Woah great job!!! Congratulations!
Very cool. Congrats!
Saturday 10/18 (PM)
Spinning Bike (20 Minutes)
Sunday 10/19 (AM)
117 Pull-ups (27 Minutes)
Didn’t really have a specific goal today. Just did a lot of volume til I felt good and worked over.
Body by pull-ups and kettlebells and yoga and spinning. Let’s see where this goes over the next three months.
Sunday 10/19 (PM)
Spinning Bike (20 Minutes)
[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
Next goal is to be able to crank these out as 10 straight sets of 10 reps.[/quote]
Congrats on the PR.
I have once tried to get 10 x 10 with pull-ups but I could never get over the line, especially in the last 3-2 sets.
What body-weight are you at?
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Monday 10/20 (AM)
80 Pull-ups (20 Minutes)
[quote]theBird wrote:
[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
Next goal is to be able to crank these out as 10 straight sets of 10 reps.[/quote]
Congrats on the PR.
I have once tried to get 10 x 10 with pull-ups but I could never get over the line, especially in the last 3-2 sets.
What body-weight are you at?
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Roughly 205 pounds (about 94 kg for you Euros).
I’d like to be in the mid-190’s consistently. I think I looked and felt my best in that range. It would be nice to be able to crank out 10 sets of 10 pull-ups at bodyweight of 195 pounds by the end of the year. That’s the general goal now that I’ve hit the “100 total reps in 20 minutes” goal. I’ll keep logging my progress here. I’ve diddled around with goals for awhile since my football career (and the competitive distance running that followed) ended, this is one I plan to stick with for awhile. I like the self-regulating body composition nature of this goal. I really can’t get better at it without getting either 1) leaner or 2) stronger.
A little late to the game but great job on the 100 Pull-Up PR!!!
Monday 10/20 (PM)
Spinning Bike (20 Minutes)
[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
I like the self-regulating body composition nature of this goal. I really can’t get better at it without getting either 1) leaner or 2) stronger.[/quote]
True, although pull-ups is probably the one exercise where I notice that breaking a plateau is very hard, due to the fact that as you get stronger, you add some more muscle and hence are heavier, making the pull-ups harder even though you have became stronger.
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Tuesday 10/21 (AM)
50 Pull-ups
Chest Press 4x10
Seated Row 4x10
I did my first 10 sets of 5 pull-ups and started to feel a bit of fatigue and soreness creeping in; since I’ve done my pullups every day for eight straight days, I decided to nix pull-ups for the rest of the day and do a few light machine presses and rows to complete the workout.
My GF is visiting this weekend so we’ll hit a couple of yoga classes, giving me a nice stretch and a break from pull-ups. I’ll do my regular spinning bike intervals tonight, then see how I feel in the AM. If all is well, I’ll do pullups as usual, if I’m a bit sore, I might do something a little different tomorrow.
Tuesday 10/21 (PM)
Spinning Bike (20 Minutes)
Wednesday 10/22 (AM)
80 Pull-ups (20 Minutes)
16 sets of 5, all done with neutral grip. I think a key will be reminding myself to do at least half of my pull-up volume using a neutral grip as that seems to be the friendliest for shoulders and elbows (vs. underhand chins or overhand pullups). I’ve not really experienced any twinges or pain as yet, but given that I plan to continue doing 75 pull-ups 3-5 days per week for the forseeable future, probably best to keep an eye on that.
Have you ever considered using rings for your pull-ups?
[quote]furo wrote:
Have you ever considered using rings for your pull-ups? [/quote]
Actually, I would LOVE to do that, but I don’t have a place to do so…I did this once at a rock climbing gym that had rings hanging from the ceiling and LOVED it.
Maybe this is a dumb question, but if you wanted to take your own rings to a gym and attach them to a pull-up bar, how does that work? If there’s some attachment with straps that you loop over the bar and hold rings, maybe I could use that…I don’t think the pull-up bars at the gym where I go are tall enough for this to be practical, because the rings even hanging 6 inches lower than the pullup bar would nearly have my knees scraping the floor (as it is, I have to keep my legs slightly bent to keep my toes from touching between reps). But I could probably use those on the outdoor pull-up bar that I go to.
*Edited to add: I decided that I do enough pull-ups that I really ought to get some rings and give it a shot (plus I can probably come up with some other uses for them). Found a set online and ordered them already, not a bad price.
