[quote]theBird wrote:
Any chance of getting a video your single leg squat?
Im pretty sure we have very similar dimensions and I just want to see what it looks like for a bigger guy to single leg squat.
How far down do you go? Does the other foot touch the floor at all?
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I’ve attached a video. First I do the full pistol, which is what I do when I’m testing, then I do it to the 12in stool, which is usually what I do when training. The full pistol has a greater ROM, but I find the stool ones just as hard for some reason. I’m wearing the shemagh scarf just because I’m a bit weird about privacy etc.
My cat used to wrestle with my girlfriends cat before she moved. The two of them kept in pretty good shape like that.
I actually have a harness for walking my cat (yes, weird, I know). Maybe trying to get him to drag something might not be a bad thing. Bizarre idea, but it might just work.
You really think your rabbit can move a kilo though?[/quote]
Haha yeah it is a bizarre idea, but I thought it might be worth a try! Not until he is fully grown though. I have attached a photo of a fully grown Black and Tan - they can get pretty massive! I’m sure he’ll be able to drag a kilo or two if he gets anywhere near that size.
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My cat used to wrestle with my girlfriends cat before she moved. The two of them kept in pretty good shape like that.
I actually have a harness for walking my cat (yes, weird, I know). Maybe trying to get him to drag something might not be a bad thing. Bizarre idea, but it might just work.
You really think your rabbit can move a kilo though?[/quote]
Haha yeah it is a bizarre idea, but I thought it might be worth a try! Not until he is fully grown though. I have attached a photo of a fully grown Black and Tan - they can get pretty massive! I’m sure he’ll be able to drag a kilo or two if he gets anywhere near that size.
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That’s a fucking big rabbit lol.[/quote]
Haha yup. Hopefully my one reaches his full potential.
Hmm the above video appears sometimes and not other times. If you can’t see it try refreshing the page. I’ve built my weight bench, which I used in todays session, and posted a picture in my recent thread about it.
The flat press worked really well, and I felt that it worked my triceps a lot more than the dumbbell equivalent because it forced my elbows close to my sides. I did a high volume (122 total reps) so I’ll see tomorrow which bits hurt. 28kg felt sufficiently hard that I won’t have to rush to get a heavier kettlebell, and 36kg may be a better choice than 40kg.
theBird: because I’m not sure if the video I embedded in this log is working I’ve also uploaded it to my videos in my hub so you can see it there. It’s very low quality I’m afraid.
[quote]furo wrote:
theBird: because I’m not sure if the video I embedded in this log is working I’ve also uploaded it to my videos in my hub so you can see it there. It’s very low quality I’m afraid.[/quote]
It worked perfectly.
Thanks for that. That was really impressive. Im going to start by using a stool as you did in the 2nd version you demonstrated. Im really hoping that these will improve my knee health.
Thanks again. And don’t worry, I use a mask as well.
[quote]furo wrote:
theBird: because I’m not sure if the video I embedded in this log is working I’ve also uploaded it to my videos in my hub so you can see it there. It’s very low quality I’m afraid.[/quote]
It worked perfectly.
Thanks for that. That was really impressive. Im going to start by using a stool as you did in the 2nd version you demonstrated. Im really hoping that these will improve my knee health.
Thanks again. And don’t worry, I use a mask as well.
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Thanks a lot :). I’m sure you’ll get them very soon. I feel that they really help my knees.
I guess the site still doesn’t support international characters…[/quote]
They look quite similar to pistol squats but they actually feel quite different. As you can see the ROM isn’t as great as pistols, so I do them with the working foot on a stool so I can get the full range. It makes them quite a lot harder (that’s my excuse anyway).
[quote]LoRez wrote:
What are skater squats?[/quote]
They look quite similar to pistol squats but they actually feel quite different. As you can see the ROM isn’t as great as pistols, so I do them with the working foot on a stool so I can get the full range. It makes them quite a lot harder (that’s my excuse anyway).
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Oh, so, foot behind instead of foot in front is the main difference.
[quote]LoRez wrote:
What are skater squats?[/quote]
They look quite similar to pistol squats but they actually feel quite different. As you can see the ROM isn’t as great as pistols, so I do them with the working foot on a stool so I can get the full range. It makes them quite a lot harder (that’s my excuse anyway).
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Oh, so, foot behind instead of foot in front is the main difference.[/quote]
Lol it doesn’t sound like much! But yeah that’s the only difference.
Just out of curiosity are you trying to achieve a particular look/physique? Or are you doing this style of training from more of a “functional” perspective?
[quote]theBird wrote:
Just out of curiosity are you trying to achieve a particular look/physique? Or are you doing this style of training from more of a “functional” perspective?
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I’m doing this for both really, I definitely wouldn’t be happy if I reached all of my performance goals but looked like crap. I don’t have a specific “look” that I’m going for as such, but I think that if I stay around the 93-95kg mark and get significantly leaner then that will be pretty good.
If I was to pick a “look” I aspire to, it would probably be that of olympic wrestlers. So basically I want to be lean with a thick back and legs. I hope that, as wrestlers only train for performance, I can achieve a similar physique by training only for performance too.
[quote]furo wrote:
No improvement on the chin-ups in a long time. This goal is beginning to look a little unattainable.[/quote]
Have you tried a GTG approach, just doing a few here and there throughout the day?[/quote]
I tried that with pistol squats, when I first cracked one shakey rep, and it helped a lot but I’ve never tried with chins. The problem is having access to a chin-up bar. That is a good idea though, I might try it over a weekend.
[quote]furo wrote:
No improvement on the chin-ups in a long time. This goal is beginning to look a little unattainable.[/quote]
Have you tried a GTG approach, just doing a few here and there throughout the day?[/quote]
I tried that with pistol squats, when I first cracked one shakey rep and it helped a lot but I’ve never tried with chins. The problem is having access to a chin-up bar. That is a good idea though, I might try it over a weekend.
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You can always throw a towel over a door and practice that way.
