Thanks.
Terrific achievement, well done Dave.
I hope youāre feeling better for it, although I do think you could stay there without having to deny yourself the way youāve had to these past weeks.
Thanks. Well Iām of to Munich so I will probably overeat. 
My weight has been stable at ~66kg but measured my waist and itās half an inch off the leanest I ever measured and I weighed ~63kg at that point. So I guess I have more muscle now.
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Thatās what I looked like before. You should see me now. Picture that but with an extra 2-3kg of muscle 
I started working on building up my push ups. Following this.
- Multiple your maximum Number by 2
- Divide this new number by 5
- So if your max was 20: 20 x 2 = 40 / 5 = 8 reps
- Perform 5 x 8 reps for a total of 40 reps
- Rest 60-90 seconds between each set of 8 reps
After 1-2 days rest you add 1 to each set so 5x 8, 5x 9 etcā¦
Attempted my max and managed 17 so did 5x 7 on the first day. Was sore the next day. Yesterday I did 5x 8 and feel fine today. On the first day I guess Iād already done the 17 to check my max.
Itās not my priority but Iām going to try and keep doing this consistently.
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Did the core workout but added in shoulder taps so 6 exercises, 40 secs on, 20 rest- no rest between circuits -18 min
My shoulder endurance is definitely vastly improved because I now have two exercises (tripod scissor kicks and the shoulder taps) in the raised plank position I struggled with.
Pleased with that
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tweaked my knee at karate last night, so not all good- itās normally mon and fri, but this week was mon and wed and I think there just wasnāt enough time between for recovery
Creeping reps over sets like the Russian fighter program.
Is that a good thing? Iām curious to see how tomorrowās push ups go given i donāt feel sore today
I feel inadequate:
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That is remarkable
Fuck it, letās do it.
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Particularly the first half of that video, thatās the first 12 months of my gymnastic training to build a strong core.
Odd choice of Niall Wilson to criticise at the beginning for ā3 min absā? Obviously Niall didnāt get his core from 3 mins a day, more like 20-30 hours a week of full gymnastics, but heās not the biggest culprit.
Also, if you just wanted a six pack then yes 3 mins a day of hard core work, on top of eating less and getting your bodyfat % down below 10% would do the trick without any of the pain and years of progression its taken that guy.
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I didnāt take much notice of the bits criticising stuff actually. I just love this kind of stuff and Iām going to start with the very basics and not care how far I get. My trouble in the past has been wanting to do stuff too advanced for me.
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If you have a pair of push up handles or mini parallettes then you can begin with practicing the position and doing a tuck/ V-sit. In fact you can do the drills without the bars to begin with to check you have the core strength required.
As per the video, once on the bars you must push your chest out/ shoulders back, and shoulders down away from your ears! Try not to lock your elbows, it will spread the load and give you more balance and control long term.
Donāt overdo it or else youāll get sore and de-motivated. 5 mins a day is about all you need early on to progress, and most of that is teaching your muscles to co-ordinate and slowly strengthen the weak links.
Good luck!
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This sounds interesting- push up handles arenāt expensive 
@Pan my problem is trying to do too much, as well as this I am forcing myself to start with fundamentals/basics and working up.
I did 5 sets of 9 pushups this morning. 90 sec rest. I managed it, but I think that the last two sets were harder than the last 2 sets of 5x8. My feeling is to do 5x 9 again in a couple of days rather than attempt 5x 10
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Also if you have a pull up bar then you can do hanging v ups and leg raises. Same care with parallettes for your shoulders, donāt go into a dead hang, instead use your scaps to hold you in a fixed position, in fact just do a few sets of 5 rep scap lifts for the first week, and hold them longer as you progress.
For both parallettes and hanging bar, a nice progression is rocking in a dish position
https://www.sportplan.net/drills/Gymnastics/Key-1-Body-Conditioning/Dish-Rock-gym193.jsp
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I would go for a gentler progression (which is the Russian fighter approach). Remember going from 5x8 to 5x9 at a weight of say 65kg is a step difference in volume of 1800kg to 2025kg (assuming a push up load is 70% of bodyweight) with the same rest period.
So what Iād suggest is adding a rep to set 1 only, then next time to sets 1&2, and so on until youāre doing 5x9.
Can I check that you making sure that you are pushing your chest out and squeezing your scaps together on the way down and up?