Started doing simple dumbbell exercises recently and was curious about what others are doing.
Been trying simple neck exercises too. No weights, just chintucks and isometrics.
Please do share your experience/suggestions/opinions on the it and related topics like sports, calisthenics, general physical health etc.
Do you know any exercises that are rare? Or ones that seem special to your locality?
Regarding food:
How do you meet your protein or calorie goals? How do you track it? Especially food that is local to your place.
On a tangent:
Are there cool plants that are less known or that’d be useful if more people tried growing and including them in their diets? Do mention your locality or climate of the plant.
I go the gym 3-5 days a week depending on how busy I am. I mainly start off doing a bit of cardio on the treadmill or bike and then lifting weights. If I have the time and energy, I end it with a bit of the stair machine as well.
Please do share your experience/suggestions/opinions on the it and related topics like sports, calisthenics, general physical health etc.
Different exercises/workouts are geared towards different things. What’s your goal from exercising? To lose weight? Bulk up? Just get more toned and have better muscle definition? Have better stamina? How you should be exercising depends on what you want to get out of it.
Do you know any exercises that are rare? Or ones that seem special to your locality?
I don’t think that’s a thing really. You can look up any kind of workout regimen online from anywhere around the world nowadays. It just depends on what you want to get out of it.
How do you meet your protein or calorie goals? How do you track it? Especially food that is local to your place.
Focus your meals on high protein foods. Meats, chicken, lentils, chickpeas, etc. If you’re doing intense workouts more than 3 days a week then supplement it with protein powder. Unless you’re looking to become some kind of professional athlete/bodybuilder/whatever, counting your calorie and protein intake is a waste of time (in my humble opinion). Just pay attention to your body, things like fatigue joint pain, etc. Be mindful of them.
Thank you.
My aim is decent health itself. I do wanna get stronger and get a more flat-ish tummy, since I’ve read something about hip to waist ratio. My main focus is to have decent strength n muscle.
Back when I used to use reddit there was /r/bodyweightfitness that was really good and I believe it’s in line with what you want. It’ll help you get stronger, leaner, and it can even done at home. I haven’t been on the site in years but I remember they had a very good wiki and even an app that helped define a workout routine for you. I would recommend you give it a look. I’d recommend supplementing it with cardio exercises (jogging, biking, etc), to increase your heart health and help you loose any fat that you might want to lose.
I’ve tried to follow their recommended routine, but never really stuck to it.
I think looking at learning the proper technique together with doubting whether it was working made me inconsistent. Also was afraid of hurting myself doing dips. Still am.
Maybe when I build up some base strength, I will be able to try it better.
With dumbbells, I started with simple bicep and tricep exercises. I could see decent improvements and added other stuff slowly.
I’ve started doing some pike-pushup-kind-of exercise.
Thank you, for the recommendation and for reminding me of it.
