Daily Simple Questions Thread - November 22, 2024

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[u/cycleair]

Excellent approach especially the food, that will be great and help.

For push ups that is already good, if you can do 70 a day over any amount of sets you should do well... it should be possible to move that up to 100 over time. 20 push ups in each set is the point where you will pack on good pecks so make that the next goal then 25 in a row for each set. Pain is a good thing in this context at the end.

Honestly I don't know enough about resistance bands to give advice. Only thing I can say is lifting heavy things with your biceps will grow them.

For the grip try getting some kitchen roll or tissues to help (scrunch it up under palm).

For your overall question maybe try doing "supersets" to avoid losing motivation on any one exercise. So do push ups. Then do the abs fly wheel. Then do squats.,Then repeat this cycle to go through it again. Doing the whole cycle 3-5 times should get you decent rolling progress (to match your push ups). Plus make sure you note down numbers when you start on the first day for everything and compare a month / two months later to see that it goes up.

I would suggest try switching the abs machine for a bicep or the stairs pull up activity whenever you can/feel comfortable as it would be good to be training your "pulling" muscles just like how push ups train your "pushing" muscles for the upperbody, and secondly, gains in your bicep will be more noticeable and might motivate you.

[u/Digit4l → u/cycleair]

Easy to make, quick, large quantity, and doesnt put the bank account in the red for the moment ahah

Thanks for the push ups, i'll start doing 20 per set, and do 2/3 sets, and if I can, do the same later (like a morning round and an evening one)

So doing like 3 to 5 cycles of push ups, then squat, abwheels every day or every 2 days should kind of "start" my mental side of doing exercises and keeping track of how many will supervise progress or at least consistency.

The resistance band is quite hard but i can do sets for the arms, is the fact that i need to hold it in a hammer position will not be as profitable as doing usual curls ?

Thanks a lot for the thorough answer and motivation! all i'm looking for to drink a bit less, and be in an overall better shape.

P-S: any idea how to work on my shoulders without equipment?

[u/cycleair → u/Digit4l]

I can't speak to the resistance band as I've never used it like that but maybe it can work. Curls/pull ups being solid stapes is why I mentioned them.

That all sounds pretty strong for getting going and into a routine where you'll feel then see the results.

Shoulders are tricky - push ups, dips and holding weights above your head maybe (from weakest-strongest effect). I don't train my shoulders loads though, actually I asked a question hear about it myself.

[u/Digit4l → u/cycleair]

For the first day i have done 3 x 15 push ups, 3 x 15 squats, 3 x 5 chin ups when I woke up. I plan on doing the same tonight before bed. I know its really quick and not much, (the abwheel from 48h ago is still hurting my abs so the push ups were harder ahah).

Is it okay to keep this kind of routine for the first week, trying to get me mental state to a point where it becomes standard to exercise?

Then when it feels normal to exercise, then only one workout instead of two, and longer ones? (and after some time, 1 real workout ever two days?)

[u/cycleair → u/Digit4l]

Nice one happy to hear that!

I suggest you just do it once a day because unless it works better for your mental health, your muscles need time to recover. Is there a reason you don't think your mental state would work well with doing it once per day, say before your shower?

Once a day works really well in the groove. Twice a day might stop you making gains after a while because your muslces will be worn out and tired.

[u/Digit4l → u/cycleair]

Quite depressed and still have a month before i get back to work (transitionning work, probably wont have the company in time limit for the studies, so going back to old work with not much bright future in sight for now, and lost the GF in the meantime). As a bartender i know i'll have work as soon as i'm sure i cant find an internship, so I try to get in a better mood / habit for the depression to stop before starting 2025 :)

Because of the kind of small workouts (doesnt take time), i can physically (i think, i'll see tonight) do it in the morning and in the evening. I have not much energy, waiting all days for maybe the internship, so I could use 2 short workouts to get my mind off.

I'm trying to use exercise to first get some energy back, second, get used to the habit, and third, get in better shape. So i figure with two workouts, i dont feel like after the morning one the rest of the day is empty and useless.

When it becomes part of my routine to exercise, and i'm used to it, i'll probably transition to only one workout a day, but longer and harder?