off threads for more inspiration! Archives here. Want to motivate yourself further? Use our member locator and workout map resource in our sidebar to form a local workout group in your area! [link] [comments] |
| Can I replace cardio with body weight exercise? Posted: 09 May 2021 05:32 AM PDT Female, 37, fairly athletic figure. Never really warmed to body weight exercise as, contrary to what every fitness expert says isn't true, I DO tend to bulk up. I tend to gain muscle really easily. Historically just a couple of weeks of squats and my jeans are uncomfortably tight! I've been on and off with exercise over the years and usually just run on the treadmill. Well i've been quite consistent with the treadmill lately but I look like i've aged ten years!! My face looks so gaunt and i'm usually exhausted. I only really exercise to feel fit and healthy and to stave off anxiety but I feel like I dont want to continue as im losing too much weight. At this point id rather gain muscle and bulk up a little rather than look gaunt and frail. The question is, can I replace my cardio exercise with body weight exercise? Does it offer similar benefits like endorphin release/increase in energy etc. And how many times a week should I do it? Should I work different body parts separately or do a full body workout a few times a week. Thanks [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 May 2021 05:47 AM PDT Top headlines: (Format: Day 1 --> day 30 --> day 70 Ring dips; 4x5 --> 4x10 --> 4x10 bulgarian + 3x10 standard Pull ups; 4x8 --> 4x10 (with some L-sit) --> 4x10 all L-sit L-sit Approx; 10 seconds --> 20 seconds --> 30 seconds Ring muscle ups; 0 --> 4 --> 5 Pike push ups; 4x8 --> 4x10 (with feet elevated) --> 4x10(but with proper form now, were kinda rubbish before) Handstand; mostly non-existent --> 10 seconds --> 15 seconds I made another video documenting this latest phase here: https://youtu.be/Vh0psHQzS90 I'm still of the opinion that rings are the best single piece of equipment I've ever used. The main thing I've noticed throughout these last 6 weeks is even more body stability. It's hard to explain, but when I go back to trying non-rings exercises my body just feels more stable and more capable when doing them. Another thing I've noticed from doing this program is that other exercises are getting better without really having to train them. I can now do bar muscle ups with straight legs and without much kipping, and this is without too much specific muscle up training. Same for the ring muscle up, I can now manage it in a strict L-sit. These gains outside of the exercises performed in the program lead me to believe that it has been a brilliant general strength gaining program so far. Not specifically making me significantly better at one thing, but slightly better at a lot of thing Rings are still as humbling as ever, but I feel I'm getting to know them now, and am getting more comfortable spending more time on them Once again if anyone else has done this program I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on it and how it compares to other programs you've done. And your general thoughts on gym rings as a piece of equipment [link] [comments] |
| ANY TIPS FOR A PERSON WHO HAS SCOLIOSIS? Posted: 09 May 2021 10:19 AM PDT i started working out regularly this last January. I was well aware that i have a scoliosis at that time but that didn't bother me at all. I mostly do upper body workouts and some ab workout. last March I started doing bench press (abt 15lbs). And this May it got confirmed that I do have a mild scoliosis. So, my physical therapist told me to stop my workout routine as my therapy will go on for 6 months. The only workout that my PT recommend was for the legs. So, is there an alternative way of me to maintain my physique (esp my stomach)? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 May 2021 08:42 AM PDT Hey :) I started with the RR in January as a way to lose fat and improve my body. I lost around 15kg since then and now I would consider myself as decently fit. I wanted to customize the RR and would love some opinions/inspirations . I try to keep my workouts around 1 hour to 1,5 hours. I have dip bars and an ab wheel, but sadly no access to a pull up bar. I would continue the RR style with 3 pairs and 1 triplet. Workout: 1. squat -> shrimp squat 2. Shoulder -> Pike Push up /handstand 3. Hinge-> single legged DL (RR Progression) 4. Dips 5. Push ups (RR) 6. Row -> Australian pull ups 7.Core a)Ab Wheel / dip bar leg raises b)Windshield wipers c)Bridge (Posterior chain) 8. 1 min Plank as a finish [link] [comments] |
