In between these workouts I would focus on just swinging from bars. You can definitely see my ability to use my shoulders and my grip massively improved. At this point I was at 175 lbs,
All this time I had gotten in touch with and had been Gmailing someone I had respected for years...Jujimufu (Jon Call) if you don't know who he is check out his website it is loaded with tons of great advice for tricking, bodybuilding, and just over all life and clean living.
After starting read his articles I had decided that I had never really gotten involved into the Tricking Realm and that this was time to do that, also I have never really been involved in weight training outside Dead Lift and Back Squats. All my other training had been Calisthenic based. So I decided to order some nice mixtures of Protein powder from www.truenutrition,com 5% off if you use my promo code :p FOC858
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You can see my transformation from 175 lbs to 185 lbs
I was 162 in this picture right before another injury I suffered ...
This was a dance and acro performance I was in.
Any way why did I do this?
Why would I start working on isolation of muscles?
Why would I try to gain unnecessary muscle mass?
The answer is, I just felt like a change in regiment. I've been doing calisthenic workouts as long as I know, with the occasional dead lift or back squat routine or lifting or rocks and logs I have never done conventional body building. And I enjoyed every minute of it.
Sure it became harder to move then I did at 162 or 175 but the only real thing I lost was my climbing strength. Considering I was still tricking throughout this entire ordeal my legs and tricking ability went through the roof while my strength acro and parkour suffered a little bit.
It was fun to get pumped up from bicep curls, dumbbell chest flys, tricep extensions, and shoulder isolations. Sure I still did compound exercises, but the mass I was really going for which was a wider back, thicker legs, bigger chest, bis, tris, and shoulders all needed attention. And now I can put those in maintenance mode while I focus on acro strength and parkour again.
My joints actually benefited a lot from the extra nutrients I was getting and the pumps helped with circulation. It was a much needed chemical and anabolic change.
I increased my ability to withstand greater external loads of weight in my upper body. I do acrobatic routines with my Girlfriend and I could tell a big difference with our lifts. I could also tell with just Labour Intensive stuff like when I moved the gym equipment around. what would normally take 2 people I could make up for with just myself. It felt good.
My leg strength improved greatly finally accomplishing a wide stance PR of 185 in my dead lift, I turned that into a conventional stance with the same weight without nearly the same struggle. Jujis Deadlift Routine (http://acrobolix.com/deadlifting-the-jujimufu-way/) got me off to a solid start then the last 3 weeks I went back to a conventional 5x5 routine to accomplish one of my goals.
What did I learn from this?
Well for one I developed a new respect to those that develop their body for aesthetic purposes, it takes time and dedication.
I learned that I could change my body into any type of athlete I want.
I learned even more the benefit that focused sleep, eating, and regiment could do for you.
I learned that I like the way I look with a bit more muscle on me.
I learned how to focus my efforts on to single parts of my body where I felt I lacked, Like my Pictoral area. Experimenting with different exercises to see what gave me the best response was fun and new to me.
I learned more about the human body.
I learned that in order to have gains in any one direction you have to put the time and energy into it, you cannot do everything all the time and see progress in all directions, you need to amass the knowledge through studying for an accumulated large amount of time.
I will do body building again, but I am focusing on my acro strength and tumbling for a while.
It is important first that you develop your ability to move well, then you need to reinforce that hardware with the software. Body building is software movement is hardware. I recommend that you give it a shot sometime.
Some exercises I did other then typical isolations were compounds:
Weighted Dips
Weighted Pull Ups
Weighted Push Ups
Weighted Plank Rows
Sprints
Dead Lifts
Lat pull downs
Seated Rows
Bench Press
I followed Jujis advice on Acrobolix.com
I did a Skype session with Victor a Natural Body Builder from Vicsnatural.com
I got advice from body builders at the gymI took Creatine Monohydrate
Fish Oil Supplements
Zinc and Magnesium before bed
Ate a lot
Took Whey Isolate, Micellar Casein, along with other proteins...NOT SOY!!!
Got my sleep
You can do anything you want if you are willing to put in the time. Look Forward to part 2 when I explain about my 6 months with Tricking in detail.
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