I wish I could like this >9000 times.
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That’s roughly my aim at the same height of fatty mcfat. Slightly lower non-lifting calories though. I knock off 15000+ steps 5 days a week though.
6-8k for me. Stand at my desk, do some yoga before bed. Recently added some PNF stretching because I’ll be darned if I can’t do full splits by summer.
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That’s actually not that much less than what I do- 20-23k/ day. Also, my training is shorter (rarely more than 60min)
That’s a very interesting goal, probably one that more lifters (including me) should at least work towards 
Well, there’s a story there.
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I love the idea of being able to do the splits. I just don;t want it enough to consistently put in the work. Im also not sure that just trying to get as low into the splits as possible and holding it once a day is actually the right progression?
If were talking feats of strength I’d love to be able to do but probably wont ever put in the work for, in order of asending difficulty:
- handstand pushup - unsupported ( nothing touching a wall etc)
- No momentum muscle up
- full planche
- Iron cross on the rings
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It’s a progression. And one I’ve heard has worked for people. I try to do PNF-stretches 2-3 times a week, and if I find the time I throw in the progression you brought up as well for my side-splits as I can do that against a wall while reading. PNF-stretches gives me the mother of all DOMS though, so I wouldn’t want to do it more often than I already am.
But I only lift 2 times a week. Plus maybe a conditioning session or two at a low intensity. Maybe.
What actually is that?
Front lever for me. I’ve wanted to be able to knock out controlled reps ever since I first saw them done.
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Basically,
- Get deep enough into a stretch that you feel a stretch, but also in control,
- Flex the target muscle isometrically for a five count,
- Relax, try to deepen the stretch (if you can’t, you are done)
- Repeat 2 & 3 three times
- Hold the isometric contraction for 30 seconds
- Relax
- Come back to neutral.
That is one set. Repeat 3 more times. And for the love of all that is holy be warm first.
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Flexibility in climbing was always a strength for me. It had to be, my technique was awful so I relied on strength, balance and flexibility. Oh, and dynos
I can do the lever, certainly cant rep though. I like the idea of being able to metronome between front lever and back lever, but going over rather than under
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I just watched this a bunch of times, 1 Neil Greshams Climbing Masterclass - Technique & Training Introduction - YouTube until my mind thought that is what climbing was. Technique is okay but I’ll certainly muscle through shit.
That would be awesome, although I’m not sure of the physics of it.
Oddly, considering that’s the first “goal” I thought of in training, I’ve gone in exactly the wrong direction and back and abs are my 2 biggest weaknesses.
My climbing was almost exclusively done as a teenage boy so flashy ways to take your shirt off and show off was always higher on my list than productive training.
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Hawt
That was certainly what I thought at the time.