This is my log.
Great I actually found something! Iām not sure what to ask you now but from what Iāve gathered so far I guess the idea is to slowly add more things to your exercise routine when you are young and as the years go by youāre body adapts to you doing that like a gymnasts body would and you incrementaly keep adding more until your body says slow down or something like this??
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Scott, just to clarify, are you now no longer interested in the answer to this question?
Once again, Iām trying to meet you on having discussions, but I feel as though youāre abandoning them before they have a chance to go anywhere.
Per your post: your assumption is the opposite of my intention. Adaptation is the opposite of what I want: I want a demand stimulus placed on my body that results in growth. Daily training is an opportunity to add MORE demand onto my body, which is why I only employ it during periods of bodyweight growth. When I am attempting to lose fat, I cut out the daily training, because it places a demand on my body I canāt recover from.
A gymnast is similar. They donāt do the same thing everyday and hope their body adapts: they continue to push further and further on a daily basis, which results in growth. A gymnast doesnāt train to failure, much like my daily work doesnāt come anywhere close to failure, but it still accumulates volume that, over time, results in growth.
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You seem to be getting upset because Im not asking you the right questions ? Like I said I really donāt know what to ask you . Iām just trying to understand how you do what you do with our self destructing. How does anyone other than Superman do 50 chins on his off day and they are easy , etc etc ? Right now Iām more lost than I was before . Iām sure whatever you do is not something I could ever do so letās just forget it.
Scott
Iām not getting upset at all. You have a tendency to read into things I write here. I do my best to speak at 100% face value and not hide behind words, turns of phrase or ambiguity online. I find it muddles the conversation when that happens.
Again, you were initially upset that these conversations WERENāT happening, but when given the opportunity to have them you donāt seem to want to have them.
Scott, I am a strongman competitor. I have pulled over 700lbs off the floor before. I have deadlifted a car for 34 reps. I blew out my ACL carrying 775lbs a distance of 30ā. 50 chin ups done over the span of 18 waking hours does not significantly tax my recovery in any capacity.
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And how you can do that I donāt understand . Like I said I donāt know what question to ask you? How is it possible is all I can say .
Scott
I canāt say how you could do that, because Iām not a coach and have never worked hands on with you. Prescribing you training would be wholly irresponsible of me.
How I do it is by starting small and building up. When I was 19, I did 400 push ups in a row. I worked up to that by starting at something like 40 and doing 1 more a day until I eventually got to 200. After that, I added 5 a day until I got to 300. After that, 10 a day to 400.
If one were to do daily training, itās always not to failure. If they canāt do chins, they could do inverted rows, or band assisted chins. If they canāt do dips, they can do push ups (from the knees if necessary). Etc etc.
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Now this is helpful! Keep going please!
Scott
Ps I know you cant recommend anything for me.
What else would you want to know Scott?
More steps like how you did it are helpful.
Scott
I feel Iāve laid it out several times. Iāll restate it once again.
Use bodyweight movements. Bands at most. Donāt load the body.
Keep it below well below failure.
Do it everyday.
That is how you accumulate volume on top of your training without impacting your recovery.
I really like your stories of the push-ups etc , thatās the kind of stuff that helps me!
Scott
I did similar things for pull ups when I was in my late teens. Lots of pull ups everyday for years on end. Always submaximal. I donāt think the structure is that important, and if it was, I donāt remember it. By the end I could do 20+ pull ups at the drop of a hat. I could do dynamic pull ups (like on Ninja Warrior or whatever), with belay bags attached (about 20kg I believe). Daily training absolutely works, especially for pull ups.
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You should check out Paul Kelsoās āPowerlifting Basics Texas Style.ā Lots of very helpful stories.
PM WORKOUT (1500)
Tabata kb 1 armed snatches and swings
Notes: Was feeling myself nodding off, so just did this to get the blood flowing. Quickly becoming a favorite of mine.
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Weāre you also doing some kind of regular workouts as well during the week ?
Scott
OP have you read Haruki Murakamiās book on marathon running? It seems right up your alley.
Pullup broās!
In my teens I could barely do one. Determined to fix it, I drove big nails into a pair of trees. One set of nails held a pipe; the other provided a step so I could assist my bodyweight with foot pressure.
After a few weeks or months I didnāt need the steps anymore.
Once I had gym access (18+) I started adding weight. Iām not 100% but I bet I have done pullups with 90# around my waist. I could do 20-25 reps at bodyweight anytime.
Fast forward a decade+ and I went wild on pullups again, gave myself crippling tendonitisā¦
Ehā¦ getting better now. Back to pullups!
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At that point I was climbing several times a week, swimming several times a week and sometimes doing very basic machine based lifting once or twice a week but nothing with any structure at that point. Iāve recently had success doing daily pull ups again within a regular workout structure though.
@rroo I havenāt. Only real resource on running Iāve read is from Dave Goggins, and thatās more mentality part. The Mrs is the runner in the family, haha. Iāll keep my eye out though.
BUILDING THE MONOLITH Week 2, Workout 5
AM WORKOUT (0530 wake up via alarm, 0700 workout)
Buffalo Bar Squat
5xBar
5x140
5x230
5x285
5x335
5x375
Weighted NG chin 85
5x5
Log viper press (each rep from the floor) 125
10x5
Axle shrugs against light bands
55,27,18
Band pull aparts
50
Band face pulls
50
Buffalo bar squat
37x230
Reverse hypers
40
POST WORKOUT SHAKE
Dips
35,15
Standing ab wheel
2x10
Pushdowns
25
Notes: Blasted through this workout. Started off with supersets of squats and log, then went to chins and log once I ran out of squats. Then supersets of shrug-pull apart-shrug-face pull-shrug, then finished with the squats. It was pretty much just plate change rests throughout. Conditioning is through the roof and is making this a joke, but next week will be the test. That widowmaker was just about right. Bar was slipping too far down my back at the end. You can actually see me shrug it to high bar somewhere in the mid 20s.
Got some big eating slated for this weekend, which should put me in a good spot for the heaviest week. Guts are feeling much better compared to yesterday.
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Looked like you blacked out there! Gnarly.