Wednesday 10/22 (PM)
Spinning Bike (20 Minutes)
Thursday 10/23 (AM)
A Bunch Of Pull-ups (25 Minutes)
This will take a little explanation. My university gym has a very nice assisted pull-up station. While I’ve generally been working towards my pull-up goals using “real” pull-ups, today I decided to put the assisted station to use for some higher rep work. Thus:
10x(BW-52 pounds)
10x(BW-46 pounds)
10x(BW-40 pounds)
10x(BW-34 pounds)
8x(BW-28 pounds)
6x(BW-22 pounds)
5x(BW-16 pounds)
5xBW
5xBW
5xBW
5xBW
5xBW
5xBW
5xBW
5xBW
Once I got down to the lowest possible setting on the assisted machine, I realized that I’d rather just keep doing sets of 5 regular pull-ups to complete the workout, so I did 8 more sets of 5 regular pull-ups for a total of 59 assisted pull-ups plus 40 regular pull-ups. Not a bad way to start upping the number of reps in at least a couple of my weekly pull-up sessions. And, paradoxically, the assisted reps offer a slight additional challenge because the structure of the machine allows no room for body English, so the assistance is somewhat countered by the reps being extra strict; any swinging or sudden acceleration and you’ll come off the machine! It felt like the regular sets were actually a bit easier than the set on the assisted machines’ lowest setting (purportedly 16 pounds’ assistance).
[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
[quote]furo wrote:
Have you ever considered using rings for your pull-ups? [/quote]
Actually, I would LOVE to do that, but I don’t have a place to do so…I did this once at a rock climbing gym that had rings hanging from the ceiling and LOVED it.
Maybe this is a dumb question, but if you wanted to take your own rings to a gym and attach them to a pull-up bar, how does that work? If there’s some attachment with straps that you loop over the bar and hold rings, maybe I could use that…I don’t think the pull-up bars at the gym where I go are tall enough for this to be practical, because the rings even hanging 6 inches lower than the pullup bar would nearly have my knees scraping the floor (as it is, I have to keep my legs slightly bent to keep my toes from touching between reps). But I could probably use those on the outdoor pull-up bar that I go to.
*Edited to add: I decided that I do enough pull-ups that I really ought to get some rings and give it a shot (plus I can probably come up with some other uses for them). Found a set online and ordered them already, not a bad price. [/quote]
Oh nice! Yeah I’m sure you could just loop them over the pull-up bar, but the height might be an issue. Let me know how you get on with them! I have a pair myself but nowhere to hang them from.
[quote]furo wrote:
[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
[quote]furo wrote:
Have you ever considered using rings for your pull-ups? [/quote]
Actually, I would LOVE to do that, but I don’t have a place to do so…I did this once at a rock climbing gym that had rings hanging from the ceiling and LOVED it.
Maybe this is a dumb question, but if you wanted to take your own rings to a gym and attach them to a pull-up bar, how does that work? If there’s some attachment with straps that you loop over the bar and hold rings, maybe I could use that…I don’t think the pull-up bars at the gym where I go are tall enough for this to be practical, because the rings even hanging 6 inches lower than the pullup bar would nearly have my knees scraping the floor (as it is, I have to keep my legs slightly bent to keep my toes from touching between reps). But I could probably use those on the outdoor pull-up bar that I go to.
*Edited to add: I decided that I do enough pull-ups that I really ought to get some rings and give it a shot (plus I can probably come up with some other uses for them). Found a set online and ordered them already, not a bad price. [/quote]
Oh nice! Yeah I’m sure you could just loop them over the pull-up bar, but the height might be an issue. Let me know how you get on with them! I have a pair myself but nowhere to hang them from.[/quote]
I actually realized that if I hang them from the pullup bar in the assisted pullup station (which is about a foot higher than the other pullup bar in the gym), I’ll have plenty of ground clearance. This will work because the assisted pull-up station is adjustable (i.e. you can take the little foot-stand and flip it out of the way, so you’re just doing regular pull-ups).
I also am trying to think of creative solutions for a way to hang them inside my apartment, but frankly I don’t trust the walls or roof to support my full weight without ripping some kind of hole in either. I think I’ll have to wait until I buy a place of my own to have a good home pullup station. I’ll keep brainstorming for random places outdoors where I can hang them from, too…gotta start looking for some sturdy-looking trees in my neighborhood, maybe…