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Ive been working out for the past two monthes and now I love hearing about other people's workouts to inspire me and maybe add one or two things to my own. So lets share 'em!
Personally, I used to (as in like, last year) use weights. I realized I dont like them, though, so I ditched that idea. This year I moved on to purely doing body-weight exercises, and in my own experience you see faster and more pleasing results. My workout consists of:
15 chinups (my definition of chinups are palms facing inward). They are done slow, using no momentum, and every time I go up I drop all the way down. Ive been seeing a constant improvement with these, too.
6 pullups (my definition of pullups are palms facing outward). These are done the same way chinups are done, slow and complete. However, I really force myself to just use my back muscles in order to accomplish these. Thats why I can only do 6, Im sorta weak :X Its getting better though.
5 extended pullups. These are kind of weird; my pullup bar is, erm, special (This is it.). These pullups are done using both my backmuscles and my arms. I could probably do more than five but I save it for later on.
5..erm..Im not sure how to call these. Picture as if this is the pullup bar:
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So I grab the handles that support the extended part of the pullup (my palms face sidewards towards eachother) and I pull myself up. These suck, theyre hard to do after you do all of the other pullup-bar exercises.
I just do one set of the above exercises. Then I move on to slipping the bar off the wall and do three sets of these:
5 arms extended pushups. Just like the name says, pushups with my arms extended pretty far out from eachother. These are sort of hard.
15 regular pushups.
5 hands close together pushups.
20 Hindu pushups.
15 situps.
15 crunches.
20 Hindu squats.
Then I lie down on the floor and continue doing three sets of:
15 seconds of lying down on my back, lifting my legs up from the ground, and moving them in a scissor-type motion.
Without resting, I move to 15 seconds of criss-cross (up and down) motion.
I rest for about five seconds, then I put my legs together and pull them towards my chest. I do this for about 20 seconds (however much I can do in 20 seconds)
Then, again, without resting I do the same thing except i lean in on one side and do em there. I alternate the sides.
I then rest for about 2 seconds, after which I extend my legs and throw them from side to side, using force to throw and keep them from the touching the ground. This exercise is killer.
After this I go and take a shower O
Also, on Thursdays, I stay after school and do a lot of jumping around and crap. Then I stay after even longer and I have a pretty much one-on-one with the trainer at which point he teaches me bridge exercises. Bridge exercises are the bomb - I love 'em. This kid that wrestles likes my interest and tends to give me pointers and tips too.
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Ever since I started of doing this my girlfriend keeps telling me see can see more and more of a difference every time I see her. I also like to look at myself in the mirror now My grades have been rising as well. Its just overall completely amazing. If you dont do some form of physical exercise, I suggest you do. It just helps you all the way around.
Personally, I used to (as in like, last year) use weights. I realized I dont like them, though, so I ditched that idea. This year I moved on to purely doing body-weight exercises, and in my own experience you see faster and more pleasing results. My workout consists of:
15 chinups (my definition of chinups are palms facing inward). They are done slow, using no momentum, and every time I go up I drop all the way down. Ive been seeing a constant improvement with these, too.
6 pullups (my definition of pullups are palms facing outward). These are done the same way chinups are done, slow and complete. However, I really force myself to just use my back muscles in order to accomplish these. Thats why I can only do 6, Im sorta weak :X Its getting better though.
5 extended pullups. These are kind of weird; my pullup bar is, erm, special (This is it.). These pullups are done using both my backmuscles and my arms. I could probably do more than five but I save it for later on.
5..erm..Im not sure how to call these. Picture as if this is the pullup bar:
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\--/ \--/
So I grab the handles that support the extended part of the pullup (my palms face sidewards towards eachother) and I pull myself up. These suck, theyre hard to do after you do all of the other pullup-bar exercises.
I just do one set of the above exercises. Then I move on to slipping the bar off the wall and do three sets of these:
5 arms extended pushups. Just like the name says, pushups with my arms extended pretty far out from eachother. These are sort of hard.
15 regular pushups.
5 hands close together pushups.
20 Hindu pushups.
15 situps.
15 crunches.
20 Hindu squats.
Then I lie down on the floor and continue doing three sets of:
15 seconds of lying down on my back, lifting my legs up from the ground, and moving them in a scissor-type motion.
Without resting, I move to 15 seconds of criss-cross (up and down) motion.
I rest for about five seconds, then I put my legs together and pull them towards my chest. I do this for about 20 seconds (however much I can do in 20 seconds)
Then, again, without resting I do the same thing except i lean in on one side and do em there. I alternate the sides.
I then rest for about 2 seconds, after which I extend my legs and throw them from side to side, using force to throw and keep them from the touching the ground. This exercise is killer.
After this I go and take a shower O
Also, on Thursdays, I stay after school and do a lot of jumping around and crap. Then I stay after even longer and I have a pretty much one-on-one with the trainer at which point he teaches me bridge exercises. Bridge exercises are the bomb - I love 'em. This kid that wrestles likes my interest and tends to give me pointers and tips too.
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Ever since I started of doing this my girlfriend keeps telling me see can see more and more of a difference every time I see her. I also like to look at myself in the mirror now My grades have been rising as well. Its just overall completely amazing. If you dont do some form of physical exercise, I suggest you do. It just helps you all the way around.