Weak Runner Does Pull-Ups for 30 days | this happened..
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This was actually inspiring. Just taking 5 minutes to do 2 sets of as many as you can, even if it’s 2 actually seems attainable. Thanks for sharing! Now to go start some simple changes!
Glad to hear, yeah it’s cool how little training actually makes a difference if you stay consistent most days I didn’t even do as many as I could just 5min then done 😊
And you definitely don't need to do it everyday. You could alternate push with pull (which is a pretty common bodybuilding 'split').
Its not remotely dangerous. Anything more than about 12 and you're wasting your time.@@kizzmiazzz
@@kizzmiazzz That doesn't make sense. If you can do 2 full reps of an exercise safely then you won't get hurt unless you overdo it.
@@edwardburroughs1489 Don't copy bodybuilders if you want functional strength. What's more helpful is to alternate push and pull when you get fatigued from doing one (I do the same with upper body, legs and core like going from push ups to pull ups to squats to dips to leg raises to sprints). Another way is a routine David Goggins calls Nickels and Dimes where you do 5 pull ups then 10 push ups for as many sets as you can. I've done this but I also altered it when I was out of shape or hadn't done those exercises in a while. Basically figure out the amount of reps that you can do that are easy for one set for example when I was out of shape I'd just do 2 pull ups and 5 push ups and do as many sets as I could. This method gets you stronger quickly and enables you to do more reps when you try to max out. Over time I'd increase the amount of reps (3 pulls 7 push, 4 pulls 8 push ect.) until I was able to the normal 5 and 10.
As for doing this everyday it really depends how much volume you do, how much it effects your body, and how long it takes for you to recover. The exercise volume Goran is doing in this video is perfect for him to be able to do it safely everyday. A little bit here and there everyday goes a long way and is why guys who workout in jail often get better results with minimal equipment and nutrition than the average person outside with all these extra "benefits." I think they call it "greasing the groove" when you do just a little bit of exercise occasionally throughout the day. Back to the Nickels and Dimes routine, it can be done like this too by just doing one set when you leave a room or something (if you have a pull up bar in the doorway) then doing another when you come back. You can do one or 2 sets an hour where your body gets enough time to rest between sets that you can do it again the next day and overtime you'll get great results as if you spent hours of time training as opposed to a couple mins here and there.
Thanks! Your posts are so good and accessible that even this a middle-aged female hobby runner finds practical tips and inspiration from them. Off to try a couple gentle pull ups at the park. All the best for the season and year to come. ☮️
Glad to hear 😊 and thanks for your support of the channel! 😀
@@goranwinblad Hej, Göran, just found your channel, pretty cool running you have! Watched the 4:49 mile after two years of less training. Did I understood it right at the 2nd you already had muscle pain? I don't remember ever feeling such thing, I'm always breath limited, but I never was able to run this fast anyway. A sub 4 minute km was my best, still I never trained hard, no background in athletics at all.
I’ve been doing the exact same routine for the past 2 months! I went from being to do 2 pull ups to 13 pull ups and from 10 pushups to 35 push ups by just taking a couple minutes to do a set once in the morning and once when I get home after work.
I’ve actually noticed some improvement in my running performance by taking some time to do a little bit of upper body training as well. I’m not sure how that works but my theory is that it may improve stabilizer muscles in the back and shoulders which in turn improves comfort during the run.
Nice work. It may also have to do with how you use your arms when you run as they assist with leg speed and stride length. Stronger arms allow you to use them more efficiently and effectively than if you just let them hang while you run.
I'm also an skilled runner and found out one day how weak my upper-body actually was. So I started doing push-ups every day. Back then I could barely do 10 in a row, and now 3 months later, I can easily do 60 of them. This shows how fast you actually can improve yourself just by taking 5 minutes of your day. Good video as usual Göran!
Thanks for sharing and cool to hear you had similar results with so little training time! Thanks 😊
I doubt very much that you can do 60 STRICT PERFECT FROM push ups in a row (most people can't do even 20 - 25 and they are not runners, they work out with weights). It's an elite level shit, buddy. Go and have a look at real push ups on YT.
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You are a great inspiration in so many positive ways man
That makes me very happy to hear, thanks! 😊
Yess! Let’s go Göran! Amazingly done!
I am so grateful for your content, dear Göran. I am running for 4 months now, and just completed my first 10k run. 🎉 Your videos are amazing and the best I could find. Thank you, and keep up the great work! Merry Christmas! 🎄
I was rooting for you so hard to finish that last pull-up!! Awesome work! I have been doing pushups for the past six weeks and love how much easier they are getting. Going to try pull-ups next. Thanks for the motivation!
