Calisthenics Thread V1

[CabooseRvB]

How often do you guys run?

[editline]19th June 2011[/editline]

And what do you guys do to get rid of side stitches?

[hula whoop]

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;30566345]How often do you guys run?

[editline]19th June 2011[/editline]

And what do you guys do to get rid of side stitches?[/QUOTE]

i go every day and i don't get stitches, ever. Maybe because I generally don't eat before I go, I don't know what causes stitches though.

[Binsky]

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;30566345]How often do you guys run?

[editline]19th June 2011[/editline]

And what do you guys do to get rid of side stitches?[/QUOTE]

Consume more potassium.

[lexus04]

Well, I got the Convict Conditioning book and I must say, it's a pretty interesting read, a lot of it is exaggerated, some is misinformed, but the core knowledge and exercises are legit. I decided to do some level-upping using the stuff from the book; now, before I've read it, I've been doing push-ups, squats and sit-ups for a couple of weeks (just more and more reps, endurance lol) but it turns out my push-up form was far from perfect and it's much harder for me to do proper push-ups so I moved a couple of levels back on the program. Just 1 training week has passed since I started doing good form CC calisthetics and I can already see some improvement, mostly shoulders and forearms. This is the routine I've been following last week, and I don't even feel that tired after training:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday:

Pushups: 25 wall as warmup, 2x15 incline (deep, proper form, harder than my old 'full pushups' where I kept the arms too far forward and to the sides)
Squats: 20 jackknife as warmup, 2x15 supported
Pullups: 20 vertical as warmup, 2x15 horizontal
Leg raises: 20 knee tucks as warmup, 2x20 flat knee raises (harder than I thought it would be even though I could do ~30 sit ups and feel almost fine)

I'm also taking 1g of L-Carnitine on training days.

The rest of the week is rest days.

Now, mind you, one might say this is not much, but keep in mind that I've hardly ever attended PE in school, didn't do any serious sports and was generally a lazy sedentary overweight slob since I was 6 (asthma, hormonal shit blah blah).

I'm currently at 93.5kg, 186cm. That's around 206 lb and 6'1" for the non-metric folk. I don't know how efficient this will be for weight control but I'd definitely not be against losing ~10kg of fat.

I'm also planning to stick with this for around a year, then see how it goes.

[editline]22nd June 2011[/editline]

Oh wow didn't notice that this thread has been quite slow lately.

[Videvik]

uh yeah good luck losing weight on calisthenics

if you don't eat at a caloric deficit you won't lose a single pound

[lexus04]

Well I thought I'd have to change my eating habits too anyways, so yeah.

[Rago]

My current schedule (Never used a schedule before): Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 3X20 pseudos and Saturday I'll be doing random stuff.

[lexus04]

also quick question, how healthy would it be to practice the routine I described every day instead of 3 days a week? I'm not getting any muscle pain or anything

[Videvik]

[QUOTE=lexus04;30634247]also quick question, how healthy would it be to practice the routine I described every day instead of 3 days a week? I'm not getting any muscle pain or anything[/QUOTE]

That doesn't mean that your muscles recovered

[lexus04]

Is there any indication then? If you could just give me the conclusive answer to the initial question this'll be easier.

[Rhinovirus]

[QUOTE=lexus04;30634715]Is there any indication then? If you could just give me the conclusive answer to the initial question this'll be easier.[/QUOTE]

When you feel stronger of course.

[lexus04]

No I meant regarding training every day without skipping

[Rago]

It would slow down your progression and it'll tire you at the end.

[lexus04]

So doing some cardio inbetween training days would make more sense then, would it not?

[Rago]

[QUOTE=lexus04;30636491]So doing some cardio inbetween training days would make more sense then, would it not?[/QUOTE]

Sure, why not? Or you could train other muscles like your legs.

BTW, I'm taking a rest for 3 days now, and after that I'll record my straddle planche!

