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[Exerosp]

...And no this is no relationship thread. Huehue

I'm just wondering, what's the best exercize to train the forearm muscles and the Trapezius? But also a good way to train your abs using the JKD principle?
I mean, wednesday I paddled a rowboat over a kilometer with my brother, and I totally felt afterwards I was so numb in the shoulders and forearm afterwards that I felt like I should head back out on the lake and Paddle some more.

But no, i'm just looking for more training tips. I can't really do those leg lifts that much, since my hips give in and it clenches my hip ball(?), so my lower abs are mostly left untouched. I don't really know how to do proper abs also, since I seem to not have developed proper abs, and I get more 'Sore muscles' from doing pushups rather than plain situps.

[Tellemurius]

dumbbells

overhead dumbbell lift: take your hands and grasp one bell, stand straight and hold the dumbbell behind your head, proceed to lower the bell behind your head until your arms are at 45 degrees then lift it up until your arms are extended.

butterfly: take 2 bells and lay on a workout bench, hold the bells above your chest while your arms are at 90 degrees, keeping the arms in place use your shoulders to move your arms back and forth from your chest

Dead arm lift (lawnmower): take a knee on a bench one arm resting on it and have one arm extended out, grab a bell and proceed to lift the bell on the spot (basically pulling a line for a lawnmower).

Crunches: i call it a half ass situp but targets lower abs, you just lay on your back knees in the air.

situps: twist your torso when doing these like touching your left elbow on your right knee you will get a better workout

[Exerosp]

dumbbells

overhead dumbbell lift: take your hands and grasp one bell, stand straight and hold the dumbbell behind your head, proceed to lower the bell behind your head until your arms are at 45 degrees then lift it up until your arms are extended.

butterfly: take 2 bells and lay on a workout bench, hold the bells above your chest while your arms are at 90 degrees, keeping the arms in place use your shoulders to move your arms back and forth from your chest

Dead arm lift (lawnmower): take a knee on a bench one arm resting on it and have one arm extended out, grab a bell and proceed to lift the bell on the spot (basically pulling a line for a lawnmower).

Crunches: i call it a half ass situp but targets lower abs, you just lay on your back knees in the air.

situps: twist your torso when doing these like touching your left elbow on your right knee you will get a better workout

I'll try the twisting, but it feels like i'll just get velocity behind my back and it won't put as much work on the muscles. The chrunches just worked during my fat-burning period, but thanks for reminding me of them. I must inform you that the JKD principle is implementing exercize into your everyday life, meaning I don't really want to use exercize 'Equipment' (The stuff you buy, can't afford it as an example). Thanks though.

[Tellemurius]

dumbbells

overhead dumbbell lift: take your hands and grasp one bell, stand straight and hold the dumbbell behind your head, proceed to lower the bell behind your head until your arms are at 45 degrees then lift it up until your arms are extended.

butterfly: take 2 bells and lay on a workout bench, hold the bells above your chest while your arms are at 90 degrees, keeping the arms in place use your shoulders to move your arms back and forth from your chest

Dead arm lift (lawnmower): take a knee on a bench one arm resting on it and have one arm extended out, grab a bell and proceed to lift the bell on the spot (basically pulling a line for a lawnmower).

Crunches: i call it a half ass situp but targets lower abs, you just lay on your back knees in the air.

situps: twist your torso when doing these like touching your left elbow on your right knee you will get a better workout

I'll try the twisting, but it feels like i'll just get velocity behind my back and it won't put as much work on the muscles. The chrunches just worked during my fat-burning period, but thanks for reminding me of them. I must inform you that the JKD principle is implementing exercize into your everyday life, meaning I don't really want to use exercize 'Equipment' (The stuff you buy, can't afford it as an example). Thanks though.

Then my only other offer is yoga

[weenog]

This admittedly doesn't address working it into your daily life so you're not going out of your way to do it, but the can't afford dumbbells problem is nonsense.  Take a look at this, and be aware that's not the only source of ideas out there.

[Exerosp]

This admittedly doesn't address working it into your daily life so you're not going out of your way to do it, but the can't afford dumbbells problem is nonsense.  Take a look at this, and be aware that's not the only source of ideas out there.

