quick introduction - female starter from austria

hey guys and girls - i am new to GB and about to start the f1 programming.

for all of you who are not so much interested in reading the whole story -

i wanted to ask how you got started, especially how you determinded your PE-level to start with - i just sucessfully mastered FL PE1 and now i a wondering about how to proceed - try every single PE-mastery until i reach my limit? is this something that can/should be done in one day or should i take one day for every exercise?

 

or maybe follow my workout shedule - for example if i prcatise FL/sPL/HBP/RC on one day - can i work through all the PEs of these exercises until i reach the limit? i hope you get why i mean ;-)

 

thanks for helping me out!

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and now about myself - i am alice, i come from austria and i am 28 years old.

ive been working out for almost 10 years on an "on and off" basis i have tried several sports-activities already. but it was mostly weightlifting, gym-fitness, cycling, swimming and stuff... i am a rather active person.

in february last year i started "freeletics" its some sort of high intensity interval training based on bodyweight-only exercises which improved my overall fitness a lot, ive been sticking with it but started to do a lot more exercising as i got fitter - for the last half year i did a strength programming consisting of benchpress/squats + supporting exercises and strict press/deadlifts + supporting exercises, afterwards aditionally i always did one or more of my freeletics workouts. i usually work out 10-15 hours a week.

 

i noticed that i have rather strong legs and a strong back, however i absolutely lack upper body strength, my shoulders for example a very weak and i decided to change that - f1 seemed a good tool for that to me.

 

i am looking forward to following your progresses on this forum and a good conversation. that is it for now, have a great day you all! :-)

 

Herzlich Willkommen! 

 

Now to your question: I would do a normal workout and test one element for each movement and test the next one during the next workout. but if mastery for one element is super easy I think you could try the next one.

It seems like you could pass a few in SL and SLS but you'll see.

 

Edit: Just saw that this was posted in Getting Started. Remember for the future to post Foundation specific questions in the F1 Subforum. 

that sounds like a good plan!

i am simply going to start training with PE1 (mastery level) for all exercises and work my way through until i reach my limits for all PEs. it might take a few days. i am training with the 4 days/week schedule - but its also a good way to get a better feeling for everything. thanks a lot!

Willkommen!

Day one : attempt mastery for the elements you would be training that day according to the schedule you chose. If you pass the first exercises and feel like you have quite a bit of energy left in the tank feel free to test the next level too.

Day two: same as day one except you are testing remaining exercises

Rest day:

Rinse and repeat.

Like jn12 said any more questions you have make sure to post in the f1 forum.

P.s. strongly recommend h1 if you want to work on shoulders.

thanks a lot for your helpful input guys! ill let you know about my proceedings in the according forum-category next time.

Welcome to the forum!

Hi Alice, welcome to what can only be described as wonderland. I'm sure you will love it here :-)