Bodyweight Fitness: BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-06-12 |
- BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-06-12
- My Lazy Routine
- Lost 200lbs can't do a pushup. Mix in divorce and a sprinkle of dysphoria! Please help me
- How many people used Weighted Pull ups to finally get that all allusive Front Lever ?
- I have been training consistently at high intensity for over a year. I am giving you my program. I will appreciate any tips. Thank you!
- How do I regain my lost weight and maintain it?
- Are neck sprains common when doing muscle ups? What muscles need to be strengthened to avoid this?
- How do I regain my lost weight and maintain it?
- A simple routine involving no push-ups?
- Wrist Wrap (Not Strap) Discussion
- Getting catcalled/recorded shirtless in public
- I can only do 10 form-focused push-ups per day at 21 years old, does it get better from here?
| BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-06-12 Posted: 11 Jun 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: 11 Jun 2021 02:40 PM PDT 8 months ago I started calisthenics. Bought some rings, got to work. I workout 3 days a week, other times 6 days a week. Sometimes I take a week off here and there (usually feeing like crap when I do). I eat healthy ...sometimes. And my results are STUNNING! Or at least satisfactory. Don't quit working out just because you miss a workout or eat some junk here and there. "It's not for me" is garbage. We all know how important exercise is for physical and mental health. Keep at it. A few months from now you'll be like me, flexing in the mirror with a big smile! Best of all, finally seeing results is motivating me more and more to start getting more invested in this whole thing. Love, Your internet stranger friend [link] [comments] |
| Lost 200lbs can't do a pushup. Mix in divorce and a sprinkle of dysphoria! Please help me Posted: 10 Jun 2021 10:31 PM PDT Okay so I don't want to be too emotional or wordy so I will try my best.. This is me at 400lbs. in 2016 https://postimg.cc/JDjKC0qH I cannot do a pushup This is me at 290lbs in 2021 January https://postimg.cc/gallery/zNyQyzG Cannot do a pushup. Wife of 7 years wants a divorce. Promises me a chance down the line 6 months to a year from now. Looooong story there I'm sure this isn't the place for it. So I decide to go hard af. Make a huge change and dive deep into a new lifestyle This is me June 2021 https://postimg.cc/gallery/HCtt0VZ I am now 215 lbs. I still cannot do a pushup. Did the extreme weight loss by fasting 2-3 days a week and limit my calories to around 1700 the days I did eat. Mixed in a ton of cardio and averaged 10k steps a day + and focused on closing my exercise ring on the apple watch each day. Idk if it's body dysphoria but I do not feel like I look like other people who weigh 215lbs. I see all the weight in my gut and I personally think that is why I cannot still to this day do a push up. I cannot see a difference between the 290lb pic and the 215lb pic. I see like I have a collar bone at all times now and I lost some neck fat but yeah idk =/ My friends wanted me to focus on building muscle and losing weight at the same time but I felt that would be too slow and I wanted to hit 180lbs ASAP and then build up 10-20lbs of muscle. I want to know if I cucked myself by focusing so hard on fasting and not lifting more while I was doing it. Should I go to 180 and then focus on lifting or should I cut back on fasting and protein it up and start lifting more then the excessive fasting and cardio I have been doing? I also think I may be close to the finish line in terms of if I lose the 30lbs more I am obsessive about the weight will have to finally come from my gut because where else is there. My upper frame is tiny I wear a large now comfortably. I am aware you can't target fat and it just comes off where it pleases but yeah any help would be appreciated. I have toyed with the idea of okay it's time to get a personal trainer to show me form and what to be lifting etc. I do have a nutritionist and she is not a fan of my fasting but obviously I ignore her advice and fast a lot. I truly feel I wouldn't have gone from nearly 300lbs in Jan. 2021 to 215lbs now without doing it though and being so disciplined as I have been. I guess I just have a fear of if I now start the protein grind and the lifting grind I am going to gain weight and I do not want to gain weight. I want to be muscular and look good and be like 220 max. I am not a linebacker I don't want to be bulky and muscled