Message from @The Enlightened Shepherd
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I work out 3-6x a week
I think no matter what, next week I will do only 1 pushing day and it will be just push ups, plank moves and neck
especially be carefull with knees
give them proper rest
Your future self will thank you.
I do them in many sets of 10 rather than longer sets
is that what you mean?
28958234923 x10 instead of 1 set of 893189841 ?
I might even do isometrics instead even, ultimate joint rest
For example
Do not perform 3 days of ligting
1 day overhead
2nd day bench press
and 3rd day something else which has impact on your shoulders
I do PPL format, so I do not
tops, they get hit 2x/week
instead do bench press one day
deadlift other day
then 1 day rest
then again
then squat
and rest
etc
I am not lifting weights much at all right now
career too intense
instead I am just doing calisthenics but being really hardass about it
military mindset
in the rest day you can introduce exercises withouth much weight, such as dumbells, boxing, pull ups
I go in phases of lifting vs nonlifting
but I am always working out hard
whenever i got injured in gym it was always due to lack of focus
which is as a rule due to bad sleep or having drinked previous nights
even though i injured myself only lightly 2 times in a span of 2 years
overstreched muscle, fixed with massage
basically, i drift away with my thoughts while working out, then i start doing pull ups and "pumping" my way through repetitions withouth taking care to descend and pull myself up without excessive, erratic motions
when my joints are most worn, I do isometric calisthenics
they are brutal but very easy on joints
if I had to boil it down to one sentence, the key to making calisthenics not gay is to do isometrics
holding half a push up for 5 minutes is infinity times harder than just doing 200 of them
and less taxing on joints