Yeah, that makes sense. Will tone it down it bit for now, do the triangles and move really slow (someone told me 6 seconds up, 6 seconds down)?
Thanks for the tips on food! Those are always useful. Someone recommended me having a banana for breakfast, you guys reckon that's useful?
The backpack idea is actually really good. I'm lightweight myself so I don't exactly have to lot to push up. When I said 3x50 I meant 50 in the morning when I get up, 50 in the afternoon when I get home and 50 in the evening before I go to bed, not all in one go.
Think I'm going to do what Maniac suggested though and move back a little bit. Maybe just 20-30 a time.
I can help you with your training and you don't need any gym equipment at all, Although maybe buying a pullup bar and a few weight plates wouldn't hurt ^_^
I qualified as a personal trainer just under 2 years ago now and have been training people from all walks of life, Fitness, Muscle building and general health are my passions in life with rigs coming second of course
To your first question of protein powder, It is a really convenient source of protein when your not really hungry and want to get some calories and protein into your system.
Personally I have protein powder 3 times a day, Once in the morning I mix it into some oatmeal with natural peanut butter, Flax seed meal, Half a chopped up apple, Half a teaspoon of natural cinnamon powder and then mix it all together with some warm water, Now we have an apple cinnamon peanut butter chocolate oatmeal protein packed breakfast ^_^
There you have a fantastic pre-workout meal and a fantastic start to the day nutritionally, Then the other 2 x protein powder servings I have as shakes at various points during the day in between my 2 other meals.
In all it comes to 5 meals a day as people forget but a protein shake has around 400 calories in it and is packed with nutrients not just protein so it does count as a meal, Well the way I prepare mine anyway ^_^
Now the exercise part of it I would keep to bodyweight for a few months unless you want to join the iron brotherhood
Now I know I said tone it down but if you get your nutrition in check you can safely train every day and still see results.
For maintenance on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays I do the following *Added weight is optional and reduce or increase reps for your fitness level* -
50 Decline Pushups with 25KG in a backpack *Make sure this has straps for your waist so it's nice and secure.*
50 Standard Pushups with 25KG in the backpack
50 Reverse ab curls with a 20KG plate held behind your head but a version were you don't put your feet in the air but rather have your legs outstretched, Not touching the floor then bending your knees, Bring your knees towards your stomach, Rinse and repeat
50 Reverse AB Curls without weight
50 Wide Pullups with 10KG held between my knees
50 Behind The Neck Pullups with 10KG held between the knees.
50 Dips but with your elbows really tight to your body, Keeping an upright position as much as possible so you target your triceps
50 dips but this time with your arms quite wide apart and leaning forward so you really hit your chest as well as your arms.
And after all that I do 40 Minutes on a stepper machine, The first 20 minutes are with my hands on my knees so it targets your lower back and bum a lot more and the last 20 minutes are standing up straight.
My actual Training on Monday, Wednesday and Friday is Beastly and quite a few of my clients have had to stop half way through but it works for me and I love it
My brother did that course I wrote out above everyday for 6 months and I only see him once every 6 months as we live in different countries and I was very impressed when I saw him, He was generally slim/thin but when I next saw him he had the 300'esque type figure.
Hope this helps bud