I hurt my shoulder and have found that during my push up, I now keep my elbows close to my body and not away. Enjoy health and keep inspiring, 5 minutes is great, thanks. God bless
Listen to your body and take it slow if you feel pain. Obvious advice but overwhelming an old injury can make it worse.
Very inspirational ! I started a routine like this 10 months ago, after 35 years without real sport in my life. The progress are slow, but real. From total begginer to casual now, one thing I've learnt about push-ups : take care of your elbow angles, and the scapula's position. Especially if you suffer from previous shoulders injuries. To me, your angle may seems to be a bit dangerous for your rotator cuff, but I'm not a professional. Always prefer quality over quantity, even if your rate drops : you'll reach out your goal sooner without injury.
Excellent video, good on you for showing a weakness and your determination to improve, that is how to inspire others, leading by example. Thanks.
We need more people like you in this world. Keep up the good work.👍
I appreciate the honesty you brought to the topic of implementing a new habit
Good ya mate!! Well done. Being consistent with exercise is the secret. Merry Christmas you and your family mate. Happy new year full of health, happiness and peace to all.
Amazing job Göran! As someone that has previously primarily focused on weightlifting, I have often complained about how much I dislike running .... now I cannot get enough of it! Challenging oneself with this wholistic approach to fitness is very motivating - thank you :)
Amazing video! Soon enough Göran will be coaching us on calisthenics moves as well as running! Ahah, great work and it shows how far 5 minutes of training a day can get you if you just keep up with consistency. Also, I love the "friction" tips, I'll be implementing those tips into my running as well as my strength training. I've let myself go a little and this video has really sobered me up in that aspect. Thank you Göran!
Great little video again Göran. No more worrying about your shoulder popping out when you pick up the twins. Maybe enough resilience to lift up three children 😉💪
Thanks! Haha yeah it for sure helps with some arm strength with all the children carrying that I do 😅
Hi Goran , I’m new to your channel and loving the content, I admire you getting out in all weather and coping with young children as well. Keep up the good work 👍🥰
Thanks and welcome to my channel 😊
Hej Göran, I am the complete opposite since I am coming into running now after 10 years (ages 15-25) almost exclusively doing strength training. It’s definitely challenging both ways, so hats off to you for putting in the work to become a more well-rounded athlete! For shoulder health I cannot recommend face pulls enough. They have helped me tremendously to recover from some shoulder issues I had and have kept any problems away since then. I had been neglecting these little rotator cuff muscles for far too long.
It's a great sharing ! I am deeply touched when you did the 8th pull-ups on day 30 ....... Thank you very much.
Thank you. I get short-sighted. Great reminder to get other exercises in for the overall wellness of my body.
great work! and great video as always :D
Thanks again! 😀
I just installed a pullup bar in my garage. Hoping to do more regular pullups and pushups. I think this will help me become a stronger runner, particularly as an ultra runner when using poles. Great video as always!!!
The last one definitely counted. Didn't give up until you had nothing left. Awesome video!!
I totally agree with short strength training everyday. I do it before the run everyday. I started 6 months ago. I only do one set of pull-ups, push-ups and ab elbow to knee crunches. I’m up to 18 pull-ups, 60 pushups and 70 elbows to knees crunches. My goal is to get to 20, 70 and 80. I think 1 max, unbroken set is all you need each day. That way, it takes minimal time and therefore low mental resistance each day. I can do the whole routine in under 5 minutes.
That’s cool to hear thanks for sharing motivates me to keep going! 😁
Well done mate! It's funny to watch your video but being in the exact opposite situation. I'm lifting weights for many years almost every day and love it. But 3 months ago I started running and I really hated every minute of it on the first few days. But now that I forced myself to do it more frequently i started to really enjoy it and the progress at the begining is insane and keeps me motivated to do it on a regular basis.
Thank you very much for this video, I'm in the same situation (not including the dislocation) and you convinced me to do the same, I will be back with updates!
Awesome video! I'm brand new to your channel but this video hit my algorithm right at the perfect moment. I am a runner (XC/track in high school, then sedentary for 10 years, started running again 4 months ago) training for a marathon and I've always hated strength training of any type. A long chronic illness left my muscles essentially wasted away and since getting healthy and being able to work out again, I've found running is simply the path of least resistance in terms of enjoyable exercise...however my shoulders/chest are extremely weak to the point of chronic neck pain, and my core stability is lacking badly. Despite my running times now exceeding my high school performances, I am far weaker than I was then in every other area. Forget doing even one pull-up-- I find just dead-hanging from the bar to be difficult now.
