Self-Wrestling

Training Bodybuilding
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This is a technique i invented in spain a few months back.
It’s called self-wrestling. I primarily do bodybuilding weightlifting moves but instead of using weights as the resistance i use my other arm.

It’s really fun and pumps you up really quickly. I tend to do 1 rep of each movement at a time but don’t rest inbetween.

I can’t say i’ve gained a huge amount of muscle on this but it seems to work well for fat loss and conditioning.

Also i’ve definetly been getting a lot more female attention, but i haven’t used it a lot recently. I’m thinking of doing it more reguarly again and for longer time periods. It does tend to really hurt tendons, ligaments, muscle and joints. So it’s a good idea to break in gently.

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I thought this was going to be a wanking thread.

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I lol’d

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[quote]big balls wrote:
Also i’ve definetly been getting a lot more female attention, but i haven’t used it a lot recently. [/quote]

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That’s nice. Or instead you could try lifting some weights.

Seriously though, I haven’t read much stuff about training with just your own body-weight but it does seem very akin to, say, yoga.

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also reminds me of ‘bullworker’ type exercise. Nothing terribly wrong with it, but time to move on…

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Isometric Holds. This is the old Charles Atlas method of ‘DYNAMIC TENSION’ (spoken in a booming voice!) -lol

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[quote]AlteredState wrote:
Isn’t this the same concept as those old ‘calisthetics’ programs?[/quote]

You know Callan Pickney claims she invented calisthenics! or was that callanetics I can’t remember? I just recall many sweatbands, legwarmers, perms followed by a nice routine by the Kids from Fame! or was it Pans People?

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[quote]Niranu wrote:
That’s nice. Or instead you could try lifting some weights.

Seriously though, I haven’t read much stuff about training with just your own body-weight but it does seem very akin to, say, yoga.[/quote]

Nope.

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[quote]AlteredState wrote:
Isn’t this the same concept as those old ‘calisthetics’ programs?[/quote]

Nope.

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[quote]gswork wrote:
also reminds me of ‘bullworker’ type exercise. Nothing terribly wrong with it, but time to move on…[/quote]

Nope.

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[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
Isometric Holds. This is the old Charles Atlas method of ‘DYNAMIC TENSION’ (spoken in a booming voice!) -lol

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Nope.

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This is my invention and it is different from all of the above. Essentially i move one bodypart in complete range of motion against another limbs resistance. I can make this resistance as hard or easy i want depending on the number of reps i use.

So when for instance i do a bicep curl with one arm concentrically i am also doing a tricep pressdown eccentrically.

Combine this with a lot of force and i get pumped really quickly.

I do this for all sorts of movements like close grip chest press, rows, overhead press, lat pulldown, everything really. I do this in front of a mirror.

I started to do this cos i figured i could literally develop my muscles and strength in every plane of motion, varying angles and stuff ever so slightly and so build more muscle.

I mean like moving in every way against resistance.

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Dude you’re doing isometrics, nothing new there, it’s been around as a training method for many years.
and yes it is effective up to a point, mainmy because only so much resistance you can create using your own body weight or your other arm.

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Goddamn, a quadruple post

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Isotmetics would involve no movement.

He is probably moving, which is called manual resistance, it’s used all the time in the physical therapy world, and I have used it in personal training sessions for disabled people.

did you invent the internet too?

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[quote]big balls wrote:
This is my invention and it is different from all of the above. Essentially i move one bodypart in complete range of motion against another limbs resistance. I can make this resistance as hard or easy i want depending on the number of reps i use.

So when for instance i do a bicep curl with one arm concentrically i am also doing a tricep pressdown eccentrically.

Combine this with a lot of force and i get pumped really quickly.

I do this for all sorts of movements like close grip chest press, rows, overhead press, lat pulldown, everything really. I do this in front of a mirror.

I started to do this cos i figured i could literally develop my muscles and strength in every plane of motion, varying angles and stuff ever so slightly and so build more muscle.

I mean like moving in every way against resistance.[/quote]

What about for your lower body? How would you go about providing resistance in something like say a squat or deadlift type movement?

I could see this being a good segway into resistance training, but you are limited in your ability to provide resistance by the muscle groups you are applying resistance with. How do you know you’re getting stronger with this? How do you know if you are progressing on a workout to workout basis? What methods do you have to measure improvements?

Also, you haven’t really invented anything new. I used to mess around and do the same thing when I was a kid. Heck, I even remember seeing an article in a muscle mag one time about this type of exercise (the article was supposedly for “mesomorphs”).

Finally, like you said in your OP, this might not be a bad method in terms of fat loss or conditioning, but you yourself admitted that it hasn’t resulted in much of an increase in muscle mass. I know of some partner resisted drills which are great for building strength endurance and conditioning, but they aren’t designed to add large amounts of muscle, and neither is this type of exercise. Goals need to be taken into consideration.

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Idiot.

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