Week 2 Gymnastic Rings Workout

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(Vladaar Malane) #1

Good Evening,

I was greatly humbled by the gymnastic rings on week 2 Push day workout. Lots of youtube “experts” state that the rings are humbling, so why I felt I would be different with them who knows. LoL. They made me feel literally weak, as I tried to do better form and found I could barely get any repetitions at all. I need to keep calm and rings on though :slight_smile:

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#2

I found ring dips to be quite difficult. As I recall, I could only do at most two reps in a row. My form wasn’t especially good either. Various other push movements that didn’t involve full body weight were easier.

I still have the rings, but have not used them in quite a while.


(Vladaar Malane) #3

@KevinB

Yeah, they are terribly difficult. But what I like about them is I can take a whole body workout anywhere. You can put them in a gym bag/luggage, throw them over a tree branch or take them to a park. The 35 dollars I paid for them on Amazon beats the crap out of paying the same every month for a gym membership.

Currently I do still have a gym membership my work pays for that I do only cardio there with, but I hope to eventually go to jumping rope totally for my cardio. The thing is I have to jump outside, and I have been reluctant to do that in the subdivision yet. LoL.

Today, I’m doing mobility exercises and a little core work with hollow body progressions, then tomorrow I’ll start on my week 2 rings pull day, which I did add a few exercises to it, hopefully won’t get my butt kicked as bad, but very good possibility.


#4

If you haven’t done so already, you should consider kettlebell swings (and other movements too) for additional cardio/strength work. Like the rings and the jump rope, it’s a piece of compact equipment that delivers a lot of bang for the buck. Unlike the rings and jump rope though, it’s pretty heavy and can’t easily be taken with you on travel - well, unless you’re traveling by car. It’s a nice option for home workouts though.


(Vladaar Malane) #5

I may end up doing something like that eventually, but I want to fully master my own body weight resistance first. I’m finding that the weight I carry on my own body is more then enough workout atm, and keeps me from injuring tendons. My tennis elbow that I am still recovering from was from free weight curls months ago before I switched to calisthenics.

But if I did do some type of weight beyond my body weight, it would be a weighted vest, ankle weights, and or kettle bells. The barbells isolating 1 muscle at my age is too much risk of injury, for a look that I don’t even want anymore.