[lexus04]

Sorry for asking silly questions btw, I'm rather new to this. And I have everything on the same days right now, detailed in my long post above. I'd add bridges and handstand pushups in the inter-days, but I probably won't be able to start them properly for around 3 months (ok bridges maybe earlier).

[CabooseRvB]

Is there really such a thing as good carbs and bad carbs?

[Rago]

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;30647050]Is there really such a thing as good carbs and bad carbs?[/QUOTE]

Yes there is.

[lexus04]

wasn't it like fast carbs=bad carbs and slow carbs=good carbs or something

[Rago]

I can hold the straddle planche for 1.5 seconds at the moment (while I'm tired). Can't wait to try it when I'm fully recovered. Here a picture in my pajamas :P :
[img]http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg615/scaled.php?tn=0&server=615&filename=39tjen.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640[/img]

[Number-41]

So you learned that with tuck planche? And before that just frog stance?

[Rago]

[QUOTE=Number-41;30683441]So you learned that with tuck planche? And before that just frog stance?[/QUOTE]

I could hold the tuck plache for 3 seconds in the beginning. Then moved on to advanced tuck planche and now I'm at the straddle planche stage

[Number-41]

And how did/do you learn tuck planche?

[Rago]

[QUOTE=Number-41;30696930]And how did/do you learn tuck planche?[/QUOTE]

I could already do it, but you can build up the strenght for that by doing pseudo pushups

[Rago]

Wooooh!
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhgn7zGlSSI[/media]
The only time I didn't land the backflips (out of 30 times) was the first one, which I overtucked :). I didn't really focus on my backflip as you can clearly see in the video, it was a fun day :).

[Number-41]

I'm trying flick-flacks now but I keep turning sideways a little (so I do a rotation over 2 axes instead of 1)

oh and it looks like crap, but at least I don't break my neck...

[Rago]

[QUOTE=Number-41;30765611]I'm trying flick-flacks now but I keep turning sideways a little (so I do a rotation over 2 axes instead of 1)

oh and it looks like crap, but at least I don't break my neck...[/QUOTE]

Never tried them, gonna give 'm a try next week :)

[lexus04]

Well, I must say I'm quite glad about taking up convict conditioning and dieting.

Here are the stats after 2-something weeks:

         Before:                    After 2 weeks:

Measurements:

Weight:  95kg (209lbs)          89.2kg (196lbs)
Chest:   105.5cm (41.5")        103.5cm (40.7")
Waist:   93cm (36.6")           89.5cm (35.26")
Hips:    105.5cm (41.5")        102.5cm (40.35")
Thigh:   62cm (24.4")           60.5cm (23.8")

Exercise max:

Pushups: ~16, improper form (40 in 4 sets)    ~23 (60 inclined in 3 sets)
Pullups: 0 (0 in loadsasets)                  3 proper (20 horizontal in 2 sets)
Squats:  15 (50 in 4 sets)                    30 (90 in 3 sets)

I'm pretty damn happy and I can feel the changes too

[Rago]

[QUOTE=lexus04;30939920]Well, I must say I'm quite glad about taking up convict conditioning and dieting.Here are the stats after 2-something weeks:

         Before:                    After 2 weeks:Measurements:Weight:  95kg (209lbs)          89.2kg (196lbs)Chest:   105.5cm (41.5")        103.5cm (40.7")Waist:   93cm (36.6")           89.5cm (35.26")Hips:    105.5cm (41.5")        102.5cm (40.35")Thigh:   62cm (24.4")           60.5cm (23.8")Exercise max:Pushups: ~16, improper form (40 in 4 sets)    ~23 (60 inclined in 3 sets)Pullups: 0 (0 in loadsasets)                  3 proper (20 horizontal in 2 sets)Squats:  15 (50 in 4 sets)                    30 (90 in 3 sets)

I'm pretty damn happy and I can feel the changes too[/QUOTE]Lookin' good!Also! My holidays: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBEptKPjrKE[/media]

[lexus04]

badass