I'd either have to order things such as a dumbbell, or buy it with as an overpriced product. Same thing as I'd never buy a bicycle at 1k dollars (which seems to be the price of them nowadays). I don't know about milk jugs though... We don't really have them. Every region in Sweden have their own milk product because almost every region has their own huge farm(summarized), so we've just got cartons. I live in a region where a huge set of land costs almost as much as a two person apartment does in Stockholm, though this is kinda irrelevant.

[weenog]

So get creative.  All a dumbbell really needs to be is heavy enough to train the muscles you want to train (which can be very little weight if you use leverage disadvantage to make the job harder), solid and stable enough that it's not flopping around all over the place dangerously, and easy to hold onto through the motions you're using for your workout.  I used a few large hardback books bound together when I was in jail and wanted to work my arms a bit.  If you really want to exercise, you can come up with something better than an excuse not to.

Here is something you could try that requires even less than a milk jug workout.
Here is something specifically for forearms, in video form to demonstrate how it's done.

Get moving! 

[Exerosp]

So get creative.  All a dumbbell really needs to be is heavy enough to train the muscles you want to train (which can be very little weight if you use leverage disadvantage to make the job harder), solid and stable enough that it's not flopping around all over the place dangerously, and easy to hold onto through the motions you're using for your workout.  I used a few large hardback books bound together when I was in jail and wanted to work my arms a bit.  If you really want to exercise, you can come up with something better than an excuse not to.

Here is something you could try that requires even less than a milk jug workout.
Here is something specifically for forearms, in video form to demonstrate how it's done.

Get moving! 

Though I know quite a deal of these, and was able to do most of them a year ago without a problem, thanks! You refreshed my memory of quite a new ideas. (though pretty much all jails in Sweden have free dental care, and it's kinda like a large closet bedroom here every jailmate live in, alone lolol. Sometimes even a tv or computer :/)

My question was mostly because I felt like the exercises (most of the ones listed) either only helped my stamina/air-supply-for-muscles, or some I didn't even get any soreness from, therefore I wanted tips on any other kind of exercises that could be used without training-tools. I've had tips on self made equipment but I'm not able to do that either(lol excuses), pretty much all the stuffs in my house are owned by my family, Cept my clothing and my comp. I heard doing pushups on asphalt could harden your skin a bit? And rowing boats/chopping wood/hammering stuff with a sledge could help with the trapz also?

[moocowmoo]

Forearm training:

http://www.rosstraining.com/articles/trainingthehands.html

Abdominal training:

http://www.rosstraining.com/articles/wheel.html

[weenog]

If you want bigger, stronger traps, you're going to need to work your traps, hard.  It's the same for any kind of strength training, there's just no way around it: you are going to be beating the hell out of yourself if you want results.  If you have at least a wall and a floor you can try handstand pushups.  I find it hard to believe you can't come up with a few big books and a towel to wrap around them for a handle, though.

If your abs are really too flimsy to do any kind of targeted training on them, you could try toning them (and a bunch of other supporting muscles) up enough for a real workout with some simple bear crawls.

[weenog]

I just thought of a more practical option, I can't believe I didn't think to mention it before.  If you can't do this one, you just don't want it bad enough.

Watch this: How to wash clothes by hand in your Hotel Room.  Then start doing it.  But you do bigger loads than the guy is doing for the demo, none of this two shirts nonsense.  Large, full loads with whatever big container you have, or the bathtub itself if need be.  Do it for the whole family, they shouldn't object if you don't suck at it.

The rinsing and wringing is a killer.  Big, absorbent items like flannel sheet sets, bath towels, and sweatpants for larger people are unbelievably heavy when they're sodden, and they're awkward to handle because all of that weight is limp and floppy.  You don't rinse "two or three times", rinse until all the detergent is gone.  You'll be more thorough if you wring each time you rinse.

I've been doing this out of necessity since my washing machine up and vanished (long story), and I can tell by the way my hands feel right now, I'm going to wind up with the grip of a bear with thumbs if this keeps up.  This last time I tried doing the agitating by hand instead of with my feet, and it punished my forearms pretty good, too.  I've been agitating 400 times as a bare minimum because it's been hot, I've been very active and exposed, and the laundry's pretty dirty with sweat.  You don't need to do that, agitate it until your stuff is clean or you feel you've had enough of a workout for one load, whichever comes second.