| Lost a lot of ground and looking for help Posted: 08 May 2021 10:30 PM PDT I was doing basic bodyweight fitness (Rows with a tall table, pullups with a walmart pullup bar, stairs for elevated pushups, counter-corners for that exercise where you hold yourself up for thirty seconds, and occasional planking) and went from 140 and practically no muscle to 155 and doing three sets of six pullups comfortably, but with difficulty. I got that far in most of a year, pounding down protein shakes until I was sick of them. I got depressed and slacked for six months. Now I'm 160 and when I tried to do pullups, I couldn't do more than one. I can still do 8X3 elevated pushups, rows, and lifts but... I feel defeated already, knowing how far back I fell, and it seems like it's going to take an eternity to get back there. I'm still proportionally stronger than I was when I started the first time, but.... Suggestions, help, and motivation appreciated! [link] [comments] |
| Lower body strength potential using just your BW is underrated Posted: 08 May 2021 06:51 PM PDT 116lb 15M here. Last week a friend of mine (strong and big guy, weights 170, rugbier, lifts a lot) came over to train at my home gym, where I don't have any weights, I have parallels, a pull-up bar, a plyometric box, rings, jump rope, things like that. While we were doing one of my lower–body workouts (high pace fast twitch moves, idek why I have big quads), the guy said "there's no way this is going to do anything for strength and size outside from endurance, I wanna see u squatting 155, that's real work", and I was like cool it's a deal then. So today I went over to his home gym, where he has a multi-functional squat rack for bench press and squats. He put the 155s on and I went for it, I squatted it pretty comfortably, so he went over to 180 and it was difficult but doable, so we went over to 200, I tried as hard as I could and I managed to make it somehow. I tried to do 220 twice but I couldn't even get close to going up once I was down, it wasn't even close, but we were both pretty happy about me squatting 200 at 116 BW when I had never lifted weights in my life, so he bought me a meal, chicken and rice and some broccoli :) Just to clarify I think it was good form and it definitely was deep, he didn't get to watch the form bc he was spotting, but I always do lots of air squats and I got the technique down, it was just weird when I had to lift the bar off the rack with my back, I didn't expect it to feel like that. So to all the people making excuses "I can't build legs because I don't have weights at home" or the "you can't build lower body strength/muscle using only your bodyweight, you need weights", for me it's clear and it IS possible and it will be transferrable to weight lifting, I'll probably include lifting into my plan bc I had a lot of fun and it's probably more effective in the short run. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 May 2021 05:54 AM PDT So I've been training the planche for 3 months now I started with a 30 sec tuck planche and now I can hold the one legged planche for 5-7 seconds and same applies to the advanced tuck planche. My problem is that recently like this week and the one before I've been experiencing pain in a part of my forearm, its the part above the wrist by a little and I feel it mostly between the bone a muscle. Even when i'm not training if I use that muscle I feel pain even when trying to curl. So im scared that this is a sign of an injury, or that im overtraining. Plus my progression in the planche is now not that good, I feel like i'm going back in progress, I dont feel much power when going for it. While when I first started I didn't feel the pain in the forearms and I felt more power. I train every other day and planhe 2 times per week. I'm 15 185cm. [link] [comments] |
| compression work + mobility w/ RR? Posted: 09 May 2021 11:10 AM PDT New to BWF .. LSS (long story short) I have an active background and work out experience and have been able to progress with the RR. I've noticed the compression work section in the wiki and wanted to know if it wouldn't be too taxing to do so everyday for maximum progression/gains? I also implement Skill day in between every RR workout .. I was wondering which mobility section is favored for beginners SN: the skills I'm working on are HS/L-sit .. is it optimal to do compression + mobility work everyday before or after the work out? Searched the subreddit and couldn't find a specific answer Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 May 2021 08:38 AM PDT 164lb 23yr M here. I am quite obese and have been for a very long time since I am studying computer science and have to sit for long periods of time to study and for the past year study at home has made me gain quite a lot of weight. I started pushups, squats, plank, situps 4 months back and thought that I will get better with time but i have not been able to increase reps with time neither have i been able to lose weight nor get better in shape. I feel muscle aches and fatigue every time i try to increase the reps. I really want to get better. All the gyms are closed because of covid and i have to do body weight exercises. How can i get better? [link] [comments] |
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