Bodyweight Fitness: BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-06-24 |
- BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-06-24
- An Important Reminder...
- Reminder to always check your gymnastic ring heights.
- I went from tuck front lever to 5-7sec straddle within 30 days! AMA
- Need advice on the approach for going back to the gym after 2 months!
- Question about calorie intake/eating at a surplus
- Request for Guidance to Correct My Standard Pushup Posture
- Question about calisthenics training days (how to distribute them in a week)
- Trying to gain chest/arm mass any way possible and I was sent to this subreddit
- Hardgainer planning to try "minimalist routine" - will this be effective in gaining muscle and strength?
- Need advice on the approach for going back to the gym after 2 months!
- How far will this routine take me?
- What would be the best way to lose the built up bodyfat I‘ve gained during the pandemic?
- BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-06-23
| BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-06-24 Posted: 23 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: 23 Jun 2021 01:58 PM PDT Take a step back from training once in a while. It might do you some good. TLDR: After taking a 6 month hiatus from training, I've realised how obsessed I became about training. It became the only thing in my life, and now, since taking a break I've realised what's important and am now happier because of it. Now, a bit about my training... I've been training bodyweight fitness on and off for a few years now. I was making acceptable progress over the last couple of years, dipping in and out of weightlifting and calisthenics, but started to lose the ability for 'newbie gains' and hit a bit of a plateau due to calorie intake. So around June/July time last year (2020) during the lockdown, I decided to start training seriously. I started a strict routine, upped my food intake to 5 meals a day and increased my protein intake. I was working out pretty much everyday for 5 months straight and gained about 5 kg (mostly lean mass). I was constantly progressing, aspiring to be stronger, bigger and a more skilled athlete. I went from a 5 second adv. tuck FL to a 3 second full FL, from +10 kg weighted pull up to a +20 kg weighted pull up and from 0 RTO ring dips to 6 RTO ring dips. It became, basically, my life. Then just before Christmas I got ill. It was just a cold, but meant I couldn't train for a few days. Having been stuck in lockdown for 7 months, and being a new graduate with a bit of the graduate blues, my mental well-being hit rock bottom. I got into a bit of a depression, stopped eating, stopped working out and lost 4 kg in a month. It was a rough time. In January 2021, I managed to finally find myself a job doing something I was interested in. It gave me a new lease of life and my depression slowly became a thing of the past. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the job, it was almost impossible to eat properly and continue my workout routine. I started getting down again because I knew I wasn't able to eat well and work out. BUT IT DIDN'T MATTER! I felt good, I looked good (even though I'd lost almost 5 kg of lean mass) and actually felt better than I did last year whilst sticking to my routine. Undoubtedly I looked better whilst working out, but never saw it because I was always wanting to be bigger and stronger. Having not worked out for 6 months, I realised that I ignored what I had achieved and became blinded by what I wanted to achieve. In hindsight, this made me unappreciative of my progress and made me unhappy. I realised how easy it is to become obsessed with training and progress and prioritise it over everything else in your life. Just remember why you're doing it and make sure it isn't causing you to over look what's important. Now don't get me wrong, working out is important for both physical and mental well-being, but it is not the be all and end all, and it's important to realise that. Focus on what you HAVE achieved, not what you are YET TO achieve. I hope this helps even just one person reading this. Keep healthy people! Cheers [link] [comments] |
| Reminder to always check your gymnastic ring heights. Posted: 23 Jun 2021 05:40 AM PDT I will admit from the get go, this was my mistake, but maybe I can prevent you from doing the same. I have been training calisthenics for over a year, mostly on bars. A few months ago, I ordered gymnastic rings, and it was awesome, mostly because I got to re-live fast improvements I remembered from starting calisthenics. Now, for the advice, always check if the rings are in same height. I thought to myself, sure, I bought one of those with inches written all over the straps(I hope strap is the correct word for it), and I thought that's it. After recent biceps tendonitis, apparently, it was not. Marking on one of the straps is a bit off, which is pretty noticeable when you look for it. Well, I did not loon for it, my left arm ( weaker one) was a little bit higher, and under more stress. Now my pullup progress will be hindered by 6-8 weeks. So, don't be me. A bit of a question at the end, can I still do light rows when I don't feel any pain doing them, also, do I just lave it rest, or some active recovery is better? Thanks. [link] [comments] |
