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.netOPEnglish
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    21 days ago

    Days 8-13: I went on vacation and then had to recover from vacation for a couple days so I put off my exercises…I walked a TON on vacation though, averaging 10k steps, I believe, between actually walking or moshing/pogoing at some shows for 3-4 days so I felt good about that

    Day 14: Humbled the shit out of myself by further correcting my form with both exercises. It makes such a difference in what muscles are recruited when you really pay attention. I thought I was ready to move on to more advanced progressions but uh…May not lol

    Wall Pushups: 3x50 (finished)

    • I watched a video the other day that gives you the cue to “torque your hands into the ground”, which I forgot about and that seemed to make SUCH a difference. I think it really helped to take more pressure off of my elbows. When you place your hands on the wall/ground for the pushup, you just slightly rotate your whole hand slightly inwards as you grip the surface. I think this really helps with shoulder stabilization so helps out the entire arm. I could totally feel all of my upper body muscles working this time too: pecs, biceps, traps, shoulders, latissimus dorsi(?). Even the first set felt much more difficult than the other go-rounds, but I was able to complete everything. Good shit. Gonna do it once or twice more before moving to another progression.

    Knee Raises: 2x30 (only did 1x25, then 1x15)

    • I am a dirty liar, these are much harder than I thought. I’ve got some extra weight on me compared to when I used to do these regularly, so I was thinking that my abs were REALLY contracted enough for my back to stay glued to the floor but uh…It was just fat lol. So I REALLY focused on maintaining bracing my core, keeping my pelvis tilted and pushing my back down. It was kinda defeating because I had to scale back my range of motion a lot, but…I was only able to do like half of what I did before, and doing the movements to failure is a better sign of progress, so…Gonna keep working away at this.