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.
40 - 40 - 41 - 39 - 39 - 38 - 39 - 31 - 22 - fail.
Bit of a disaster tonight. I came off a horse unintentionally, at speed, this morning, and the physical and ego bruises clearly have assisted in undermining today's efforts (well, that's my excuse anyroad.
Am Yisrael Chai
Good effort Mike. I find that when attempting these I'm torn between having a go at trying one more rep, or realising that a failed extra rep will likely undermine the next set - although I imagine that in terms of beneficial effects, those attempts are beneficial, if the form remains good.Originally Posted by Mike T
Am Yisrael Chai
Thanks Mossdog. Encouragement is so helpful. As long as failure is approached, it must be doing some good.
As today was a day off - I have been doing these core exercises every second day on average - I had a go at a one armed press-up, and a pull-up with that extra 5kg.
One armed press-up: nowhere near it, but then the arm position is so different. I need to do hands touching press-ups, amongst other hand positions.
And that pull-up with 5 kgs extra - yes - just - I managed 3 singles - pleased that I could do any.
Hmm - got a bit lost timing/counting today. I roughly alternated 10 normal chest to floor press-ups with 6 hands-close-together chest to floor press-ups. Normally the gap between my hands is 24 inches - I measured it - close together I started at 9 inches but got it down to 6 inches - that is the distance between my thumb tips. Much harder!
Yeap! Much, much harder! Well done. I'm planning to try your weighted pull-ups soon, now that I can churn out 5 plus. Re ypur press up, the hands close together sounds quite a challenge.
Interestingly, I too decided to do normal press-ups this afternoon, with the exception of the first press-up in each set being from the floor to lock. The rest for each set were nose near floor to lock and back, until the final press-up in the set to the ground again, ready for the next set as soon as the minute elapsed. Much easier than floor-lock-floor and I set myself the task of doing these as fast as possible. Seconds remaining for each of the 10 press-ups x 20 sets = 200
45 (!) - 48 - 48 - 48 -48 - 48 - 48 - 48 - 48 - 48
48 - 46 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 46 - 47 - 47 - 45 - 45
see time on vid at about 3 mins 25 secs...! Spanish Press-Ups! Eso es una locura
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CM7ibbbvI4
Last edited by Mossdog; 23-05-2024 at 08:10 PM.
Am Yisrael Chai
Well done.
That chap in the video is pretty fit - his pull-ups are very impressive.
Re the Spanish press-ups - it looks like the down position is until his chin touches the mat, though that depends to an extent on head/neck position. My nipples are 8 1/2 inches apart, so 6 inches is a bit more challenging, as is starting with chest-on-floor.
6 chest to floor press-ups with thumbs touching - progress!
EMOM for 30 minutes, all singles with 5 kg extra weight, the first 3 were pull-ups, all the rest chin-ups. So 30 efforts.
Weighted pull-ups are hard!
EMOM - sets of 11 press-ups, back to doing floor to lock to floor. Time in secs remaining for each min.
43 - 43 - 44 - 43 - 43 - 41 - 40 - 37 - 29 - 15
Am Yisrael Chai
Really well done. I'm psyching my self up to have a bash at them! Just back from a long horsey day at the Northumberland County Show, helping with shifting and carrying, etc., so feel I've had a resistant training work-out already
Am Yisrael Chai
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