troubleBound's log

[wesrman]

Welcome to the forum and good luck with your goals.

Heres a bunch of stuff that should help you get where you want to be:

http://www.rosstraining.com/forum/]RossTraining.com

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Stew Smith Archive - Military.com Military Fitness Center

John Berardi - Solving the Post Workout Puzzle Part I

John Berardi - Solving the Post Workout Puzzle - Part II

LV's Grocery List - WorldFitness Training Forum

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FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal

[Salty]

Also visit bodyweightcoulture.com that site is gold for body weight tutorials and progression ideas. Good luck and keep it up

[Youngblood]

good to see you made a training log, troubleBound.

Welcome and good luck.

[troubleBound]

Thank you all for the information. I haven't posed in a while, I know. Alright so here's what happened the rest of last week:

Thursday - ran 3 miles in about 25:30. Did several sets of assisted pistols and 1-arm pushups.
Friday - again, boxing gym. 3 rounds skipping, 3 shadow, 3.5 heavy bag this time, and then did some torso pivoting exercises (put a broomstick or rope at a certain height and without bending the knees swing your torso from one side of the obstacle underneath it to the other side) for the rest of the round. 2 rounds up and under, then 2 rounds speed bag. Afterward did very few sets of assisted 1-arm pushups and pistols.
Saturday- did many sets of assisted 1-arm pushups and pistols and I think I kinda made a breakthrough in getting the form right. I'm also hoping I will soon have the strength to do proper pullups/chinups and handstands.

Today, monday, will go to the boxing gym and will do about the same. Then more assisted pistols, etc. I'm bent on getting those soon, and I think I will.

[wesrman]

You should balance your push ups with chin ups so you dont get a muscle imbalance.

[troubleBound]

You're absolutely right. I haven't even been doing many regular pushups, just the assisted 1-handed ones. The thing is, I can't do pullups and chinups. I thought I came close to getting them at one point, but then pretty much stopped trying and started trying those other exercises. Last night I tried again and didn't even come close (well was kinda close with the chinup)... But I dunno, for some reason last night, and today I've felt so lazy and weak. I think I need to sleep a little bit longer (I did go to bed after 3 am last night. Woke up at 10, so I didn't sleep THAT long). I'm not strong enough. It's why I've been working on getting stronger so I can get started on those other exercises finally.

I'm also thinking about changing some things already... Working endurance on separate days as strength/high intensity... cause when I go to the boxing gym and when I run the 3 miles I'm just too beat to do much else that day. I'm considering dropping the 3 miles and doing tabata on those days instead of on the same day as boxing, cause when I do tabata I do have energy the rest of the day to do strength exercises, but not so much when I run the 3 miles... and I don't think I'm over exerting myself when I do 3 miles in the 25 minute mark (because I've never gotten headaches or anything that might indicate so... I could be wrong, but I thought all sorts of things indicated fatigue: from bad mood to head aches or cold-like symptoms, but I haven't felt any of those really).

I take suggestions.

Monday (today) - I pretty much got out of the boxing gym today and did the usual 3 rounds skipping and 3 rounds shadow boxing. Then did 3 rounds heavy bag, but the first 2, especially the 1st one was so bad, I was so mad. I felt like I was just tapping the bag... Like I said, I've felt so lazy since last night... Anyway, I did an extra 2 mins 30 sec round on which I gave it my all in each punch and that one went pretty well. Then did 2 rounds up and under, and 2 rounds speed bag. Gonna try to do some strength exercises... 100% certainly some core exercises, but I dunno about anything else cause at least at the moment my arms, shoulders and back feel very tired.

[wesrman]

This will help you get better at chins and pull ups.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba7q14s5-2w