Bodyweight Fitness: BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-06-04 |
- BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-06-04
- Lost 140lbs, gained it back, lost 150lbs ten years later, gained 20lbs back in 2020
- Keep cutting or start bulking? Don't know how to move forward
- How We Overcomplicate Our Training
- Recommend move routine too easy
- Cellulite?
- Working out after hernia
- Splitting up your (daily) workout into several smaller ?
- Effectiveness of weighted calisthenics during the last week of a cycle
- Good lower back bw exercises ?
- What am I doing wrong this time around?
- Wrist / Elbow Tendinitis, need advice !
- Planche progress question
- Question for physio-smart people:
- unsure of how to progress chinups (update to last post)
- I can do a strict 25kg ring muscle up but I can't do more than 10 dips.
- Not sure whether to bulk or not.
- Transitioning from body weight
| BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-06-04 Posted: 03 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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| Lost 140lbs, gained it back, lost 150lbs ten years later, gained 20lbs back in 2020 Posted: 03 Jun 2021 05:33 PM PDT I lost 140lbs in 2007-2009 from eating less (not necessarily well) and exercising a lot. I regained it from 2012 onwards until by 2014 it was allll back. In 2018 I got gastric bypass. I spent a year meeting with a dietician and psychologist once a month and lost 60lbs in the year before the operation. After the op I lost 90lbs. Which felt small but I guess my body had been through it and didn't want to lose more. I am now 2 and a half years post op and I have regained a little weight. Currently being active and working with a registered dietician to help get back into my maintenance range. Nothing is happening though and I'm getting very frustrated. Just wanted to vent on here because it's such a never ending battle. Update: Thank you all for your words for encouragement and also to those who showed an interest with my situation I know it was well meant and also it's hard to tell the full story with so short a post and not knowing the person. Which is why I also wanted to give myself a little credit here because I don't appreciate some assumptions that were made. I'm not looking for any type of quick fix I have put in and am continuing to put in the hard work. I am a resilient person but one who is extremely critical of myself. In the past 14 year I have moved overseas and started over twice with no network of support, my dad died then two years later my brother died at 31, I completed university and went through two extreme weight loss journeys. I spent years working on my depression and anxiety with therapists and never gave up on myself. So, if during a global pandemy I gained a little under 20lbs, I don't think it's fair to make assumptions that I am looking for any quick fixes. I ask for help and I also do the work. Sorry for the rant just had to put some positives in there also. We all know weight isn't the only or best indicator of health or how you are doing - but it is SUPER hard to deemphasize the scale in the journey. I do 4 miles of hill sprints every Tuesday and enjoy running 3-4 times a week. I can run 10 miles without stopping and I think that's amazing. Working with a dietician has been to not over restrict and to make sure I'm getting enough nutrition in and to work on beating myself up when the scale doesn't move as much as I'd like to. Thank you for commiserating with me I was feeling frustrated. [link] [comments] |
| Keep cutting or start bulking? Don't know how to move forward Posted: 04 Jun 2021 08:06 AM PDT 26M, 182 cm x 74 kg (december 2020) to 67,5 kg (now). I've been skinny fat my entire life, never really did sports / gym with consistency. My goals: • losing fat, especially around the belly • building a good amount of muscle (sorry for not being more specific, but I really don't know) • being healthy overall I've started cutting in January (1700 kcal/day and 100g proteins/day),I'm keeping at it and lost around 6,5 kg. I've always eaten healthy foods overall, just an excessive amount of them, so I've not changed my diet,I'm just eating less. In April I started the Bodyweight Fitness Primer Routine, and I do it 3 times a week. The other 4 days of the week I do a 10 minutes abs workout. This is me now: https://imgur.com/a/9JKU0Y7 Am I doing right? My main doubts are: • If my main goal right know is to lose the belly fat, should I keep eating at a calorie deficit until I'm satisfied with the results, right? (even at the expense of building muscle ) • I'd also like to start building some muscle while losing fat, is that possible? • I think I already know the answer, but should I eat more proteins (currently 100g/day, so 1.48g/kg)? How much? My "plan" is this: after losing the belly fat I'll start to eat more calories to bulk, is this ok or should I do things differently? Thanks [link] [comments] |
