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Firstly I train 3x a week
Because my gym sucks as it is (no barbells or squat rack) and gets busy after 10 AM, and because I have an irregular sleeping pattern from being a student, I have decided to exercise in my room.
So far I do this:
Horse riding stance or kiba-dachi. In this stance my arms are at my hips but I bring them together in front of me/at head level (as if i'm strangling my opponent who's taller than me)- one rep is bringing the arms from there back and supinating them. It's supposed to strengthen legs,arms and back
Wall squat- immediately after horse stance I do a wall squat
50 push ups. I can't do 50 in a row so I stay until I do 50. I start with fist push ups and do as many as I can. I then do normal ones to failure (if I can't do normal ones, I do some with my legs wide-it's harder than with knees on ground.
50 Tricep dips I do these between two chairs.Again, I can't do 50 in a row
1 giant set: punch sit ups, bicycle crunch, oblique twist, leg raise, knee tuck, sit up, crunch, dorsal raises and finish off with a plank.
I can finally do 20 fist push ups but struggle to to finger push ups. I guess practice makes perfect? I want to move onto finger push ups and then start taking fingers away and start using one arm for full push ups when I can do 2 finger push ups with both arms.
Because I live in a rented flat, chin up bars are a no-no. I was told the dips would help with chin up strength in the long run (I can't even do one, even after months of weight training with lat pulldowns and barbell rows so idk how dips will help). I was told dips,because they're antagonists, would help.
Bodyweight squats are way too easy hence the static squats. I was told the exercise I do with the arms also helps work the back and arms (I can see how the lats draw the arms back and you supinate).
I also have no room to attempt a handstand (which I can't do at all) or burpees.
When should I invest in new equipment? I really don't want to wake up stupidly early to get to the gym like I used to hence the reason i'm training at home (that and it's private).
I'm thinking of either:
a. A door gym
or
b. A 15kg weight plate where I can do overhead presses or rows or squats
This whole push-up progression is making me think I shouldn't buy new equipment just yet but I don't find it realistic being able to do one arm push ups in the next 2-3 months if i'm just getting good at fist push ups now.
I'm getting out of Uni in less than 4 months so hopefully I can do it with a proper diet and a proper barbell program then. Right now i'm stuck!
Because my gym sucks as it is (no barbells or squat rack) and gets busy after 10 AM, and because I have an irregular sleeping pattern from being a student, I have decided to exercise in my room.
So far I do this:
Horse riding stance or kiba-dachi. In this stance my arms are at my hips but I bring them together in front of me/at head level (as if i'm strangling my opponent who's taller than me)- one rep is bringing the arms from there back and supinating them. It's supposed to strengthen legs,arms and back
Wall squat- immediately after horse stance I do a wall squat
50 push ups. I can't do 50 in a row so I stay until I do 50. I start with fist push ups and do as many as I can. I then do normal ones to failure (if I can't do normal ones, I do some with my legs wide-it's harder than with knees on ground.
50 Tricep dips I do these between two chairs.Again, I can't do 50 in a row
1 giant set: punch sit ups, bicycle crunch, oblique twist, leg raise, knee tuck, sit up, crunch, dorsal raises and finish off with a plank.
I can finally do 20 fist push ups but struggle to to finger push ups. I guess practice makes perfect? I want to move onto finger push ups and then start taking fingers away and start using one arm for full push ups when I can do 2 finger push ups with both arms.
Because I live in a rented flat, chin up bars are a no-no. I was told the dips would help with chin up strength in the long run (I can't even do one, even after months of weight training with lat pulldowns and barbell rows so idk how dips will help). I was told dips,because they're antagonists, would help.
Bodyweight squats are way too easy hence the static squats. I was told the exercise I do with the arms also helps work the back and arms (I can see how the lats draw the arms back and you supinate).
I also have no room to attempt a handstand (which I can't do at all) or burpees.
When should I invest in new equipment? I really don't want to wake up stupidly early to get to the gym like I used to hence the reason i'm training at home (that and it's private).
I'm thinking of either:
a. A door gym
or
b. A 15kg weight plate where I can do overhead presses or rows or squats
This whole push-up progression is making me think I shouldn't buy new equipment just yet but I don't find it realistic being able to do one arm push ups in the next 2-3 months if i'm just getting good at fist push ups now.
I'm getting out of Uni in less than 4 months so hopefully I can do it with a proper diet and a proper barbell program then. Right now i'm stuck!
