Rico162’s BodyBlog

Today I started a new workout routine. This new routine was inspired to me after going to Venice Beach on 4/27/08. It was not the Muscle Beach portion, but it was the sand box behind the gym. Parallel bars (tall and short), pullup bars, rings and ropes to climb. Now thats what Im talking about. There I was, back in Brooklyn in the kiddie park with all the aparatuses needed to do my Ghetto Style Workout. That was the start to my Calisthenic 2 week training program. For the next 2 weeks I will be doing nothing but pullups, pushups, dips, reverse dips, reverse pullups and chinups. 5-6 sets with varying reps. All done in 30 minutes a weekday. Weekends minimal to off. Each weekday morning, I will go to do legs, abs and cardio using weights since calisthenics is usually an upper body strength technique. So that will be the only weight incorporated part since I dint have 16 flights of stairs to run up and down anymore like in the projects. I’ve posted a before shot for refrence taken on 5/5/08. So, stay tuned and check me out in 2 weeks to see if it was worth the effort. If anything I will have gained some massive endurance.

Sunday, I arrived in California for a work assignment. This is my first time ever on the west coast. I always been in NY, NC up and down the east coast, but never on the west coat. This is awesome. We leave the airport and go straight to Venice Beach…Duh..thats exactly where I wanted to go after traveling since 6:45 am est and not it 1:00 pst (3 hr gain in time, killer on the body), also looking all emaciated from not actually eating all day. However, that was an awesome decision. Venice Beach has all the hype due to the past years and all the Bodybuilders who have done their thing. It was cool to see the gym with the beast gorilla swinging around weight like styrofoam. That was impressive. So, I knew I was not going in there with my puny self. However, out toward the beach, my eyes wanted to drop from my sockets. There it was, and then I got a flashback to my Brooklyn "Ghetto Workout" days. I like what I thought and saw. On the beach, in a sanded area, was parallel bars, rings, pullup bars, ropes to climb 20 ft up and do pullups before coming down. All this equipment was just spread out like butter on bread. I was in Calisthenic heaven. That is where I meet my new friend Jason, who happend to be from NYC and knew my feelings to the max. He was already working out, doing dips on the parallel bars. So I asked if I could jump in, and he said sure. I heard the NY accent and that was it, best friends….lol…He did 26 dips with his massive body, I did 25 with my unmassive body. But I did 25, and that was da bomb. We alternated and I did 4 sets of 25, last set 35. Pumped like a defalted basketball and feeling swole. Then I did pullups as my co-worker took a shot of me. I did 4 sets of 10-15. That was the highlight of my day. Yes I saw many, many wierd things going on along the beach, but this was the "cu de tate", I dont know what that means, but it sounds good. I will be here 5 more days and I doubt that I will get to the beach again, nor ever see Jason (so cool) again, but this was an experience that I will remember for a long time. My day at Venice Beach. Priceless!!!

I stepped on the scale this morning. I was 166 lbs. Thats 4 lbs of weight that I have lost. Thats awesome. My primary and ultimate goal is 10 lbs.  I have also lost 2 inches off the waist line. My goal is 32" with 10% bodyfat. It would be nice to be at 0 % bodyfat, but that my be unhealthy. Thats a major plus for me.

This is Wednesday. Some people call it hump day. I call it “Hades” day. On this day and every Wednesday is my Calistenic day. That means that no weights will be administered at any time. This workout consists of 6 different excercises, 2 at a time simutaneously with 1 minute in between. I guess that would be called “Calistenic Supersetting” or Good Old Brooklyn NY “Ghetto Workout”. I like the later. 

This will consist of 10 pullups and then 25-50 pushups. Rest 1 minute. Perfom 5  Sets.

Next are 10 chinups and then 10-15 Dips. 5 sets

Next lay on the floor with bar above and do wide pullups and then reverse dips on a bench. 5 sets.

This will pump you up for the rest of the day. You probably will get a headache, it will go away. For me it meant success. Then work on abs or any other neglected parts, like legs. (more…)

This is Wednesday. Some people call it hump day. I call it "Hades" day. On this day and every Wednesday is my Calistenic day. That means that no weights will be administered at any time. This workout consists of 6 different excercises, 2 at a time simutaneously with 1 minute in between. I guess that would be called "Calistenic Supersetting" or Good Old Brooklyn NY "Ghetto Workout". I like the later. 

This will consist of 10 pullups and then 25-50 pushups. Rest 1 minute. Perfom 5  Sets.

Next are 10 chinups and then 10-15 Dips. 5 sets

Next lay on the floor with bar above and do wide pullups and then reverse dips on a bench. 5 sets.

This will pump you up for the rest of the day. You probably will get a headache, it will go away. For me it meant success. Then work on abs or any other neglected parts, like legs. (more…)

This is Wednesday. Some people call it hump day. I call it "Hades" day. On this day and every Wednesday is my Calistenic day. That means that no weights will be administered at any time. This workout consists of 6 different excercises, 2 at a time simutaneously with 1 minute in between. I guess that would be called "Calistenic Supersetting" or Good Old Brooklyn NY "Ghetto Workout". I like the later. 

This will consist of 10 pullups and then 25-50 pushups. Rest 1 minute. Perfom 5  Sets.

Next are 10 chinups and then 10-15 Dips. 5 sets

Next lay on the floor with bar above and do wide pullups and then reverse dips on a bench. 5 sets.

This will pump you up for the rest of the day. You probably will get a headache, it will go away. For me it meant success. Then work on abs or any other neglected parts, like legs. (more…)

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