Ok I cant afford to use a gym at the moment so I will be using Calesthenics... After doing a full upperbody workout using calesthenics such as : Pullups Chinups Pushups Dips Some questions , How many days a week can you do this ? Do you need the same rest as you would after a weights session ? And would 3 sets on each excersize almost maxing out be to much or not enough ? Other than shoveling at work , this will be the only upperbody excersize/resistance work I will use , so keep in mind I wont be at the boxing gym or using any other weights etc Any Advice/Tips appreciated
Depends how much you push yourself and how hard the exercises you develop become. I would say every other day should be fine.
Well, you should manage every other day, with correct nutrition and sleep, but if you feel you have to take another day of then do so. Make sure you change up exercises frequently to add some variation which will make your body keep improving while you can still train hard frequently.
do as many as you can whatever exercise max effort- then half it . Start at this number and add an extra rep every time you do it
Here's what I do: Day 1: pushing; one arm push ups, dips, clap push ups, superman push ups, planche, psuedo planche push ups, narrow grip push ups, static holds Day 2: legs; side-to-side squats, squats with girlfriend on back, hopping, squat jumps, one legged squats, one legged squat jumps, wall sits Day 3: pulling; pull ups with varied grips, attempted one armed pull ups, one arm hangs, static holds Day 4: legs again Day 5: pushing Day 6: legs Day 7: pulling And I just repeat that. This way I can fit more exercise in each day and then have lots of rest. Today is 'pushing muscles', and I'll do about twelve sets of various push ups over the course of five or six hours, but making sure the sets are in groups of three. So... In about half an hour I'm going to bang out three sets of clap push ups, then an hour after that I might do three sets of dips. Hour and a half after that, maybe three sets of psuedo planche push ups, and so on. I push the sets quite hard, but then I have a full day of rest for those muscle groups, then a little bit of crossover when I work the pulling muscles, then another days rest.