| How We Overcomplicate Our Training Posted: 04 Jun 2021 09:32 AM PDT Everyday there seems to be a new break through in exercise some new way of training . That being said we overcomplicate exercise as a result. As I went from a being to an intermediate I fell in the the pitfalls of over complicating exercise, not to be mixed up with overtraining. I did a bunch of overtraining but that is another discussion for another day. What I'm talking about is overcomplicating workout routines. Sadly when you are stuck in this pitfall it can be a hard to come out because you don't want limit your training. Keeping things simple is best as long as it has progressive overload. Who can relate to this? [link] [comments] |
| Recommend move routine too easy Posted: 04 Jun 2021 11:20 AM PDT Hello, I am 14 and I have been doing random bodyweight exercises for a while now and I really want to get a real routine, cuz right now I just do a little bit of random warm up and then sets of pull ups, push ups, sit ups or just random things. I looked into the recommended move routine and tried it once, but it is just so easy for me that I don't think it would help me and I wouldn't be motivated if it is that easy. But I don't know what routine to do then because I definitely want to get into hand stands and stuff like that, but also build muscle. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Jun 2021 04:58 AM PDT I'm on a phone so sorry for any formatting. I know there's no magic cure for cellulite, but has anyone had experience of building muscle reducing cellulite? Specifically in the thighs/legs. For reference I'm 5'4, female and 150lbs, I have a fair amount of muscle more in my upper body as I'm a climber (so I target exercises like assisted pull ups, pull up negatives, push ups, etc). I seem to carry all my fat on my legs, and I have I feel a lot of cellulite for someone my weight, my bmi says I'm just overweight but my waist to height ratio has me right in the middle of healthy! The cellulite is at the back of my thighs and the front as well, I just feel like my legs are like wobbly and they make me self conscious to be out in shorts, even tho I know it's pretty normal and common for women. Anyway tldr if I build muscles in my thighs (quads, glutes, (buttocks I know) and hamstrings (I know they're tendons but can't remember the name for the muscles there) will it reduce cellulite? And some good workouts that aren't squats to do this, I hate doing squats, I feel like I can never get my form right because of something in my kinetic chain going wrong! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Jun 2021 10:05 AM PDT Anyone struggled with inguinal hernia and fully got back at it? So I got an open surgery without mesh and slowly recovering. Been two weeks and I am mostly functional. However, this was a pretty horrible experience and I would like to avoid it in the future. Anyone with this problem got back at excercising successfully? I can only imagine I will have a panic attack at every pull up. Could I safely return to the recommended routine ? Any timeline, any advice, reassuring would be greatly appreciated and needed. [link] [comments] |
| Splitting up your (daily) workout into several smaller ? Posted: 04 Jun 2021 02:43 AM PDT I usually do a full body workout 3 times per week. This takes me roughly 1 hour. However some days I have a hard time finding a full hour to do this. My idea was to split up the workout into several small instead, like doing one exercise (e.g. push exercise) 15 minutes and then (probably a couple of hours later) I can do a pull exercise. This way I can split it up into eg. 4x 15 minutes instead. Since I am working from home and I do the exercises at home as well I see little/no "setup" time involved. Do you have any view/recommendations/opinions regards to this? Or do I miss some important factor that I need to consider ? E.g. loosing intensity / increased heart rate etc ? [link] [comments] |