About a month ago I started going to the gym at work on my lunch break and doing some really simple things like dead hangs and scapular raises, and push-up progressions. I just went on vacation for 2 weeks, doing no strength training in that time, and have been dreading returning to my routine tomorrow. But you've inspired me to not only look forward to the progress I'll make, but actually get down on the floor and do some push-ups right now. I think this video is very relatable, as someone who languished for years knowing what I needed to change to conquer my autoimmune illness but not doing it, and who now dreads and procrastinates strength training. You'd think I'd have learned from myself that the changes can be minimal as long as they're consistent, but I didn't! It's seriously encouraging seeing how much progress you made, and the mental shift you had, from just 5 minutes a day. Thank you for sharing your experience!
very motivating :) keep it up!
Do more of this content we liked it ,🔥❤️
I started doing decline push-ups.
I postion my feet on a chair and have my torso lower to the ground. It was *HARD* starting. Could barely do 8. After 2 1/2 month. I can now do 30 in sets an hour a part.
It's inspiring seeing others grow stronger. Keep it up
Great work and very entertaining video Goran !
Thanks, glad to hear!
Great videos very inspiring
Fantastic video, hits a nerve for me. I will admit, I am better at pulls ups than running and always have been. I still remember the first time I ever tried when I was 11yrs old and I did 11 on the first try. But 4 years ago (and a few decades later!) I thought to myself "this is too one-sided, you got to have at least some decent stamina as well". So I started running with the aim not to beat most people I know, but not to suck in comparison. I started wih a 29min 5K and now I'm down to 23:30. All while still being able to do 20 strict pull ups. I think being well-rounded as you said is so over-looked, not sure why, I guess most people are not multi-taskers! And I completely concur about the "high" you get from pullups! Being able to get your self up with ease many times in a full range of motion gives a similar high to the runner's high! It's just nature telling us that we should do both!
And your suggestion that 5 min a day on something can go a long way, is a great reminder, I have to try it on something else!
That was awesome! I've been lifting weights for 11yrs and hated running.
Four weeks ago after having Covid, I realised how unfit I am and actually found a running program I like and started doing.
I am loving it but.. I haven't lifted a weight since starting!!!! Seeing this video, I realise I need to get back in the gym and do a little bit to get started again.
What I've learnt over the years is that I only need to do minimal work now to get results I'm happy with, and that also applies to the running with short daily runs like you mention.
Awesome. This is a fantastic motivator. I used to do pull ups every time I arrived home, little and often. I'll restart that today.
Great to hear, good luck with your training! 😁
Amo tus videos!
You are showing this to all of your patients with shoulder issues, I hope!
Nice video! Funny gloves you have 🙂
Love this - I’m going to try it! ❤
Cool to hear good luck!
Good job, Göran! Yes, we know what we should do - it's doing it that is the hard part. But once you got the routine established (perhaps 15-40 days), it feels bad not to do it. It's easy to say "just do it", but I personally need some bigger motivator than just knowing that I should do something. For strength training (at the gym at work, 10-15 minutes after a quick lunch - every workday for more than a year now!), the motivation came from a broken wrist after stumbling in the forest during orienteering in summer 2022. I was 43 and had heard that strength training is important when you get older, so now it was finally time to act.
After you get some basic strength through push-ups, I recommend going for some heavier weights - they say it is more beneficial (bone density and stuff). We runners are so lightweight that body weight training is not enough 😄But it's a great start. I now aim at 2-3 sets of 3-12 repetitions, so pull-ups will be OK for some time to come for you as well. Enjoy the new routine!
Awesome and inspiring! Time to start myself. Btw what shoes are you wearing to run in the snow?
I actually stopped at some outdoor exercise equipment during my long run yesterday to try pull-ups. I was only able to do 3 in a row, and stuck around long enough to do 12 total. Today I'm actually sore after them! I'd really like to get to the point of cranking out 10, it's great to see your progress with a bit of consistency.
Excellent!!! Thank you!!! :)
Great idea! I also have a children's playground , but near the end of all my runs. And you can also hang from your pull-up bar which is super good for shoulder health. Good luck.
