Exercises - general conditioning

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There has been a thread running called "Abdominal exercises". I will start this thread that is more general. I figure it will be where folks can post/discuss exercises, drills, etc. that are part of their personal workout.

I posted a short video of some ab exercises in the other thread. Here is a video of a different way to work the abs. This sequence works leaping, hanging, transiting, abs, grip, shoulders. The foot hang works the tibialis anterior (shin area)...folks often do calf raises...this hang works the other side.

The last hanging ab exercise I call " X-ups ". I point the toes back and to the sides by arching the back and then bring the legs in, up and out to the front to complete the high side of the X .

I do a fair number of body weight exercises...here are a few.

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Hahaha...in that vein I'll post this one. I use whatever is available to vary the workout...the poles in the gym are useful for climbing. I start with an achilles tendon stretch (Che!!!) and then hang/stretch a little before starting a slow, controlled climb, up and down. I transit between the poles to work a different type of grip and body flow.

The "on the pole" leg presses are good for strength and stretching.

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:O Impressive Gary!

Is it better to keep upping your routines so you are increasing the amount, length of exercise? I've been running for a few years but pretty much run the same amount, about four miles three to four times a week. Seemed to have plateud (sp?).

jp:D
 
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treesandsurf said:
Is it better to keep upping your routines so you are increasing the amount, length of exercise? I've been running for a few years but pretty much run the same amount, about four miles three to four times a week. Seemed to have plateud (sp?)
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Googled to be safe...... plateaued.

I'd say it would depend on your goals. Unless you are training for a long race I think you have the running thing down great. I'm of the opinion that for lots of folks running as a sole primary fitness activity is risky. It is generally considered to be long-term detrimental for the joints for most people. I always ran on soft surfaces (trails / ball fields, etc.) to lessen the impact on joints. It is great for cardio but mixing with swimming might be a good idea (you ARE in Hawaii, bro!!...just don't be shark bait)...or hike Pu'u Manamana.

Also mix sprints into your runs...I remember I had been running (jogging) for years and finally remembered to sprint again...I had forgotten what a sprint felt like! The body responds to and needs variety...so does the brain.
 
Wow. Just WOW. Very impressive.

Thanks for the stretch, Gary....hurts to look at it, but I'll add it as soon as I can.
 
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Che said:
Thanks for the stretch, Gary....hurts to look at it, but I'll add it as soon as I can.
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Just NOT too soon and not too much. You'll need mild stretching as the tendon heals but gentle.
 
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vharrison said:
I need a good strength exercise for pulling. The bands on the spear gun are hard to pull back, any one have a good exercise for pulling?
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Your best bet might be pulling on the spear gun bands.

Or get a rubber band made for exercising...at the 2:00 minute mark this guy has some good pulling shoulder/back exercises. This kind of band would work well.

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Most of the exercise I get today is through walking. Lately been going out to bluffs and hiking the coastal trails. Some steep in it, but not killer.

I can see/feel the need for more conditioning exercises though.

Nice going, Gary.
 
Thanks for starting this thread, Gary. I'm not interested in going to a gym.....at this time.

What I'm looking for is a routine I can do at home that doesn't involve any new/purchased equipment....that will stretch/condition all groups fairly equally....15-20 minutes daily, maximum. I would think that type of a routine would benefit most here....hard to find a rational excuse NOT to do something like that.

My work (when I can do it) gives me plenty of weight training but it seems like the whole needs to work better together now. If that makes sense.

It's hard to believe that you're older than me and you can do what you do. Very inspirational.
 
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And here are the last two videos from yesterday:

first is rope climbing, with hands and feet.

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Second is Roman chair exercises...I think this is the kind of chair Frans was talking about in another thread:

The last exercise facing the backrest is a shoulder exercise, working to get the spine horizontal..it will be awhile. :)

Time for somebody else to post their exercises.

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That was all really cool. thanks for sharing. Just curious, does the gym mind you climbing on the equipment and climbing on your rope? That's kinda funny bringing grippy gloves to the gym.
 
I was wondering about that, too... the liability and all. If there was padding or something, I could see it. But w/o, hmmmm...

I need to rig up a rope set up like that.
 
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cory said:
That was all really cool. thanks for sharing. Just curious, does the gym mind you climbing on the equipment and climbing on your rope? That's kinda funny bringing grippy gloves to the gym.
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Nah, the owner is a young guy, maybe mid-late twenties and he is cool with it...in fact, he asked me to start bringing the rope in again. I had it permanently installed a few years ago and left it all the time. I took my harness and got properly safetied in, padded the metal trusses with HD hose and secured the rope by tying into the trusses. That was with Rob, the original owner...he liked the rope, too. But, his insurance guy came by one time, saw the rope and got a bit hinky about it, told him it couldn't be there. So I just started taking it in a bucket and hang it each time.

I have a towel padding the metal trusses now...I plan to install a HD piece of rubber or hose soon for padding. The current towel is not very well secured...I often have to climb the pole hand over to the padding (maybe 3 feet) and set the rope in the trusses/padding. Once I made a good U shaped padded trough up there it will be much simpler. For now, I throw the 1/2" static line -BlueWater- that I have bowlined into the one inch manila and tie it off to a calf raise machine. Some of the other guys climb the rope once in awhile...only one guy has bothered to check my knot. :lol:

But, the good news is the owner, Tommy, pretty much gives me free rein to use the eqpt as I see fit. I've been a loyal customer for a lot of years and he appreciates that, too.
 
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