Bodyweight Fitness: BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-07-05 |
- BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-07-05
- I don't know if I'm doing enough volume
- Workouts Getting Affected By Temperature
- soo is my routine good for not a beginner...
- Leg raises: problem keeping my back flat
- Does any feel like they lose gains after training a while??
- Bodyweight exercises and bulking
- help a newbie out
- Pull-up prog issues
- I want to achieve a one arm pullup. Any advice on my routine?
- How "easy" should it be to progress in weighted chin/pullups? Should they be very grindy?
- Advice on my current routine
- How do I overcome my fears and get better at it?
- How to breathe properly during Reverse Hypertensions?
- Thoughts on this Korean Youtube channel Master Choi
- Doing push ups to gain mass and get stronger
- Why can I do ring muscle ups but not bar muscle ups?
| BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-07-05 Posted: 05 Jul 2021 04:01 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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| I don't know if I'm doing enough volume Posted: 05 Jul 2021 04:20 PM PDT Hey guys. As of lately, after gaining some basic strenght for almost a year, I have decided to try and put a little bit more muscle on and train more in the 6-15 rep range. The problem is that I feel like I'm not doing enough volume because I get so gassed out doing compound movements like pull ups and dips, since I go practically to failure everytime.. My routine is simple, I do 3-4 sets on that 6-15 rep range of pullups, pike pushups, dips and body rows, in this order, 2x a week. At the end of a set I need at least 2-3 minutes of rest and I still go down from, for example, 14 pullups to 9, and the workout takes little less than an hour to complete ( at the end I do shoulder health exercises like resistance band external rotations + stretching so like 1,5 hours) The thing is, on the one hand, I feel like it is enough since I have been progressing on reps and such but on the other hand, every workout from youtubers I see has like double the exercises, it's ridiculous. What do you think? [link] [comments] |
| Workouts Getting Affected By Temperature Posted: 06 Jul 2021 08:35 AM PDT Hello everyone! In November 2020, I promised myself to commit to the Recommended Routine for at least one year, i.e. till November 2021, and to progressively overload in that routine only. I do it three times a week in the evening, with Nordic & Reverse Nordic Curls on off days. One of the primary reasons why I workout is because of the fact that it improves my mental health and overall well being. Recently, in my country, there has been a major spike in Humidity and Overall Temperature, rising as high as 78% and 39*C respectively. As such, following through the Recommend Routine seems like a very herculean and difficult task nowadays, considering that I get completely exhausted and drenched in sweat by I'm done with the first pair (3*8 Squats + 3*6 Pullups). I have tried taking a shower pre-workout, but apparently it doesn't help much either. The very realization of my body reacting this way makes me procrastinate or worse, makes me want to leave the workout half-way in. As a consequence, my mental health isn't as 'stable' as it used it to be, which definitely interferes with my day-to-day functioning. My friends, would there be some sort of method/technique/strategy to stick to the RR without being completely drained and drenched? Or should I stick to a different routine? I am in a dire need of feedback and ideas. Please share your opinions. Many thanks! [link] [comments] |
| soo is my routine good for not a beginner... Posted: 06 Jul 2021 08:14 AM PDT So I'm not a complete beginner, I'm working out for a year now, I had a break for around 1and half months, I'm working out 4 days a week, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. So right now I'm able to make 5 clear dips with slower speed, 7 diamond palm push-ups with great form slower speed, for pull-ups I'm not good and I'm able to make 5 of them with so so form at normal speed and 4 not good form headbangers, usually I do 40 squats on toe whole time with 7 kg of weight. So what do you think about my new workout routine? - cycling 3 km to my calisthenics park at the highest gear - worm up - 10 slower diamond push-ups - 10 palm diamond push-ups - 10 explosive clap push-ups - 50 dips (until I fail to go on) - 10 chin pull-ups - 10 headbangers - 10 reverse grip pull-ups - 10 slow negative pull-ups (until I fail to go on) - stretching That is the end of my routine, so what is your thought on this? [link] [comments] |
