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So, I've been working out at a park near my house lately, but the seasons are starting to change, and I doubt I'll be able to keep working there very long. I need a pullup rack that I can bring indoors to use during the winter months. I got one of those door pullup bars but because of the thick and wide moulding on every doorframe in my apt, I can't use it at all, so I've been looking around for something like this instead. Can anyone here recommend a specific rack?

Overall grade: B See the full report here.

Overall grade: B See the full report here.

The last week has been a challenge. I had a headcold that I was determined to work through, but it turned into an ear infection and I got severe pain when I tried to work out. That caused me to miss last wednesday and friday. Then today, on my first day back, I pulled something pretty badly in my shoulder while doing a headstand. Either way, I did quite well for this six week challenge, and overall, I'm calling it a great success! Let's go down the list of goals quickly - A: Body - Exercise. I am going to give myself an A- on for this goal. I had to adjust my goals to be more realistic (3 days a week is easier to handle than 5 days,) but there was only one day that I skipped due to outright laziness. I made big improvements in virtually all my exercises - I did my first pull-up ever (I can now do a set of four)I progressed from a facing-the-wall to an away-from-wall handstand, and I'll bet I could get freestanding by the end of the next challengeMy balance and footing has never been better - This is something very subtle, but I think it's worth bringing up. Ever since I've started exercising regularly, I feel more 'in-tune' with my body, even as I'm just going about my daily business. B: Mind - Meditate: Ehhhhhhhhh let's just give me a C on this one. Coulda tried harder. C: Spirit - Eat Right: This has been fairly easy. Other than one night of panicked studying fueled by an entire pizza and only a 20 oz Coke, I kept on the healthy eating habits very well the last few weeks. Not smoking has become a complete non-issue for me, as well. Let's give me a B+ for this. Overall, I'd say that's about a B average? Not too bad!

I decided to interrupt yesterdays regularly scheduled strength training for a day of just handstands and crushing my core. I decided to do this because I found out that I've been training my L-Sit wrong this whole time, and that's why I haven't seen any progress in it. We will return to your normal programming tomorrow.

^ Someone give this man a Nobel Prize! This makes a very weird kind of brilliant sense.

As a resident of Michigan, if I saw you pull off this move, rather than laughing at you, I'd probably like to shake your hand and buy you a beer. Very impressive!

End of Week 3: I definitely pulled something in my right leg this week. Probably on the one-legged squats I did Tuesday. Gonna keep the strength training at the same level next week, but I'm going to cut the vaulting and rolling and just do bar balance for at least one leg day. Also, I keep messing up the simple parkour roll. For some reason, the leg opposite my tucked arm wants to fold sideways when I go for the roll. Just waiting to twist an ankle on that. In the good news, my handstand is progressing nicely. I'm getting to the point where I'm gently pulling my legs up, as opposed to throwing them up there.

That's good news, man. I just quit about a month and a half ago. Looking back, I'm already so glad I did. Keep up the good fight!

Since both my xbox and ps3 have broken on me (Though the PS3 is partially my fault, and is something I think I can fix,) I'm playing the 'Work as many hours as possible until you can buy a gaming PC' game. Which leads me to my next question: Does NF have any kind of gaming presence? Like, a dedicated server on any games, or even a clan?

So, for a traceur, it seems to me that his hands are just as important, if not moreso, than his feet. What do you guys think about wearing gloves while training? How do you care for your hands once you get home to ensure you're ready to kick ass the next day?

Pretty ambitious, since I only did my first pullup last week! Weird thing was, the dream wasn't even about exercising or physical fitness or anything like that. Just, somewhere in there, I had to climb over a bar, and at the top I stopped and thought 'Woah, I just did a muscle-up!'

Pretty much this. Slow, pulling stretches. Also, my cold showers aren't very long. I jump in, soap up, rinse off, and hop out. I'm only in there for like 2 or 3 minutes, so the cold is only skin deep after coming in from a hard workout. It's more about getting the sweat and wood chips off me. (I workout in a park)

Yeah, this is exactly the right advice. With regular muscle soreness (Esp. if you're just getting back into working out regularly,) the best way to deal with it is just to warm it up a little bit. Even if it's sore the very next day, you might consider busting out a quick exercise (I prefer doing like 5-10 eight-count body builders,) I guarantee you'll feel better throughout the day.

That's what I've been doing. A playground just a couple blocks away from my house has bars I can use for pullups (Both regular and Australian.) Other than that, I have the Perfect Pushup handles, which I use to practice the L-Sit, and a big straight tree that I do handstand work against. This is why I decided to go with bodyweight training for my own workouts; Very little equipment required, and I can do them just about anywhere.

When Mr. Numbers up there says your workout is 'unbalanced,' I'm pretty sure he means you seem to be doing quite a few pushing exercises, and no pulling exercises. Unfortunately, this is probably a result of you not having a pullup bar. See if you can get any Australian Pullups in down unda' a table, and try to find something you can do a regular pullup on, and you might be in business.

I find that a nice cold shower right after getting back from the park, followed by a little more stretching, usually keeps me in pretty good shape.

Enemy Defeated - Handstand (Facing away from wall) I even got a couple seconds of free-standing handstand in there as well! Also, what are some other leg strength exercises I can try? Right now, I'm doing Rolling Squat Jumps and 180 degree jumps, but those are getting pretty boring, and I don't think I'm making much progress on them. I don't yet have the core strength to lift my leg for a full pistol squat, though.

Just throwin' it out there, today I did my first (EVAR) dead hang pull up. Just was able to do one, on the second one I could only get about half way up, then I had to move back into pull up negatives, but either way, WOOT!

I don't think you guys are understanding my problem. Let's say I kept it simple and said I wanted an even 1g protein/ 1lb of body weight. This means I'd need somewhere between 185-190g of protein per day. After adding up all the stuff I eat, I'm finding that my three meals are bringing me more like 110g/day, and I don't know what else I can do to get another 75-80g each day. I'm full!

Check this. I've been doing his roll/vault training along with my own whole-body strength training regimen for a while, and it's been working well for me so far.

So, I've been reading up on proper dieting for strength training and general health, and everywhere I'm seeing this ratio '1g of protein/Total body weight in lbs.' For me, this means I should get approx: 190g protein every day. I recently started checking the protein levels in my foods, and realized I'm coming nowhere close to that. Let's say I eat a ham omlette for breakfast, a turkey sandwich for lunch, and a generous portion of chicken for dinner. By my count, I'm getting only about 90g/day. If I have a snack of sunflower seeds somewhere in there, it might make it up to 100g. How am I supposed to get the remaining 90g in there when I'm just not hungry anymore?

I'm a Navy vet, served as an engineer on the USS Denver (LPD-9.) My 6 week challenge thread is here.

Hey, I'm in Grand Rapids. The meetups I've seen skimming this page all look like they're on the other side of the state from here. Any plans in the works for W. Michigan?

Day 3; Make sure I know how to do leaning handstand pushups with proper form by saturday.