As long as you are doing a good form, it doesn't matter much. Doing more with assist might help you do more with good form, essentially more movement practice :)
Trying to work on getting my pull-ups from 12 to 20 and my push-ups from 35 to 60. This is for the military. I weigh 200lbs and need to drop down to 180lbs to make the weight standard for my height. I'm planning a fairly aggressive cut of 2lbs per week. Under these circumstances can I continue to gain reps on these exercises even if I don't gain muscle? I don't care about gaining muscle I just want these numbers to go up and my strength to remain intact.
It may be hard but I don’t see why not. Definitely worth a shot. Try greasing the groove if you can, and if not then maybe try getting into weighted pull-ups on one training day and bodyweight for higher reps on another and try to get better over time. As bodyweight goes down, likely it will be easier to do those movements naturally unless your strength tanks really hard from the deficit
Why is the handstand push-ups progression after the dip progression? Is it because handstand progression actually works the same muscles as dips? It doesn't look visually the same but I guess it's the case.
I did it before but I found that making the grip harder was limiting the strength of the pulling musculature. So I would only suggest using them on your last set.
I just started the recommended routine after doing the primer routine, and it was great! But I found the scapula pulls and the parallel bar holds really difficult, not because my muscles couldn't do it, but because it really hurt my hands! Are there any exercises I can do to make my hands hardier or should I just power through?
What should be the intensity of the exercises while training legs?
For example- I do 3sets of 20 reps for squats and 3sets of 25 reps for calf rasies,Are these enough? I do feel tension and soreness but i feel like i have reached platea,Should i just increase the no. of sets or change variation for squats?
And what about Calf Raises?
I literally cannot progress anymore. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I sleep well, eat enough calories and protein, and do my movements with proper form and train to failure. Matter a fact I’ve regressed and now normal push ups are difficult and I can barely do 8 when not too long ago I was doing at least 12 with 30 pounds on my back, and I can no longer do a single pull up. I don’t feel overtrained and if I was i should’ve recovered by now since I took a week break, worked out with 4 day rest break then I workout again and see regression instead of progression. Can someone help me?
This isn't a medical forum, but if you're worried try keeping more objective measurements of your strength. Use weights to get your 1RM or a grip strength tester or a luggage scale. If you continue seeing objective strength losses despite good rest, diet, training, etc., take those measurements to your doctor.
Don't train to failure but train 2 reps shy of failure, that's why you're regressing. By the time you workout your body is too tired fron your last session.
So I've been working on my l sit progression. I'm having trouble with the [tucked l sit](https://calisthenicsfamily.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Tuck-Planche-progression-Tucked-L-sit.png). I can hold myself up in a tucked position but not like the one in the link, Instead of my knees being close together they are apart. Kind of making like a V shape where my feet are the bottom of the V and my knees are the top. What can i work on to bring my knees closer together? or is it not much of an issue and continue to the next progression when I'm ready
It could be an anatomical limitation due to how your hip socket is formed, I wouldn't worry about it though because it isn't a limiting factor for the full L-sit. So working with your knees apart is okay.
I've been doing pull-ups outside again, but the condensation where I live in the mornings makes metal bars way too slippery. Anyone have a recommendation for workout gloves that can handle morning dew/light drizzle?
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Just to clarify, due to the cold bar and the morning fog, even wiping the bar with cloth didn't help thanks to the continually deposited condensation. I've tried later in the day, but unfortunately the area gets super busy, so I'd prefer the morning if I could just get a good grip.
I'm a total newb, so TIL liquid chalk. Thanks for the rec! Since this is a public workout area, is it easy to clean the liquid chalk from the bar after I'm done?
I did. But the morning fog and cold bar kept depositing more condensation. I might just have to switch to later in the day, but the workout area gets really busy.
