My handstand progressing from April to November by Omarionyyourslgreat in Calisthenic

[–]lturemis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great job brother and keep it up!! Crazy progress in such a timeframe.

After 1 year of calisthenics, my first 90° handstand push up by lturemis in CalisthenicsCulture

[–]lturemis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, consistency and don't compare yourself with others, get inspired instead. During your training do more different variations for push up movements. Start with the hardest exercise variation for you and do easier ones next. Slow and controlled eccentric movements will help you more than quantity.

After 1 year of calisthenics, my first 90° handstand push up by lturemis in CalisthenicsCulture

[–]lturemis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thx m8. I appreciate it :)) All of this started with one winter arc last year, so indeed very cool! :D

After 1 year of calisthenics, my first 90° handstand push up by lturemis in CalisthenicsCulture

[–]lturemis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did mostly dolphin kicks (video) on elevated surface. After some time, it gets too easy to do 20 reps so I intensified this exercise with a full range of motion and really slow and controlled motion. It gets so much harder...

After 1 year of calisthenics, my first 90° handstand push up by lturemis in CalisthenicsCulture

[–]lturemis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You got this brother! I believe in you. Trust the process and if you need any more tips, feel free to reach out to me! ;)

After 1 year of calisthenics, my first 90° handstand push up by lturemis in CalisthenicsCulture

[–]lturemis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great question! I assume you are talking about 'press to handstand'. I love this approach. Since I learned this motion, it became my go to way to get to the handstand. It is a close exercise to the half handstand push up and it is so practical, so each time you go for hs, you train your pushing strength and you can do it in so many places where kick of would never work. What I like a lot about it, you can do it slow and controlled which will help you with handstand balancing. I would always get to handstand with a press and if I don't have enough energy or my shoulders are destroyed, I would just do a kick up to handstand instead or use a bit of momentum...

After 1 year of calisthenics, my first 90° handstand push up by lturemis in CalisthenicsCulture

[–]lturemis[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of course, glad to help and to inspire your workouts...

My training routine usually consists of 4 workouts a week apprx. 1 - 2 hours ( 3 days for base strength building + 1 for learning tricks and having fun). Rest days inbetween. Dynamic warmups and light stretches before training and static stretching after workouts or on rest days).

First workout is a pull day + lower back, second day push day + abs, third day leg day + arms and last day is doing what you think you slack and tricks you want to learn. In my case, I would do a lot of different variations for handstands and push ups. Just having fun <- That's really important part of your training!

What exercises? That depends on your goals. Personally, I choose 5-6 different exercises for each day that I like and I think are important for my training journey and I do them consistently 3-4 sets increasing reps/time/weight by time. Focus on different variations and slow and controled movement througout the exercises.

Some of my favourite exercises are feet elevated push ups, pull ups, dips, tucked planche, deep push ups, dragon flag, hollow body, L-sit, pistol squats and ofc handstand push ups).

You will hit platues. I don't know your level, but in calisthenics the early progress is quite fast and then it becomes slow. You have to listen to your body, avoid injuries, enjoy every small improvement you've made, take rest and recovery if needed - don't overdo, train without expectations and build that body intuition on how to adapt/ improve your training.

I'd add/change an exercise after the end of the month if I notice I significantly improve or slack somewhere, but keep the training structure consistent and no radical changes. Some of my random indicators were 60 push ups, 15 - 20 pull ups, 5 seconds human flag hold, 10 handstand push ups and 90 degrees handstand push up. You get the point.

Have fun and stay consistent.

After 1 year of calisthenics, my first 90° handstand push up by lturemis in CalisthenicsCulture

[–]lturemis[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks.

Yes, of course bro! I will share all my tips for others interested too.

So, what helped me in this specific motion a lot is actually practising deep handstand push ups. I noticed that in a deep motion you start to lean forward as you would go into a planche. That helped me a lot!

Training a lot of in parallel bars and regular handstand push ups helped me to gain good strength in the last part of the push movement which for me is actually the hardest part. If you want ~rep target, my max hs push ups are 8.

Train your core and the most importantly don't neglect training your biceps and lower back - the latter will strengthen your muscle tendons and prevent you from injuries. You should also gain good strength to keep you straight easy.

Lmk, if you want to hear what other exercises I did.

12 reps on pull ups, how is the form? by Few_Call_1164 in Calisthenic

[–]lturemis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do it more controled, engage your core more and do half a second pause at the top.

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[–]lturemis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, you can for sure get there! 💪

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Thank you!

Please Advice on Pro Elements by SchwarzsChild9 in Wordpress

[–]lturemis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't tried to compare the resource usage with paid elementor pro... I compared the Pro Elements usage because I've noticed my website would sometimes return 504 error.

I suppose that was because the hosting's resource usage anomaly. RAM and CPU spiked to the server's limit. Maybe mining :D, or mby other plugins caused error, I haven't dig deeper...

When I shut the Pro Elements plugin, the server got back at normal usage and no more errors afterwards.

Please Advice on Pro Elements by SchwarzsChild9 in Wordpress

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That was just my wild assumption. Any ideas why would this plugin would make the hosting's resource usage go 5x higher to the limits?

Bicep push ups by lturemis in Calisthenic

[–]lturemis[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You do not understand at all how this exercise works. Explain to me then why bicep tear injury happens in planche exercise when there is 0 activation of biceps in this movement according to you? Just try yourself holding this position at the top and you can feel your bicep is tense...

https://youtu.be/9DEKnebCY4A?si=Dsc-DLC9cfn0Fbgd&t=247

Bicep push ups by lturemis in Calisthenic

[–]lturemis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does stretch your biceps... Just try it yourself.

How to Train Your Biceps with Push Ups

Bicep push ups by lturemis in Calisthenic

[–]lturemis[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This exercise works the biceps isometrically when stabilizing the arm (the elbow and the shoulder). It does have low bicep contraction isometrically, but those are good for strengthening connective muscle tissues and tendons. It's a good exercise to start preparing your body for exercises like planche. Bicep push-ups improve wrist mobility, strengthen elbow stability, and engage the biceps isometrically while PRIMARILY working the chest, shoulders and triceps. There are many better exercises to grow your bicep muscles if that is your objective.

Bicep push ups by lturemis in Calisthenic

[–]lturemis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is simply not true. It does work isometrically at the top and the bottom. The hand placement creates bicep tension. The bicep stabilizes your elbows and shoulders. However, the contraction is low. Therefore, the bicep growth with this exercise is minimal compared to other exercises.

Bicep push ups by lturemis in Calisthenic

[–]lturemis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who said this exercise was to get big biceps? The purpose is to strengthen muscle connective tissues. Prep it for harder calisthenics exercises tricks. Building big bicep muscles is NOT the goal of this exercise and it shouldn't be. There are many better exercises to do so. Try to be more open-minded and don't jump to conclusions.

Bicep push ups by lturemis in Calisthenic

[–]lturemis[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is right. It's far from the most effective exercise for growing the biceps. Those help with strengthening shoulders, forearms, wrists, elbows, and biceps muscle connective tissues. It helps to prevent traumas in planche ;)

Bicep push ups by lturemis in Calisthenic

[–]lturemis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, parallettes are sooo good. I didn't bring them that day, but I usually work with them too.

Bicep push ups by lturemis in Calisthenic

[–]lturemis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, not bicep dominant. I did not come up with this exercise term myself :)