Impressive - well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
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Impressive - well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
EMWM for 24 minutes, alternating single pull-ups with double chin-ups. 36 "efforts" in total.
EMOM press-ups routine. 12 reps (floor to lock to floor) press-ups, every minute, for 10 minutes.
Secs remaining for each of the 10X 1 min sets.
40 - 40 - 41 - 39 - 39 - 38 - 39 - 31 - 22 - fail :( .
Bit of a disaster tonight. I came off a horse unintentionally, at speed, this morning, and the physical and ego bruises clearly have assisted in undermining today's efforts (well, that's my excuse anyroad.
Good effort Mike. I find that when attempting these I'm torn between having a go at trying one more rep, or realising that a failed extra rep will likely undermine the next set - although I imagine that in terms of beneficial effects, those attempts are beneficial, if the form remains good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Thanks Mossdog. Encouragement is so helpful. As long as failure is approached, it must be doing some good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
As today was a day off - I have been doing these core exercises every second day on average - I had a go at a one armed press-up, and a pull-up with that extra 5kg.
One armed press-up: nowhere near it, but then the arm position is so different. I need to do hands touching press-ups, amongst other hand positions.
And that pull-up with 5 kgs extra - yes - just - I managed 3 singles - pleased that I could do any.
Hmm - got a bit lost timing/counting today. I roughly alternated 10 normal chest to floor press-ups with 6 hands-close-together chest to floor press-ups. Normally the gap between my hands is 24 inches - I measured it - close together I started at 9 inches but got it down to 6 inches - that is the distance between my thumb tips. Much harder!
Yeap! Much, much harder! Well done. I'm planning to try your weighted pull-ups soon, now that I can churn out 5 plus. Re ypur press up, the hands close together sounds quite a challenge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Interestingly, I too decided to do normal press-ups this afternoon, with the exception of the first press-up in each set being from the floor to lock. The rest for each set were nose near floor to lock and back, until the final press-up in the set to the ground again, ready for the next set as soon as the minute elapsed. Much easier than floor-lock-floor and I set myself the task of doing these as fast as possible. Seconds remaining for each of the 10 press-ups x 20 sets = 200
45 (!) - 48 - 48 - 48 -48 - 48 - 48 - 48 - 48 - 48
48 - 46 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 46 - 47 - 47 - 45 - 45
see time on vid at about 3 mins 25 secs...! Spanish Press-Ups! Eso es una locura
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CM7ibbbvI4
Well done.
That chap in the video is pretty fit - his pull-ups are very impressive.
Re the Spanish press-ups - it looks like the down position is until his chin touches the mat, though that depends to an extent on head/neck position. My nipples are 8 1/2 inches apart, so 6 inches is a bit more challenging, as is starting with chest-on-floor.
6 chest to floor press-ups with thumbs touching - progress!
EMOM for 30 minutes, all singles with 5 kg extra weight, the first 3 were pull-ups, all the rest chin-ups. So 30 efforts.
Weighted pull-ups are hard!
EMOM - sets of 11 press-ups, back to doing floor to lock to floor. Time in secs remaining for each min.
43 - 43 - 44 - 43 - 43 - 41 - 40 - 37 - 29 - 15
Really well done. I'm psyching my self up to have a bash at them! Just back from a long horsey day at the Northumberland County Show, helping with shifting and carrying, etc., so feel I've had a resistant training work-out already :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Thumbs touching chest to floor press-ups, EMOM for 65 minutes, all singles.
These are getting easier, I should have done pairs.
30 EMOM alternating pull-ups and chin-ups.
Pull-ups
2x5
2x4
7x2
4x1
Chin-ups
1x7
2x6
12x4
Erm...weighted next time, perhaps!
EMOM for 28 minutes, all singles with 5 kg extra weight, the first 3 were pull-ups, all the rest chin-ups. So 28 efforts.
I doubt I could have managed 1 more.
EMOM press-ups routine. 11 reps (floor to lock to floor) press-ups, every minute, for 10 minutes.
Secs remaining for each of the 10X 1 min sets.
42 - 43 - 43 - 42 - 41 - 42 - 40 - 36 - 35 - 30.
Lingering elbow pain from the last p/ups sessions did rather hinder this a bit.
You've obvious got a better technique than me on these Mike. I think I was trying to hard for max. reps, rather than quality last time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
EMWM for 40 minutes, thumbs touching chest to floor press-ups. 11 sets of 3, 21 sets of 2, the rest singles. So 83 in total.
