I suspect the discomfort in your fingers is due to pain receptors telling you they have had enough rather than weak grip. Any chance of using more cushioned gloves?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
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I suspect the discomfort in your fingers is due to pain receptors telling you they have had enough rather than weak grip. Any chance of using more cushioned gloves?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
Press-ups, using a bar rather than chest to floor: EMOM for 26 minutes, 10 per set. So 260 in total.
This must be muscle learning and coordination, rather than hypertrophy/strength.
EMOM - 10x sets of 11 press-ups, floor to lock to floor. Time in secs remaining for each min.
44 - 43 - 43 - 42 - 42 - 39 - 39 - 33 - 33 - 29.
Dead hang 1 min 39 sec - gloves.
!!! Dedication - goodness! Very impressive. How do you place the bar?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
From 98 to 160 to 260 in eight days. I find it hard to believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
I use a 3 kg weighted bar at right angles to my body - each end is resting on a thick book and a knee pad so that where I place my hands is several inches off the floor. I go down until the lower part of my chest is roughly level with the bar.
Chin-ups, EMOM for 43 minutes: 5 triples, 7 doubles, the rest singles. So 60 in total. Unweighted.
Dumbbell bicep curls. 2 X 12.5 kg. Simultaneous lifting with both arms.Eccentric lowering. 2 mins break between sets, during which I did (x10) reps of floor to lock to floor press-ups. Curl Reps were to failure, per set.
24 (10) - 19 (10) - 15 (10) - 13 (10) - 13 (10) - 13 (10) - 12 (10) - 12 (10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XQr6QFPJgk
Interesting points here. I have wondered about this too. That is, the lack of eccentric tension on my EMOM press-ups because of the need to get the 10/11/12 or whatever no. of press-ups out within the minute and also allow enough(max) recovery time for the following set.
It's the key reason (not allowing eccentric time) why I don't use EMOM for bicep curls, and only time the periods between sets instead. Also, I'm very hesitant at rushing this reps as I know it will affect my form and possibly lead to injury, etc.
Any thoughts?
He does stress towards the end of the video that eccentric lowering is not of much benefit if the task is too easy - for example press-ups, if you can do say 30. So if you are doing only 10, then eccentric lowering is even more pointless.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
There must be a study somewhere comparing eccentric and non eccentric lowering of the same exercise.
Yes, I think that's correct Mike. I'm going to have a go at churning out as many press-ups, but with each having a, say, 3 second, eccentric element, to failure, and then timing the rest (2 mins?) before going again.But not today! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Press-ups using a bar - alternating unweighted with 5 kg weighted - sets to failure, set + rest = 4 minutes, 8 sets - unweighted were 41 - 24 - 20 - 22; weighted were 20 -15 - 15 - 14.
Squats/lunges before and in-between the sets, but I lost count.
EMOM - sets of 11 press-ups, floor to lock to floor. Time in secs remaining for each min.
43 - 42 - 43 - 43 - 43 - 43 - 39 - 37 - 34 - 21
EMOM - sets of 12 press-ups, floor to lock to floor. Time in secs remaining for each min.
40 - 40 - 41 - 40 - 37 - 33 - 30 - 25 - 17 - Fail!
It was all going so well, until...
Chin-ups, 2 EMOM for 25 minutes. So 50 in total. Unweighted.
A day late because of time needed for meal preparation. And sleep.
Press-ups, using a bar rather than chest to floor: EMOM for 35 minutes, 10 per set. So 350 in total.
Somewhat different regime today.
Floor to lock to floor press-ups, but with 4 seconds (chimpanzees! ;)) of eccentric resistance on the descent.
There is a logistics problem with this, in that there's a heck of lot of counting. So, the order of play was on completing each rep, I reached out and pencil scored a mark on a post-it, to record the rep, before continuing. The timing was between each set - 2 minutes - to account for the eccentric element and to also encourage good form (no rushing of the set).
41 - 21 - 18 - 16 - 11 = 107 total.
41 is the highest single set for floor-to lock - to floor press-ups for me, and so is curious. I think that once the first rep is complete, reaching out to pencil score the mark, and record the rep, allows more recovery than simply lifting palms off the floor before the next rep. However, later, the cumulative effect of eccentric resistance causes more stress on one's wrists. I also noted that I perspired much earlier with this form of the exercise, suggesting more physical effort is involved over-all, compared to a EMOM 10x10 for example, with a similar total of press-ups albeit in a much shorter time.
Somewhat different regime today.
Floor to lock to floor press-ups, but with 4 seconds (chimpanzees! ;)) of eccentric resistance on the descent.
There is a logistics problem with this, in that there's a heck of lot of counting. So, the order of play was on completing each rep, I reached out and pencil scored a mark on a post-it, to record the rep, before continuing. The timing was between each set - 2 minutes - to account for the eccentric element and to also encourage good form (no rushing of the set).
41 - 21 - 18 - 16 - 11 = 107 total.
41 is the highest single set for floor-to lock - to floor press-ups for me, and so is curious. I think that once the first rep is complete, reaching out to pencil score the mark, and record the rep, allows more recovery than simply lifting palms off the floor before the next rep. However, later, the cumulative effect of eccentric resistance causes more stress on one's wrists. I also noted that I perspired much earlier with this form of the exercise, suggesting more physical effort is involved over-all, compared to a EMOM 10x10 for example, with a similar total of press-ups albeit in a much shorter time.
Somewhat different regime today.
