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Ghaudly
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I live out in the woods and could not go to a gym if I wanted to, due to responsibilities at home- BUT! I'm in amazing shape. Pushups are fun, lunges make me walk faster, walking on my toes while cooking in the kitchen keeps my legs thin, and pinch-gripping bricks while taking a walk, are only a few of the things I throw into my day.
Chop wood, climb trees, balance yourself on the railroad track, and try not to fall off.
Play "stick tag"/ AKA sword-fighting. : D
But no, as far as pumping real iron, no. I use the bench-press down the road every so often, but I rarely go over 100 pounds (I weigh 135-150pounds, 5'8" tall)
Chop wood, climb trees, balance yourself on the railroad track, and try not to fall off.
Play "stick tag"/ AKA sword-fighting. : D
But no, as far as pumping real iron, no. I use the bench-press down the road every so often, but I rarely go over 100 pounds (I weigh 135-150pounds, 5'8" tall)
Do you mind sharing some of your cardiovascular and weightlifting routines. I'm trying to get into better shape myself lol. i use to lift heavy now I'm all about form and repititions smile
Long duration held isometric body-weight exercises are a great cardiovascular workout.
Example, I'll pick an exercise every few weeks, and slowly increase the duration of static held positions. I clocked myself at holding a halfway pushup for 165 seconds all at once, and a 160 second horse stance.
It takes a lot of heart-work to hold isometric poses for long durations. The key is to keep breathing normally at all times. When you get shaky, you know you've held a long isometric contraction.
I do lots of various pushups, clap pushups, and held pushups, because all of them affect muscles in different ways.
Same for lower body, eccentric, plyometric, and isometric exercises, when all combined over a period of time, build a very lean and athletic body.
Ghaudly
Example, I'll pick an exercise every few weeks, and slowly increase the duration of static held positions. I clocked myself at holding a halfway pushup for 165 seconds all at once, and a 160 second horse stance.
It takes a lot of heart-work to hold isometric poses for long durations. The key is to keep breathing normally at all times. When you get shaky, you know you've held a long isometric contraction.
I do lots of various pushups, clap pushups, and held pushups, because all of them affect muscles in different ways.
Same for lower body, eccentric, plyometric, and isometric exercises, when all combined over a period of time, build a very lean and athletic body.
Ghaudly
So you will do like a push up then hold yourself in the push up position for about 160 seconds, then go down, repeat for as long as your body can hold? Same with pull ups? I'll have to give all these workouts a try. Seems very useful. Plus I'm not looking to build muscle for show, more to use it for strength, endurence, and speed.
I'll hold it halfway, with no locked joints. You won't reach 160 seconds the first time, unless you're already a beast. Static holds are quite different than pumping iron - and it builds a lot of strength on slow twitch muscle fibers. So, you can switch it up each week, adding reps, and adding more time to your holds.
Bruce Lee did isometric holds, and a number of other things - But his power rack allowed multiple variations of numerous isometric holds, so yes, doing pullup static holds will effectively work you out too.
And what you can do is start at a 30 second hold, and either increase it each week, or when you feel you've recovered. And only go up by 5 to 10 seconds at a time.
I don't believe in working until your muscles give out. If you start to get shaky, or wobbly, you're done.
Bruce Lee did isometric holds, and a number of other things - But his power rack allowed multiple variations of numerous isometric holds, so yes, doing pullup static holds will effectively work you out too.
And what you can do is start at a 30 second hold, and either increase it each week, or when you feel you've recovered. And only go up by 5 to 10 seconds at a time.
I don't believe in working until your muscles give out. If you start to get shaky, or wobbly, you're done.
ah, I see. So one week, do it normally, then the next week for example I'm doing a squat, squat down and hold it for 5 seconds 5 times 3 sets, then give out if im done afterwards. I like the idea of this. I'll definitely give it a try thanks for the info bud!
