Bodyweight Fitness: BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-06-07 |
- BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-06-07
- Training for the muscle up
- I want to improve my shoulders
- Rate my strength from my reps and sets
- amount of sets and days of isometrics?
- Can't activate lower traps in Scap Pulls + general scapula weakness
- standing pull up bar strong enough to use with trx ropes?
- Fractured my right arm AGAIN, but this time I don't want to stop. Any advice?
- How can I improve the explosiveness of my pull ups, despite doing weighted pull ups for a month or two?
- Do you work on the "Mindful Mover" "Big Five"? What sort of training regimen do you aim for?
- Body weight exercises at home?
- 2 months of calisthenics, noticing progress in strength but not looks... am I doing this right?
| BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-06-07 Posted: 06 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: 07 Jun 2021 03:01 AM PDT Hi, I am a 21 year old boy training for the muscle for 3 months. I have managed to do a muscle up with a black elastic band (5-20 kg). With no band I manage to get the bar under the chest for 3 reps but I have the feeling I cant get higher and go to the push part of the MU. How did you overcome this and do you have feedback on my training. (See stats and training below) Stats: Height: 193 cm Weight: 90,9 kg Body fat %: 13/14 % Experience gym: 5,5 years gym Bodyweight training: 0,5 years Training: 1. Warm up with elastic band and dynamic stretching 2. Explosive pull up 5 reps / 4 sets 3. Muscle up band (green 20-40 kg) 12 reps/ 4 sets 4. Negative MU 5 reps / 4 sets 5. Straight bar dipping 12 / 4 sets ( weighted vest when it gets easy) I am curious how you managed to do a MU and how long it took? Thanks! Stay safe and healthy! [link] [comments] |
| I want to improve my shoulders Posted: 07 Jun 2021 06:08 AM PDT Hey, so I have been working out fo a while now (ca. 1,5 years) and Im pretty strong and weigh about 70kg with low bodyfat. I feel like my shoulder are a bit weak in terms of size so I was wondering if there are any good muscle building exercises you can recommend? Im doing Pike Pushups and Hspu already. I am currently doing Full body every 2 days. Here are some pictures for reference: https://imgur.com/gallery/89whg9f I also have this weird thing with my chest. First off my left chesticle is a bit bigger than the other, but thats normal I guess and not a huge problem. But my right chest has quite good size on the lower and outer part, but the inner and upper is literally a hole and I dont quite know how to fix that, advise would be greatly appreciated! [link] [comments] |
| Rate my strength from my reps and sets Posted: 07 Jun 2021 12:36 PM PDT Squats 50 BW (20 28kg) x1 Lunges 50 BW (20 28kg) x1 I never do legs to failure as I find upper body more fun so I preserve myself for that 12 one armed kettlebell swings with 28kg x3 12 side swings with 28kg x3 Burpees 20 x2 50 jumping jacks x2 50 sit ups +5kg x1 25 V sits x 1 with 5kg 40 pushups normal x1 20 pushups touching chest then body to vertical with one arm in air (not sure how to describe these ones efficiently!) x1 20 pushups knees to elbows x1 20 dips x4 9x3 pull-ups (usually struggle to get all the way up on last set on the 8th and 9th rep) I am 6'2 and 87kg, btw. I usually split these exercises into push/pull days so I do about half of these on any given day. I would say I am intermediate in bodyweight fitness. I struggle with bodyweight exercises but I am better at free weights. How strong would you say I am for my height and weight based on the exercises I've listed? [link] [comments] |
| amount of sets and days of isometrics? Posted: 07 Jun 2021 10:20 AM PDT Hi, I have set up a contraption in my backyard consisting of sticks and poles stikking out of one main pole to practice isometrics after being greatly influenced by bruce lee. I did some more research on isometrics and really find it interesting and want to start implying it into my workout. Now my question is how many sets should i do and how many days can i do it? I saw that bruce lee did 8 exercises 1 time for 6 to 12 second holds every day. Here i get confused, do i get benefits if i only do every exercise one time? should i do more than one time? and how many days can i do it, back to back or should i leave a rest day here and there? i would do the isometrics after my overall workout sesion that consist of pushups, pullups, squats, leg raises, some boxing and jeet kune do practice so that i am warmed up and wont run the risk of tearing my muscle or tendon when they are cold. I hope you understand my question and if i am wrong about anything i said please correct me so i can do it the right way! ty for reading and spending your time have a good one! [link] [comments] |
| Can't activate lower traps in Scap Pulls + general scapula weakness Posted: 06 Jun 2021 06:55 PM PDT Hey guys, whenever I try to do Scap Pulls, I follow all the cues but never feel my lower traps working, even when making the exercise easier via resistance band. For some reason my forearms always fatigue first and I can only feel some of my lower traps after the excerise when I sit down. Additionally, for push ups and parallel dip support holds I can never "push my shoulders down" as it's incredibly hard to do it even when I visually think about it. I have a history of tight upper traps (especially my right upper trap) because of rounded shoulders and because I sit at a desk most of the day. How do I fix these problems and the weak scapula? Your guidance would be really appreciated! [link] [comments] |
