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Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
Since I have no access to a gym, I've been doing body weight workouts twice a week with the heaviest household items I can find. Boxes of extra floor tiles, buckets of paint, etc. The interesting part is stacking them on top of each other in different ways to roughly get the weights that I'm used to, such that they are still possible to hold. Handles are in short supply, so they have to be placed judiciously.
Three times a week I've also been doing cardio on a track that I'm fortunate to live near. Mostly it has ended up being a lot of sprinting drills, and some fencing footwork in lieu of an actual club. The weather has just now reached the point where it's possible to be outside in relative comfort for a couple hours at a time! I'm very glad that the trees and the flowers are all blooming as well. The vibrant colors remind me that gray and brown is not the world's year-round color scheme.
Slowly, but surely, getting back into my bodyweight routine.
In its entirety, it'll look something like this:
Hollow body hold for ~1 minute (or 10 reps of deadbugs)
Pull-ups (3-5 sets) for as many reps as I can muster
Push-ups (5-7 sets) or dips (3-5 sets) for as many reps as I can muster
L sit on dip bars, 30s (to start) (or hanging leg raises x 10)
some kind of bodyweight squat progression for ~ 5 reps
Inverted rows using dip bars (3-5 sets) for as many reps as I can muster
and if I'm not totally worn out, another minute of hollow body hold
I'd aim for no more than 1.5 minutes of rest between sets and no more than 3 minutes of rest between exercises. Should take roughly 45 minutes to complete that routine. Of course, if I'm really trying to get it done quick I can superset and maybe shave 15 minutes off the ordeal. Though, I think my heart would explode.
I might want to invest in a couple kettlebells to add weight to the squats and add a hip-hinge exercise to the mix.
Great list. I need to add the L sit to my routine!
Still going on bike rides. I've found a fun 10 mile route. First time i did it averaging 10.3mph, today i did it in 12.5mph (according to phone strava). Clockwise the route is a lot of uphill at the start with a short sharp downhill midway and then flat. Anti-clockwise its mostly flat and then the brutal short uphill but then mostly downhill. Very different rides depending on which way you go. It's a mix of shared cycle path and canal side semi gravel semi paved.
My 2 goals are essentially to get to a 15mph average and hit 30mph before my dad does. I got 29.5mph on a downhill today which was a bit exciting, especially because the local nature (birds, dogs, walkers) all seem to have a murder-suicide deathwish.
I dont really have any interest in longer rides until i either get a better bike (currently on a cheap mountainbike) or i can get my average high enough where i dont think im going to die every time i get passed by a van.