jozko
Level 6 Valued Member
Not that hard-living type you probably expect - let me provide some background.
I live in a rural area, so there is a lot of manual work to do during late spring, summer and early autumn, even without my ambitious quest.
Moreover, I am going to build a house for me and my growing family. In order to cut the expenses, I am going to build it on my own. I know skilled craftsmen who will help me with more specialized work, but I will do the most of "dull" works - carrying bricks, cement bags, digging, and any kind of work where heavy stuff is being lifted and carried for prolonged period of time.
Moreover, I have great life-sucking, soul-wrenching, time-consuming job . If customer from Spain complains, we work. If regulator from Saudi Arabia wants something, we work. If someone from moon threatens us with 100M+ contractual penalty, we work... Frequent evening calls with my colleagues from US are, well, frequent (I am based in Central Europe) - 8 time zones.
As a consequence of this sedentary job, my back sometimes hurts. It's not chronic or big pain, but sometimes it just happens.
So I am seeking for advice in several areas.
Training
I already decided to switch to predominantly bodyweight with swing only. Currently I plan to continue with GTG-like style of training. Main candidate is one arm pushup, naturally. The main objective here is not to compress the spine unnecessarily (good bye, overhead pressing...). But...
Does it make sense to pursue strength, if I know I will be destroyed for larger part of the week?
I considered also the option when I will focus on stuff requiring rather skill than strength, like to finally learn one arm handstand, or to improve my wobbly tuck planche... what do you think about this? Especially tuck planche is still quite difficult for me, so I am not sure. Same hold to improving my front lever. Pavel somewhere wrote that if something does not compress the spine, then it does not put that much stress on CNS, so it is easier to recover from. What are your recommendations on effective exercises which are relatively easy to recover from? I think it holds for most bodyweight exercises - am I right?
As for the other part of training, do you know some easy&effective rehab/mobility/flexibility movements? I have implemented Pavel's Super Joints stuff into my routine and it's just great. Especially targeted for spine. My fav is cossack squat and dead hang.
Nutrition/supplementation/recovery
I am supplementing with the regular stuff like Zinc (most of the year) and vit. D (october-april). I have also good experience with resveratrol, curcumin and NAC. Do anybody here know other supplements which can improve my recovery? Or any other procedures (sauna, massages)? Needless to say, I am prioritizing sleep over anything else.
Adam Raw recommends sea mineral plasma. However esoteric it may seem, this dude is real pro doing one arm chin ups with additional weight and strict weighted HSPUs... do anybody here have experience with this? It's quite popular in biohacker's community in Prague now I guess...
What about breathing exercises/meditation?
Many thanks in advance for all answers!
I live in a rural area, so there is a lot of manual work to do during late spring, summer and early autumn, even without my ambitious quest.
Moreover, I am going to build a house for me and my growing family. In order to cut the expenses, I am going to build it on my own. I know skilled craftsmen who will help me with more specialized work, but I will do the most of "dull" works - carrying bricks, cement bags, digging, and any kind of work where heavy stuff is being lifted and carried for prolonged period of time.
Moreover, I have great life-sucking, soul-wrenching, time-consuming job . If customer from Spain complains, we work. If regulator from Saudi Arabia wants something, we work. If someone from moon threatens us with 100M+ contractual penalty, we work... Frequent evening calls with my colleagues from US are, well, frequent (I am based in Central Europe) - 8 time zones.
As a consequence of this sedentary job, my back sometimes hurts. It's not chronic or big pain, but sometimes it just happens.
So I am seeking for advice in several areas.
Training
I already decided to switch to predominantly bodyweight with swing only. Currently I plan to continue with GTG-like style of training. Main candidate is one arm pushup, naturally. The main objective here is not to compress the spine unnecessarily (good bye, overhead pressing...). But...
Does it make sense to pursue strength, if I know I will be destroyed for larger part of the week?
I considered also the option when I will focus on stuff requiring rather skill than strength, like to finally learn one arm handstand, or to improve my wobbly tuck planche... what do you think about this? Especially tuck planche is still quite difficult for me, so I am not sure. Same hold to improving my front lever. Pavel somewhere wrote that if something does not compress the spine, then it does not put that much stress on CNS, so it is easier to recover from. What are your recommendations on effective exercises which are relatively easy to recover from? I think it holds for most bodyweight exercises - am I right?
As for the other part of training, do you know some easy&effective rehab/mobility/flexibility movements? I have implemented Pavel's Super Joints stuff into my routine and it's just great. Especially targeted for spine. My fav is cossack squat and dead hang.
Nutrition/supplementation/recovery
I am supplementing with the regular stuff like Zinc (most of the year) and vit. D (october-april). I have also good experience with resveratrol, curcumin and NAC. Do anybody here know other supplements which can improve my recovery? Or any other procedures (sauna, massages)? Needless to say, I am prioritizing sleep over anything else.
Adam Raw recommends sea mineral plasma. However esoteric it may seem, this dude is real pro doing one arm chin ups with additional weight and strict weighted HSPUs... do anybody here have experience with this? It's quite popular in biohacker's community in Prague now I guess...
What about breathing exercises/meditation?
Many thanks in advance for all answers!