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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?
My fitness habits have changed drastically since quarantine started. I'm doing a lot more cardio through the means of dancing, and a lot less lifting than I used to. To be fair, lifting had been on the decline this year for a few reasons already, but the quarantine really sealed the deal.
I feel like I've expanded what I'm eating a lot too. I rarely bought fresh fruit in the past (although plenty of vegetables) and fresh bread, and tended to stick to staples like brown rice and chicken. However, since not as many restaurants are open and I'm finding myself cooking even more than I used to, in order to introduce more variety, I've found myself reaching for things I haven't bought in ages. I forgot how nice a freshly baked loaf of bread tastes.
Still not at the point where I'm fully implementing the body weight workout I previously described. I hadn't done pull-ups for quite some time until about a week ago when I picked them back up. I was only able to do a couple of pushups for 2 sets. I did ~6 total sets, though, and filled the rest out with ~4-5 reps of negatives. And...holy shit were my lats and m. anconeus? sore for the next few days! Abs, as well, but less noticeably. Forgot how complete of a workout pullups can be. I've been doing them regularly, now. 6 sets (1 set wide ->2 sets neutral ->2 sets chin-up -> 1 set wide), but I don't feel my strength is increasing. In fact, I've only really been able to do negatives since that first initial foray. I'm assuming that has to do with the fact that I'm also trying to lose fat. Down about 2.2% of my initial weight over the past 9 days. Not sure if I'm losing too fast.
Anyhow, I'm at least regularly doing bodyweight squats, pull-ups, and push-ups. I need to put my dip bars back together so I can throw some inverted rows in the mix. I think that'll help my pull-up strength.