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[moya]

congrats on 500, you beat me to it... ive failed it 3 or 4 attempts since a 495 about 6 months ago... ive since deloaded and am currently working back up... should be about a month behind you...

 

[Andalite]

congrats on 500, you beat me to it... ive failed it 3 or 4 attempts since a 495 about 6 months ago... ive since deloaded and am currently working back up... should be about a month behind you...

It's not a race, bro. I hope you get 500 and much more. We should all achieve our goals

 

[Andalite]

Back Training
Mesocycle 20 - Week 4​

Beginning Thoughts:

Yesterday's workout...​

Workout:

BodyWeight Pull-ups:
BW x 15 reps
BW x 11 reps
BW x 11 reps
BW x 9 reps
Total = 46 reps
It's been 3 weeks since I last did these. I beat my previous numbers by 2 reps but I think my goal to reach 50 reps in 4 sets may not happen for a while..

Weighted Pull-ups:
BW + 20 lbs x 2 reps
BW + 30 lbs x 2 reps
BW + 50 lbs x 1 rep
BW + 20 lbs x 4 reps
Total = 9 reps
Tiring....

Cable Rows:
180 lbs x 10 reps x 3 sets

Russian Twists:
25 lbs x 6 reps x 4 sets

Facepulls:
90 lbs x 15 reps
110 lbs x 12 reps​

Videos:

BodyWeight Pull-ups, Weighted Pull-ups, Russian Twists and Facepulls:
​

Overall Impression:

Tiring workout....Doing 2 variations of pull-ups pretty much torched my back.

In other news: I saw Death at a Funeral last night. I haven't seen the British Version but the new movie was pretty funny. I liked it.

Hope everyone's having a good weekend! ​

 

[Tblock1]

Back Training
Mesocycle 20 - Week 4​

Beginning Thoughts:

Yesterday's workout...​

Workout:

BodyWeight Pull-ups:
BW x 15 reps
BW x 11 reps
BW x 11 reps
BW x 9 reps
Total = 46 reps
It's been 3 weeks since I last did these. I beat my previous numbers by 2 reps but I think my goal to reach 50 reps in 4 sets may not happen for a while..

Weighted Pull-ups:
BW + 20 lbs x 2 reps
BW + 30 lbs x 2 reps
BW + 50 lbs x 1 rep
BW + 20 lbs x 4 reps
Total = 9 reps
Tiring....

Cable Rows:
180 lbs x 10 reps x 3 sets

Russian Twists:
25 lbs x 6 reps x 4 sets

Facepulls:
90 lbs x 15 reps
110 lbs x 12 reps​

Videos:

BodyWeight Pull-ups, Weighted Pull-ups, Russian Twists and Facepulls:
​

Overall Impression:

Tiring workout....Doing 2 variations of pull-ups pretty much torched my back.

In other news: I saw Death at a Funeral last night. I haven't seen the British Version but the new movie was pretty funny. I liked it.

Hope everyone's having a good weekend! ​

Nice work on getting 15 reps! I wish I had a pullup bar like that at my gym, I have to take the bar and put it at the top of my rack to do pullups, and if you don't cross your legs your feet will touch the ground and it makes it harder

 

[Andalite]

Nice work on getting 15 reps! I wish I had a pullup bar like that at my gym, I have to take the bar and put it at the top of my rack to do pullups, and if you don't cross your legs your feet will touch the ground and it makes it harder

Thanks. I love pull-ups but I can definitely see myself hating the concept of needing a bar on a cage to do them.

 

[JDid23]

good job on the pullups. Have you noticed if doing them weighted has helped your BW #s at all?

 

[Andalite]

good job on the pullups. Have you noticed if doing them weighted has helped your BW #s at all?

Oh there is definite carryover both ways. The more reps I can do with my BW is helped by the weight added and vice versa. Infact, come next week I am going to start alternating weighted and bodyweight pull-ups on a weekly basis.

 

[Tblock1]

Jdid: I thought I would answer too because I have noticed a huge difference in my pullups since doing weighted. I haven't done a max set of bw pullups but I did a couple sets of 8 after my last weighted pullups session and they were so east it felt like I was pulling air. I love weighted pullups, so glad i started doing them!

Andalite: A big group of guys were at my gym last pullup day and they tried doing pullups the way I have been doing them with my legs crossed in front and they could barely get a couple half reps. They said it just felt like their core didn't have enough strength to do those. So apparently doing them that way has really helped my core out, so when I do pullups regular they will be way easier Find the positive in the negative....

 

[Andalite]

Andalite: A big group of guys were at my gym last pullup day and they tried doing pullups the way I have been doing them with my legs crossed in front and they could barely get a couple half reps. They said it just felt like their core didn't have enough strength to do those. So apparently doing them that way has really helped my core out, so when I do pullups regular they will be way easier Find the positive in the negative....

Well yeah putting the feet in the front is like doing L-Sit Pull-ups. I can't manage that for more than 6 reps I think. Thats pretty impressive, dude.

 

[Tblock1]

Well yeah putting the feet in the front is like doing L-Sit Pull-ups. I can't manage that for more than 6 reps I think. Thats pretty impressive, dude.

it's so wierd because it just feels normal to me now. You have to use it to do deadhang pullups at my gym, so that is what I do. I LOVE WEIGHTED PULLUPS