| standing pull up bar strong enough to use with trx ropes? Posted: 07 Jun 2021 09:09 AM PDT Ive been using the trx ropes attached to a pull up bar for almost all my body wright exercices. all of this is available at my local gym. My family is moving into a house in the next month, the gym vecomes far away and more expensive, I was wondeitng if anyone has a standing pull up bar and they have ropes attached to it. to do assisted squats/pistol squats or chest/horizontal rows using the ropes. I was looking at thisstanding pull up bar with rings like these to attach on the pull up bar. Anyone have a setup like this? are the bars strong enough to support the extra weight? any other ideas that may be more effective? I was planning to set thus up in the basment(unfinished) or just in the garage. Thank you for the help and stay safe! I weigh 210 lbs [link] [comments] |
| Fractured my right arm AGAIN, but this time I don't want to stop. Any advice? Posted: 07 Jun 2021 09:26 AM PDT Just a few days ago I fell off my bike and landed on my right elbow. It cracked a 1 y/o fracture back open (NOT in the elbow but above in the distal part of the humerus), and while the big ass intramedullary nail they put in last time kept it all together, my arm is in a cast and will be so for a month, and with physiotheraphy I will have to wait around 2 & 1/2 months in total before I have my arm back. Now... last time I was doing something like 2 months of calisthenics before I stopped entirely, and then I became sedentary up until now. I was getting started again and I had an exercise-mobility routine down, but it's obviously not viable anymore. I DON'T WANT TO STOP. I know I can't do a complete bodyweight workout for obvious reasons. But I wonder if I can at least prime my body for when I'm able to exercise properly again. Do you have any advice for me? Last time I had to stop because pretty much any position and movement hurt a lot. This time I haven't felt any pain at all since they put the cast on me. I guess I can do most leg exercises just fine, but what about the rest? Thank you for any suggestions. 🙏 EDIT: I hope it goes without saying that of course I don't want to do anything with my right arm. 😅 Also, what's up with all the downvotes? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2021 02:42 PM PDT The title explains most of it. I have been training with the recommended routine for about 6 months consistently, which exceptions of course, and very minor training before that. I've recently started to focus on training for the muscle up, yet I've been having trouble getting explosive on the pull up portion. For the past month (at least), I've been doing weighted pull ups with a 10lb dumbbell, with very marginal improvements. I probably increased a rep or two over the course of the month, and adding more weight didn't do anything for me of course. I get adequate amounts of sleep and I eat well, what could be the issue? Not eating enough before a workout? Let me know if you need more info. Thanks. [link] [comments] |
| Do you work on the "Mindful Mover" "Big Five"? What sort of training regimen do you aim for? Posted: 06 Jun 2021 05:52 PM PDT I've enjoyed working on the "Big Five," and I find they have a lot of spillover benefits for other movement patterns/exercises. But I'm not sure what sort of set, rep, and training frequency I should be aiming for. Has Philip and Martina ever addressed this? It seems that two times a week offers sufficient frequency. But how many reps and sets should we be aiming for in each progression? Each of the five during the two training days, or split in half some how? How do you structure your training? [link] [comments] |
| Body weight exercises at home? Posted: 06 Jun 2021 04:49 PM PDT Hi everyone, I'm just starting out with exercising. I posted before about wanting to lose 15 lbs and I'm currently at 126 lbs my goal weight is 108-110 lbs. I was recommended to go on a calorie deficit which I will do and to incorporate body weight exercises in my regular 30 min of cardio. 20 min jump rope and 10 min cool off walking. I don't know what consists of body weight exercises I have a couple weights at home but if anyone can explain what is something I can do at home to lose weight that would be really helpful. My goal is to lose 15 lbs by August so three months. I think this is a realistic goal but any advice would be appreciated thanks :) [link] [comments] |
| 2 months of calisthenics, noticing progress in strength but not looks... am I doing this right? Posted: 06 Jun 2021 02:54 PM PDT Hello I have a few questions on how to progress and really be able to have something to show for it regarding diet and working out with calisthenics. I'm 6'2" and 170-175lbs with some belly fat/love handles and have strived to keep at this weight thinking that since I can't see abs that means I need to cut cals to get rid of belly fat while working out (is this a reasonable assumption?)
In terms of the RR, I'm at: weighted pullups, weighted dips, ring pushups, horizontal weighted rows, and squats/deadlifts with weights. I feel like I'm towards the latter half of the RR and now it's just about adding more weights. The only skill I can't do from RR is RTO exercises but that's next. Questions: a. Am I working out enough (3 days/week, 60mins with the RR) and is the RR good to continue indefinitely? What should I "graduate" into? b. Am I eating enough? What should I be eating? c. Goal is to get rid of love handles/belly fat and get abs in addition to grow muscles and look like FitnessFAQs guy for example, through calisthenics and eventually learn some skills like muscleups and planche. d. What do I need to change? [link] [comments] |
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