So I followed my edict about not shooting as many exercise videos by shooting an exercise video. 🙂 It actually was intended to serve somewhat of a purpose. Ray had mentioned something about how he has issues with a bar […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for June, 2012
Too much (You) Tube time
As I have said many times and in many places, I feel so fortunate to be involved in the bar/calisthenics/body weight exercise community. It is a great source of positive energy and motivation that helps me in other areas of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I tried a different variation of the 5×10 endurance sets this week. I did sets of 5 chin ups and 10 dips. Difficulty wise it was definitely a level above last week since I can definitely crank push ups […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhzr2RV-xxs So last night I made an attempt at Bar-baric mode of this month’s BB forum challenge which are a series of progressively more difficult muscle ups with only 30 seconds rest between the sets. I immediately cringed when I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I got into doing body weight exercise several years ago it was inspired from watching others doing incredible things on the bars via endless YouTube videos. Despite being right around 40 years old at the time I decided I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the more impressive leg bodyweight exercises is a pistol squat. A pistol squat is a one legged squat where you lower yourself all the way down on one leg while using your off leg and arms for balance. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I did a normal mode set for this month’s BB challenge which is a series of increasingly difficult push up variations. I was doing ok until I got to the last set which are fingertip push ups. I had […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had my first shot at hard mode of this month’s BB challenge. I had missed the gym at lunch so I was anxious to get out there and put up a good showing. My first set of chin ups […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…