[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
Thursday 10/2 (AM)
77 Pull-ups (17 Minutes)[/quote]
How could you not be tempted to throw in an extra three minutes and four reps just to slightly edge yourself out compared to yesterday?
Ahhh, just givin’ you shit. Couldn’t think of much else to contribute but wanted to pop in anyway.
[quote]Serge A. Storms wrote:
[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
Thursday 10/2 (AM)
77 Pull-ups (17 Minutes)[/quote]
How could you not be tempted to throw in an extra three minutes and four reps just to slightly edge yourself out compared to yesterday?
Ahhh, just givin’ you shit. Couldn’t think of much else to contribute but wanted to pop in anyway. [/quote]
LOL. No, I agree with you, ordinarily that stuff drives me nuts, but I was in a bit of a hurry this morning.
I had done 14 sets of 5 (all neutral-grip today) when I glanced at the clock and realized I had to hustle to shower and make it to the office in time for a meeting.
I am still working towards a goal of doing a straight 10x10 in 20 minutes. First I want to get the 100 total reps any way possible, then start working it until I can rock out 10 sets of 10 reps, starting every 2 minutes.
Also of note, bodyweight was 205.4 this morning, a slight decrease from my “how-the-hell-did-I-end-up-this-fat” 211 pounds a few months ago when I realized that I’d steadily ballooned from an appearance that I was relatively-pleased with (around 195-200 for most of last year; the pic in my avatar is a good example, I’m certainly not stage-lean, but I’m at least fit-everyday-guy-lean) to a slightly paunchier build that I never want to approach again.
I’d like to be 195-and-lean-ish-by-my-standards by the end of the year, able to knock off the 100 pullups (as described above) and maybe retesting myself in the Mantathlon with a goal of 75 total reps. It’s a modest goal, but an attainable one that fits my lifestyle and feels very sustainable for the long haul.
Thursday 10/2 (PM)
Spinning Bike (20 Minutes)
Good stuff here. Now that the weather has turned and it gets dark earlier, I am riding my bike to work less often, so I might switch to a routine of AM gym workouts, PM spinning bike workouts, with yoga classes on the weekends.
Friday 10/3 (AM)
Bikram Yoga (90 Minutes)
Driving to Michigan to visit my GF for the weekend. Planning on a couple more yoga classes with her over the weekend.
Friday 10/3 (PM)
Bikram Yoga Class (90 Minutes)
Doubled up on yoga today. Afternoon class with GF in Michigan. Time to rehydrate!
Saturday 10/4 (AM)
Bikram Yoga Class (90 Minutes)
Sunday 10/5 (AM)
Push-ups and Kettlebell Workout (25 Minutes)
Sunday 10/5 (PM)
Spinning Bike (20 Minutes)
Monday 10/6 (AM)
A1. Pull-ups 5xBW
A2. Seated Rows 5x100
12 rounds and a 13th set of pull-ups.
Monday 10/6 (PM)
Spinning Bike (20 Minutes)
[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
Monday 10/6 (PM)
Spinning Bike (20 Minutes)[/quote]
So when you say spinning bike, do you mean literally you spin (cycle at high cadences) or do you change the intensity?
Do you prefer to ride your normal bike. I find riding a normal bike is much more enjoyable and provides a more challenging workout, than spinning bikes.
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Tuesday 10/7 (AM)
85 Pull-ups (20 Minutes)
[quote]theBird wrote:
[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
Monday 10/6 (PM)
Spinning Bike (20 Minutes)[/quote]
So when you say spinning bike, do you mean literally you spin (cycle at high cadences) or do you change the intensity?
Do you prefer to ride your normal bike. I find riding a normal bike is much more enjoyable and provides a more challenging workout, than spinning bikes.
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Good questions!
Occasionally I will just get on and pedal moderately for 20 minutes (LISS) just to break a light sweat.
This isn’t really a scientific thingy. It’s just a way for me to get some cardio work, perhaps burn some fat.
