Sunday Show Off - The thread where every thing you share is considered badass!

[lgonz]

@groo101 Hah no way can I claim being a BW badass. Too many other dudes that can claim that title like Daniel Vadnal from FitnessFAQs. Just trying to get stronger as I journey into my late thirties. Helps to have had many years of strength training to draw upon.

 

[mindmatrix]

@groo101 I can finally do unsupported pistols on my right leg! Left leg is still rehabbing from injury 6 months ago but I can do pistols on that leg if I hold my right foot out as leverage.

 

[groo101]

@mindmatrix Oh gosh, what kind of injury did you sustain if you don't mind me asking? What has your doctor said about your rehabilitation?

 

[mindmatrix]

@groo101 I had an eversion sprain whilst trail running - my foot turned inwards as if I were pointing my toes but just kept going. Some tendon/ligament damage in the malleolus region.

I've just been discharged as an outpatient so they consider me pretty much fully healed! I do a lot of mobility of that area and everything around it.

One doctor was sceptical about my continued physical activity but others soon saw that I was healing much faster than expected as a result. Mostly working on gaining equal strength back now!

 

[groo101]

I posted this to the @redditbwf Instagram, but here's a tiny bit longer clip of some inverted bodyweight curls I started messing with on my parallel bars.

 

[riverrose]

@groo101 Disco. like bent-arm exercises... will never die.

 

[silas1325]

@groo101 I need a sweet set up like that at my house! I could do so many things.

 

[thepz]

@groo101 Is this for giggles or are you adding it to your pulling routine?

 

[groo101]

@thepz I'll be greasing this every now and then to evaluate it's efficacy in facilitating my planche progressions.

 

[thepz]

@groo101 Brochacho, have you ever been hungry but need to workout? I'm at the gym right now and starving

 

[groo101]

@thepz Haha that's happened a couple of times. Use that sense of starvation to force your body to eat up some of your body fat as energy!

 

[romans82]

@groo101 Met a couple of old friends that I hadn't seen for half a year, and they were surprised by how "buff" (in comparison to the last time they saw me) I had become. Funnily enough, I only started BWF in the beginning of December.

Felt good to show off some of my moves. Could even do some shit my actually buff friend couldn't do, like an L-sit and pistol squats.

 

[lovinggodlovingpeople]

@romans82 I know the feeling! A friend of mine who weight 20 kg more than me (pure muscle), could not do pullups with his girlfriend hanging on him. I could easily bust out 2 pullups with her on my back.

 

[logicalwomen]

@lovinggodlovingpeople More girlfriend stealing posts on this sub please.

 

[riverrose]

@romans82 Well done!

 

[groo101]

@romans82 Haha those noob gains are real! Moreover, it's always an awesome feeling to display feats of strength to peers who are also fitness conscious. We all have different goals, some more aesthetic than the other, but the cool moves are definitely what keep me hooked. Thanks for sharing!

 

[dawn16]

@groo101 After losing five pounds to a hair cut in mid-December, I'm finally back up to 135lb. Also hit one handed chin-ups (with other hand holding forearm), after I got bicep tendonitis. Also, got back full ROM for my left arm, after it got messed up due to the tendonitis.

 

[groo101]

@dawn16 What was your progression like for the one arm chins? Did you go down the weighted pull up route or focus more on other assisted OAC variations? Great to hear you're back back in the game!

 

[dawn16]

@groo101 Mostly it's been just a normal pull-up progression, then what archers I can at end. A friend did one, and I couldn't do normal pull-ups due to the shoulder, but though I'd try that, and it went pretty well.

 

[lostsoul2010]

@groo101 I'm still really unhappy with this. not sure if this is a slip up or success in all honesty. Aerial straps roll up.

If you're wondering what's going wrong:

1. Legs should be piked
2. I'm spinning much too fast
3. The straps slipping down the arms as I'm screwing up the arms.
4. The descent itself was laughable as I didn't get my arms out after the rolls.