Today's Sally

[Mossdog]

2 chin-ups, E2MO2M x 30, so a total of 60. 2 minutes seems too long, but it makes the timing easy, and 1 minute is not quite long enough. At least 2 minutes leaves time for some squats, lunges, etc.

I'm smiling at that efficiency of effort. And you've reminded me I'm letting chin-ups and pull-ups slip again. I tend to placate my guilt by reminding myself that indoor rowing satisfies the 'pull' muscles, but in reality I know I'm just being a coward.

Yesterday, I had to fell a tree, single axe lumber jack style, so 25 mins of swinging, and I felt it this morning. It's actually the wrong time of year to fell tress, but circumstances dictated it's rapid removal to allow access. Sawing it into manageable chunks so I could drag it away to the byre provided further resistance training.

Anyway, I'm setting the scene for why my EMOM times were slower than usual today:

EMOM press-ups - 10 reps (floor to lock to floor) press-ups, every minute, for 10 minutes.

Seconds remaining for each of the sets.

42 - 41 - 42 - 43 - 43 - 43 - 41 - 38 - 37 - 26

On the penultimate set I really wondered whether I was going to make this standard exercise!

[Mike T]

8 chest to floor press-ups E2MO2M x 15, so a total of 120. Lunges etc in-between. 2 minutes was just right.

EMOM 10 x 10 is my target!

[Mossdog]

Still avoiding pull-ups

EMOM chin-ups. 10 sets. Straight arm hanging to chin over the bar, back to straight arms. So, not a set number of reps each set, but given I can only manage a puny few per set it's just how many I could churn out, which doesn't take much time per minute! Definitely no hanging around.

4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3

[Mike T]

Still avoiding pull-ups

EMOM chin-ups. 10 sets. Straight arm hanging to chin over the bar, back to straight arms. So, not a set number of reps each set, but given I can only manage a puny few per set it's just how many I could churn out, which doesn't take much time per minute! Definitely no hanging around.

4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3

Well done! Doing EMOM chin-ups to failure means that the second set comes far too soon. Like you I find that after a series of 2's some 3's seem possible.

[Mike T]

E2MO2M chin-up 27 sets to failure: 4 once, 3 five times, all the rest 2. So a total of 61.

[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.

23 (10) - 17 (10) - 10 (10) - 11 (10) - 10 (10) - 9 (10) - 8 (10)

[Mossdog]

E2MO2M chin-up 27 sets to failure: 4 once, 3 five times, all the rest 2. So a total of 61.

Now, that's showing off Mike! Seriously, very well done.

[Mike T]

Thanks Mossdog!

Today's session:

E3MO3M chest to floor press-ups to failure: 21-10-9-10-10-10-9-10-11-11 - then 4 chin-ups for fun.

So a total of 111 press-ups.

[Mossdog]

Reminded myself what this thread was initially about...Sally Press-up Challenge 2 mins 14 seconds and very ugly effort too. I need to focus on isometrics...need to focus on isometrics...need to focus on isometrics...

[Mossdog]

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 - 44 - 44 - 40 - 41 - 41 - 32 - 26 - 22 - 3 Phew!!! Close to failure.