Backtracking.

[Starclassic]

Hey everyone.
It feels like I am backtracking from workout to workout. At first I just thought it was slow progress. But now, I dont think whatever I'm doing is working.
here is my current workout...

Monday-Friday afternoon. NEVER to failure.
Wrestlers Bridge-Minimum 2 minutes
Forward Power Wheel From Knees- 1 set
Farmer Burns Stomach Flattener- minimum 6, 5-10 sec. reps
Dive Bombers-2 sets
Hindu Squats-1 set
Diamond Pushups-2 sets
Hindu Squats-1 set
Fingertip Pushups-2 sets
Hindu Squats-1 set
Extended Pushups-2 sets
Hindu Squats-1 set

any help or advice would be great.

[Celcius]

Hey everyone.
It feels like I am backtracking from workout to workout. At first I just thought it was slow progress. But now, I dont think whatever I'm doing is working.
here is my current workout...

Monday-Friday afternoon. NEVER to failure.
Wrestlers Bridge-Minimum 2 minutes
Forward Power Wheel From Knees- 1 set
Farmer Burns Stomach Flattener- minimum 6, 5-10 sec. reps
Dive Bombers-2 sets
Hindu Squats-1 set
Diamond Pushups-2 sets
Hindu Squats-1 set
Fingertip Pushups-2 sets
Hindu Squats-1 set
Extended Pushups-2 sets
Hindu Squats-1 set

any help or advice would be great.

Hi Starclassic,

What are the results that you want to get?
Also I read that you don't train to failure, but how many reps?

Is it possible that 5 consecutive days does not allow you time to recover?

[Starclassic]

as for my goals, my main ones are.
1) Weight loss
2) Bodyweight mastery
3) Strength endurance

as for rep numbers, i'm genetically big so i cant drop and do hundreds of pushups. hindu squat reps generally top off at about 50, dive bombers about 30-35, extended pushups about 20, diamond pushups about 20 and fingertip pushups about 20

i've also been doing my reps as explosively as possible to crunch my workout time and still get as much growth response as possible.

thanks for the advice on the training frequency. i'm thinking a split now

[koltz]

Looks like too little sets with too easy excersises not to go to faliure....

[Starclassic]

Looks like too little sets with too easy excersises not to go to faliure....

the best athletes, musicians, mathematicians or what have you still do the basics on a regular basis. and depending on how the basics are practiced, they can be monstrously hard.

for instance, take your ordinary pushup and tweak it ever so slightly by doing various isometrics at different points of the movement. the movement stays the same but the tension changes making a basic pushup more difficult without needing to change the actual pushup at all.

or even reverse your breathing. that can make a difference.

besides i do my pushups as fast and explosively as possible and come down really fast. inertia speaks for itself there. and on hindu squats i dont go to a full knee lockout, this way i maximize time under tension and hit the max force point (fast twich muscle fibers) as much as possible.

Bruce Lee once said: "It's not what you do, it's how you do it."