Real Life Crusher - Demarcohsp -

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First that gets to 10.000 get's a cake in the mail from me.

Sorry to say this but you are disqualified JimC6

Originally posted by DeMarcohsp
First that gets to 10.000 get's a cake in the mail from me.

Sorry to say this but you are disqualified JimC6

I am on a diet anyway.

I do look forward to reading your blog though.

10.000th

Since I can't do much else in the next 20 min I'll write my first article now.

Calisthenics

My exercise routine contains 6 times a week exercising 2 muscles groups with the methodology taken from Convict Conditioning books (there are 2).

They promote calisthenics (exercising with your own body weight) as the best way to exercise and I agree very much with them.
Benefits include:
-real superhuman strength
-better/stronger joints
-no more joint pain like the one you get from going to the gym
-better coordination
-aesthetics - you will get the looks of the Greek statues if practiced properly and with proper nutrition, not the bulky looks of the modern gym gorillas.
- you get in harmony with your body - this brings me great feeling of accomplishment.

The first book describes the "Big Six" pushups for chest, pullups for back, squats for legs, bridges for spine muscles, leg raises for abs and handstand pushups for all upper trunk.

I practice them for 3-4 months now(and I will fortunately never stop). Every exercise is divided into 10 smaller steps which have a progression standard, when you hit it you start doing the exercise in the next step.

So you evolve from doing pushups against a wall in 10 tiny steps till you get to the last one - doing one arm pushups.

here is a link with how these exercises look like : &imgrefurl= http://www.operatorchan.org/pt/&usg=__IIxA42RADrhZv6cX2yZcWzcSgS0=&h=1628&w=3060&sz=666&hl=ro&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=PbQA8Ga0Rg0c_M:&tbnh=80&tbnw=150&ei=nFKqUL2WB87esgap2YH4Bw&um=1&itbs= 1" rel="nofollow ugc" target="_blank">Click me

I am past step 5 only in doing squats so it is taking a long time. The idea behind is to get maximum benefit from each step (after all where do you go after you reach the last step?) and build you as strong as you can possibly be.

The second book deals with training of smaller groups like: calves, forearms, neck, lateral chain and also shares other aspects of the life in prison.

Why convict conditioning? Because the other is an ex convict which spent over 20 years in prison and the techniques which he shares are something that was not accessible to the outside people before his books.

This type of training fits me very well as it takes little time, you can do it anywhere and it doesn't necessitate any type of equipment - perfect fit for me.

I hope that this will help you guys that are too lazy to go to the gym or those that want a different approach. I was a gym junkie myself for 3 years but I stopped for a few months and moved totally on calisthenics for strength training.

Enjoy your journey to superhuman strength and a better mind-body connection.

1st again!

Good luck with the blog mate :).

P.S. CC is awesome ♦.

-SF

nice blog, bookmarked

Good luck mate. Looking forward to reading this.

Following and +1 to the convict conditioning.

I was a gymlover for nearly 9 years and then dropped it completely when I discovered CC

Originally posted by StaticMoth
Following and +1 to the convict conditioning.

I was a gymlover for nearly 9 years and then dropped it completely when I discovered CC

How long have you been doing it ♦?

Originally posted by DeMarcohsp

Originally posted by StaticMoth
Following and +1 to the convict conditioning.

I was a gymlover for nearly 9 years and then dropped it completely when I discovered CC

How long have you been doing it ♦?

Started@ end of august ... soo ... about 3 months

EDIT: Actually 2 months as I haven't been able to do much for the past month or so due to joint overload injuries from kickboxing trainings that I started going to since September as well

But now back on track and continuing as well.

I have the same tendencies as you show - legs are the only thing that I have on level 5 and it's still quite easy.

All the other stuff is @level 3-4

Will be following, GL!

@ StaticMoth: Have you read the second book? There is a joint workout in there called Trifecta which is promoted to be effective in any typo of joint pain (and it takes only a few minutes a day).

nice blog and I will follow!

I`m developing my productivity skills as well, so thats why this should be interesting. Keep up the good work!

Originally posted by DeMarcohsp
@ StaticMoth: Have you read the second book? There is a joint workout in there called Trifecta which is promoted to be effective in any typo of joint pain (and it takes only a few minutes a day).

Have skimmed through it out of curiosity - but will have to go back for a more "serious" look, thanks for the reminder

No problem, it is a very good book imo.

I already implemented forearms and calves work + the daily joint work. Very useful and made my trainings more enjoyable. You should deff read it.

Good luck!