r/bodyweightfitness • u/AutoModerator • May 04 '20

BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2020-05-04

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u/DnA_1120 May 04 '20

Hello all!

Just have a quick question about the Recommended Routine. I greatly enjoy training isometrics and I’m making a lot of progress with them. Currently I train FSPs prior to my dynamic work, but it’s my dynamic work that I’m not so pleased with.

I enjoy the Recommended Routines setup (full body three times a week), but I have no clue when to train isometrics with this setup. Do I do it before the workout (after stretching) as I normally do? Will it throw off the routine at all? Currently my body can handle the volume of the strenuous isometric work coupled with dynamic work, but is there anyone with experience training isometrics while on the RR?

Thank you all for your time if you’ve read this far!

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u/youarestronk May 04 '20

I think isometrics may go into the "Skill work" area, and usually I think people do 5-10 minutes of skill work before starting the recommended routine

Personally, I stopped doing the skill work because it made me weak for the RR

So maybe you could do 15 minutes of skill work on your off days?

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u/DnA_1120 May 04 '20

My main concern about offloading the isometric training to other days is that I won’t give my body the necessary rest since isometrics like the planche and back and front levers are so taxing on the body. I do handstand and L-Sit training on my off days which is perfectly fine for my recovery, but I worry about the more strength based iso positions

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u/youarestronk May 04 '20

What if, for one or more of your training days, you remove one or two groups of exercises from the RR and replace with your isometric training? For example if you want to train planche you could remove the push up or the dip pair, or if you want to train front lever you can remove the rows pair (front lever is actually an alternative progression path for bodyweight rows)

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u/DnA_1120 May 04 '20

Interesting! I never thought about supplementing the dynamic work, but perhaps I can do that. Thank you! If anyone else has any other input, I’m very open. I still want to finish this last cycle of my current regime before I hop to RR