The Health, Wellness, weight loss, and fitness thread

[Jwar]

For me it was all pushing lifts. But everyone is different.

[gunslinger_burrito]

I'm going to leave this here.
http://brihaspati.net/downloads/Buildin ... 0(7Summits).pdf

Talk about functional strength. . .
"How strong is it possible to become with gymnastics exercises?
Amazingly strong. In fact I would go so far as to say, done correctly, far
stronger than someone who ha d trained for the same amount of time with free
weights. Want some concrete examples? One of my former students, JJ
Gregory (1993 Junior National Champion on the Still Rings) developed such a
high degree of strength from my gymnastics conditioning program that on his
first day in his high school weightlifting class he dead lifted 400lbs, and this at
the scale breaking weight of 135 lbs. and a height of 5'3". "

[Jwar]

Links broken for me.

[the_carl]

http://brihaspati.net/downloads/Building%20the%20Gymnastic%20Body%20(7Summits).pdf

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[the_carl]

So I've been lifting MWF and am pretty happy with my progress over the past two months, but now my doctor tells me my blood pressure is slightly high and I need to do more cardio. Is it better for my gainz to add cardio to lifting days, or should I do cardio Tuesday/Thursday/weekends?

[Jwar]

http://brihaspati.net/downloads/Building%20the%20Gymnastic%20Body%20(7Summits).pdf

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Wow it's a book! LOL! I started reading it and it's pretty fucking interesting. Going to finish this sucker.

[gunslinger_burrito]

I'm really going to have to start forcing myself into the harder progressions for the moves I've been working on. It's been almost six months since I started and I'm not that much further along. I did some front lever work yesterday, and while I've been doing them with legs at 90 degrees, I did them by alternating one leg straight out and the other tucked. It felt like my lats were going to explode, and today my traps are soooooo sore. Handstand pushups went better than usual yesterday, too. Sets of 5x3 on my parallettes, with pretty good range of motion.

edite: Ever since I started doing this shit I've not once had to do crunches, sit ups or anything like them, and my abs are harder than they've ever been.

[gunslinger_burrito]

Trying to decide if it's better to do full-body workouts, upper/lower splits, or just dedicate each day to certain movements. Since substituting more of the straight-arm gymnastic stuff for the pushing and pulling bent arm work, my strength is starting to improve, but I'm wondering if a different workout split will benefit me more....

[gunslinger_burrito]

I'm also just going to leave this one here:
http://legendarystrength.com/mako-sakam ... up-record/

Inspiration to increase my own HSP count.

[Jwar]

So I've been lifting MWF and am pretty happy with my progress over the past two months, but now my doctor tells me my blood pressure is slightly high and I need to do more cardio. Is it better for my gainz to add cardio to lifting days, or should I do cardio Tuesday/Thursday/weekends?

Sorry missed this question. So basically it really depends on the intensity of your workouts. I do such intense exercise that I literally do not need to do cardio unless I'm trying to cut down on fat (which will be soon). For my clients I always recommend what you're doing but give yourself a day or two off completely. You don't need to work out 7 days a week. 5 is sufficient for most people as long as you are giving it your all when you're there.

Are you doing circuits? Or a split routine (a few muscle groups at a time?)? You can always do your cardio after you lift as well.

One thing to make sure of is to have the right breathing techniques too. That can help with blood pressure. Learn to breath while you exercise and it helps so much.






I'm in a slump lately in my own plan. I'm so tired of bulking I could scream! This has been the hardest thing I've done in a long time. I thought cutting was bad, I want that back. I'm up to 198 from 187 today. It has been a HUGE pain in the ass to gain weight. There were weeks I literally would not move at all. Now I feel myself getting fuller, but I'm gaining some fat back. UGH. It's all the process though. Just annoying.

Also I've been having anxiety and all kinds of weird shit happening to me lately. So I'm having a bunch of blood tests done to see what the hell is wrong with me. Having my test levels checked, thyroid...etc.

[gunslinger_burrito]

I've always been a pretty skinny dude, and whenever I eat a shitload trying to put on some size, I even get weird about putting on fat. Strangely, though, I started to allow myself a little more carbs than I was doing for a while, and I feel much better. I hit another point of feeling noticeably more muscular again. Maybe it's just that the carbs are making my muscles look fuller?

I'm in a slump lately in my own plan. I'm so tired of bulking I could scream! This has been the hardest thing I've done in a long time. I thought cutting was bad, I want that back. I'm up to 198 from 187 today. It has been a HUGE pain in the ass to gain weight. There were weeks I literally would not move at all. Now I feel myself getting fuller, but I'm gaining some fat back. UGH. It's all the process though. Just annoying.

Also I've been having anxiety and all kinds of weird shit happening to me lately. So I'm having a bunch of blood tests done to see what the hell is wrong with me. Having my test levels checked, thyroid...etc.

Life events aside, is there a chance that all the ups and downs of cutting/bulking are fucking with your system? Either way, good luck dude

[jfrey]

I wish I liked jogging.

[gunslinger_burrito]

I MISS jogging. It just doesn't fit into my schedule anymore. You need the cardios? Didn't you say somewhere that you used to box? Dunno if you've ever gotten into running much, but if you give it a few weeks, your system will catch up quick.

[jfrey]

:lol: I MISS jogging. It just doesn't fit into my schedule anymore. You need the cardios? Didn't you say somewhere that you used to box? Dunno if you've ever gotten into running much, but if you give it a few weeks, your system will catch up quick.

Even when I was boxing I never ran much. I would just do extra of other cardio stuff to make up for it.

I really only like running when it's on trails in the woods. Which is doable, but not as part of a regular routine - for me at least.

[Jwar]

I've always been a pretty skinny dude, and whenever I eat a shitload trying to put on some size, I even get weird about putting on fat. Strangely, though, I started to allow myself a little more carbs than I was doing for a while, and I feel much better. I hit another point of feeling noticeably more muscular again. Maybe it's just that the carbs are making my muscles look fuller?

I'm in a slump lately in my own plan. I'm so tired of bulking I could scream! This has been the hardest thing I've done in a long time. I thought cutting was bad, I want that back. I'm up to 198 from 187 today. It has been a HUGE pain in the ass to gain weight. There were weeks I literally would not move at all. Now I feel myself getting fuller, but I'm gaining some fat back. UGH. It's all the process though. Just annoying.

Also I've been having anxiety and all kinds of weird shit happening to me lately. So I'm having a bunch of blood tests done to see what the hell is wrong with me. Having my test levels checked, thyroid...etc.

Life events aside, is there a chance that all the ups and downs of cutting/bulking are fucking with your system? Either way, good luck dude

Oh no doubt. I've gone through phases of being overweight and underweight. So I'm trying to allow myself to chill and just do the process.

The ups and downs could certainly be caused by my program for sure. It's a shock on the system. The weird thing though is the sudden onset of it. I think it has to do with something else. I can't talk about it, but I found something out recently that's been weighing very heavy on me. Tearing me up inside. So if my results come back ok I'm going to seek out a psychologist. I can't keep taking anxiety medicine the way I've been having to the last week and a half.