| I went from tuck front lever to 5-7sec straddle within 30 days! AMA Posted: 22 Jun 2021 08:58 PM PDT Hi guys, so I've been training the front lever for about a year but I was always stuck in the tuck front lever, until recently. I figured that it might be a good idea to only focus on the front lever for a short period of time and see how far I can progress. So I did a 30 day challenge. I managed to reach the straddle with a 5-7 sec hold and even got pretty close to the full front lever! I'm beyond happy and excited! I never thought I could do it but it worked! Just wanted to share. Why I'm making this post, you may ask?I hope to inspire you to challenge yourself too. Give yourself a time frame and put 100% of your energy in one skill. The results can be amazing! Also, I'll answer any questions you may have to help you achieve the same. If you can do the FL already, you can also share what worked for you. Btw, don't wanna be spammy but I documented all 30 days of the challenge in a video so if you're curious you can check it out: https://youtu.be/2ZLdp-k1Voo(I'm sorry if this is not allowed. I can delete the link in that case) Edit: Thanks for the rewards and all the replies! I'm so happy that I could motivate some people to challenge themselves too and try it out. That's awesome! Good luck to all of you! You got this! [link] [comments] |
| Need advice on the approach for going back to the gym after 2 months! Posted: 23 Jun 2021 09:47 AM PDT Hey! I hope you all are having a good time getting get fit. I will keep this as short as possible. Last year during the pandemic I reached 87 kgs (5'11) and then I started working out in September 2020, 6 days a week of strength training. I reached 75 Kgs with a good diet and protein intake and gained a lot of muscle definition but I was still unable to do pullups - I have very skinny arms compared to the rest of my body. These were the PR stats - Squat - 100kgs, Bench - 65 Kgs, Deadlift - 150 Kgs. But then the second lockdown came in April 2021 and I let go of myself completely and gained back up to 81 kgs now, I started gym last week again. For last week, I only did mix muscles to get back into the flow. But I am not able to get back to a good diet and am confused about how should I approach the exercises like what split-up should I go for? My goals towards fitness are to be able to do 15 pullups in a row and parallel pushups ( I can't really do callisthenics at the moment so, please suggest what should my approach be? Thank you! tl;dr - Going back to gym after 2 months, need a good splitup! [link] [comments] |
| Question about calorie intake/eating at a surplus Posted: 23 Jun 2021 02:19 PM PDT Hey everyone! I'm 24, male, 5'9". I started my bodyweight fitness journey in February weighing about 145lbs. I started out eating 2800 cals. per day and doing the minimalist routine. Over 3 months I worked through progressions and got up to PPPU's, Bulgarian split squats, and archer rows. I gained a little bit of muscle mass and definition during that time. For the last month I've bumped my intake to ~3000 cals. (Protein intake is solid) and started on the full RR. Right now I'm sitting at 150lbs, and can tell I'm gaining some size slowly. I'm just not sure how much I should be eating though. Do I eat so I see a steady increase on the scale, or just to see progress in my workouts? I'm looking to put on some more muscle mass mainly. Thanks :) [link] [comments] |
| Request for Guidance to Correct My Standard Pushup Posture Posted: 23 Jun 2021 05:00 AM PDT Hi everyone, I'm totally new to this subreddit and the fitness world basically. So I want to be able to do a proper pushup because I think there's a lot of benefits from doing it, but I feel like I'm still far more than correct. Here's a video of me doing 10 reps of pushup today: https://vimeo.com/566540890 I've been trying to follow the guide from Jeremy Ethier's video here for 2 weeks, but I've never been able to do it right. Some concerns that I feel from my current pushup:
I don't have anyone in my home/environment to correct me, especially in this pandemic situation. Therefore, any guidance for improvement from you guys will be very helpful to me. Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Question about calisthenics training days (how to distribute them in a week) Posted: 23 Jun 2021 06:03 AM PDT Hi guys, I'm a beginner to calisthenics (trained for 2/3 months) and I train just for hypertrophy at the moment. I have 3 routines, a PULL a PUSH and a LEG routine, the issue that I have right now is that I can't figure out what days to train for optimal rest/muscle gain, here is an example of what my training looks like.
