From my 1 dead hang the first minute is easy, but the difficulty rises exponentially after that. Towards the end of that 2nd minute is no fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
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From my 1 dead hang the first minute is easy, but the difficulty rises exponentially after that. Towards the end of that 2nd minute is no fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
Press-ups - alternating unweighted with 5 kg weighted - sets to failure, set + rest = 4 minutes, 8 sets - unweighted were 23 - 14 - 13 - 11; weighted were 11 - 9 - 8 - 7.
24 squats or lunges before and in-between the sets.
Going backwards!
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) - 17 (10) - 12 (10) - 12 (10) - 11 (10) - 12 (10) - 11 (10)
Dead hang for 1 mins 43 secs this morning. So, not the 2 min barrier yet, but today I ditched the gardening gloves and tried Mike's idea of using damp hands - it seemed to be quick effective.
EMOM - sets of 11 press-ups, floor to lock to floor. Time in secs remaining for each min.
41 - 42 - 41 - 41 - 41 - 41 - 37 - 32 - 24 - 18
Dead hang - 1 min 41 secs - no gloves, but damp palms.
Dumbbell bicep curls. 2 X 12.5 kg. Simultaneous lifting with both arms.Eccentric lowering. Reps to failure for each set. 2 mins break but no press-ups today.
24 - 17 - 12 - 12 - 11 - 12 - 11 - 10
Re today's dead-hang. First thing this morning I tried a dead-hang immediately after a 15K row, and while counter intuitional to try, I sensed my damp palms and cycling gloves after the row which always leads to a certain numbness might assist with overcoming the usual hanging pain. But no! Intuition is the way to go. The rowing definitely screwed too much with my hands as I could only manage a measly 1 min and 29 secs dead hang before the pain became too much and my fingers unfurled themselves - those mutinous bunch of foppish, ner'dowell, sissy digits. Arrrgh...
Chin-ups, 2 EMOM for 20 minutes, so 40 in total. Unweighted.
I was starting to find that first set of 7 a bit daunting, hence the change.
Pure Sally press-ups today. 2 mins and 23 seconds. Those isometrics - Arrrgh.
This morning's dead-hang 1 mins 40 secs (no gloves - damp palms).
EMOM - 15x sets of 10 press-ups, floor to lock to floor. Time in secs remaining for each min.
44 - 45 - 45 - 45 - 43 - 42 - 40 - 40 - 40 - 39
38 - 38 - 35 - 28 - 24
I've never sure whether it's best to try and hammer out as many press-ups as possible in each set, or to pace it, but have less recovery time before the next minute begins. I used to be able to do far more of these, but perhaps keeping a better form, i.e quality, has undermined quantity. I'm sure it's that and not that I'm getting older and in a nose-dive decline :) !
Press-ups, EMOM for 12 minutes, 8 for the first 5 sets, 6 for the rest.
Hard work - nowhere near 10 x 10, even further away from 15 x 10. Well done Mossdog.
Dumbbell bicep curls. 2 X 12.5 kg. Simultaneous lifting with both arms.Eccentric lowering. Reps to failure for each set. 2 mins break but no press-ups today (again!).
26 - 18 - 13 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 10
Re today's dead-hang 1 mins 38 secs. No gloves as I can't decide if they help or hinder, despite my best time using them on one occasion. One of the main factors seems to be psychological, i.e. how much searing pain I can tolerate in my fingers at any particular time, and so stop them from unfurling.