Food for - I forgot what I ate

Yup, can't remember what I ate yesterday, fish maybe? Don't know I was sick. I think there was clam chowder too maybe.

Anyways, better today, made it to the gym and...... didn't do to bad. Strength is returning, forearms feel 100x better than they did before. I don't really get any pain in my forearms until I either start doing inverted rows with my fingers or explosive pull ups (because of the impact coming back down takes a big hit on your grip).

But otherwise feeling pretty strong.

There was a discussion a while back about training, whats better weights or calisthenics (body weight exercises) and while I feel as though each has their own proper place in exercise and I never took one side or the other but here is what I came up with.....

Whether it is body weight training, kettlebells, dumbbells or plates, resistance is resistance, body weight generally having a very static amount of resistance. Now, provided that the exercise you are comparing incorporates the same set of muscle groups from one exercise to another, than the better exercise would be the one that challenges and stimulates muscle growth in the individual that's attempting the exercise.

For example, the core is active when doing a pull up, it is not that active with doing a pull down, however if you can't do a pull up, it doesn't matter if its a better exercise, you just can't do it. Also pull downs hit the muscles a little differently that pull downs do. GENERALLY, I do not like to do seated or lying exercises, I like the core to have an active role in every exercise I do, but I do find that can become a limitation in some instances.

If you can add additional resistance to a body weight exercise or make it easier using inclines or resistance bands, the body weight is going to be better. HOWEVER, there are just some things you can't do without external resistance and I think it naive to cut those exercise out completely just because you have a position of body weight or nothing.

I one day want to open up my own training studio. One where someone can come in, pick up there custom program at the desk and a trainer is always on hand to show you how to do the workout AT NO ADDITIONAL COST, thats right semi-private training is built into the normal gym membership, it might have to be more expensive than a normal gym membership, but I would rather pay a trainer whose going to take a client through a program designed for their body, their needs, than pay than group fitness instructors or front desk personal. I'm not knocking those two jobs, I just want a very different kind of gym. Back to the point, I'd like to primarily focus on people building up to that body weight manipulation strength, but for someone who is deconditioned, overweight and has postural issues..... your looking at a long road ahead.