Today's Sally

[Mike T]

Pondered on this while doing my press-ups

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EMOM - sets of 10 press-ups, floor to lock to floor. Time in secs remaining for each min.

40 - 39 - 40 - 40 - 41 - 39 - 38 - 35 - 31 - 17

My performance on this 'go-to' exercise has plummeted recently. Too much teeth grinding?

Doing them almost daily is probably too often to allow recovery. Alternate with chin-ups? I'll get my coat.

[Mossdog]

Doing them almost daily is probably too often to allow recovery. Alternate with chin-ups? I'll get my coat.

Too true Mike. I tried just a single chin-up yesterday and my elbow was on fire! Definitely I'll give them a rest

[Mike T]

Once a week exercises to failure vs twice a week - quite an elderly group, and only for 9 weeks, but "no difference".

PMC2465144 DO: 10.1136/bism.2006.029330

[Mossdog]

Once a week exercises to failure vs twice a week - quite an elderly group, and only for 9 weeks, but "no difference".

PMC2465144 DO: 10.1136/bism.2006.029330

Thanks Mike, but doesn't apply to a young whippersnapper such as 'I is'

It would been interesting to see the effects of my frequently weekly bouts too.Enjoy your permitted exercise today, weather looks great.

[Mike T]

Chest to floor press-ups, EMOM for 35 minutes: 15 sets of 6, then 10 sets of 5 and 10 sets of 4. 180 in total.

[Mossdog]

Chest to floor press-ups, EMOM for 35 minutes: 15 sets of 6, then 10 sets of 5 and 10 sets of 4. 180 in total.

Blimey! You are quite literally going from strength to strength Mike.

EMOM - sets of 10 press-ups, floor to lock to floor. Time in secs remaining for each min.

42 - 42 - 42 - 42 - 43 - 40 - 42 - 39 - 39 - 38

[Mike T]

Chin-ups, EMOM for 60 minutes: 4 triples, 9 doubles, the rest singles, so 77 in total.

Re press-ups, I can see it will take a while to get to 10 EMOM for 10 minutes, so I try to keep myself content with volume.

[Mossdog]

Chin-ups, EMOM for 60 minutes: 4 triples, 9 doubles, the rest singles, so 77 in total.

Re press-ups, I can see it will take a while to get to 10 EMOM for 10 minutes, so I try to keep myself content with volume.

And volume much better for endurance too, I imagine.

Dumbbell bicep curls. 2 X 12.5 kg. Simultaneous lifting with both arms.Eccentric lowering. 2 mins break between sets. Curl Reps were to failure, per set.

22 - 16 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 10 - 10 - 8

I skipped the press-ups between sets today, as I find these a bit too much after an earlier 10K plus indoor row (sad old git that I am)

[Mike T]

Saw a link to recent paper that I now cannot find. A study looked at leg extension machine exercises vs squats - participants did one leg of each. Both exercises resulted in muscle hypertrophy of about the same amount - measured by MRI - but knee extension exercises caused hypertrophy near the knee, and single leg squats near the hip. The linker felt this could be disadvantageous in running - extra weight lower down = increased work needed to move it. I thought it was an interesting example of an expensive machine getting results but not necessarily good results.

[Mossdog]

Press-ups (floor to lock to floor) to failure per set - 1 min recovery intervals between sets.

32 - 12 - 14 - 10 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 8