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    Difficult Exercises

    Posts: 3,195 Member
    edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    I'm getting bored with my weight-lifting routine despite starting a new program. Anyone have any suggestions on some technically difficult exercises that I can throw in at the end of a workout? So far I've got muscle-ups and dragon flag.

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    • Posts: 686 Member
      Burpees. Lots of Burpees.
    • Posts: 35,719 Member
      pistol squats
    • Posts: 315 Member
      Bulgarian Split Squat
      Renegade Row
      Full contact weighted twist
    • Posts: 35,719 Member
      one leg side planks
    • Posts: 5,424 Member
      Front & back levers, human flag, planche hold, freestanding handstands
    • Posts: 481 Member
      NorthCascades wrote: »
      Lifting weights is just boring. You don't do it for entertainment, you do it for the results. Cardio is for fun.

      Disagree. Cardio is boring and for the calorie burn only, while lifting is for fun and entertainment!

      As for exercises, side lunges, side plank, single leg squat, planks, box jumps. Sometimes when I have extra energy or need something else to do I walk around and use a machine I've never used. That or I observe others in the free weights and try something I saw from there.
    • Posts: 5,424 Member
      NorthCascades wrote: »
      Lifting weights is just boring. You don't do it for entertainment, you do it for the results. Cardio is for fun.

      Lifting can be fun or boring. Cardio can be fun or boring. Depends on the person and what type of lifting or what type of cardio is being done.
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      cleans and jerks...snatches...do them at the beginning when you're fresh.
    • Posts: 10,968 Member
      rybo wrote: »
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      Lifting can be fun or boring. Cardio can be fun or boring. Depends on the person and what type of lifting or what type of cardio is being done.

      What advice would you give to the OP to make lifting heavy things and then putting them down less boring?
    • Posts: 5,424 Member
      NorthCascades wrote: »
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      What advice would you give to the OP to make lifting heavy things and then putting them down less boring?

      Hard to make suggestions without knowing what they are finding boring.
      Changing up movements, rep schemes, adding intensity, all can be ways to make it less boring. Also focusing on the lift itself. If you aren't lifting with purpose and intent, you're not going to be anywhere near your capabilities. I don't understand how a person could check out mentally and be bored while lifting, unless they aren't pushing themselves as hard as they should be.
    • Posts: 10,968 Member
      rybo wrote: »
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      Hard to make suggestions without knowing what they are finding boring.
      Changing up movements, rep schemes, adding intensity, all can be ways to make it less boring. Also focusing on the lift itself. If you aren't lifting with purpose and intent, you're not going to be anywhere near your capabilities. I don't understand how a person could check out mentally and be bored while lifting, unless they aren't pushing themselves as hard as they should be.

      That's what gets me through it. I already look better than I did before lifting and that's going to continue. I lift because of the results, lifting works. But it's never fun like riding down a twisty hill and seeing how much speed you can carry through each switchback. It's not about fun, it's about intent and purpose. :smile:
    • Posts: 10,968 Member
      TeacupsAndToning wrote: »
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      This is probably very stupid of me but sometimes when I'm working out and I'm really not into it I just pretend that a jealous *kitten* is staring at me and she's super envious of how amazing I look while doing so. Then I think, "yes, you should be jealous, look at my amazing deadlift form you *kitten*."

      That's pretty awesome!
    • Posts: 5,424 Member
      NorthCascades wrote: »
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      That's what gets me through it. I already look better than I did before lifting and that's going to continue. I lift because of the results, lifting works. But it's never fun like riding down a twisty hill and seeing how much speed you can carry through each switchback. It's not about fun, it's about intent and purpose. :smile:

      You're not understanding what I'm saying and it's obvious you just don't find lifting interesting, so I'm not sure anything that anyone says is going to matter.
      I'm talking intent and purpose in that moment that allows you to lift the most weight possible for the amount of reps needed for your program. Many people find it a lot of fun to discover the strength they hold inside. Gut out a new 5RM weight of back squats and some people are bouncing off the walls and find that fun.
    • Posts: 5,208 Member
      edited October 2017
      WorkerDrone83 wrote: »
      I'm getting bored with my weight-lifting routine despite starting a new program.

      If you're bored, the weight is too light. ;)

      Try Cherimoose Get-ups, which is like Turkish Get-ups except you never put your hand on the floor. :+1:
    • Posts: 19,809 Member
      How about forward hand plank with shoulder tap, handstand pushups?

      "Lifting weights is just boring. You don't do it for entertainment, you do it for the results. Cardio is for fun.

      Disagree. Cardio is boring and for the calorie burn only, while lifting is for fun and entertainment!"


      Guess I'm both weird and lucky, I like both cardio and weights. Increasing my weights and setting a new cycling PR both give me the same buzz.
    • Posts: 1,912 Member
      follow Smith Julian on IG. Heaps of awesome variations - hard *kitten* to do. love it.
    • Posts: 5,283 Member
      Well, I'm uncoordinated and working to change that. For me, an impossible exercise is a deep-abs jackknife off of a stability ball. That might not be hard for you, though.
    • Posts: 3,195 Member
      Snagged some good ones from the lot. Thanks for the input!
    • Posts: 5,727 Member
      edited October 2017
      OA Pushup.
      OAOL Pushup
      Planche Pushup
      OA Pullup
      Ring dips
    • Posts: 5,727 Member
      Are you already doing Muscle ups/Dragon Flags?

      If so, Then Perhaps it's time to look for a competition. That way you have a date and performance target to work towards.
    • Posts: 166 Member
      - Olympic Lifts - Snatch, Clean + Jerk
      - Ring Muscle Ups, Ring Handstand Push Ups
      - Ascending Box Jumps - Stack Plates on top of a Plyo Box
      - Peg Board Ascents
      - Legless Rope Climbs
      - Heavy Stone to Shoulders (150+)
      - Dumbbell Squat Snatches
      - Heavy Thrusters
      - Bear Complex

      Some of these require specialized equipment, and can be dangerous if not taught by someone who knows what they are doing.
    • Posts: 3,195 Member
      Yes! These are awesome recommendations.
      I am already doing muscle-ups and dragon flags, just not many reps (~5 a set)
      My gym doesn't have any rings or boxes. I know, right? I really miss peg boards, too.
    • Posts: 9,097 Member
      Squat, press, deallift and walk to get a medal makes it less boring.
    • Posts: 562 Member
      I second burpees.
    • Posts: 562 Member
      And triangle pushups or whatever they're called.

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    • Posts: 727 Member
      Those are usually called diamond push-ups.

      I would consider plyometric pull-ups. Or even clap pull-ups if you can do them.
    • Posts: 5,727 Member
      spartan_d wrote: »
      Those are usually called diamond push-ups.

      I would consider plyometric pull-ups. Or even clap pull-ups if you can do them.

      Double and triple clap pushups are a fun feat. As are plyo pushups to standing
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