Today's Sally

[Mike T]

Chest to floor press-ups EMOM for 45 minutes: 5 sets of 8, 5 sets of 6, 5 sets of 5, all the rest sets of 4. A total of 215.

A new experience - once I had settled into the sets of 4, doing the first couple of reps of each set I seemed to float up effortlessly. Wonderful! It reminded me of doing stair climbing with, initially, a heavy pack on my back - it was effortless at first when I took it off.

[Mossdog]

Chest to floor press-ups EMOM for 45 minutes: 5 sets of 8, 5 sets of 6, 5 sets of 5, all the rest sets of 4. A total of 215.

A new experience - once I had settled into the sets of 4, doing the first couple of reps of each set I seemed to float up effortlessly. Wonderful! It reminded me of doing stair climbing with, initially, a heavy pack on my back - it was effortless at first when I took it off.

Hey that sounds like fun. I'll give it ago sometime. Great effort by the way.

Re leg extension research, initially that made me think about the use of legs when rowing, which is an exercise I do regularly. However, looking at leg extension machines, and thinking about the movement, it doesn't seem to be a nature movement that one would perform frequently in nature (although rowing too perhaps with both legs being moved simultaneously in the same directions), other than taking a shed-load of penalty shots in football, or kicking steps up a snowy massive mountain side!

[Mossdog]

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

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

[Mike T]

I thought I should have a go at sets to failure for a change rather than volume - chin-ups, set + rest = 5 minutes, 6 sets: 5 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4. So 25 in total.

[Mossdog]

I thought I should have a go at sets to failure for a change rather than volume - chin-ups, set + rest = 5 minutes, 6 sets: 5 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4. So 25 in total.

Really well done. That would be beyond me even without a dodgy elbow!

[Mike T]

Really well done. That would be beyond me even without a dodgy elbow!

Thanks Mossdog.

[Mike T]

Interesting: larger velocity loss, in other words closer to failure, is more beneficial in terms of muscle size, and therefore presumably strength:

"In strength-trained lifters, training closer to failure by using a large velocity loss in the squat (40%
velocity loss) and the bench press (60% velocity loss) caused greater increases in vasts lateralis and triceps brachii
muscle thickness compared to a small velocity loss in the squat (20% velocity loss) and bench press (30% velocity loss).
Gains in maximum strength were similar (albeit there was a tendency for bench press 1RM to increase more with a
large velocity loss). In contrast, high-velocity strength tended to increase more after training further from failure."

[Mike T]

From: Myrholt, R. B., Solberg, P., Pettersen, H., Seynnes, O., & Paulsen, G. (2023). Effects of Low-
Versus High-Velocity-Loss Thresholds With Similar Training Volume on Maximal Strength and Hypertrophy
in Highly Trained Individuals. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 1(aop), 1-10.

[Graham Breeze]

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

I suggest this thread needs fewer numbers and more photographs.

[Mossdog]

I suggest this thread needs fewer numbers and more photographs.

Ummm...the moderators have an onerous enough workload already, it seems!