Today's Sally

[Mike T]

I'm being a bit dense here, but would that mean, say, blasting out 4 sets pressups to failure, then another 6 sets of press-ups to sub-failure, followed by later in the day doing the same 'batch' of exercises 4 more times?

So, if 30ish was my max to failure, I'd do (30 - 30 - 30 - 30 follwed by say 10 - 10- 10 - 10 - 10 -10) X5 ?

If your reps to failure is 10 then do 4 reps five times a day. So no sets to failure. After a couple of weeks increase to 5 reps - and so on. I have seen it modified to 4 days a week rather than every day.

[Mossdog]

If your reps to failure is 10 then do 4 reps five times a day. So no sets to failure. After a couple of weeks increase to 5 reps - and so on. I have seen it modified to 4 days a week rather than every day.

Got it. Thanks Mike. So it's 40% of whatever your max (failure) rep number is, repeated 5 times a day.

So my best no. of reps for press-ups is about 32-34. 40% is about 12-13 press-ups. So 5 sets of 12-13 press-up reps each day. I'll give it a go.

[Mossdog]

Dumbbell bicep curls. 2 X 12.5 kg. Simultaneous lifting with both arms. Eccentric lowering. 2 mins break between sets, during which I did x( 10) reps of floor to lock to floor press-ups. Curl Reps were to failure, per set.

20 (10) - 21 (10) - 17 (10) - 11 (10) -11 (10) - 11 (10) - 9 (10)

[Mike T]

Alternating sets to failure of chin-ups and chest to floor press-ups; 2 minutes rest between each set; 7 sets of each.

Chin-ups: 6-4-3-3-3-3-3.

Press-ups: 22-15-12-13-13-13-12.

Our "gym" - the sitting room overlooking the road - faces south, so very warm. Some of the people walking up the hill were going so slowly.

[Mossdog]

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.

45 - 45 - 45 - 45 - 43 - 37 - 32 - 29 - 25 - 7 I was a bit hesitant as it's been some time since I tried 12 reps.

[Mossdog]

Alternating sets to failure of chin-ups and chest to floor press-ups; 2 minutes rest between each set; 7 sets of each.

Chin-ups: 6-4-3-3-3-3-3.

Press-ups: 22-15-12-13-13-13-12.

Our "gym" - the sitting room overlooking the road - faces south, so very warm. Some of the people walking up the hill were going so slowly.

Goodness! There's noway I can achieve 6 chin-ups. That's a great workout Mike, and 100 press-ups! I'll have to give this ago. I don't have a sun issue as my chin-up bar is in an old byre, but I'm hesitant to do too much vigorous exercise there as until recently it had an asbestos roof and some of the dust has lingered despite my best sweeping efforts. I'm sure that's why I eschew chin-ups and nothing to do with being rubbish at them

[Mike T]

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.

45 - 45 - 45 - 45 - 43 - 37 - 32 - 29 - 25 - 7 I was a bit hesitant as it's been some time since I tried 12 reps.

Well done! That is so much harder than it looks, and it looks hard enough.

[Mossdog]

Well done! That is so much harder than it looks, and it looks hard enough.

Thanks Mike. It's never 'pretty' doing this no. of reps and not helped by my partner, 'rolling her eyes' at my efforts

Just to be sure yesterday's effort wasn't a fluke...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.

43 - 43 - 43 - 43 - 43 - 41 - 38 - 37 - 33 - 24

Slower start today but better overall, if not any easier!

Note: I'm still avoiding the chin-ups...

[Mossdog]

What's the difference between a really good 'press-uper' and a really, really, really, really good 'press-uper'?


Repetitions

[Mike T]

Out of interest I thought I would compare pull-ups with my recent chin-ups. Pull-ups are widely accepted as being harder, and some people claim "better".

With 2 minutes rest between sets to failure I managed 3 - 2 - 2 - 1.

Around about the start of Covid I managed 5 pull-ups, and after short rest, 9 chin-ups - these remain my life-time records. Those were the days!