YAYOG Pair Up
EPICSRT
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I wanted to create a place for any of you who are consistently exercising using You Are Your Own Gym and pairing it with other exercise. It would be great if you could post what you are doing, the logic and/or method behind it, report on how it's going and progress pics, etc or anything else related.
Here is my example:
I am currently on the Master level of YAYOG and in Week 6. My plan was to add in some other various exercise at random with no real regard for planning. After last week I decided to try and take YAYOG to another level......Let's call it "Master+1". Basically, I am on week 6, performing the regular workout and then immediately following I am doing the same day of exercises from week 7 or 8 depending on the duration and exercises. So for today I am working on Pull, week 6, day 3 (Superset, 24 min) and then after a 2 minute rest jumping to week 7, day 3 (Intervals 36 min).
Lately I haven't felt as though the workouts have been producing 'desired' results. I have been doing a lot of reading and decided to follow some of Scooby's (Scooby's Workshop) suggestions and making my workouts about and hour long, 5 days a week. My approach will still be to only use body weight. I am not too concerned with mass but do want to get stronger. Lately, especially on Core days, the 24 minute workouts just don't seem long enough. In addition, I am also making an effort to clean up my dietary habits a bit. I am not "eating clean", but just going to try and eliminate a lot of the junk I've added back into gut over the last 6 months.
I will be following this routine to finish out the Master level or until my body tells me its not working, whichever comes first. When I am on the regularly scheduled week 9 and 10 I will look to perform the first interval sets from the Chief level as the "+1".
I will be posting pics and stats on my MFP blog as I progress.
So, share with us! What are you pairing YAYOG with and how is it working??
Here is my example:
I am currently on the Master level of YAYOG and in Week 6. My plan was to add in some other various exercise at random with no real regard for planning. After last week I decided to try and take YAYOG to another level......Let's call it "Master+1". Basically, I am on week 6, performing the regular workout and then immediately following I am doing the same day of exercises from week 7 or 8 depending on the duration and exercises. So for today I am working on Pull, week 6, day 3 (Superset, 24 min) and then after a 2 minute rest jumping to week 7, day 3 (Intervals 36 min).
Lately I haven't felt as though the workouts have been producing 'desired' results. I have been doing a lot of reading and decided to follow some of Scooby's (Scooby's Workshop) suggestions and making my workouts about and hour long, 5 days a week. My approach will still be to only use body weight. I am not too concerned with mass but do want to get stronger. Lately, especially on Core days, the 24 minute workouts just don't seem long enough. In addition, I am also making an effort to clean up my dietary habits a bit. I am not "eating clean", but just going to try and eliminate a lot of the junk I've added back into gut over the last 6 months.
I will be following this routine to finish out the Master level or until my body tells me its not working, whichever comes first. When I am on the regularly scheduled week 9 and 10 I will look to perform the first interval sets from the Chief level as the "+1".
I will be posting pics and stats on my MFP blog as I progress.
So, share with us! What are you pairing YAYOG with and how is it working??
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Not sure if this is along the lines of what you were thinking, but I do bodyweight strength training 4-5 days/week with an upper/lower body split, only spending about 20 minutes a day on it. I use YAYOG exercises and other compound movements in a circuit -- so on upper body days I might do pushups, pull ups, let me ups, let me ins, and kettlebell overhead press (cause I can't do handstand push ups yet, or ever
) and on lower body days, kettlebell swing, squat, lunge, Romanian deadlifts, step ups, broad jumps, and kettlebell get ups. I'll do some side planks and hanging leg raises once or twice a week for abs.
I have found doing it as a circuit is more fun/rewarding than doing it as sets for me, I know it may diminish my strength gains but I figure if it's not fun I'm not going to do it.
I need to go back through YAYOG and pick out some more exercises to add in to keep it interesting -- always interested in suggestions and hearing other people's experiences.0 -
I'm not even close to your level, but I'll play :laugh:
I'm doing BBY and start week 3 of cycle 1 tomorrow. I've been doing C25K on my off days. So far I feel that they're really complimenting one another.0 -
^^^^ I am doing the same but with c210k. And I am in cycle 1, week 2. I usually add a little extra on YAYOG days but nothing consistently. Sometimes ab work or some short hiit training.0
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I am using YAYOG (Basic level as I could not do a Let-me-up with straight legs on the test) to supplement my daily yoga practise. I also do a kettlebell routine twice a week and cycle and swim twice a week.
My main activity is Yoga and bodyweight exercises compliment the yoga moves far better than using weights.0 -
YES! Thank you all! This is the kind of information I was hoping people would share!
We are all doing YAYOG or BBY and it doesn't matter what level you're on. I just think it great to see how everyone is utilizing either of them in tandem with other exercise.
I would also hope that this information would be helpful to others and provide some ideas if they are doing Y or B and don't feel its quite enough.0 -
Also doing Master level in week 4. I have also had concerns about not feeling challenged enough on certain days. I remember in high school and college when I would lift weights for an hour and feel exhausted afterwards. That's how I think I should feel post-workout.
Anyway, my additions to YAYOG routine:
- pull up routine from nerdfitness.com to try and increase my reps (3 days a week, max pull ups for 3 sets)
- ab exercises every other day, about 6-7 minutes
Recently I started doing the ab exercises during my YAYOG rest periods to keep my heart rate up and also to save time. I liked how I felt a bit more after I was done. One of my big goals with YAYOG is to really work on my core strength.
As far as eating, I try to eat pretty clean and get a gram of protein per pound of body weight. I drink probably 95% water as I gave up soda and caffeine a year or two ago. Just trying to get healthier in general after many years of bad habits.0 -
I did my first day of YAYOG basic program yesterday. I am going to give a week or two to see how i feel but will probably switch it to a higher program if i don't see the results I'm looking for. My core and lower body strength is good but my upper body strength is pitiful.
Monday-Friday I clock in 10k steps by walking on my breaks at work. I use a BodyMedia to track my activity. Weekends I aim to get 7,000 steps in. I was training for a 5k and running a few times a week but I'm going to pull that back and really focus on YAYOG and occasionally run when the mood strikes me.
I would love more friends that are doing the YAYOG program. Feel free to add me.0 -
I'm working on my certification in Restorative Exercise, so in addition to YAYOG I do about 40-90 minutes a day of stretching and strength exercises that target specific functional muscles, like those in the lateral hip. I also walk about 35-50 miles a week.
I chose YAYOG specifically to compliment my RE practice and it's been a great pairing. After 5 months I'm down to my last 10 pounds of baby fat. I was always considered very fit and strong before pregnancy as I did weight lifting and a lot of mild exercise, but I've got muscle in places I never did before. I'm like a rock underneath this last little layer of chub!0