| Leg raises: problem keeping my back flat Posted: 05 Jul 2021 03:58 PM PDT Hi guys, I'm having a serious problem with my core workout right now and it's messing them up a lot. When I'm doing a core workout which involves my legs such as bicycles or flutter kicks my lower back curves up a lot. I've tried lying flat on the ground, tensing my core to keep my back flat and then trying to lift my legs but no matter what I do my lower back arches up as soon as I lift my legs above 45° due to the strain. I've tried starting with my legs straight up at 90° but when they go to about 45° my back ends up arching. When it arches up I try to push it down with my core but It only brings my legs really far up and if I try to put them back to position I go back to square 1. It causes a lot of strain on my lower back and afterwards my lower back is a lot sorer than my abs. It's made the exercises pretty useless since my back only ends up being sore and it does nothing for my core so I have to substitute them for other core workouts which I'd really rather not do. I've searched for an answer online and couldn't find anything. Anyone had this problems and got any tips on how to fix it? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Does any feel like they lose gains after training a while?? Posted: 06 Jul 2021 11:48 AM PDT I've trained on an off for a while now, a few years, but never really stuck with it long term. About New Years I decided to stick with it long term and make it a consistent habit, even if I keep it basic; after all, slow and steady wins the race right?? First 2.5 months, April to mid June, went great and I've seen steady and good progress. I split my routine upper (push ups and chin ups)/ lower(squats/situps) with a rest day each week, with jump rope and at least 10k walking each day. Took a week off mid June, and a few days for the 4th. This is where my frustration comes in, since about mid June not only have I not seen any progress (be it physique, reps/set, or the scale), but I feel like I'm regressing. My diet's decent (drink only water, don't any junk like candy, chips, cake, ice cream, etc), and fairly consistent ~2,200 calories a day (M/5'10"/~158lbs). Any tips, or ideas?? Before quarantine I was ~140 lbs, I'd like to get sub 150 again, but recomped with lean muscle. Sorry, if any of this is noobish or re-posted a million times. [link] [comments] |
| Bodyweight exercises and bulking Posted: 06 Jul 2021 09:48 AM PDT When you bulk, bodyweight exercises will naturally get harder. Do you people think it's effective to compromise form slightly (for e.g. hunched shoulders during pull ups) and try to do the same number of reps? Or is it more effective lower the reps/ reduce any added weight in case of weighted bodyweight exercises and do the exercise with clean reps? Also, how do you think the mental discouragement caused by fewer reps of bodyweight exercises should be dealt with during bulking?(since, if you don't lift weights, there is no such thing as your "lifts" going up to keep you motivated) P.S. - I rephrased my answer to provoke discussion, don't remove the post please [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jul 2021 09:23 AM PDT Hello guys and girls, I've been training for a little over 7 months now and I've seen a lot of progress, but hit a bit of a plateau in the last couple of months. I've struggle to increase my pull ups and push ups and feel a bit frustrated. My current routine looks like this: I rest 3 mins between each set. Monday: Push
Tuesday: Pull
Thursday: Legs
Sunday:
I try to do every exercise until failure because I can only train 3 times a week plus cardio, but I get super fatigued and my max reps decrease rapidly with each set. Should I dial the reps back? I don't have weights but I try to progress my exercises by doing more difficult variations (archer push ups, elevated pyke push ups, etc.). Is my routine too basic? I am 23 years old, 174 c.m. tall, 82kg sitting at around 24% bodyfat (I'm a bit chubby but I'm losing weight slowly). I haven't increased my push ups nor pullups in 3 months but my archer pushups and pyke pushups are getting better. My goal is general fitness and strength. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jul 2021 06:32 AM PDT Ive been following the RR for a bit now (I was doing it for 3-4 months then I stopped when I moved back home, then I picked it up again about a month ago) and it has been working well for the most part, I've been seeing progress physically and In almost every exercise except pull-ups, I find they're going extremely slow, and my current record of 3x6 feels like I'm not getting anywhere, next time I do them in my next season I feel no stronger in any way in the pull up department Things like pushups, situps, planks, I can do all of them well, (I used to just do squats pushups and situps all week before RR) and even pull up negatives aren't too bad either I'm curious if it's normal just to have a hard time with pull ups or what I might be missing? [link] [comments] |
