Health, Exercise & Wellness

[Recharge]

Ok I was hesitant to post a picture, but I see genuine progress here.

After roughly 30 days (I just realised I actually passed the 30 days a few days ago) of 200+ push ups a day (roughly 250 a day for the whole duration - week 1 200+, week 2 and 3, 4 250+, week 5 300+) this is my conclusion. I can see my abs peeking and I see a big difference in my shoulders and chest.

There is no before picture, but trust me there is a huge difference. I purposely didn't take the pictures right after a training (waited about an hour after since now I train like 2/3 times day, hard to find a time when I am not training or walking these days). I also didn't used perfect lighting like most people do.

If anything my diet brought me down. I wasn't at all strict, but I still have 9 more months to get my abs back so its fine for now. I sinned on Thursday destroying 3 boxes of ice-cream, so I did a 36 hours fast after that and made 450 push ups on the day of the fast and another 200 after I broke my fast so I think I mitigated most of the ice cream damage. If anything I was quite surprised I managed to the most push ups in basically around the end of the 30 day challenge I took in a fasted state no less, probably motivated to get rid of the ice-cream guilt.

I will do another 30 days trying to maintain 300+ push ups a day(I might drop down to 200 when I start my work training in March). I started adding about 5 chin ups in the park too some days, but to be honest I really feel like shit the next day so I think I am not quite ready for chin/pull ups every day.

 

[Jetflag]

Why do you look so sad @ the first picture m8

 

[Recharge]

Why do you look so sad @ the first picture m8

Oh, like most guys I have two faces. Default mean/angry looking one most of the time and I guess this is my chill-er one. Believe me I am still not sad, the sad comes when I move to a proper diet in spring and summer to get into a proper athlete form. Although then I am constantly hangry...

 

[Jetflag]

Going for the dry-needling option. Bloody Ischias just won’t go away.

 

[Julian Del Agranda]

Why wasn't I tagged yet??

 

[Julian Del Agranda]

Going for the dry-needling option. Bloody Ischias just won’t go away.

Ischias? That's exactly what I had.

I've found something that works for me since a few months. (Besides never lifting heavy stuff ever again). I play tennis now with compression-clothes. Shorts, shirt and even sock (till knee height). Looks kinda silly, and it's quite warm, but since I use it, my ishias problem doesn't come back after tennis. And I play quite explosively, I don't hold back a lot. Only with shots you know it's behind you and you are required to manouvre awkardly, I probably will let it go and lose the point. But in general it's almost "full on" explosiveness what I put into it.

The biggest danger for (my) ischias, besides lifting heavy stuff.... is.... sitting. Sitting a lot is baaaaad. In fact I do it too much right now.

Need more walks, more breaks, and there is one particular stretch thing that is my go to, even when I don't have ishias-symtoms: laying on the back, and then get your knees to your chest (keep your head relaxed on a pillow or whatever, don't use your neck). Then wiggle around for a bit. Hold for like 20-25 seconds. And do that a couple of times. Like... daily.

Whenever I have "the problem" (you know when it's there! can hardly walk right?!) .... I know now: don't sit.... lay down and walk. If you do that, the recovery goes from weeks to days.

And together with the compression clothing, I'm fairly happy now, I can play tennis more frequently again and more explosive.

Not sure if there's anything useful in this post for you.

 

[Jetflag]

Ischias? That's exactly what I had.

I've found something that works for me since a few months. (Besides never lifting heavy stuff ever again). I play tennis now with compression-clothes. Shorts, shirt and even sock (till knee height). Looks kinda silly, and it's quite warm, but since I use it, my ishias problem doesn't come back after tennis. And I play quite explosively, I don't hold back a lot. Only with shots you know it's behind you and you are required to manouvre awkardly, I probably will let it go and lose the point. But in general it's almost "full on" explosiveness what I put into it.

The biggest danger for (my) ischias, besides lifting heavy stuff.... is.... sitting. Sitting a lot is baaaaad. In fact I do it too much right now.

Need more walks, more breaks, and there is one particular stretch thing that is my go to, even when I don't have ishias-symtoms: laying on the back, and then get your knees to your chest (keep your head relaxed on a pillow or whatever, don't use your neck). Then wiggle around for a bit. Hold for like 20-25 seconds. And do that a couple of times. Like... daily.

Whenever I have "the problem" (you know when it's there! can hardly walk right?!) .... I know now: don't sit.... lay down and walk. If you do that, the recovery goes from weeks to days.

And together with the compression clothing, I'm fairly happy now, I can play tennis more frequently again and more explosive.

Not sure if there's anything useful in this post for you.

Thanks for the advice brother

problem is I do need to sit if only for car drives to clients and given my wife is in the hospital frequently + I’ve got 2 1/2 kids to take care of “not lifting” is a nogo for me by pure circumstance heh

it also shouldn’t be like this.. like one half year ago everything was fine and I just need to get back to that.. the compression clothing and excersize you recommended I’ll defo try. Cheers