Adding push-ups and pull-ups to your running, no matter how few at the beginning, will transform the way you look and feel. 💪
Hey Göran loved the video, I wanted to ask maybe you want to do a video about cross-country skiing and its benefits for runners since there aren't much topics about it on youtube
Thanks! And thanks for the suggestion maybe in the future 😊
You can really see the difference at the halfway point in your hips not dipping in the pushups around the 4:52 mark. Very nice!! Awesome job on your strength improvements! You should collab with Magnus Mitbo on your respective strengths!
About 3 months ago I started doing 20 pushups a day when I woke up as I was worried about losing muscle in peak cross country training. I have got stronger and now do 25 every morning. Great to see others find this amazing tool
I was lucky that I started my running journey with a strong upper body, what I would recommend is also getting some lower body strength like deadlifts, squats and lounges. As you say, a few reps a week can go a long way and are a great place to start (and can be done using bands or just your own body weight). What I also loved about this video is that strengthening your body can benefit your running greatly, letting you perform strong while preventing injuries.
I find lunges impossible to do. It's a bit like trying a one legged squat. I find it impossible. Is that normal for people who've never done them?
Great experiment! I just got into kettle bells to help with running strength and conditioning. Cannot recommend them enough. Full chain engagement so you dont ever feel like your neglecting big areas of your body.
Great job! I'm a big believer in bodyweight exercises and the Murph workout is a great balanced approach and a great challenge to complete. Jogging, push-ups, pull-ups, squats. There is beauty in the simplicity of those movements.
Might you consider training for a Murph?? 😅
Hey Göran, strengthening your shoulder is great, but it is not the only way to stabilize your shoulder. I also dislocated my shoulder about 8 years ago and since then i dislocated it over and over again. Until i got a surgery about 2 years ago in Hannover, Germany in a shoulder spezialist clinic. After that i did about 10 months of extensive physiotherapie and now my shoulder feels completely stable. No pain, no dislocating, no matter what i do. It is a whole new life!
If you want to now more, i can give you all the details i have.
Hey, your footage looks good, what camera do you use?
Last November, at the age of 50, I did a sponsored challenge for cancer research UK, which was 100 press-ups each day for the month of November. By the end of the month, I could do 50 in one go without stopping. I don't do them as frequently now, but I can still manage 30 in one stint.
I started doing 100 push-ups everyday plus some other exercises. You can make it more interesting by doing different variations as regular push-ups become boring and easier with time. It's always good to set-up little challenges for yourself. Now I can probably do 50 push-ups in one go. I used to be able to do 80 so I have ways to go. The sally push-up challenge is also a good motivation challenge to see how far you can make it in the song.
I can no longer run so I cycle when I can. Just added some push-ups and can manage 3 sets of 10. Looking forward to it not hurting so much. Pull-ups next. Thanks for the inspiration.
Hybrid calisthenics guy, Hampton is a no nonsense, progression layout guy. Work up to it. At any level and keep going.
I'm weak upper body and i'm here saying, i need to do more too. Cheers
Its nice to see that an insufficient somatotype (like a lot of us endurance athleetes) can make some progress on building strength.
I love to run, but in recent years I have also got into swimming which has very much helped with my upper body, so feel now I have a balanced all over body strength. Pull ups and push ups also are good for a daily routine.
I was in the same position with my upper body as a runner. I found doing "easier" versions e.g. kneeling push ups was a good way to be able to get in volumes and make sure i was focused on form as they were more controlled.
Way to finally do something about strength training, that many of us runners tend to avoid. I joined a health club a while back and now take strength and balancing classes three times a week. I feel my fitness is much more balanced now, and also believe I will be less vulnerable to injuries. As a 66 year-old my primary goal now is fitness, running speed is secondary; a perk of fitness.
I'm 64 and have just recently embarked on a fitness journey. I suddenly realised how much strength I'd lost in 5 years. Being in a desk job doesnt help. I would love to run again after decades of doing not much except for skating pre-pandemic. I've also learned that I injure easily. I'm guessing some amount of strength improvement must come first.
Nice video,
speaking of hating to do these workouts- guess I should just get going :x
Thanks yeah good luck 😀
The eccentric is just as important as the concentric, so final rep make sure you don't just jump off but still try to get down to a dead hang at the end.
Good effort though, pull-ups are a lot of fun and super rewarding, I think if you aren't really obese a single pullup is a great first goal for people wanting to get into shape.
