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    Simultaneous contraction of the abdominal muscles connected by the aponeuroses (aponeurosen) can reduce the abdominal cavity. This is called abdominal press. It is important, for example, during defecation.
    — Gorillasoph



29
May

the handstand from hell

You should scale these three workouts to your ability level: choose the two-minute, three-minute, four-minute, or the full five-minute version. To tally your ’score,’ if you choose the ‘two-minute’ version, you must spend a cumulative total of 120 seconds in a handstand. Begin the clock when you begin the handstand, clock runs continuously; but only [...]

30
Apr

Beginners: Cindy Lou

Do as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes:
5 push-ups
10 sit-ups
15 squats
Report total number of rounds completed.

19
Apr

Generating Workouts For New Clients

I will continue to post beginners’ workouts. This current, specific series we’ll call the Adobe Workouts (First week’s plan), and here is Adobe Workouts, Series 2.
The Adobe workouts are designed around the abilities, needs and constraints of specific trainees. Their only equipment is a few denominations of dumbbells (5, 8, 10, 12, and 25 lbs) [...]

15
Apr

tabatas revisited

Today was a rest day. I’ve been prescribing Tabatas to others recently, but haven’t done any myself for a long time, more than 6 weeks. Need a dose, so
Tabata push-ups: 17-17-17-17-13-7-6-7 = 101 total, less than my previous 105. I expected to increase, but I haven’t done push-ups in over a month. Yes, you should [...]

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