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    Workout, help me not kill myself

    So on wednesday I started back exercise after a lazy christmas holiday

    So far I've skipped alot (I don't like jogging around my area)

    I skipped pretty much 5 days in a row, hour at a time, and now my legs are absoloutely killing me, so I'm gonna take a break till I can walk normal

    any advice for this?!

    Also I've been doing pull-ups for a few days, the first stage of Recon Rons pull up programme

    and today I felt strong enough to get back into a bit of a workout

    so I managed

    23 Pull-ups, 60 push-ups and 20 chin ups

    Questions:

    1.Can I jump rope every day once my legs recover or should I alternate?

    2.What other calisthenics should I add to my workout as I get more fit?

    Ps.

    I've only given up smoking 3 months ago so I'm not as fit as i'd like to be, any advice would be great thank you

    #2
    Wait till your legs recover from the jump rope, then do day on day off for a week, then go back into 5 days in a row.

    Other good ideas for calisthenics are dips, ie hands on a table with your back to it, and legs straight out sitting on another chair, and then you go all the way down, and back up. Look it up if you can't understand.

    And vary your pushups, like with your legs raised on a table or chair, and holding dumbbells, so do the pushup, then lift one dumb bell, then do another, lift the other dumb bell.

    And try doing chin ups or pull ups with extra weight like a small bag with 5kg in it (11lbs)

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      #3
      personally i'd probably jump rope for around 30 min instead of an hour.
      jumping rope for 10 min is supposed to burn more calories than jogging a mile.
      60 min would be 6 miles.
      would you expect your body to handle jumping back into that kinda running distance right away? probably not.
      starting at 10 min daily and progressing up to 30 or 40 min would be smarter for longevity.

      some other calisthenic idea:
      t-pushups
      bear crawls
      spidermans
      twisting pushups (where you kick your leg through underneath)
      bridges
      squat thrusts
      jumping squats (squat low & jump up high)
      forward, backward, and lateral lunges
      frog jumps (knees to chest)
      duck walks
      squat hops (like duck walks but hopping instead)
      planks
      crunches
      leg lifts
      leg scissors
      bicycle crunches
      frog kicks
      v ups
      rope climbers

      there's a lot

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        #4
        aha cheers guys!

        I was landed with getting back into it and wanted to do it too much I guess, gonna pace myself

        Thanks for that huge list of Calisthenics I will work them into my routine for sure

        thanks!

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