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Started by smc1118, March 24, 2014 · 10 Replies · 2,282 Views

smc1118

Hello everyone I'm new to this forum and I am here to get health tips and workout and diet advice and tips I've been watching videos and see what gymnastic people can do its amazing the power you guys and women have I haven't started yet because i use to work out and i didn't see any results so now i want to do this the right way so i have joined this for looking for advice and tips on what i should do i don't have money for a gym or to sign up for gymnastics so that's out any other advice and tips will be greatly appreciated thank you all for your time

smc1118

are they done with equipment or without also there is this piece of equipment I so on youtube made out of pvc well that what it looks like was wondering if anyone has seen it and if anyone knows of the price    

Bipocni
smc1118 said:

are they done with equipment or without also there is this piece of equipment I so on youtube made out of pvc well that what it looks like was wondering if anyone has seen it and if anyone knows of the price    

I'm sorry I don't understand the question.

 

Edit: Uhh, but try not to workout on anything made out of PVC.  It's not designed to be load bearing, and will eventually shatter while you're supported on it.  You can get some pretty serious hand injuries from this.

smc1118

sorry about that I saw this on youtube someone was using this to do push-ups and the planche it was made out of pvc

Daniel Burnham

PVC paralletes are fine. I wouldn't build full scale pbars out of them though.

Ravn

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sorry about that I saw this on youtube someone was using this to do push-ups and the planche it was made out of pvc

They're called parallettes, and they are often made of pvc, but metal or wood is also common. You don't really need them, although they're nice to have.

smc1118

quick question when your in pain from the work out do you continue to work out the next day or should you rest and let your muscles repair 

Ravn
smc1118 said:

quick question when your in pain from the work out do you continue to work out the next day or should you rest and let your muscles repair 

Pain in joints, tendons or other connective tissue is bad, meaning that rest is required, perhaps even meaning that you've acquired an injury - Sometimes a lot of rest, depending on how bad the pain is.

 

If you have soreness in the muscles (DOMS), it's ok to train, although you may get better gains waiting out the DOMS. it usually peaks ~48 hours post-exercise. Training the same exercise twice a week seems to work well for many people.

smc1118

also how long and how days in a week should I workout for to see of feel any results oh and thank you all

Bipocni
smc1118 said:

also how long and how days in a week should I workout for to see of feel any results oh and thank you all

Generally training upper body twice a week and lower body twice a week is good, but if you're a total beginner you can get away with full body 3 times a week.

 

Sessions shouldn't last much longer than an hour.  I find I make the best progress when I focus my energy on 2 or 3 exercises for each movement pattern (push/pull/hip extension/hip flexion/squat)