Floor to lock to floor press-ups, but with 4 seconds (chimpanzees! ;)) of eccentric resistance on the descent.
There is a logistics problem with this, in that there's a heck of lot of counting. So, the order of play was on completing each rep, I reached out and pencil scored a mark on a post-it, to record the rep, before continuing. The timing was between each set - 2 minutes - to account for the eccentric element and to also encourage good form (no rushing of the set).
41 - 21 - 18 - 16 - 11 = 107 total.
41 is the highest single set for floor-to lock - to floor press-ups for me, and so is curious. I think that once the first rep is complete, reaching out to pencil score the mark, and record the rep, allows more recovery than simply lifting palms off the floor before the next rep. However, later, the cumulative effect of eccentric resistance causes more stress on one's wrists. I also noted that I perspired much earlier with this form of the exercise, suggesting more physical effort is involved over-all, compared to a EMOM 10x10 for example, with a similar total of press-ups albeit in a much shorter time.
Blimey!!!!! Is there a depression in the floor where you did all of those? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Sorry Bob I missed this. It's one long bar, it's easier to stay stable that way. Worth noting I only do it this way because my wrists are so screwed I have to keep them straight or they hurt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
Dumbbell bicep curls. 2 X 12.5 kg. Simultaneous lifting with both arms.Eccentric lowering. 2 mins break between sets, during which I did (x10) reps of floor to lock to floor press-ups. Curl Reps were to failure, per set.
25 (10) - 16 (10) - 16 (10) - 12 (10) - 11 (10) - 12 (10) - 11 (10)
Chin-ups, 2 EMOM for 20 minutes. So 40 in total. Unweighted.
Press-ups, using a bar rather than chest to floor: EMOM for 38 minutes, 10 per set. So 380 in total.
Chin-ups - EMOM
3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3
3 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 3
2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2
2 - 2 - 2 - 1 3/4 - 2
Enough already!
Deadhang - this morning - 1 min 39 secs
Well done - a great effort.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
Chi-ups, EMOM, alternating 2 unweighted with 1 weighted - 5 kg. 24 minutes. So 36 in total.
EMOM - sets of 11 press-ups, floor to lock to floor. Time in secs remaining for each min.
44 - 42 - 43 - 43 - 43 - 43 - 40 - 37 - 35 - 30
Dead hang - 1 min 32 secs (earlier in the day, using bar grips).
Press-ups, using a bar rather than chest to floor: EMOM for 41 minutes, 10 per set. So 410 in total.
We should of course call this EMWM - Every Minute Within the Minute - we might start the reps on the minute but cannot complete them "on" the minute - and, to my mind, we don't need to start them on the minute, just complete them within the minute.
Dumbbell bicep curls. 2 X 12.5 kg. Simultaneous lifting with both arms.Eccentric lowering. 2 mins break between sets, during which I held a 1 min plank (elbows. I've not really bothered with planks for sometime, but thought they're worth revisiting.
Curl Reps were to failure, per set.
27 - 20 - 19 - 19 - 13 - 14 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12
That's racking up a massive number of press-ups Mike! Really well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
For me, it's always EMOM as I need to max out the recovery time until the next set ;)
Chin-ups, EMWM for 48 minutes. 24 pairs, 24 singles. So 72 in total. Unweighted.
Towards the end of the pairs, I started them 5-10 seconds late; to get a decent recovery, having started doing this, I had to continue, though once on the singles, I went back to starting on the minute.
Tried a 1m15s dead hand this morning.
Chest to floor press-ups, EMWM, 6 sets: 3 of 10, 3 of 8. Only just managed to squeeze in that last set of 8.
Wow - so much harder than with a bar - and probably not enough recovery time since my last press-up session.
1 mins 32 secs deadhang with gloves.
Followed by:
EMOM Chin-ups 30mins worth
9 x 3 chin-ups followed by 21 x 2 chin-ups and = 69
I didn't bother with 1/2 or 3/4 attempts this time - KISS!
Followed by 3 mins 6 sec plank (elbows).
I should think so, after that mammouth effort (not to mention the mega fell runs!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Chin-ups, EMWM for 50 minutes. All singles. So 50 in total. Weighted - using a backpack, total extra eight 4.1 kg. My partner had nicked the little weights that take it up to 5 kg for her yoga class.
Deadhang 1 mins 39 secs (creeping back up again! - although creaking might be more opt)
Plank: 3 mins 32 secs. I'm not sure this exercise is of much use really, and I read it has mixed reviews.
EMOM - sets of 11 press-ups, floor to lock to floor. Time in secs remaining for each min.
44 - 43 - 43 - 43 - 44 - 43 - 40 - 39 - 32 - 29
Well done Mike. I was listening/viewing a YT vid of someone using weights to improve their pull-ups. But given that I can't yet even manage the requite 5 pull-ups needed to bother starting with weights it was really all wishful thinking on my part!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Similar pattern as to yesterday
Dead hang 1 mins 27 secs (going backwards)
Plank: 3 mins stop.
And repeat EMOM - sets of 11 press-ups, floor to lock to floor. Time in secs remaining for each min.
41 - 42 - 42 - 42 - 42 - 42 - 38 - 37 - 31 - 22.
Obviously much harder today as a repeat for yesterday's regime. I did however use a non-slip exercise mat, rather than the bathroom floor, which may have helped in some ways, but tended to narrow my hand-placements a little. No sure if it was an advantage or what.
Press-ups with a bar, weighted: 5 kg. 10 EMWM for 15 minutes, so 150 in total.