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…
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…
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…
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…
So like many in the bar community, I saw lots of coverage of the 2012 Workout Fest in the Ukraine. The event had a huge Bar-barian group attending, I think I read a total of 11 were Bar-barians there, including […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyp_L2jFBIY I made one last attempt at hard mode of this month’s Bar-barian challenge, flying pull ups. This was the same thing that ripped my right hand open earlier in the month when I stupidly chalked the bar and my […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have had a couple unsuccessful challenges lately. First on Sunday I tried normal mode of this month’s Bar-barian forums challenge, clapping pushups, and posted a number about 10 reps less than I hoped for. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB9Atxi8_IU Then last night I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A couple times this week I have done unbroken sets of 50 push ups at the gym. It was the first time in awhile I tried to stretch a pure push up set. For several months all of my push […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I had pretty much avoided all chest pushing exercises for the past two weeks to see if it would help alleviate some of the chronic pain I have been experiencing in both shoulders. Well, it didn’t. My shoulders still […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you follow my blog you may know that one of my fitness goals for 2012 was to be able to do the Bar-barian Requirements. They are as follows: 5 muscle ups 45 dips 25 pull ups 55 push ups […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
