In my last post I got SO MANY awesome suggestions for exercise routines and videos to help me ease back into being active. One that was suggested is Hybrid Calisthenics, which I think is an awesome start with achievable goals to get me into a consistent routine with my ADHD ass.

It’s all based on bodyweight so you can do the exercises at home, the instructor shows you really in depth modifications to make the exercises easier or harder, and he breaks it up into (imo) very doable chunks - 2 different exercises, 6 days a week. I feel like knowing that it’ll be such a short amount of time will be motivating, and if I don’t do anything else for the rest of the day, I still will have gotten SOMETHING in. He also gives a goal number of reps, so that once you’re hitting that number with good form and you aren’t dying, you know you should move on to a harder variation.

I did the first day today, and my arms are already sore after a couple hours. So, I think I’m gonna post daily updates on this post as lil updates for myself and I think it could be cool if other people want to try it out and post progress as well! Could possibly be a good motivator! swole-doge

Anyway, here are links to the youtube video and website with the program:

Hybrid Calisthenics Beginners video
Hybrid Calisthenics Webpage

  • ratboy [they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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    10 days ago

    thank you for your encouragement doggirl-thumbsup You’re definitely right. I think I’m much better about it now, but always considered myself a work horse so I would do really heavy lifting and intense yardwork and such without having a really good mind-body connection which I think is part of what ails me now in my old-ish age. Working in produce and lifting 50lb soggy boxes of celery from a shelf 3 inches off the floor day in and day out is not very kind to your spine and shoulders lol. Then I got a completely sedentary job and I just never imagined I’d lose so much strength…So now I’m really trying to be kind to myself and pay attention to my body instead of going all in and hurting/disappointing myself