| I want to achieve a one arm pullup. Any advice on my routine? Posted: 06 Jul 2021 05:36 AM PDT Im 55kg, 7% BF, 50% muscle mass. I've been rock climbing for 2 years and I've gotten really into calisthenics the past year. I work out 4-5 days/week. I would do 7 days/week, but I need some rest days. My diet mostly consists of wholegrain rice, wholegrain bread, salad, and beans (for the protein) (and occasionally some Mcdonalds, let's be honest). I eat virtually zero fat. I take B12, vitamin C and D, and iron supplements. I also do 1 protein shake per day. For my light weight, I think I reach my protein requirements. I drink about 2.5 - 3 liters of water per day and get 8 hours of sleep (usually). That's basically it for the diet stuff. My climbing gym has a really good workout area, so I just work out at the climbing gym so that I can do both in one session. I usually climb for 1.5 hours and work out for 2 hours (sometimes other way around). I don't have a set workout routine, but it's usually something like this. 5 sets of weighted (20kg 40% of BW) pullups. Around 5 pullups per set, maybe 3-4 on the last sets. At least one 1RM weighted pullup (30kg). Some OAC's with light resistance band. 1 arm lock off around 5 seconds, maybe 3 reps on each arm. 5 sets of 10 regular pullups. 3 sets of 10 (15 if I'm feeling good) bicep curls (10 kg). 3 sets of 15 bicep curls (10 kg). I also do tons of leg raises (straight legs) and I L sit for 30 seconds. And for climbing, I do a lot of moon board climbing, hangboarding, and campus boarding. I always do those before everything else (after warmup tho of course) so that my fingers aren't tired. Is this a sustainable workout routine? Is it too much/too little to achieve my goals (one arm pullup)? Is there serious risk of injury that I don't know about? Since I've only worked out for 2 years, have I not built up enough of a foundation for a heavy workout? I need some advice. [link] [comments] |
| How "easy" should it be to progress in weighted chin/pullups? Should they be very grindy? Posted: 06 Jul 2021 05:21 AM PDT Quick context: I did a mini cut in april for a month. It ended in may, since then I'm bulking. The lowest I got towards the end of the cut was 79kg. My weighted chinups were 24kg 3x6 during that time. Now you obviously regain quite abit quickly if you are in a surplus due to water weight. When I train, I weigh roughly 84kg with food and water in me. However, all my other lifts improved bit by bit, but I literally could not progress weighted chins since May. I up the weight once I hit 3x8 but I simply could not do it. Now I took off 4kg, restarted at 20kg 3x6, but it feels like I'll be close to RPE 9 or 10 once I add more reps. It doesnt feel like I have much in the tank even after lowering the weight. Question: Should I lower the weight so I have more reps in reserve, or simply accept that I'll have to grind my way to more reps and weight? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2021 06:25 PM PDT Here's what I'm doing right now. Could I get some optimisation advice or just flat out corrections/tips etc. The following is alot of Ring work based on info from Tao Physique and some FitnessFaq. I do one upperbody day with some added weight and another without, just with higher reps. As for legs, ngl, I've neglected them for a while. What I have right now is my way of easing into doing full leg workouts. It's a bit all over the place but it's something. Upperbody workouts take approx 2hrs - 2hrs 30 mins. Lower body takes about an hour roughly. Although I don't go crazy as my knee is still recovering somewhat. Schedule is as follows: Mon: upperbody1 Tues: legs Wed: rest/cardio/core Thurs: upperbody2 Fri: legs Sat: rest/cardio/core Sun: rest UPPERBODY 1 Warm Up OHP 50-60lbs 4x10 RTO Holds 4x40s Ring Pull Ups 4x6 w/15-20lbs weight Ring Commando Pull Ups 4x6 w/15-20lbs weight RTO Dips 3x8 w/15-20lbs weight Ring Rows 3x10 w/15-20lbs weight Ring Push Ups 3x10 w/15-20lbs weight Y&T (like a ring face pull basically) (3x6) EZ bar Bicep Curls 4x10 @ 50lbs (heaviest I've got right now) Dumbbell lateral/side raises 3x10 @ 20lbs Dumbbell front raises 3x30 @ 20lbs LWRBDY1 Weighted Squats 3x15 @ 50lbs Weighted lunges 3x20 @ 50lbs Alternating Side lunges 3x15 per Bulgarian Split Squat 3x15 per Box Jumps 3x12 Weighted Calf Raises 3x30 Tip Toe Wall Sit 3x40s REST - Light Abs/Glutes 15-20 minutes UPBDY2 Warm Up RTO Ring Hold 4x45s Tuck Eccentrics 4x6 Ring Archer Push Ups 3x8 Ring Pull Ups 4x8 Ring Commando Pull Ups 4x 8-10 RTO Bulgarian Dips 3x8 Ring Rows 3x12 Y&T 3x6 Diamond Push Ups 3x20 EZ Bar Bicep Curls 4x10 Dumbbell Shrugs 3x23 LWRBDY2 Weighted Squats 3x15 @ 50lbs Weighted lunges 3x20 @ 50lbs Alternating Side lunges 3x15 per Bulgarian Split Squat 3x15 per Box Jumps 3x12 Weighted Calf Raises 3x30 @? Tip Toe Wall Sit 3x40s REST - Cardio REST - Light Abs/Glutes 15-20 minutes [link] [comments] |