I can do to many pull ups and push ups.But after my 4 years of running Im still nowhere in it(running3800km this year doing workout sessions 4 times per week,yoga and stretching everyday)10km 42.24min,5km 19.43...I will give my all up body strengt to you sir Goran to be half so good runner as you are😊🍀
As a runner who didn't want to gain muscles so as to stay light for running (I cringe at that thought now), strength training has been a game changer. From feeling stronger and being more resilient, to finally getting rid of the mentality of running to stay slim and doing it just because it's so much fun! I recommend it to everyone around me. I don't know a single person who added strength training in their lives (thoughtfully and gradually), and regretted it!
Yeah it’s easy to get into that mindset but for all of us that are not elite runners trying to get medals at world championships I think being more versatile brings you more joy and longevity in your training. Thanks for sharing your viewpoint 😊
I still work at least 2 gym sessions a week for upper body on my running rest days. Works out very well. I encourage others to do the same.
Great video - have you noticed an improvement in your running too ?
I was running and wanted develop my upper body. And I’ve never loved gym training. I’ve never thought about it, but I couldn’t keep training in the gym for longer then 3 months in a row.
And then I’ve discovered sport climbing. I’ve seen it on youtube and slowly watched all videos I could find. Then I tried it and was hooked :) It develops the whole body in a way that is aplicable to the daily tasks.
When you do pull-ups its very specific strenth you are getting. A little change in the angle and you loose all of your power. So pull-ups are good for pull-ups. Thats why I’ve chosen climbing. The sad think I run less now. Climing gives me enought benefit in strength, endurance and mobility.
Muy interesante la experiencia. El trabajo de fuerza resulta muy valido e imprescindible para el corredor y para la salud en general.
Excelente video 👌
Thanks glad you liked it! 😊
There's something about you, that makes me want to to go for a training after wathing your videos. Good, honest content. Thank you!
I tried to build my upper body strenght aswell, and I was surprised how easy it is to get better with just a couple of minutes each day. Unfortunately, I am struggling with a pain in my wrist for last couple of weeks, that makes it hard to do pushups or even just to stay in a possition in which my body weight is supported on the wrists. There was no obvious injury, so I think i might have overloaded it a bit, or neglected a warm up.
So from my experience, I think it would be wise to work a bit on your joints (wrist, shoulders). Do you recomend any particular thing I could implement to recover my wrist?
Best regards from Poland :)
Michal
That makes me very happy to hear hope you got to go out for a training session 😊
Really inspiring see how you train outdoors in the winter. 99.9% of people are scared of that I think.
Yeah training outdoors is the best even during the harsh winters here in Norway 😊
You can also try some indoor climbing, more intersting than just crushing numbers on the pull up bar :)
Terrific. In lockdown I got up to 100 push ups a day (and 5 pull ups 🤣). Then I stopped and now I struggle at 20. Five mins a day is right. I could easily have maintained and increased it, but I’m just a lazy mutt. You’ve provoked me to start again. 👍
You encouraged me to try some push-ups here and now and I did 20. Phew
Well done. Great example of how much you can achieve if you Invest just a small amount of time
Thanks!
Good inspiration for many people who never work out or say they don't have the time. When I have office days I try to do push-ups and sqauts every hour. Takes me 2 minutes in total to do 40 to 60 push-ups and as many squats. After 8 hours thats over 300 push-ups and squats or pull-ups or crunches or what ever combination you want to do in just 16minutes a day.
That’s a great idea to and a good way to break up the monotony of sitting still the whole day!
I recommend to do correct pullups with a resistance band first. And your legs should be straight at front to get core working better.
after dislocating both shoulders multple times and no longer being able to hang on a bar I found the hang challenge of Ido Portal. It took a long time, but now I can hang and do pull-ups .. it is all a matter of structural adaptation.. nice to bring this to the running scene :D
Interesting to hear thanks for sharing!
bodyweight training and running combined is probably one of the best ways to get a very lean muscular physique, given both are balanced.
Its a shame the communities are barely combined. (one example is david goggins ig, though his "naturalness" is obviously questionable, so I wouldnt take that as a good example lol but i cant really think of many people. seems most people just tend to go completely in one direction)
Yeah that’s true for a health a combination and some balance in your training is the way to go.
Why do you question his naturalness? He definetely puts in the work, and his body type is athletic lean, which is just what he would get training like that without enhancers.
@@atis7 he would get that type of body, but competing at the very top with that type of body in ultra distance running in his 40s, (where probably most people are taking enhancers anyway), idk if thats truly realistic. just to be clear, I think hes an incredible person thats probably one of the very few "self-improvement" guys out there that truly believes in what he says and has also demonstrated to work, i just dont know if what he managed to accomplish would ever be physically possible for any human at that age with that kind of physique.
