Cardio…is it better to do in the gym or outdoors? If so, why?
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If you wanna be like rocky do it outdoors, if you wanna be like drago do it in the gym.
i used to do some of those while training for taekwondo, but yeah… usually bodyweight isn’t enough for lower body. you really need weights if you want to build strength. for endurance/density, i guess they’re alright…
lol i can still raise my foot to head height for 15 seconds thanks to TKD, and i haven’t done it for 6 years. it can go a long way i suppose.
Lol,
I think What better suits you, i get bored jogging, so i get on the stationary bike before my workout
I mean I don’t feel anything in my back. No fatigue. It’s supposed to be partly a lower back workout right?
for lower back i remember stiff leg deadlifts hit pretty hard in a very concentrated area. just go easy on the weights since not bending your knees is usually dangerous.
Speaking of cardio… I read in this guide that you shouldn’t do it immediately after your workouts, and that you should only do it say 8 hours later during the same day. Thoughts on this?
i just started doing one-legged squats. them shits are vicious.
when trying to get more muscular, whats the best number of reps to do, and how severe the weight?
I was in the gym doing curls with the bar, and an older guy was telling me 1. To stop rocking when I do it and 2.Do a weight thats comfortable so that I get use to doing the exercise the correct way then increase the weight. He said if your struggling ending/during a set then it’s too much weight but I seem to struggle in many of my exercises so I guess I’m doing them wrong?
are you doing one arm dumbbell rows or just barbbell rows???
if doing one arm…try doing them like arnold did with no leg support on bench…let your arm fully extent and then concentrate on contracting your lats and upper back muscles to pull the weight up…
for barbbell i would let your arms fully extend the contract the muscles in your upper back to pull the weight up and give it a squeeze when you get to the top of the movement (that means when the barbell is touching your torso)… like you are trying to bring your sholder blades together…
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Roberth
Start light, get the form down, and do more reps.
Once you got the form down and can actually handle doing heavier weights without losing form, then you should go heavier but with less reps. As time goes by, stick with that weight and start doing more reps.
Row slowly, don’t twist or pop to gain momentum. Concentrate on using your lats, and always keep your shoulder blades tight.
People who say bodyweight exercises are easy need to:
A. Do a pistol
B. Do handstand pushups
C. Do a 1 arm chin
D. Do a muscle up
There is no such thing as a safe for your lower back exercise that involves lower back mobility. Your lumbar spine is designed for stability, not mobility. The job of your spinal erectors is to not move weight, it’s designed to keep the spine straight and neutral. Any form of deadlift (conventional, Straight-leg, romanian) involves keeping your lower back neutral at all times throughout the lift. Do not round that shit unless you enjoy herniated discs and lower back pain.
EDIT:
Question for all of you…how deep do you all squat?
a weight you can do 8-10 reps with max on your first set
then 6-8 reps after a minute break
then a weight that you can do 3-4 reps after minute break
you want proper form, good control, and a big range of motion in all your reps.
google how to do your exercises properly.
diet is also extremely important, if you aren’t eating enough protein and calories, you are wasting time in the gym
I alternate between free and box squats
Free squats, somewhere between level and deep…
Box squats, alternate between level and deep
I also alternate between narrow and sumo stance, and various grips
I know its counter-intuitive, but I find the under-over grip pretty bad… I almost always lose grip on one hand before I get to my Max rep… just got a Lvl 1 ironmind gripper, working on wrist rollers, rice digs, dumbell hold for my grip
actually for muscle hypotrophy (muscle growth)
you want to do 8-12 reps for each set and anywhere between 30-90 seconds rest between sets…
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Roberth
you mean muscle hypertrophy.
bodybuilding is pretty experimental and there isn’t one method that fits all
the key idea is few Reps, short breaks between sets, heavy weights, and lots of calories and protein
but what works for someone, might not work so well for others
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I think I’m enjoying myself with this work out business. Having, like, 2% body fat makes it so I can see my meager results a bit faster.
Every time after I work out, I go to Subway and get a 6" tuna sub on wheat. Is that enough to build on?
thing about bodyweight exercises is it requires a very good strength/weight ratio, and most people don’t like that. most people have different fitness goals, like just looking fricking huge as non-functional as that is.
here’s a great channel on youtube on some bodyweight exercises:
a muscle-up is basically a chin-up transitioned into a dip. most people can do one or the other, but it’s a fucking pain to combine the two in that order. it’s a useful move in parkour (that art of jumping between buildings, e.g. the intro to the last James Bond movie) but most parkour practitioners rely on momentum to get the movement in. here’s an example of a proper muscle up though (the very first move):
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another awesome target is the planche. most skinny ass bboys can hit them easy - it’s more about balance and training the supporting muscle groups than strength:
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ATG.
depends how much you weigh, what your goals are
If you are above 180 looking to get bigger I would say eat a foot long.