That would be a good thing. That means you are getting stronger. Then you can move to muscle ups and handstand pushups and weighted pistols and a whole host of stuff you might have only seen in the circus or at the olympics. (well maybe not that advanced, but you can dream)led7x wrote:But is it possible if I start doing weight training that my bodyweight (pushups,pullups...) become too easy?
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Re: Beginner bodyweight enthusiast seeking guidance
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Haha if I accomplish that things I'll let you know :) Thanks for the info, I'll start weight training very soon and after that I'm going at the next olympics 

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Deadlift would be particularly appropriate, since there isn't really any bw exercise that is equivalent. Also, a vertical push (i.e. "military" press), unless you are indeed doing hand-stand push-ups.led7x wrote:What do you guys think if I add weight training 1-2 days a week (2-3 days of bodyweight)? I thought on doing deadlifts, bicep and bench press. Is it better to stick with only one or I could do both?
Bench press wouldn't be so important since you have horizontal press covered with your push-ups. Your biceps are also well-covered with your pull-ups.
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Jungledoc what do you suggest then? Any other useful exercises? My thought was to do 3 days BW, 2 days weights training.
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Well, I'm not a big fan of 5 a week myself, but since 3 of them are BW maybe it would work. Also, to lift 5 times a week you will almost have to have some overlap. So ignore my criticism of barbell bench and bis.
Monday, weights: DL, press, curl
Tuesday, BW: squats, pushups, inverted rows
Wednesday, BW: pullups, lunges, planks
Thursday, weights: barbell squats, bench press, DB rows
Friday, BW: dips, pullups, butler walk
Obviously, nothing rigid. If you want to put a rest day in there somewhere instead of both rest days on the weekend, fine.
Monday, weights: DL, press, curl
Tuesday, BW: squats, pushups, inverted rows
Wednesday, BW: pullups, lunges, planks
Thursday, weights: barbell squats, bench press, DB rows
Friday, BW: dips, pullups, butler walk
Obviously, nothing rigid. If you want to put a rest day in there somewhere instead of both rest days on the weekend, fine.
Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.--Francis Chan
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I'm going to rest on wednesday, and I plan to do 4-5 times a week depending how my college schedule lets me. Thank you for practice schedule :)
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Hi guys :) I didnt post here for a longer period but I read this forum daily.
So far I've been working out for 2 months and I can see benefits (I gained about 3,5kgs); I'll try to post picture soon.
I also got some question which came on my mind recently.
I made program for myself and I stick to it, I also change exercises and cycles so my body doesnt adapt on workouts. (I can post it also)
Should I do exercises which complement each other depending on a workout or it doesnt matter if I do some completely different exer. in one workout?
I'm also fairly interested in sets, repetitions and rest times. For example: I do 8-10 pullups rest 45sec and repeat that 2 more times in one set; rest 2-3 minutes and do same pullup
routine with different pullup variation. Is it better to do all that pullups in one set (8-10 reps then rest) or should I take breaks when changing variation eventhought I'll stay on pullups? Do I also need to rest(2-3min) when going from one type of exer to another or I just keep same rest period (30s-1min) no matter which exercise I'm going to do next. I'm bothered with that question with all exercices, pullups were just example :)
And same question when using weights; I do rows, curls, deadlift and bench.
So far I've been working out for 2 months and I can see benefits (I gained about 3,5kgs); I'll try to post picture soon.
I also got some question which came on my mind recently.
I made program for myself and I stick to it, I also change exercises and cycles so my body doesnt adapt on workouts. (I can post it also)
Should I do exercises which complement each other depending on a workout or it doesnt matter if I do some completely different exer. in one workout?
I'm also fairly interested in sets, repetitions and rest times. For example: I do 8-10 pullups rest 45sec and repeat that 2 more times in one set; rest 2-3 minutes and do same pullup
routine with different pullup variation. Is it better to do all that pullups in one set (8-10 reps then rest) or should I take breaks when changing variation eventhought I'll stay on pullups? Do I also need to rest(2-3min) when going from one type of exer to another or I just keep same rest period (30s-1min) no matter which exercise I'm going to do next. I'm bothered with that question with all exercices, pullups were just example :)
And same question when using weights; I do rows, curls, deadlift and bench.