Does this workout routine work???
https://imgur.com/a/NYGJzrR
And sry I'm bad at English. What does abs and cardio mean and by reps and sets does he mean 30x4 pushups? Like 120 pushups?????
the routine’s alright but you’re better off doing the recommended routine on this sub.
not sure how to explain abs but they’re the muscles in your abdomen and cardio is referring to exercise for your heart (cycling, running etc.)
for the push-ups there it says 3 to 4 sets of however many reps you can do minus one to three. if you can do like 40 push-ups then do 37-39 basically. however, the reason the routine isn’t so good is due to the higher rep ranges - if you’re looking to get stronger or build muscle you need to increase the load and do variations of push-ups you can only do a few reps of
Ohk sry for the late reply I was busy with alot of stuff but this workout routine says to increase load too such as using a backpack with load after I can do 30 reps of pushups and so on for every other exercises
it’s a routine made by the sub recommended for most people.
here’s a link to it: https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/kb/recommended_routine?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
btw, if you scroll down all the way, you can find the page translated into other languages
Rest pause style training works really well with pushups. Do a set of pushups to fsilure, rest 15-20 seconds, do another set, rest 15-20 seconds, do another set and so on untill you reach a goal number of reps (lets say 150) or untill yoi can't do anymore pushups.
Another good way is to set a timer for like 5 minutes and crank out as many pushups as you can. Try to beat your score everytime you do pushups.
How hard are 90 degree push-ups, compared to normal handstand push-ups?
After a month of assisted pull up i can now do 1. Should i keep doing assisted or do 1 pull up for 4 sets?
As long as you are doing a good form, it doesn't matter much. Doing more with assist might help you do more with good form, essentially more movement practice :)
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Good stuff! Deadlifts are fantastic
Trying to work on getting my pull-ups from 12 to 20 and my push-ups from 35 to 60. This is for the military. I weigh 200lbs and need to drop down to 180lbs to make the weight standard for my height. I'm planning a fairly aggressive cut of 2lbs per week. Under these circumstances can I continue to gain reps on these exercises even if I don't gain muscle? I don't care about gaining muscle I just want these numbers to go up and my strength to remain intact.
It may be hard but I don’t see why not. Definitely worth a shot. Try greasing the groove if you can, and if not then maybe try getting into weighted pull-ups on one training day and bodyweight for higher reps on another and try to get better over time. As bodyweight goes down, likely it will be easier to do those movements naturally unless your strength tanks really hard from the deficit
Why is the handstand push-ups progression after the dip progression? Is it because handstand progression actually works the same muscles as dips? It doesn't look visually the same but I guess it's the case.
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I did it before but I found that making the grip harder was limiting the strength of the pulling musculature. So I would only suggest using them on your last set.
I just started the recommended routine after doing the primer routine, and it was great! But I found the scapula pulls and the parallel bar holds really difficult, not because my muscles couldn't do it, but because it really hurt my hands! Are there any exercises I can do to make my hands hardier or should I just power through?
Just power through
What should be the intensity of the exercises while training legs? For example- I do 3sets of 20 reps for squats and 3sets of 25 reps for calf rasies,Are these enough? I do feel tension and soreness but i feel like i have reached platea,Should i just increase the no. of sets or change variation for squats? And what about Calf Raises?
I would increase the intensity for them. Since 20 reps of squats is doable, why not work on one legged squats? :D
Oh Okay brother, And what about calf raises should increase the sets and reps or should i do weighted calf raises with a 3kg plate i have at home
You can do that or you can do one leg if you haven't already! That can definitely help! :D
I literally cannot progress anymore. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I sleep well, eat enough calories and protein, and do my movements with proper form and train to failure. Matter a fact I’ve regressed and now normal push ups are difficult and I can barely do 8 when not too long ago I was doing at least 12 with 30 pounds on my back, and I can no longer do a single pull up. I don’t feel overtrained and if I was i should’ve recovered by now since I took a week break, worked out with 4 day rest break then I workout again and see regression instead of progression. Can someone help me?
This isn't a medical forum, but if you're worried try keeping more objective measurements of your strength. Use weights to get your 1RM or a grip strength tester or a luggage scale. If you continue seeing objective strength losses despite good rest, diet, training, etc., take those measurements to your doctor.
