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I like the idea of shadow boxing and I sometimes do it, when nobody sees me of course. But are there any benefits to any muscles by doing this?

There is no real resistance you have to deal with....

Due to my condition, I can walk, but for longer distances I use a manual wheelchair.

Now I know that my abs are one of my weak points, even though I target them specifically one day a week. With...

This is a troublesome area. I work out at home and only have dumbbells and a bench. My gut feeling tells me I'm not nearly targeting my back / lats enough as of now, I'm doing 2 exercises, namely the...

Well I'm currently looking at a pull up bar which can be 'extended' until it reaches both sides, to get the stability.

I"m looking at this: ...

I also do those,but perhaps not heavy enough.



I thought exercises build muscle, not eating? I know you have to eat to get some mass, but when I'm skinny I should see abs, and not gain them...

So right now I do abs once a week, with the following routine:

-Leg raise
-Weighted crunch
-Knee-in
-Mountain Climber
-Weighted Side Bend

I do each exercise in 3 sets.

I was browsing some websites just for the heck of it, and I came across several pull up bars, which apparently can be used at home to put in the doorframe.

Now they also seem to be really...

I notice with bicep curls and hammer curls that a lot of stress comes on the wrists. Now lately my wrists have been acting up due to circumstances, and these curls are giving me problems. I don't...

You make a good point. But imagine you do 6 reps per set, but aim for 8. Now if you up the weight, you might 'only' do 4 reps per set. When you return to the weight you were on a plateau, you...

I'm not on a plateau right now, but in the past I have been. Would it work to just go more heavy for one week, and when you return to your current weight, it will feel 'light' again?

alright thanks for the replies, sounds reasonable to me ;)

I feel I get a good surge of adrenaline when I flex every muscle. But is this bad for the muscles themselves, or is it actually good to flex them once in a while?

thanks, those tips sound pretty handy to keep in mind.

what kind of weight do you recommend for using flys? Like 20% of what you bench press, or even less?

I have done them a few times and I feel the exercise has potential, but somehow I'm not really doing them right I think. What are some general do's and dont's considering this exercise?

Yea but less sets. That's why with 15 reps you can only do 3 sets, because then you are already exhausted, where as with 10 reps, you can go for 5 sets and get a higher total amount of reps.

It's all with the same weight.

1 - Doing 3 sets with 15 reps each

2 - Doing 5 sets with 10 reps each

Now the latter has more total reps, but the former has a heavier load on a set.

I see what you mean now, it's basically the same haha.

Well yea, I feel the need to target my rear deltoids a bit more, and this exercise can be the right thing for me.

http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/home-body-fat-test-2774-143.html

I have used this site, and I have 16% bodyfat according to that.

What I don't get is how this corresponds with my...