Favorite love to hate exercise

[Fiddleman 4,376]

That is great to do the burpees. It is a really good full body exercise. One trick I have learned is when jumping up from lay on the ground, it is easiest to have your fingers splayed out on the ground rather than palms flat on the ground. You get more spring that way, in my opinion. Also spreading your feet apart a little helps in keeping the burpee execution light and quick. I started doing them from a classic push up position and found that to be way too hard after 25 or so on my way to 100. It kind of looks like you are a frog with your arms and legs splayed outward and on your on your finger tips. The hardest part is going from that frg position up and onto your feet with your feet between your hands. Then jump up, clap and back down in frog position. It really feels like two movements, up and down, once you get used to them. Before you get used to them, there are 5-6 different movements to keep track of just on the way up.

[robin04 8]

That is great to do the burpees. It is a really good full body exercise. One trick I have learned is when jumping up from lay on the ground, it is easiest to have your fingers splayed out on the ground rather than palms flat on the ground. You get more spring that way, in my opinion. Also spreading your feet apart a little helps in keeping the burpee execution light and quick. I started doing them from a classic push up position and found that to be way too hard after 25 or so on my way to 100. It kind of looks like you are a frog with your arms and legs splayed outward on your finger tips.

That's amazing! Go you!!! I definitely jump up with a little bit wider stance bc I'm not super flexible, working on it or at least I intend to work on it! haha! The spreading the fingers apart is great advice I did that naturally the other day and I was like "wow that makes a HUGE difference"!!

[ribearty 544]

Ok, now that I have hijacked my own thread...

Lets hear some more of those exercises that you just love to hate.

At least you hijacked your own thread and not someone else.

I hate pushups. Like most females I do not possess a lot of upper body strength. Another that is painful and difficult for me, but a very good workout, is planks. Doesn't matter what position. I just keep working at it to get more endurance to last longer.

[Globetrotter 1,340]

Burpees are grueling, but not L2H inducing ... for me that would be WallBalls ... *shudder* I hate you, WallBalls! I love you! I hate you, you are pure evil, but so good for my a$$!!

[apelt001 116]

I hate lunges with a resistance band, HATE HATE HATE them but my thighs and calfs and butt are looking fabulous so I still do them.

[1gorgeousgodzilla 192]

Burpees are grueling' date=' but not L2H inducing ... for me that would be WallBalls ... *shudder* I hate you, WallBalls! I love you! I hate you, you are pure evil, but so good for my a!![/quote']

I'm so glad I looked WallBalls up on YouTube, because I was THINKING you ran until your balls(or lady parts) hit the wall. Instead it looks like the fitness version of practicing imaginary free throws in basketball. Such a misleading name lol. Looks like its good for the glutes and thighs and will give em a try this week.

[Fiddleman 4,376]

I'm so glad I looked WallBalls up on YouTube' date=' because I was THINKING you ran until your balls(or lady parts) hit the wall. Instead it looks like the fitness version of practicing imaginary free throws in basketball. Such a misleading name lol. Looks like its good for the glutes and thighs and will give em a try this week.[/quote']

Yup - wall balls are good for you and a common exercise in a Cross fit WOD. They can be modified with any weight medicine ball, but typically people use anywhere from 20-50 lbs. these take a lot of core balance. I really sucked at them the first time I tried them. If you are good at squats, more then likely you will also be good at wall ball throws. Sure enough, as my flexibility and mobility improved for the squat, the wall ball throw got much better and felt like a continuous movement of up and down. They are grueling though after a certain number and really build good overall body strength because it is a great compound movement. The fast you go, the deeper you squat and the more powerful / explosive your throw is, the more intense a workout you will get with these. Try not to throw up after them though.

[maharet111 544]

I also really hate pushups. I am still modifying it by using a bar setup and we do go lower each time, but damn..I am struggling by like that 7th or 8th rep.

However, I noticed the other day that I am getting that like nice bump of muscle on the top of my arm. Now if the bottom bat wing would just drop off it would look like Fiddle's arms

[Fiddleman 4,376]

Ok - new exercise that I love to hate that I tried today : rolling sit-up to stand up with weight. It is hard and my core, glut, hamstrings, whatever are not strong enough to do 20 of them, not even 10 of them.

Essentially, you start in a standing position while holding 2 hand weights, squat, roll onto your back, keep rolling until feet are behind head, arms stretched out with weights, reverse motion and stand up while still holding these weights above your head. No hands to stand up! They are holding the weights up in the air. It will take me a few weeks, but I am going to get good at these as part of a new workout program I started today at home.

[mysleevemylife 158]

ME & MY RIGHT KNEE....WE BOTH HATE LUNGES!! LOL

BUT I'VE LEARNED TO LOVE SQUATS, THOUGH :-)

[ftmathteacher 12]

I have a love/hate relationship with burpees and leg day.

[Banned member 320]

Squats and lunges! Lunges more than squats but they both suck lol. My knees just feel very wobbly and I don't feel like I'm able to go low enough. I think my years of being back catcher for my high school softball team screwed my knees up :/

[Butterthebean 8,146]

Squats and lunges! Lunges more than squats but they both suck lol. My knees just feel very wobbly and I don't feel like I'm able to go low enough. I think my years of being back catcher for my high school softball team screwed my knees up :/

Another former back catcher here and I have trouble going deep enough on squats as well. I do better with the sumo squat...it feels more comfortable going deep. I think playing catcher they always taught me to stay on my toes....doing back squats you have to get back on your heels and I always feel as though I'm going to fall over backward.

As far as lunges....I don't love to hate them. I just hate them. I think lunges are Satan's curtsey.