Basically i train every 2 days and then take a break, repeat. This way i train either 4 or 5 times a week depending on the week. My question is if this is "enough?", because i know that you should hit the same muscle groups at least twice in a week but i'm not doing that with biceps or triceps for example. (With PULL i basically train biceps, abs & back and with PUSH i train triceps, chest & abs). Any advice would be amazing. Sorry in advance if i made any mistakes but it's my first time on Reddit and english is not my main language. Thanks :) [link] [comments] |
| Trying to gain chest/arm mass any way possible and I was sent to this subreddit Posted: 23 Jun 2021 08:12 AM PDT I am 19, around 180 lbs and I'm 6'4. I worked out for the first time in my life around 5 months ago for 6 weeks straight every week day while in college. I stopped because I had to go home from college for the summer and since haven't worked out. I noticed from my 6 weeks of working out I saw visually, no results and i was told the main reason why is because I was not eating enough protein. Fast forward to today, I am on my second day of drinking protein and doing 100 push-ups a day feeling relieved as to now finding a routine that i felt would surely give me the bigger chest i have been wanting. I shared my new routine to the r/Fitness subreddit and was told my routine would not really get the results i am looking for. So I come here asking for help. What do I need to do to get a bigger chest. Is drinking protein not actually working? Is 100 push-ups a day not enough? is it too much? Please help me. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Jun 2021 10:42 AM PDT Hi, this has been probably answered for many but I wanted to post anyway. I'm 24M, 145lbs, 181cm. I've weightlifted in the past and after some injuries (not lifting related), I'm wanting to try something new to gain muscle, as I feel weigh-lifting isn't the most "healthy' for me (related to my injuries, obvs weightlifting is beneficial). I read the minimalist routine and I think this is a good starting point. I'm planning to add pull ups into the regimen as well because I like them. Do you think this will yield results in the long run? My end goal is to gain some muscle where I am not considered skinny anymore, just overall have a fit physique, not trying to become huge. I know this is vague, but I hope this makes sense. I'm planning to start with 3 times a week and go from there. Any advice or input would be appreciated, I'm pretty new to the bodyweightfitness community. [link] [comments] |
| Need advice on the approach for going back to the gym after 2 months! Posted: 23 Jun 2021 09:48 AM PDT Hey! I hope you all are having a good time getting get fit. I will keep this as short as possible. Last year during the pandemic I reached 87 kgs (5'11) and then I started working out in September 2020, 6 days a week of strength training. I reached 75 Kgs with a good diet and protein intake and gained a lot of muscle definition but I was still unable to do pullups - I have very skinny arms compared to the rest of my body. These were the PR stats - Squat - 100kgs, Bench - 65 Kgs, Deadlift - 150 Kgs. But then the second lockdown came in April 2021 and I let go of myself completely and gained back up to 81 kgs now, I started gym last week again. For last week, I only did mix muscles to get back into the flow. But I am not able to get back to a good diet and am confused about how should I approach the exercises like what split-up should I go for? My goals towards fitness are to be able to do 15 pullups in a row and parallel pushups ( I can't really do callisthenics at the moment so, please suggest what should my approach be? Thank you! tl;dr - Going back to the gym after 2 months, need a good splitup! [link] [comments] |
| How far will this routine take me? Posted: 23 Jun 2021 08:20 AM PDT So I have been doing a workout routine for some time now and just wanted an opinion on it before continuing. I do around 100 clapping pushups (2 min breaks) and 65-70 (still increasing) chin ups in a single day to workout my triceps, chest and biceps. The next day I do an abs workout (v-rotation I think) where i lay my whole body down on the floor and then move the upper part forward to be able to touch my feet with my hands. I keep on alternating between these 2 and also squeeze in a 16km jog every now and then. I also focus on my diet by eating protein food (chicken,fish etc...). How far will this take me and what do you think? [link] [comments] |
| What would be the best way to lose the built up bodyfat I‘ve gained during the pandemic? Posted: 23 Jun 2021 04:19 AM PDT I'll try to keep this short. I am M26, 186cm (6'1), 77kg, and before corona, I participated in a parkour course (once a week) and did regular strength workouts 2-3 times a week. Back then I could maintain pretty low body fat, while slowly gaining muscle and eating normally. Since I can't do this course anymore I decided to do home-workouts everyday monday till friday. I've gotten used to it and it feels good too. The problem is, that these are mainly strength oriented and I also have to sit pretty much all day bc of work. Now I noticed that I'm gaining significantly more muscle than before, but I also noticed that I've gained bodyfat (tending towards skinnyfat). I've always been very skinny and reasonably fit, but I don't feel comfortable anymore, so I want to get my bodyfat back down again. Here are a few questions that I have: What's a good and non-expensive way to measure my body fat? Does it make sense to track calories? If yes, what's the best way to do that? Change workout routine or diet? [link] [comments] |
| BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-06-23 Posted: 22 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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