My reply to you would be much more appropriate if you would just tell me (us) about the goal you're striving for in the above mentioned activities. Thank you BigMan.I am considering starting a new program maybe next week, although, how does everyone think about running/cycling on the days off?
One more question. How much of a break between sets? I usually take 1 minute (too little too much?)
Thanks in advance Piotr
Fadi i noticed you talked about handstand push ups instead of Military press, to do handstand push ups would your military press need to be equivalent to your bodyweight?
Nick
Hello Nick,
I'm not sure that I would use the words "instead of" here, but not everyone is going to either feel comfortable or be able to do bodyweight pushups for more than one reason. Hand stand push-ups would obviously demand lots of strength from the participant and some balance also, even though a wall may be used to lean the feet on.
To answer your question Nick I would have to say yes, your MP would have to be equivalent to your BW. But on the flip side, the wall may take some weight off your BW as would happen if you were to (say) lean on something whilst standing on a scale weighing yourself. The best way to find out where you stand (no pun intended) is to actually try one push up.
To me it's easy but then I used to be a gymnast before I ever touched a weight. So lifting my own bodyweight since the age of 7 was something I became comfortable with.
Let me know how you go please. Thank you.
PS: Always make sure you are fully warmed up before attempting to lift your own bodyweight. So please do raise your body temperature, then get stuck into some stretching before attempting even one (normal) push-up!
Fadi.
Thanks Fadi, i'll give it a go later on today, Would it matter in which way i face the wall or not? I was looking on youtube and some people face the wall, others dont.
Thanks,
Nick
These are done with a wide grip (wider than shoulder width) just as if you are (say) doing a lat pulldown to the front.Chin ups to the front (wide grip) - 2x 4-7 (are these pulls ups???)
No Stephen, no bench press here Sir, just simply push ups with a back pack on your back (with weights of course) to increase th eintensity.Push ups/weighed - 3 x4-7 (Bench Press?)
Just as I wrote in the article Stephen, 2 x 4-7 (that is 2 sets of 4 to 7 reps). I think I've explained it in the article as well that your aim is to get to 7 reps and once you do, you up the intensity slightly and go back down to 4 (and "climb" again back up to 7) and so on. So it's a progressive process Champion.Do we perform the pull ups (10x1, 5x2, 4x3...)?
I'd leave it for now until you have few years under your belt Stephen, for only then you'd come to appreciate what muscle are truly lagging behind Sir.And I was reading your post about having a 'lagging' chest and your fix is to pump the muscle with blood and nutrients by performing ultra-low weight and ultra high reps, can I still incorporate the method into this workout or should I stay away from them until I gain more experience?
I've trained the muscle groups you're suggesting twice in 8 days Gunner as in the example below:Wouldn't mind hearing what you think of training particular muscles groups on certain days of the week (once a week train one muscle group). eg chest & tri's on monday, legs on wednesday, etc.
I've trained the muscle groups you're suggesting twice in 8 days Gunner as in the example below:
Monday:
Chest/shoulders/tris
Tuesday:
Legs
Wednesday:
Back & Biceps
Thursday:
Rest
Friday:
Monday's muscle group
Saturday:
Tuesday's muscle group
Sunday:
Rest
Monday:
Wednesday's muscle groups
etc...
Please take a look at this:
Fadi.
Now that would defeat the purpose of this whole program if one was to swap push ups with a bench press, they are two different exercises with only one having you move your body through space.1. I'm doing barbell bench press instead of push ups
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