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Never Back Down
Just looked at the Planche training link
"The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling." - Lucretius
So out of 10,000 people, how many do you think, can do full Planche's Yeah I think I'll just get down and do a couple dozen
Wobblebottom
Dave
I ran a mile and I liked it, liked it, liked it. dgb2n@yahoo.com
Just Be
Bodyweight only exercises can build good mass and great strength (male olympic gymnasts anyone?). You have to use harder exercises than you've chosen though. The one legged squats are as good as you can get with bodyweight only (although you can also add glute ham raises, but they're really ridiculously hard and easy to hurt yourself with), but instead of pushups, do pullups, dips and isometric holds (planche training, check these out, and this).
Ham & Egger
I'm curious as to why you think running weakens the abs. I don't know anything about what it does to the abs actually but since I started running my abs have gotten all different kinds of stronger. Not... like I'll-be-doing-planche-soon stronger but still... some improvement.
Well, the delayed onset muscle soreness is starting to kick in now. My shoulders and chest are getting very sore! I think this might take a year or more before I can finally do a planche pushup. I'm also training for the plank pullup simultaneously.
It's different for everyone, but I always feel pseudo planche pushups a lot in my lats a day later if it's been a while since I've done some. Good luck on your new quest, runner92. You make that sub 4:30 mile, planche pushups and plank pullups and you'll be an all-around beast. How about knocking out some dragon flags while you're at it?
Haha, don't tempt me! I really want the planche pushup and plank pullup training because I see the value that it has in replacing a whole lot of my current core exercises. I'm primarily doing it to help with my running ability.