Here and back again... try to focus on the toning muscles...
Seems this is my longest have been away from Steem/Hive in four years!
Crypto has been a pivotal part of my life, without it, I can't honestly say where or what I could be doing by now.
My absence is not for evil, not for despair, but for exploring. This was supposed to be published last weekend, but hey, pardon me for the late post.
Taking time off all the investment strategies, bad trades, losses and gains in this crypto hustle, I try to stay fit. Perhaps, I should say I try to get back to fitness.
From my dark smiley face, it looks like nothing serious to see, just a weird push-up position right?
Lol, it definitely seems so until you have tried these position before, trust me: this is one of the most effective ways to tone up your already built muscles or maybe it build muscles from the scratch too. I might not know as a one time Gym junkie, this is my indoor routine not a gym stuff for me anyways. I do not have a pull-up bar in my apartment, it sucks and there's no other way out to pump the biceps, hence normal pushups didn't cut, then I stick to these style which after two rounds of 10 reps your shoulder and biceps will completely shut down lol.
So I turned the living room into my workout space, its the largest open space I have. Our apartment designs in these city don't have too much space lying around, landlords and landladies will consider them waste of resources(haha). Also no verandahs, no balcony or corridors, maybe I'm just unlucky with my choice of flat but to the best of my knowledge it's same song same dance for 80% apartment in the city where I live. Maybe I'll get to move out and rent a bigger apartment with my own personal gym someday when Hive moons(lol), no jokes but I really want to have my own personal gym with a pull-up bar fixed in it.
In the absence of a pull-up bar, I
do this extremely strenuous routine because I can't afford to fix one on the concrete walls of this apartment, plus my landlady will go to war with me.
There's nothing really spectacular about this push-up position, just that the elevated legs on the stool puts more weights on the shoulder, the biceps and the arms. This is why its more tougher than conventional flag press up, and you spend double of the energy to push the body up than in the normal one, hence its like the tougher version.
My little trick is, I do it to round up my workout routine because it makes me more numb and sore. As I compose this my hands and shoulders are still vibrating, trust me if you miss a day or two out of this routine the next one you do is like hell.
From this pictures, my whole body aches and trembles. But they say "no pain no gain".
Before getting this angle of shots too was another daunting challenge, at last here I am with the best shot I could get for my weekend engagement original content.
Do not mind my shots, they were taken with a low quality camera mobile device lol. The first image shows my bulging muscles after my Sunday workout, I really miss the Gym, but for now I can't afford the new one I found with more advanced gym equipments to help me fasten my tone up.
I have a growing list of home workout equipments, it keeps growing even though I won't get them all. because there are other wants.
Be that as it may, top of my list is yoga mat, a set of dumbells from 2kg to 25kg or more and probably a punching bag.
Also I need a bench for curls and some special sit-ups, a pull-up bar is a vital one, with these I might have no need for heavy lifting. I can't afford to be bulky again, except if I decide to go into muscle building properly which seems too late for me as per age.