and 250lbs So in my mind. Get to 180 lift lift lift protein protein protein be like 210 and chad it up. versus Start the lift protein grind now. My body will recomp a bit and look better than it is now but I will be like 240 by the time it's all said and done. I guess with everything going on in my life. All my fear and how far I have come. I don't think I want to be 240 if you know what I mean?. I can get that same muscle and gain and looks while being smaller weight wise if I start the protein stuff at 180. But I do think I am a bit obsessive with the scale at the moment. I lift but very irregularly and with all the fasting I do I never really am in the mood to go super hard in the gym. I want to be comfortable in my own skin and I truly feel I am committed to doing this and I have been doing great so far and now I want to know how/if I should switch it up and where should I put my focus. Also for reference I am 31 years old and 6 '3 [link] [comments] |
| How many people used Weighted Pull ups to finally get that all allusive Front Lever ? Posted: 11 Jun 2021 04:28 AM PDT As Title suggests .. I'm 31 M (140lb) and I've been doing BWF for around 6 months now, I have been using a sort of grease the groove technique with my normal pull ups/ chins .. basically doing reps throughout the evenings random sets / reps and break times :) its super random but started with 5-6 basic pullups and now am hitting 15-18 BW pull ups, I have been looking into the crossover from weighted pull ups and Front lever and I've even heard of people gaining a front lever after hitting a certain % of BW for weighted pull ups.. I have decided to stop doing FL progressions and focus on hitting a 70%weighted pullup I'm going to be using the same technique I had for normal pull ups but this time with a 20kg vest - currently doing sets of 4 throughout the evening .. some days I hit 30 reps .. some days I hit only 5x3 (15 reps) Can I assume these random sets /break time and volume will work for me the same as normal BW pull ups ? Also anybody else stop training FL progressions to focus on getting that weighted pull up to 70-80% and when they finally hit the target could you hold FL ? .. Be nice, First Post :), Cheers, JP [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Jun 2021 05:20 AM PDT I am currently living in the province so that means I don't have a gym that is close. Last summer I started training every day using just my body and I enjoyed it. I did mainly push ups, crunches, leg raises, running every day of the week except the weekend. One year in and I feel like I'm in the best shape I've ever been. A few things changed in my program as I built a pull up bar. I know there is always room for improvement so any tips are welcome. There you have my current program: Monday I wake up, warm up and do pull ups 4 sets, the first set is untill failure, the rest are half of what I can do which is 14, my rest time is 1min. After I finish with the pull ups i have a 3 min rest and I do 5 sets of half of my max chin ups. When I am rested in the evening i do the same thing but I start with chin ups. Tuesday i warm up and I do Suicide drills till failure 4 or 5 sets if I'm feeling brave, then I do burpees 4 sets again till failure. After that I get in a plank position but i use my arms to get up in a push up position (I do not know the name of the exercise). Wednesday I do 5 sets of push ups first is 45 then it is 25, 2x20 and I finish with 10 reps. In the evening I do exactly the same. Thursday i skip rope 15 min, every set is 5min with 1min rest. Then I plank 4 sets and every set is till failure. After that i use an ab roll 4 sets again until failure. Friday I repeat what I did in monday but I start with max chin ups. Weekend is for rest. Next week Monday and Friday are push up days and Wednesday is a pull day. You know to switch it up a little. If I only I didn't have grandma's cooking and make my own diet it would be perfect. Thanks for reading! [link] [comments] |
| How do I regain my lost weight and maintain it? Posted: 11 Jun 2021 10:01 AM PDT Hello. If anyone has any ideas for weight gaining I would appreciate the help. Quick backstory I am a bit underweight and I want to get some kilos . I ate meats and stuff for a month or so and I did minimal exercise and I was good. Unfortunately I almost lost all of it due to a lot of stress in a month and that usually results in me not eating enough...I have a crazy fast metabolism that does not help at all :-\ and I really want to get back to looking healthier and stronger . Any help will be appreciated! _^ Ps And tips to maintain my weight of course are welcome! [link] [comments] |
