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    Beginner Fitness: Daily Simple Questions Thread - June 17, 2020

    Beginner Fitness: Daily Simple Questions Thread - June 17, 2020


    Daily Simple Questions Thread - June 17, 2020

    Posted: 17 Jun 2020 03:04 AM PDT

    Welcome to the /r/Fitness Daily Simple Questions Thread - Our daily thread to ask about all things fitness. Post your questions here related to your diet and nutrition or your training routine and exercises. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer.

    As always, be sure to read the wiki first. Like, all of it.

    Also, there's a handy-dandy search bar to your right, and if you didn't know, you can also use Google to search fittit by using the limiter "site:reddit.com/r/fitness" after your search topic.

    Other good resources to search are Exrx.net for exercise-related topics and Examine.com for nutrition and supplement science.

    Be aware that the more relevant information you add, the more relevant the answers you receive will be. And if you are posting about your routine, please make sure you follow the guidelines.

    (Please note: This is not a place for general small talk or chit-chat. Also, the community decided long ago that we keep jokes, trolling, and memes outside of the Daily Q&A threads. Please use the downvote / report button when necessary.)

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    Rant Wednesday

    Posted: 17 Jun 2020 03:04 AM PDT

    Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

    There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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    Engaging the core, how to know if Im not just sucking in my stomach?

    Posted: 17 Jun 2020 03:22 AM PDT

    I tried watching videos on it but I still feel Im just sucking in and not fully breathing when working out?

    I watched one where they say to squeeze in the stomach and push it up, when I do that i feel that my shoulders are raised, and opened. And the back muscle at the sides feel tighter but it kinda felt a little painful at bottom part of my back, perhaps it just that I started randomly doing this without warming up

    I just dont know if im doing right. And i've been just following videos and my whole stomach n lower back feels a tiny bit sore.

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    Calf raises causing fatigue in toes/top of foot, unable to complete sets

    Posted: 17 Jun 2020 03:36 AM PDT

    Doing standing-up calf raises - is it normal to feel soreness/fatigue in the toes and the top of the foot? I see most complaints come with the arches of the foot, but my arches are fine.

    Squeezing at the top of the rep puts immense pressure on my toes/upper foot, and my feet fatigue before my calves do. Any advice?

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    Implementing my hypertrophy focused home-workout into the gym

    Posted: 17 Jun 2020 03:24 AM PDT

    Since march I have been working out at home.

    I've been doing a 15-20 minute full-body workout monday, wednesday and friday where I do many different exercises for 60 seconds with 10 second rest time (mainly to switch position) between each exercise. I feel like I have been getting some really good muscle growth during these months, almost better than what I had been getting at the gym doing a more standard PPL program. This has surprises me for sure.

    Now that the fitness centers in Norway opens up again, I am thinking about taking a similar approach at the gym as I have been doing home. I haven't made a program yet, but something similar to this is what I had in mind:

    Monday/Thursday - Push:

    1. Regular 4x8 squats with 30 seconds calf extensions right after each squat set.
    2. Squat sit-downs with one leg (alternating) for 60 seconds - followed by 60 seconds reverse lunges with dumbbells
    3. Regular 4x8 bench press with 30 seconds flyes on the bench right after each BP set.
    4. Regular 4x8 military press with 30 seconds lateral shoulder extensions right after each set.
    5. 60 seconds shoulder press with dumbbells followed by 60 seconds incline chest press with dumbbells.
    6. 60 seconds cable flyes followed by 60 seconds "insert triceps exercise here"
    7. 60 seconds cable back shoulder raises followed by 60 seconds "insert triceps exercise here" (might cut this last combo out of the exercise if I feel like the exercise becomes too long).

    Tuesday/Friday - Pull:

    1. Regular 4x8 romanian deadlift with 30 seconds calf extension right after each set.
    2. 60 seconds alternating heel touches followed by 60 seconds alternating sprinter lunges
    3. Regular 4x8 deadlifts with 60 seconds DB rows (30 seconds per arm) right after each set
    4. 60 seconds pulldowns followed by 60 seconds reverse-grip pulldowns.
    5. 3x20 seconds pulldown iso-holds followed by 3x20 seconds reverse pulldown iso-holds.
    6. 60 seconds standing lat pushdown followed by 60 seconds cable bicep curls.
    7. 60 seconds alternating hammer curls followed by 60 seconds seated decline bicep curls

    Something like this is what I had in mind, but it needs to be refined.

    The main point of this post is asking whether or not its a good idea to experiment with this type of program or if I should stick to the tried and tested programs I have been doing before. I just felt like the constant intensity of the home workout have had a great impact on my muscle growth, and I would like to implement some of that intensity and hypertrophy work into the gym as well.

    I'd appreciate any suggestions, ideas, experiences etc.! Also if you know of any workout plans similar to what I envision here or have any suggestions for exercises to remove/add from my list I would greatly appreciate it.

    Thanks and have a nice day everyone!

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    Beginner strugles

    Posted: 17 Jun 2020 03:13 AM PDT

    Hello people of reddit ive got some questions about my chest workout. So in my upper day i do push ups and pull ups, i just started pull ups (couldn't do them before) but i was doing push ups before. The problem is i feel like i just got stuck at the same reps even tho im doing for almost a month now i gained like 5 kg in a month as well i think i over did it i cant even do dips that well. I do 1 upper 1 lower rest repeat i got some realy good leg gains tho

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    Self-Promotion Saturday

    Posted: 13 Jun 2020 03:04 AM PDT

    Welcome to Self-Promotion Saturday

    This thread will serve as a weekly AutoModerator post, for anyone looking to get exposure for their Instagram, Youtube, blogspot, RedditMade, Kickstarter, TeeSpring, MySpace, AOL, stand-alone website, or stand-alone physical product.

    This post is the one time where people can advertise without repercussions, and the one thread when anything goes. All other advertisements will continue to be removed as per Rule #8.

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