No worries, I am in DK.
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Assuming thatās Denmark and not Donkey Kong! Looks like weāll be heading the same way very shortly - Northern Ireland just announced all schools closed till end of March and I imagine England Wales and Scotland will follow suit.
Fortunately I have a home gym and a fair bit of protein powder (unfortunately I already work from home so no escaping that!).
Not got much toilet roll though, could be problematicā¦
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Day C+1
Still no roving gangs of zombies, which is a bit disappointing. This apocalypse is way more boring than film and books have promised me.
Didnāt actually do any home training yesterday, not even Bob. Needed a day off anyway, so fine. But that said, I need to bend my mind towards this home quarantine problem, from a fitness point of view. I havenāt quite solved it yet. INPUT WELCOME!
Cardio/Conditioning: No problem there, got Bob. Conditioning fucking sucks anyway.
Back/Lats/Biceps: Have a one of those cheap pullup bars with multiple grip positions. I will just leave it hanging and give it constant use throughout the day. I also have a weighted vest (10 or 20 kg? Canāt recall, gotta go find it) to keep it spicy.
Chest: Pushups, obviously. Can also use the vest for a bit of weight, can elevate my legs as well. I hate pushups, but oh well.
Abs/Core: Have an ab wheel, can do that in all variations, and even with the vest on.
Shoulders: Kind of a problem. I can do the handstand pushups, but that presents two issues. One, it is kind of an all-or-nothing sort of thing, in that you do all of your bodyweightā¦hard to warm up to it, but I guess some elevated pushups might help there. Second, I feel I need to find a way to improve the ROM. At the gym I can use plates or even crossfit boxes to go deep. From the floor the range just sucks. I need to find something to get off the floor, but without breaking or sliding across the floor causing me to die.
Legs: This is the biggest problem. I can air squat in a thousand variations, but have no immediately obvious way to add weight to that beyond the weight vest. That might have to be the way to go until I figure something else out.
It is really tempting to go out and spend a small fortune on some of those dumb Bowflex adjustable hand weights. They go up to 41kg and would solve a lot of problems. Main thing holding me back, other than the money itself, is that they are just stupidly big.
Going to also stay inside all day. I may use this apocalypse to let my hair grow out a little, just to see wtf it looks like.
How about walking lunges with the weighted vest, high reps for the legs and a really awkward OHP holding the weighted vest?
It is the wise thing, trust me. We have to avoid everybody is getting the virus at the same time
Yeah, it will be lunges and air squats with the vest. Just weight the vest, though, it is only 10kg. Better than nothing.
If itās too light for ohp, you could do lateral raises with it (too half to keep tension and stop the vest leaning on you and losing weight).
Also in terms of walking lunges could give this a go: No Weights, Big Wheels
Yeah. I will just walk around my house in lunge position for the next 8 weeks =)
If I was worried about doing lateral raises, I could probably find something less awkward to use. But I rarely spend time on stuff like that anyway, I am more concerned with the compound movements. I think the handstand elevated pushups are the answer.
I wish. My legs wouldnāt get that big if I was squatting 200kg.
And
Feel like they shouldnāt be mixed.
Try this one for some ideas:
Iāve only ever tried the high rep walking lunges, but itās pretty unpleasant, certainly for a fatty like me.
Heh, yeah. But it is only 10kg, so it should hold fine.
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So training on Day C+1 amounts to a bunch of pull-ups. Nothing special, elbow kinda bugging me a little more than average, so trying to keep it moderate.
Pull-Up
- 8 reps
- 5 reps
- 8 reps
- 8 reps
- 5 reps | weighted | 9.1 kg
- 8 reps
- 8 reps
- 8 reps
- 8 reps
- 8 reps
- 8 reps
- 8 reps
Bob got a gentle slapping, and did a few pointless ab rolls as well.
I can already tell that quarantine is going to jump start my weight loss. I tend to eat a little less, especially during lunch, and my body will stop fighting the cut.
OTOHā¦I am for sure going to be drinking more. I feel you canāt really get through the end times without a bit of alcohol in the bloodstream. Pretty sure this will definitely help my abs become even more insanely visible.
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You can do Dips off the top of two dining chairs placed either side of you.
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Before I built a dip/ab thing I used to turn the 8x18ā cinder blocks on end, stacked 2 high on each side and do dips off of themā¦they also help your balance cause you canāt get too wild with it
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Thanks guys, both of those suggestion will surely end up with me sustaining multiple fractures, which is the last thing you want during an apocalypse. I appreciate the out-of-the-box thinkingā¦but your thinking is like 3 zip codes over. Maybe even in the next county.
Then again, if I put the cinder blocks ON THE CHAIRSā¦by God, you guys are geniuses.
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Day C+2
Still no zombies. And no symptoms. Actually went out and mowed the damn lawn today, which it has needed for two months. Which is insane.
Did a bunch of air squats and lunges with the weighted vest on. Nothing spectacular, just making them burn a bit.
Tried the Front Lever thingy. I guess I can kinda do the halfway version of it and hold it for a few seconds. Might be able to work up to it, doesnāt seem impossible.
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Damn youāre strong on the BW stuff ā¦ and with the bar too, it goes together it seems to.
Well, I think I just kinda figured out the front lever since the last post. Maybe it is because I am half drunk, that helped me get the second leg straight. How long does one have to hold it before it counts? Even 2 or 3 seconds is TOUGH AS BALLS.
Will have to focus on this over the next couple days before I attempt to film it.
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