The TFP Health Club

Congrats!

 

Thirty pounds is mighty impressive.

I'm up 7, but I'm pretty sure it's mostly muscle.

I'm working on proper pull ups. I can do reverse and I can manage them from a "running start" as it were, but from a locked elbow hang I can only seem to haul myself up about half way. That's a pretty good improvement over when I started and couldn't haul myself up at all, but I guess I'll stick to assisted for now. My workout, as of Wednesday, which is the last day I did resistance:

Pushups, 3x10
Lunges, 3x12, per leg
plank, 2x45 seconds
assisted pull-ups, 3x9 narrow grip on the first, wide grip on the last.

Then ten minutes of timed skipping practice.

I suck at skipping, so hard. I can manage a solid thirty seconds and then I have to take a break, so it's kind of an interval thing right now.

I'm working on L-sits. They're insane. I can't manage them yet, but it's a work in progress.

I'm getting pretty good at shoulder stands, in so far as I can do one and not feel like I'm going to fall over and/or break my neck. I sway like a drunk on mardi gras, but I figure for being upside down that's just something I'll have to work on. Core strength. Once I get better at that I'll start working up to a handstand.

 

This may not come from me as any surprise, but whatevs:

If you aren't already doing them, and if you can handle them, I'd recommend focusing on burpees for a few reasons, mainly because they're an all-in-one exercise.

1. They'll train your cardio (which will help with your skipping endurance).
2. They'll train your core.
3. They'll train your coordination/movement.
4. They'll train your lower body.
5. Proper variations will train your upper body at the same time.

Burpees in general may help you work towards the L-sit, but consider doing tuck-jump burpees because it adds another conditioning dynamic. If you're crazy, add on top of that a pushup with each rep. If you're insane, add a pull-up at the top of the cycle as well.

Burpees are an awesome full-body workout if you want it to be. I always hit my max when I do them. They're a beautiful exercise.

Perhaps you've done them based on that chart you linked in your blog. But I'm telling you now, do more of them!

Just ask @DamnitAll

 

I've done burpees. They're pretty intense.

Think of the above as kind of a sample routine. I like variety, so I change it up. Pushups and pull-ups are mainstays, but I switch out core work and leg work pretty frequently.

 

My hip adductors are burning.

/pushkicks

 

I put this in my blog, but figured it ought to be here as well. Here is the periodic table of bodyweight exercises. Pick a body part, a difficulty level, and do it to it.

http://www.strengthstack52.com/periodic-table-of-bodyweight-exercises/

 

Does anybody else get bummed out on rest days?

Like, I busted my ass last night. My shoulders and arms have that loose/sore feeling that comes from really pushing it. My legs say no mas. But I still just want to move, and do something.

Maybe I'll go for a nice long walk this afternoon.

 

Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm down with the importance of rest days. If you don't need rest days you're not really working out.

It's just that they tend to be restless days for me.

 

"Cardio" is a side effect.

 

Yeah. Apparently cardio is a side effect of running.

I guess I'm trying to say that cardio should be a means, not an end.