I tested myself with gloves and I can do dead hangs for more than a minute. It was the calluses that caused the discomfort.

I tried the false grip but could not exert a lot of force and it is something for me to work on in the near future.

hi. i want to seek an advise. for me my weight is over 100. what is the first exercise that i should look for?

do i have to do cardio and hiit all the way wait for weight go down first or i can try bodyweight training?

Cool! Keep working on the false grip, you'll be muscle upping in no time! Are you doing horizontal dips?

Depends on what your fitness levels are. If you've never worked out for years/have practically no strength then obviously you'll have to start light. It's the same if you're working with weights. If you can't and you're really out of shape don't worry cause not every one starts at the same point. There are harder variations of bodyweight exercises and there are easier variations, you just need to figure out where your starting point. Do an honest assessment of yourself, ask yourself question like these: can you run (how many long, how fast...), how strong you are (can you do basic bodyweight exercises like pushups & squats). This will help cause like i said if your weak no point asking you to do hard exercises, right?

As for cardio vs HIITs, it depends on what you want out of them. While they both will help you burn calories (of course DIET is still the key for losing weight) they are both in an opposite spectrum; cardio boost your fitness levels and endurance while HIITs will boost your speed and strength. Basic bodyweight training will give you more strength. If general fitness is part of your goal why not do all.

once calluses is formed, do you guys do something with it?
or just let it be?

thanks bro. that clear up a lot. i go sometimes to gym for cardio and off gym doing hiit. trying to avoid weight training as it disrupt my weight loss progress.

because i was thinking to cancel out my gym membership and do exercise by myself as there is parks and courts nearby my house newly build.

i will plan my exercise according to your advise then. Why not do all right?

Yes, doing horizontal dips.

I have been doing so much that I am suffering whole body fatigue.

If it doesn't hurt, ignore it. They say calluses are manly! LOL

Just remember to start slow and build up your strength especially when doing HIITs. Them HIITs can take a toll on your joints, tendons/ligaments if you're not ready for them especially on higher levels. Don't forget some rest time too.

BTW how does weight training disrupt your weight loss progress? It shouldn't...

not sure though. seems like after weight training, maybe got muscle gain, instead of going down, mine increased.

i ask my friend he says that muscle gives more mass than fat. deswai its like that. not sure either...

Sounds like you're on the right track on getting the muscle up.

As always don't forget to rest... Rest as much as you can till your ready to rock again. Nothing wrong in taking an extra day to recuperate so don't be too rigid with your schedule.

so much info just from reading here. its sound like a workout i would try. btw im not used to this kind of exersice. usually i went for hiking and normal push up. any suggestion for me?

Do push up, chip up, hanging leg raise, deep squats and bridge.

I find that the workouts are easier with a more flexible body as the body can balance and stabilise easier.

Yes. Rest is important. Some days I intended to practice the proper form and technique but the original intent drifted to full workout.

You called it calluses, I name it Trophy

It hurts when you spank the monkey

I will file most calluss and apply hand lotion.

It depends on your goal, everyone has different goals. Some people want to get fit, some do it to supplement their sport that they are interested in. Workouts should cater for what you want out from your goals and not just some random generic work out. Since you mentioned hiking, perhaps you'd like to do more endurance work? However at the end of the day, do start with the basics if you haven't done much. Get in some push ups, pull ups, mid section work and some squats into your workout first before thinking of exploring advance cals.

It's great that you can do push ups (you'd be actually surprise that there are people who actually can do the normal push up!) so you can start from there. While i don't know how many reps you can do and how often you do it, aim for a for 2 sets of 30. Even if you can do that already keep doing it for a few more weeks, build up on your endurance and strengthen them tendons and ligaments. There's no need to rush and start working on harder exercises, so keep at it till you feel comfortable with working on normal push ups, once ok then only add on diamond/close arm push ups into your work out.

For pulls ups, if you can't do any yet, work on just hanging onto the bar with dead hangs. It may seem stupid just hanging around on a bar but dead hangs builds endurance. The longer you can hang the more potential for you to do higher reps later on. While training on dead hangs do horizontal pull ups to build up your pulling strength. They're also called Australian pull ups or body weight rows.

Greetings to all.
I started doing bodyweight exercises/calisthenics around 2 months ago after i noticed my calf muscle became bigger due to running while my body is little bit skinny.

My current limits
10 pull ups
10 chin ups
25 push ups
8 dips.
10 legs raise
After that i start running around 3 or 6 km depend on my free times and redo all the exercises again after finishing the run. 2 or 3 times perweeks.
Sometimes at home practising how to do handstand without wall.
Learned from youtube channel thefotress but still far from what he suggest ( 25 pullups, 25 leg raises,70 pushups etc).

That's not too bad for 2 months work.

About the youtube channel thing,... is that per set or total reps?

Rome wasn't built in a day. Time, consistency, genetics, food = growth and improvement.
You're doing fine.

per set, if total reps i can do more than 25 btw.
this is the youtube video I mentioned but actually I never really follow the suggestion.
I never did squat/pistol squat. I think my running and occasional hiking is enuf for legs training.



Thanks,
For now I try my best to be consistent. I managed to lost my weight only by running without change my diet.
Actually during my teens and early twenty I was active as rugby player for school and college. Joined cadet and wataniah and never skip the training
Become lazy and heavy smoker after start working . I want to regain my long lost endurance and stamina.
Now already past 30, I can feel that my body not as good as before. recovery also become slow.

This post has been edited by joker_jr: Nov 3 2015, 02:06 PM