| Effectiveness of weighted calisthenics during the last week of a cycle Posted: 04 Jun 2021 08:36 AM PDT I've been following the RR for the last few months and I've gotten far enough in the progressions where I'm doing weighted pull-ups, weighted ring dips, and weighted OL hamstring slides (this isnt explicitely in the RR but I need to bridge the gap to nordic curls). During the last week of my mesocycle (4 weeks on and then 1 week deload) I implemented the weighted work with linear progression: 45lb pull-up 3x3 -> 45lb pull-up 3x4 -> 45lb pull-up 3x5 35lb ring dip 3x3 -> 35lb ring dig 3x4 -> 35lb ring dip 3x5 35lb OL hamstring slide 3x3 -> 35lb OL hamstring slide 3x4 -> 35lb OL hamstring slide 3x5 My deload has been going great, but I really don't think I will be able to linearly progress 3x6 -> 3x7 -> 3x8 during my first week back with the same weight. The weighted week was absolutely killer and I don't think I have the strength to knock out 6, 7, or even 8 reps with the same weight (I tried to feel it out during my deload). However, I did test these same exercises unweighted and I noticed quite a difference. I can get a lot more of my body above the bar during a pull-up and I can go much deeper with my ring dips. My goals align more with unweighted work in the long run (muscle-ups, levers, RTO exercises, etc.) but I'm also ok with putting on muscle for now until I get decently strong. So, would it be a good idea to keep my mesocycles with the first 3 weeks unweighted and then the last week with heavy weights low reps (I'm not sure if this type of programming is a well-established thing or not)? Or could I make better gains just doing weighted work with less weight (so I can actually hit 3x8). I feel like I'm starting to move out of the RR structure just a little so I was looking for some advice. If its helps, I'm currently on a cut and my 1RM are as follows: 60lb pull-up 45lb ring-dip 45lb OL hamstring slide [link] [comments] |
| Good lower back bw exercises ? Posted: 04 Jun 2021 01:52 AM PDT So I've switched my training to mostly bodyweight since 2 months or so. I absolutely love it since the barbell stuff was beating my body up at the time, ESPECIALLY barbell back squats. But that's one thing that I feel is missing from my training and that's lower back exercises. Before with deadlifts, squats and pendlay rows I had it covered. But now I'm never seriously training it. Pull ups and inverted rows are upper back and shrimp/pistol squat do not work it. What is a good bodyweight exercises that work it seriously ? I'm not at a point where I can do front/back levers yet so that's not an option. Any suggestions ? Thank you ! [link] [comments] |
| What am I doing wrong this time around? Posted: 03 Jun 2021 05:03 PM PDT Hello guys. To make a long story short thanks to you guys I went from this in 2019, to this in 2020. I gained about 25-30 pounds and yes, some of it is fat, but it's something I never thought I'd be able to achieve. Been a slim boy my whole life. My main three exercises were diamond decline pushups, dips and chin-ups. I also ate like a beast. Winter hit and since I had moved much of my routine outside with rings and such I got lazy and neglected my training, not content to do pushups and the basics in my home. Foolish me. I lost a great amount of progress and went back down probably 10-15 pounds, and lost a lot of strength and muscle. I'm back on the horse now, but progress seems much slower than last time. These are some of the differences;
I can't think of anything else, not sure what I'm doing wrong, or if it was all just beginner gains. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Wrist / Elbow Tendinitis, need advice ! Posted: 04 Jun 2021 02:24 AM PDT Hello everyone, so here it is, since 4 weeks I have a tendinitis in my left wrist. It appeared while doing pseudo (biceps) push ups. I already had tendinitis in this wrist twice before. The previous time it was caused by a false grip a year ago. Just before my injury, I was training 7 hours a week in bodyweight training only, with little rest, high volume and circuit training. Pull-ups, TRX rows, dips, headstand, pike push ups, squats, pistols squats, plank etc. I'm depressed because I had managed to progress well and gain mass, but it wasn't serious because I wasn't resting enough because of the work (little sleep and real rest, always super speed, stressed). At the beginning I continued my usual practice over the tendinitis because I was not in too much pain, for two days, but I made the injury worse. So I switched to elbow planks / leg workouts / Shadow boxing / Cardio and that's it, for one week, to rest the wrist but keep training. But the pain is always there, especially at rest, not during movements, and is fluctuating, sometimes I have pain all morning, sometimes an hour in a row, sometimes almost nothing all day. This is misleading because at the time I'm dying to do push-ups and pull-ups again (but I hold back). I started a personal