| How do I overcome my fears and get better at it? Posted: 05 Jul 2021 07:23 PM PDT Ever since I was a kid I couldn't do front rolls or back rolls and was afraid of it, really cutting it short I train professional wrestling and a bit part of it are the rolls and the flip bumps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5EhMgCU41c&ab_channel=SantinoBros.Wrestling video for reference), I can semi do a roll but they're always really crooked super zig zaggy all over the place. [link] [comments] |
| How to breathe properly during Reverse Hypertensions? Posted: 05 Jul 2021 10:38 PM PDT I'm not sure if it's just me, but I have a hard time breathing while performing reverse hypertensions. It's uncomfortable and sometimes even a little painful to breathe in during a rep, so I end up finding myself pausing every few reps to gasp for air. Am I somehow just performing the exercise incorrectly? Or is there like a proper way to breathe during this exercise? Also, which muscles are supposed to be worked? I don't really feel any soreness from doing this exercise, which could be a sign that I'm doing it wrong :/ I would love to be able to get better at this exercise, but I have no clue what I'm doing wrong... [link] [comments] |
| Thoughts on this Korean Youtube channel Master Choi Posted: 05 Jul 2021 03:00 PM PDT There's a Korean YouTuber called Master Choi that uploads a lot of videos on bodyweight (bare body) fitness: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_VPa-Kcv8K17umQ0uZ7aGw The videos are in Korean but he has English subs for a lot of the videos. I was wondering how much of the information in the videos are legit. For example, one of the most viewed videos is about push ups. I always try to keep an eye out for these kinds of channels that try to provide a lot of information along with their tips so you're not just blindly following whatever exercise is shown, but this is the first Korean channel I've come across and all of the comments are in Korean so I'm not too sure how good the quality of the information is. A lot of the videos seem to focus on proper form and conditioning over just general getting "fit". For example his video on anterior pelvic tilt. [link] [comments] |
| Doing push ups to gain mass and get stronger Posted: 06 Jul 2021 12:55 AM PDT I want to do push ups to gain mass. I've started push up challenges of 300 every other day in the past but never got past the 6,7 week mark. I wanna know if anybody has any experience with a prolonged push up schedule and/or tips to maximize my gains? I can do 8 in a row and when I get to 15 in a row I'll make them harder, add variations so I can keep them hard enough for my muscles to still keep growing. I'll eat a healthy diet, with one gram of protein per pound of bodyweight. I think it's manageable to do 200-300 push ups every other day for at least 5-6 months and then evaluate. If anybody has any comments/thoughts i'd love to hear it. [link] [comments] |
| Why can I do ring muscle ups but not bar muscle ups? Posted: 05 Jul 2021 05:07 PM PDT Hi! I've started calisthenics recently. My first goal was to do a bar muscle up (trained for about two months). I learned to do one bar muscle up but I had to kip a lot so I did some research and found I could get the kip out by learning to do ring muscle ups. Day after rings arrive, I do my first ring muscle up. About a week later, I can do three consecutive ring muscle ups- no kip. Now, around two weeks of practicing ring muscle ups, I go back to the bar and can still barely do a bar muscle up without some kip or a little jump. I feel like if I'm strong enough, but there's something I don't know about the technique (fyi I've only watched every YouTube video on proper form and technique). Strength: - I can do 20 consecutive pullups with spectacular form
Any tips on how to improve? What could I be doing wrong ? Do you think I'm still not strong enough? Are ring muscle ups just easier? [link] [comments] |
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