Hi Göran! Could you that military test on treadmill again? Because your were supposed to have 25 kilos in the backpack + 3.4 kilos instead of having 20 kilos in the backpack? I’m interested to see if you then can beat that Norwegian soldier’s time of 30:02
It happens to me too that I neglec this part but trying to incorporate it again. Never too late to get it into the routine :)
You’ll be surprised how much more you can do if you separate it from your runs. And do you feel it’s helped with your running time or endurance? Recovery?
I need to get back to upper body strength training. Know I can easily do 50 push ups, but I've avoided pull ups for a long time. Most of my exercise now is just running even though there are days I hate it, the hardest part is always just getting out the door, once that's achieved I know I'll run, got a 2 hour 10 min run today.
Took my some time to convince my self: But now every time i run by at the Pull-up-bar at the park i'll have to stop to do a few
Great way to incorporate some upper body strength will try to do the same 😀
What annoys me about it is that after a run you have no strength because all the blood is in your legs.
Thanks
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The power of routine!
Personally, I think daily training is probably overloading your muscles, 3 to 5 times would probably be more sustainable.
And secondly, push-ups are great and most athletes will be able to reach a sensible number (10+) quickly. The problem with pull-ups however is that they’re so hard, that most people won’t be able to do any meaningful number of reps and hence don’t get enough growth impulse for their muscles either. Pull-ups underneath a table should work better and be less frustrating - even though they give you less bragging rights…
I can do probably 10 pull ups now as a max. That might be the only thing I could do better than you from 30 days ago. Thanks for the inspiration to diversify our training.
Good advice for a skinny runner, pull-ups are not so easy for a heavy or a bit overweight dude :) it's hard even to do one single pull-up sometimes, so it's better to indicate that your improvement may vary depending on your weight)
I'm wondering, if some CZcams algorithm is in play...?
Three days ago I installed a pull-up bar with multiple hand-placement options, to try and build back my upper body muscles.
For the last three days, my arms have been sore 😀
But thats ok, as I actually like it like that. It reminds me, that I'm putting in the work and it prevents me from forgetting to do the workout.
I do implement some training for my back and front as well, to keep a balance.
I recommend doing the pull-ups/push-upps to excertion every two days, at least once, and then just doing them "normally" as often as possible, every day.
what camera did you use for this vid?
I started doing upper/lower split 3x a week a year ago. In addition i also made sure to get 150g of protein every day and started using creatine. The results you can achieve with strength work in just 1 year is mind boggling
I'm 50, due to very consistent training I still manage to do 50 pushups in a row. For me it is sooo tough at the moment to reach my 2000 km running goal - still 113k left. It is absolutely unimaginable for me that guys run up to 4000, 5000 or even 6000km in a year. It is so time consuming.
You are a great inspiration to the running community. I love the content, but like a fellow sportsman and someone who really likes running, pull-ups, and push-ups, the last pull-up didn't count. 😅
The same way you count laps in running, in pull up you have to go all the way down in a controlled manner in order for it to count as one 😊
My fun habit is stopping at the monkey bars every time I go past (3-4 times a week). At first one end to end was tough. Now I can do three, with no stopping for the turnaround, which is tricky for me. Recommended. I got the idea to play like this from GMB fitness.
All these extra things you do to support your running (which are good) you'd "easily" get by practicing Cross Country Skiing alone, 3 hours a week. Plus, you're in Norway! 👍
I'm a personal trainer, and coaching/begging/pleading my wife to do strength training has been a nightmare the past five years. She'd do three 45 minute sessions one week, then one 45 minute session the next week, then skip the next three weeks, and repeat. So a couple of a months ago I decided that she should instead try a 5-10 minute session EVERY. DAY. On one day she does eccentric dips & eccentric pullups, the next day she does eccentric pistol squats & single leg deadlifts. Well, it WORKED!!!!!! She can now do 5 normal dips (up from 1), 8 normal pullups (up from 2), a 185 back squat (up from 165) and a 205 lbs deadlift (up from 185). You absolutely can get lots of progress from a high-frequency, minimalist approach.
Well done!
Those gloves are crazy.
Thanks haha only way to keep my fingers warm here in Norway 😅
The split mittens are usually made for skiing, I believe the thinking is that they allow you to wrap the handle-loop on your poles a bit tighter but still give you the mitten, so less exposed surface area around your fingers for cold days compared to gloves.
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Awesome. You should get some kettlebells and do overhead presses, great for shoulders. Lower body training is good too even if you're a runner. Maybe learn pistol squats would make a great video.