Workout: What did you do today?

[jimmy jazz]

Good exercise to add to your compounds for upper body.

I just picked any video but they're called dips. Very good.

[Guybrush]

@Mrs. Waffles thanks for explaining 🙂 that sounds real smart! At least for myself, making exercise easy/super available seems crucial (though you seem more disciplined than me)

Good exercise to add to your compounds for upper body.

I just picked any video but they're called dips. Very good.

Thanks for the tip!

I don't have parallel bars, but dips used to be part of the Tabata program I did for a while some years ago. Then I just used a chair, like this:



.. but I'm not sure this dude would approve of that method. 🤔

[jimmy jazz]

You ever used those things to plaster walls?



Used to use two of these on the corners of the kitchen work surface to do dips lolz. Two desks would probably work too. Cost about £1 each.

You could actually use these for pushups BTW.

[Guybrush]

Another great tip 🙂

I have one those, but could get another. I also have a wooden bar and was actually thinking of making some pushup handles myself.. but I already have some in my pull-up thing.

It looks like this:



It's supposed to go in a door frame for pullups, but I can also put it on the floor and use for pushups. I'm not sure the hand placement is optimal, though.

[jimmy jazz]

That one is great, you have all the grip options on there. Wide grip pullups, narrow grip, and then chin ups but you also look to be able to do neutral grip pullups too.

Hand placement should be fine for pushups BTW.

[Guybrush]

Had my best session so far today. When I'd done my exercises for the day, I didn't want it to end so keept going with some basics like pushups, situps and biceps curls.

I looked up time between reps and it was suggested as optimal between 2-3 minutes (for men over 40). I set a timer at two minutes between them and while it seems a lot compared to what I did before (maybe a minute), it actually felt pretty good, so.. will keep doing that.

Feeling strong 💪

[jimmy jazz]

Time between reps or time between sets lol?

[Guybrush]

Time between reps or time between sets lol?

Haha 😅 my bad. Sets, of course!

[DJChameleon]

Taking the day off from the gym. Went to NYC and walked 16k steps on Saturday and 29k steps on Sunday. Super tired from all that walking.

[Guybrush]

Cycling, pullups, situps with side crunches and reverse situps today. Progress across the board, yo!

I think I may have to temporally separate situps and reverse situps as both exercises engage the lower back.. At least when I do them from an incline which is my usual method.

Doing situps after reverse situps, my lower back starts squealing before my stomach does.

[jimmy jazz]

I don't do any ab work tbh. I should to improve core strength but I don't care about having visible abs. It's the only thing I skip on. They do get trained doing other stuff but I should really do something.

Have you tried Bulgarian Split Squats yet @Guybrush? Give them a go and report back 😲

[DJChameleon]

I don't do any ab work tbh. I should to improve core strength but I don't care about having visible abs. It's the only thing I skip on. They do get trained doing other stuff but I should really do something.

Have you tried Bulgarian Split Squats yet @Guybrush? Give them a go and report back 😲

I'm the same. I don't work on abs either but I do plank every once in awhile. That does cover abs.

[Guybrush]

Have you tried Bulgarian Split Squats yet @Guybrush? Give them a go and report back 😲

Not yet, but I haven't forgotten them 🙂

I wanted to stick to a smaller set of exercises first basically just to see if/how I progress.

I'll give it a try after compound day tomorrow!

[jimmy jazz]

Not yet, but I haven't forgotten them 🙂

I wanted to stick to a smaller set of exercises first basically just to see if/how I progress.

I'll give it a try after compound day tomorrow!

Good luck. Go easy, keep it to 10 reps no more than 3 sets and report back.

You should feel it 😲

[jadis]

Gonna go to the gym tonight after a four day break, the longest break I've taken since mid May.

Not working out sucks so much. Feeling low energy, sluggish, don't have a sense of mental clarity.

Working out is literally the most important thing in my life these days.