| Are neck sprains common when doing muscle ups? What muscles need to be strengthened to avoid this? Posted: 11 Jun 2021 05:04 AM PDT I recently started working on my muscle ups. I can do two with a kip. Every once in a while I end up with soar / sprained neck on the left side the next morning. I know my form is decent, I record myself a lot to make sure I'm doing things right. I don't chicken wing, and I keep my elbows tucked in. My kip isn't that aggressive and now only do 3-4 sets of 2 each workout until I perfect the form and eliminate the kip. I have a weakness somewhere that I need to work on, as is with every other injury I had. I had issues with shoulders, elbows, and wrists previously that have all been fixed with simple strengthening exercises. Where can I start to fix this? [link] [comments] |
| How do I regain my lost weight and maintain it? Posted: 11 Jun 2021 09:55 AM PDT Hello. If anyone has any ideas for weight gaining I would appreciate the help. Quick backstory I am a bit underweight and I want to get some kilos . I ate meats and stuff for a month or so and I did minimal exercise and I was good. Unfortunately I almost lost all of it due to a lot of stress in a month and that usually results in me not eating enough...I have a crazy fast metabolism that does not help at all :-\ and I really want to get back to looking healthier and stronger . Any help will be appreciated! _^ Ps And tips to maintain my weight of course are welcome! [link] [comments] |
| A simple routine involving no push-ups? Posted: 11 Jun 2021 12:08 PM PDT Am a college student. College been closed for over a year now because of the virus. Classes take place online. I barely ever leave home. I have experience working out at the gym for two years (strength training), but that was a long time ago (like 3 years ago). I checked the stickied routines. Nearly all of them have pushups, which I can't do. Can someone give me a simple full-body indoor exercise routine (20-30 mins) that requires no equipment? Also:
My goal is just to get enough exercise to keep my body healthy. Apologies if I have broken a rule. Thank you for your help in advance. [link] [comments] |
| Wrist Wrap (Not Strap) Discussion Posted: 11 Jun 2021 12:04 PM PDT Hi! When I do Body Weight rows and one arm hangs, my wrist feels like it's getting pulled. It's like I have loose wrists and they just kind of slide into a painful position. I've looked around an haven't found any other posts that describe this issue. I would really like some recommendations on whether or not I should get wrist wraps for wrist support. I've been training consistently since February, so not too long but this problem hasn't been fixed. Do you think my forearms are just weak and can tighten up, or should I take the L and get the wraps so that I can continue to progress? Any opinions would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Getting catcalled/recorded shirtless in public Posted: 11 Jun 2021 12:38 PM PDT To preface, I live in a beach town, am a college student at 6'3. It's very commonplace for people to be shirtless walking around during the summertime. Recently I've noticed on numerous occasions people recording me from their cars when running or walking home shirtless. This has come from primarily college aged students, however I've seen a few old women as well, which creeps me out. I don't make it a point to flex or show pff, it's simply more comfortable being shirtless after a run/workout. Has anyone else experienced this? It just seems strange. [link] [comments] |
| I can only do 10 form-focused push-ups per day at 21 years old, does it get better from here? Posted: 10 Jun 2021 10:26 PM PDT I weigh about 172 pounds and I've just started body weight training. Sit-ups are okay for me (and crunches) as well as lunges. Push-ups, however, makes me feel like a weak man. Admittedly, I haven't done any push-ups—lest body weight—for 2 years now. However, now that I'm heading off for basic training in the military in 5 weeks, I don't want to fall behind. Did push-ups for the first time tonight, tried to do it twice, but it made my arms feel like Jello at the end. And I felt extremely hungry after, so I ate some fried chicken. If I keep it up, (if I keep making my arms feel like Jello), will I be able to scale up more push-ups? Thanks in advance! [link] [comments] |
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