rehabilitation program to irrigate the tendon and strengthen it (since two weeks). I do push-ups against a fairly high piece of furniture, on handles, gently, sets of 100 or 50 for joint work, TRX with little range of motion, some gentle exercises with a rubber band. I warm up a lot, and I stretch at the end of the session, but for the moment I have no improvement... I try to sleep more but it's not easy every day, I eat well and drink a lot of water. I saw an osteopath who manipulated me a little and confirmed the tendinitis. I work on a computer all day, sitting. Do you have any advice for me? Do you think that my pain-free rehabilitation program is okay? From what I've read everywhere, you shouldn't rest completely during a tendinitis, otherwise the tendinitis may never really heal. You have to stimulate the area gently. It's really hard to listen to and respect my body, since I only feel pain outside of training. I think I also have the beginning of tendonitis in my left elbow... I don't know if I should continue my rehab or stop everything for a month or more... Once I get over this injury, I'm going to go back to a more "stay fresh" program, reducing my reps and training volume and respect my nervous system. Thanks in advance for your feedback and sorry for my english, i'm french. Cheers and power to you all ! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 03 Jun 2021 10:43 PM PDT Hi folks! I've been working on the planche for half a year or so and am pretty satisfied with the progress. Im in my early thirties, tall but lean, and can currently do a 30s+ tuck planche and recently unlocked the ability to do a controlled tuck planche negative from a handstand (had that handstand before I started planche training). It's been fun and rewarding so far! When I started planche training I immediately noticed that my elbow joints were going to be the weak spot, so I've been very careful not to get injured - with great success. The downside of that is that I've only been training planche movements twice or thrice a week, which feels like very little. Now that I'm getting stronger, I'm considering ramping up the intensity a little bit. All I'm doing at this moment is that I test my max at the end of the month, halve that amount and do 4 sets of that (currently on 4x20). I currently do not do a structured strength routine, just a few handstand pushups, dips and pullups whenever I feel like it (in addition to non-strength sports). By browsing around there seems to be an almost endless variety of things one can do for planche training, plus many people seem to plateau pretty much where I'm at now (going from tuck to advanced tuck). My question is therefore: what's a safe but good way to increase intensity? Is it volume with good form (e.g. leans, more tuck planches etc), bent-arm strength (tuck planche pushups, handstand pushups, pseudo-planche pushups, weighted dips), dumbell work (planche, maltese, zanetti dumbell presses), band-/pulley-assisted planches.....you get the point. Of course there's also the option of just not picking anything and continuing as is - I have no indication of an upcoming plateau just yet. The main goal is to keep things simple, effective and injury-free, but I would like to see if my body can handle a bit more. But I wouldn't know what to pick and why. Thanks a lot for your considerations! [link] [comments] |
| Question for physio-smart people: Posted: 04 Jun 2021 12:16 AM PDT Will half hour or multiple hour rests hold back my progress in strength building over regular 5min rests given reps per set and sets per day remaining the same? More (lengthy) details below if it helps answer my question Why I'm asking: I have a highly variable schedule with 14 hour days when I do work. I want to strength train 3 days per week but to do that I will have to work out on days that I'll work and to do that I'll have to do half of my sets sporadically while getting ready for work and the other half after getting home. My ability and what I know so far: For pull-ups I can manage about 2-3 with good form in one set. So, firmly in the strength building phase of that exercise. I understand a typical rest range for strength is 3-5 minutes because after 5 minutes ~80% of ATP has regenerated and the regeneration dramatically slows after that point. What I don't know: Will extending the rest range beyond 5 minutes, allowing greater than 80% ATP regeneration and some muscle repair between sets, negatively effect strength building? [link] [comments] |
