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)
Am Yisrael Chai
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.
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.
Am Yisrael Chai
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
Am Yisrael Chai
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...
Am Yisrael Chai
What's the difference between a really good 'press-uper' and a really, really, really, really good 'press-uper'?
Repetitions
Am Yisrael Chai
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!