EMOM press-ups routine. 11 reps (floor to lock to floor) press-ups, every minute, for 10 minutes.
Secs remaining for each of the 10X 1 min sets.
44 - 43 - 44 - 43 - 41 - 43 - 40 - 40 - 39 - 31.
Not attempted these for a while, as I've been favouring body weight exercises.
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.
26 (10) - 24 (10) - 20 (10) - 13 (10) - 13 (10) - 13 (10) - 13 (10) - 12 (10).
EMWM for 26 minutes, pull-ups, 7 pairs then 6 singles, followed by chin-ups, the same numbers. So 20 + 20 efforts.
EMWM for 25 minutes, thumbs touching chest to floor press-ups. 5 sets of 4, 4 sets of 3, the rest pairs. So 64 in total.
EMOM press-ups routine. 10 reps (floor to lock to floor) press-ups, every minute, for 15 minutes.
46 - 46 - 46 - 46 - 46 - 46 - 46 - 44 - 42 - 44 - 43 - 43 - 43 - 42 - 41
Elbow ache from c/us and p/us still causing me gyp. Once it's sorted I'll head back to the pull-up bar and think afresh (hopefully :) )
EMOM press-ups routine. 10 (+) reps (floor to lock to floor) press-ups, every minute, for 10 minutes.
45 - 45 - 44 - 45 - 45 - 46 - 46 - 44 - 41 - final 1 min set I managed to use the full minute to churn out 19, increasingly much difficult, press-ups.
Pull-ups, 5 pairs, then chin-ps, 10 pairs, done over 15 minutes of EMWM.
Weighted - 5 kg - chest to floor thumbs touching press-ups, EMWM for 30 minutes: 15 pairs, 15 singles.
X3 attempts at the original sally challenge throughout today.
1. 2 mins 28 secs
2. 2 mins 05 secs
and just this evening...
3. 2 mins 07 secs.
As usual, it's the isometric components of this challenge that are the killers.
EMWM for 30 minutes, pull-ups, 4 pairs and 11 singles, then chin-ups, 5 pairs and 10 singles. So 39 efforts in total.
EMOM press-ups routine. 10 reps (floor to lock to floor) press-ups, every minute, for 15 minutes.
44 - 45 - 46 - 45 - 45 - 46 - 46 - 45 - 43 - 43 - 43 - 43 - 43 - 40 - 39
150! Well done. Weighted next?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
Thumbs touching chest to floor press-ups, sets to failure or nearly so, set + rest = 2 minutes, 15 sets.
6 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 4 - 4. 63 in total.
I tried a one armed knee press-up - nope.
I'm working my way up to those :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Thumb touching. Similar to 'diamond'? Whatever, they're tough, and I'll give a pass at one-arm! Very well done for trying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Original Sally Challenge:
AM 2 mins 27 secs
PM 2 mins 08 secs
Those isometrics Arrrgh!
Chin-ups, 10 sets to imminent failure, 3 minutes = set + rest: 6 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3. Total = 37.
Really well done Mike. I'm giving the bar a rest due to continued elbow issues (albeit getting better).Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Today, I thought I'd try something a bit different as a way to improve the isometrics.
So, the attempt was EMOM x10 of: 20 sec isometric holds, at the lower end of press-up position, before returning to the top, arms locked, position for the remaining seconds of each minute. I managed x8 sets out of the aspired for 10. The bulging of the veins in my forearms and hands, together with the uncomfortableness of the muscle fatigue, eventually got the better of me. I had just completed a 15Km indoor row, so my arms and core had some tiredness already though. I'll maybe try 15 secs isometrics next time and see how that goes.
Luckily my elbows don't give me any trouble.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
That isometric hold sounds hard - it should help your "Sallys".
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This is an interesting perspective on GE chocies by Hugh Willbourn (Psychologist and traditional Labour supporter)
"It is a shocking, mind-boggling truth that the Reform Party is simultaneously more conservative than the Tories and more socialist than Labour... How on earth is that possible?
Why Socialists should vote Reform
https://www.hughwillbourn.com/post/5...ld-vote-reform
Chest to floor diamond press-ups, sets to imminent or actual failure, 2 minutes = set plus rest, 20 sets:
8 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 2. Total 63.
And .. and .. I started with a single one armed from the floor knee press-up.