| unsure of how to progress chinups (update to last post) Posted: 03 Jun 2021 03:57 PM PDT so essentially, I posted here a month ago about my struggles with getting a few pull ups. Well, I have good news - I decided to switch from working push ups to chin ups first and I worked my way all the way from a 6 second to a 20 second negative(although, 5 seconds or so is just me static holding at the top)! Here's the thing though - I still can't actually do the chinup itself, i can lift myself up about halfway, but can't push past 90 degrees. I'm not sure how I should be training with negatives as well - initially I started by doing 5 sets of however long I could hold, 2 minutes of rest between them. I did this everyday. I've also, more recently, been trying sets of 5 reps while aiming for a 5+ second descent, but I usually end up plummeting by the end of the third set so idk how useful that is. The last two weeks i've been doing some combination of the two, one day I'll do the 3 sets of 5 reps, the next I'll do the 5 sets of however long I can slow my descent. I also do chair assisted chin ups in the morning - i can do 9 unbroken now. What should I do in terms of negatives though? Which way is better? [link] [comments] |
| I can do a strict 25kg ring muscle up but I can't do more than 10 dips. Posted: 03 Jun 2021 04:19 PM PDT Here's a funny one for you. I'm not kidding - I can do a perfect form, slow and controlled 25kg ring muscle up at 95kg bodyweight. Straight legs with pointed feet, complete deadhang, full RTO at the top. 30kg with bad form otherwise (arching back during dip). My ring dips are nice and stable, although I can only do 10. I do straight bar russian dips as my "heavy" dip work for sets of 8 and regular sternum-to-bar straight bar dips for sets of 10. During a workout I try to get to 100 as quickly as possible, 40-50 for russian straight dips. I do straight bar dips with better form than most people you've seen anywhere. Sternum to bar, my upper body remains at the same angle the whole time - it's pretty much a bench press, just upside down. Now here's the weird part. Parallel bar dips mess me up. My technique is inconsistent, I feel like every time I get into support everything is unstable and shaky. When I go down, I sometimes feel one side of my body twisting, sometimes my hips point in a different direction, sometimes one shoulder is higher than the other. I feel like every rep has a different depth - no consistency. I have to pay lots of attention to correct all of this, but it's weird because I never have this issue with ring dips - or weighted ring dips for that matter. They look great and feel great. I can hold an RTO V-sit for a good 30 seconds, regular RTO support until I fall asleep. Yet parallel bar dips make me feel like I've never worked out before, technique wise. What the hell is going on? I've been training for almost 7 years, parallel bar dips were my bread and butter for my first couple of years. Ever since I switched to 'harder' variations, it's all gone to hell for some reason. I can do slow muscle ups easily, including parallel bar muscle ups, but regular parallel bar dips for reps are just so weird. What? [link] [comments] |
| Not sure whether to bulk or not. Posted: 03 Jun 2021 12:05 PM PDT Hey everyone, it's been already a week since i've started to work out with a routine (currently doing the RR), and I was wondering how I should approach bulking and eating in general. Currently, I am 18yo male(turning 19 in august), 73kg and 180cm tall(5'11?). I calculated my body fat percentage and it seems to be around 17-18%. Since I just started working out with a routine and am a bit overweight(I have not apparent but noticeable love handles), I was wondering how I should approach eating. My main short term goal is to learn a muscle up. So, shouls I try to bulk, cut or should I just eat at relative maintenance. [link] [comments] |
| Transitioning from body weight Posted: 03 Jun 2021 02:09 PM PDT Hello! First off just wanna preface by saying I absolutely love this sub and it has done fantastic things for over the last year. I went through the RR then switched to a PPL with weighted pull ups dips and push ups all on rings and then used weights for isolation. My dilemma is that in a couple months I'll be off to college, probably meaning I won't be able to stick to these same type of compounds. (Well I guess I could just bring my dip belt but I wouldn't have the rings.) anyways, I was just wondering if anyone had any advice on switching to weights (as in switching to bench press sorta thing) and could recommend some exercises or just any advice on if I could probably keep body weight just without rings. Thanks ! [link] [comments] |
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