My spinning bike is a nice tool because it’s indoors, it’s always there, and I can watch some TV and burn a few calories doing it. I seem to ride it a lot on winter nights. I think the general plan this winter will be morning lift, nighttime spin, with yoga classes on the weekend.
Getting caught up on your log reminds me that I need to swing my kettlebell more often. I’ve just been so busy and lazy lately.
Any plans to get back into lower-body lifting? How’s that injury recovery going? When can we expect you to strut into your school’s weight room and re-injure yourself in a misguided demonstration of manhood in front of the football team?
[quote]twojarslave wrote:
Any plans to get back into lower-body lifting? How’s that injury recovery going? When can we expect you to strut into your school’s weight room and re-injure yourself in a misguided demonstration of manhood in front of the football team?[/quote]
Ugh. This just makes me sad.
I have very curious pain because it comes and goes so much from day to day. Some days I’ll think I could go out for a run or do squats/deadlifts like nothing ever happened, but I have paid for that the next day every time I’ve tried anything resembling impact exercise; I even have some noticeable discomfort today, the day after merely riding my spinning bike a bit too aggressively. I can’t describe the sensation very well other than saying that my lower left leg feels very fragile, for lack of a better term; any attempt to put more than normal bodyweight on it is uncomfortable, and it makes a “pop” pretty often that feels like either 1) some releasing of built-up pressure or 2) a misplaced ligament or tendon is snapping across a bone into place.
I have settled on sticking with pull-ups, push-ups, yoga, kettlebell stuff, and as much of my spinning bike as I can handle as the workouts of choice for the time being.
Tuesday 10/7 (PM)
A1. Chest Press 10x(100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190)
A2. EZ Bar Curl 10x65
Ten sets of ten reps of each in my little fitness room. Started with 100 pounds on the chest press and just added one plate to the stack each set (ending at 190 pounds). Just 65 pounds on the curls. A little pump work for teh gunz 
Wednesday 10/8 (AM)
88 Pull-ups (20 Minutes)
This is a rep/time PR (for those who don’t religiously check my log, I am striving for a goal of completing 100 “perfect” pull-ups in 20 minutes).
Great job with the pull-ups PR! Do you ever find that such a high volume bothers your elbows at all? How do you structure your 20mins - do you start with high reps and gradually do fewer, or do you do short sets all the way through? 100 in 20min is a great goal :).
[quote]furo wrote:
Great job with the pull-ups PR! Do you ever find that such a high volume bothers your elbows at all? How do you structure your 20mins - do you start with high reps and gradually do fewer, or do you do short sets all the way through? 100 in 20min is a great goal :).[/quote]
Hasn’t bothered my elbows yet. Actually, as a whole, my upper body feels better doing this than it ever has with any other lifting program; I usually have cranky shoulders from any regular heavy benching or pressing. I have started varying my grips a little bit more to keep from getting stale…even though I call them all “pull-ups” I am doing some underhand (what many would call a “chin-up”), some with a neutral grip, and some overhand (the traditional “pull-up”).
Most commonly, I start out doing sets of 5 every minute on the minute and, once I start to fatigue about 8-10 minutes in, I’ll either take a slightly longer rest or keep doing EMOM but drop to 4, or even 3 reps per set, totaling 16-20 overall sets.
I’ve also done “a set every 2 minutes” (totaling 10 sets) where I start with a little higher reps (like 8, 8, 8, 8, 7, 7, 7, 6, 6, 5).
I’d like to be able to nail 20 sets of 5 EMOM, then start working on 10 x 10 with the “every 2 minutes” timing.
Thursday 10/9 (AM)
A1. Pull-ups 5xBW
A2. Seated Row 5x100
12 rounds. I know I do this workout a lot but it just feels so good and so repeatable. My upper body feels so solid - no cranky joints or anything, very little soreness. I’ve always had somewhat better pushing strength than pulling, so I am fine with doing a high ratio of pull to push as long as I get one or two workouts per week where I do some push-ups or chest press.