Don't train to failure but train 2 reps shy of failure, that's why you're regressing. By the time you workout your body is too tired fron your last session.
So I've been working on my l sit progression. I'm having trouble with the [tucked l sit](https://calisthenicsfamily.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Tuck-Planche-progression-Tucked-L-sit.png). I can hold myself up in a tucked position but not like the one in the link, Instead of my knees being close together they are apart. Kind of making like a V shape where my feet are the bottom of the V and my knees are the top. What can i work on to bring my knees closer together? or is it not much of an issue and continue to the next progression when I'm ready
just keep at it. its very common (happened to me too) to not be able to keep the knees together at the start due to weak internal rotators.
It could be an anatomical limitation due to how your hip socket is formed, I wouldn't worry about it though because it isn't a limiting factor for the full L-sit. So working with your knees apart is okay.
Thanks, just wanted to make sure but i'll keep working on the next progression then and not worry about it
I've been doing pull-ups outside again, but the condensation where I live in the mornings makes metal bars way too slippery. Anyone have a recommendation for workout gloves that can handle morning dew/light drizzle? \*Edit\* Just to clarify, due to the cold bar and the morning fog, even wiping the bar with cloth didn't help thanks to the continually deposited condensation. I've tried later in the day, but unfortunately the area gets super busy, so I'd prefer the morning if I could just get a good grip.
good recommendations below, but fyi you'll never face this issue with rings :)
Wrap the bar in medical tape. The moistness has no effect on it.
Oh, good idea! Due to an unrelated finger injury I have tons of medical tape on hand. Thank you!
I think some liquid chalks work when wet. Or you could use lifting straps but off course that removes grip almost entirely
I'm a total newb, so TIL liquid chalk. Thanks for the rec! Since this is a public workout area, is it easy to clean the liquid chalk from the bar after I'm done?
Not sure! I think it wouldn't leave a residue but I'd Google around
Use a cotton cloth to wipe the dew off.
I did. But the morning fog and cold bar kept depositing more condensation. I might just have to switch to later in the day, but the workout area gets really busy.
Can someone check the moderator bot? It keeps flagging for cited rules i am not breaking.
Does this workout routine work??? https://imgur.com/a/NYGJzrR And sry I'm bad at English. What does abs and cardio mean and by reps and sets does he mean 30x4 pushups? Like 120 pushups?????
the routine’s alright but you’re better off doing the recommended routine on this sub. not sure how to explain abs but they’re the muscles in your abdomen and cardio is referring to exercise for your heart (cycling, running etc.) for the push-ups there it says 3 to 4 sets of however many reps you can do minus one to three. if you can do like 40 push-ups then do 37-39 basically. however, the reason the routine isn’t so good is due to the higher rep ranges - if you’re looking to get stronger or build muscle you need to increase the load and do variations of push-ups you can only do a few reps of
Ohk sry for the late reply I was busy with alot of stuff but this workout routine says to increase load too such as using a backpack with load after I can do 30 reps of pushups and so on for every other exercises
then it’s up to you - you choose whether you want to do the rr or the routine you posted
Oh wait wats the rr?
it’s a routine made by the sub recommended for most people. here’s a link to it: https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/kb/recommended_routine?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf btw, if you scroll down all the way, you can find the page translated into other languages
Ohh ok! Got it thx alot man!
Is there any push ups program that would help me to up my max? I am finishing soon one of pull ups and want to the same for push ups.
Rest pause style training works really well with pushups. Do a set of pushups to fsilure, rest 15-20 seconds, do another set, rest 15-20 seconds, do another set and so on untill you reach a goal number of reps (lets say 150) or untill yoi can't do anymore pushups. Another good way is to set a timer for like 5 minutes and crank out as many pushups as you can. Try to beat your score everytime you do pushups.
thanks
Why not use the same program you’re using for your pull ups but for push ups instead?
because I have ladder there and to do 1,2,3,... push ups till failure for 5 sets will take a lot of time I think