Fit at 41
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@JK awesome that sounds like a neat way to tackle it, cheers.
Edit: I should say I think it's a bit of a mental thing too, probably technique also! It's something I've just never been good at despite not typically lacking in back/core strength.
Another option for the pullups is to train the negatives for a while
Jump, or use a box, to get yourself to the top of the bar and then lower yourself with control. You should be fighting all the way through the negative. A minimum of 3 secs to get down to the bottom but preferably 5 secs. Repeat for reps.
It's different from the lat pull down because the supporting muscles/core are all engaged tin a similar way to a full pullup. It helps get the mind muscle connection for the full movement.
Treat the negs like any other exercise. Once you get to something like 3 x 12 with 5s negs you then switch to the real exercise. It's an easier way to make that initial progress
Yet another option is 'grease the groove'. I've never tried it, but people have success with that method too. Google it.. (Basically do the exercise often but keep well within your max reps)
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Another option for the pullups is to train the negatives for a while
Jump, or use a box, to get yourself to the top of the bar and then lower yourself with control. You should be fighting all the way through the negative. A minimum of 3 secs to get down to the bottom but preferably 5 secs. Repeat for reps.
It's different from the lat pull down because the supporting muscles/core are all engaged tin a similar way to a full pullup. It helps get the mind muscle connection for the full movement.
Treat the negs like any other exercise. Once you get to something like 3 x 12 with 5s negs you then switch to the real exercise. It's an easier way to make that initial progress
Yet another option is 'grease the groove'. I've never tried it, but people have success with that method too. Google it.. (Basically do the exercise often but keep well within your max reps)
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also you can buy heavy elastic bands to assist with pull ups.
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Are you doing shit at home? If so have a look at a set of these
Very simple but very clever design. Mrs Mariner picked up a couple of the lighter ones and it's amazing how many different things you can do with them. I'm pretty impressed actually.
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Are you doing shit at home? If so have a look at a set of these
Very simple but very clever design. Mrs Mariner picked up a couple of the lighter ones and it's amazing how many different things you can do with them. I'm pretty impressed actually.
@mariner4life live in a one bedroom flat so not really and it's 0 degrees outside so the park across the road is out. You Aussies.
Nah moving to a house soon and it's getting warmer so will check them out cheers.
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Nearly 100 ? Fuck that is fat for a skinny funt like you.
There's lots of schools of thought for pull/chin ups. I've grown to love them but then again we're all different, I look at posts by people telling us all about their running achievements with utter disgust at the very thought.
@Duluth I did grease the groove for pull ups. Really effective but I got bad tendonitis in my right arm which still gives me grief.
Try this workout. Get your max number of pulls/chins. Do half. Rest for three minutes then same again. Repeat two more times ( four sets in total ).
Each workout subtract 10 seconds from the rest time. I'm doing this at the moment at the park. Will retest my max in a few weeks.
Oh and not sure if you know but I love a good legless rope climb when I want to show off to my son's or any hot bitches stalking my FB/Tinder/Bumble
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Nearly 100 ? Fuck that is fat for a skinny funt like you.
There's lots of schools of thought for pull/chin ups. I've grown to love them but then again we're all different, I look at posts by people telling us all about their running achievements with utter disgust at the very thought.
@Duluth I did grease the groove for pull ups. Really effective but I got bad tendonitis in my right arm which still gives me grief.
Try this workout. Get your max number of pulls/chins. Do half. Rest for three minutes then same again. Repeat two more times ( four sets in total ).
Each workout subtract 10 seconds from the rest time. I'm doing this at the moment at the park. Will retest my max in a few weeks.
Oh and not sure if you know but I love a good legless rope climb when I want to show off to my son's or any hot bitches stalking my FB/Tinder/Bumble
@MN5 Pull ups has always been a huge weakness for me, even when I was a gym bunny.
at least 3 or 4 days a week, I do 3 sets of pull ups...2 weeks ago I was doing 3 of 5, am upto 3 of 7.
Goal is to be able to do 15 pull ups without needing to kick out or use my legs for a little momentum.
I expect it'd be easier if I got back to my preferred weight of 92-93kg too, but weight this morning after a dump at 97.3kg.
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@MN5 Pull ups has always been a huge weakness for me, even when I was a gym bunny.
at least 3 or 4 days a week, I do 3 sets of pull ups...2 weeks ago I was doing 3 of 5, am upto 3 of 7.
Goal is to be able to do 15 pull ups without needing to kick out or use my legs for a little momentum.
I expect it'd be easier if I got back to my preferred weight of 92-93kg too, but weight this morning after a dump at 97.3kg.
@taniwharugby said in Fit at 40.:
@MN5 Pull ups has always been a huge weakness for me, even when I was a gym bunny.
at least 3 or 4 days a week, I do 3 sets of pull ups...2 weeks ago I was doing 3 of 5, am upto 3 of 7.
Goal is to be able to do 15 pull ups without needing to kick out or use my legs for a little momentum.
I expect it'd be easier if I got back to my preferred weight of 92-93kg too, but weight this morning after a dump at 97.3kg.
Hmmmmm possibly overtraining a bit there me old mate. Watch those tendons !
I think training chins/pull ups twice a week is a pretty decent number especially as we get older.
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@taniwharugby said in Fit at 40.:
@MN5 Pull ups has always been a huge weakness for me, even when I was a gym bunny.
at least 3 or 4 days a week, I do 3 sets of pull ups...2 weeks ago I was doing 3 of 5, am upto 3 of 7.
Goal is to be able to do 15 pull ups without needing to kick out or use my legs for a little momentum.
I expect it'd be easier if I got back to my preferred weight of 92-93kg too, but weight this morning after a dump at 97.3kg.
Hmmmmm possibly overtraining a bit there me old mate. Watch those tendons !
I think training chins/pull ups twice a week is a pretty decent number especially as we get older.
it helps my shoulder I had issues with in the past, especially just doing a hang and hold.
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Nearly 100 ? Fuck that is fat for a skinny funt like you.
There's lots of schools of thought for pull/chin ups. I've grown to love them but then again we're all different, I look at posts by people telling us all about their running achievements with utter disgust at the very thought.
@Duluth I did grease the groove for pull ups. Really effective but I got bad tendonitis in my right arm which still gives me grief.
Try this workout. Get your max number of pulls/chins. Do half. Rest for three minutes then same again. Repeat two more times ( four sets in total ).
Each workout subtract 10 seconds from the rest time. I'm doing this at the moment at the park. Will retest my max in a few weeks.
Oh and not sure if you know but I love a good legless rope climb when I want to show off to my son's or any hot bitches stalking my FB/Tinder/Bumble
@MN5 I know right, never weighed myself over the main xmas period but did shortly after (when it felt like the weight had dropped) and was sitting solid at about 98.9 or something.
Sounds like a good workout. So half a pullup, 4 times with 3 mins rest in between. Reckon I can smash that.
Have you ever tried climbing a pole with just your hands?
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@MN5 I know right, never weighed myself over the main xmas period but did shortly after (when it felt like the weight had dropped) and was sitting solid at about 98.9 or something.
Sounds like a good workout. So half a pullup, 4 times with 3 mins rest in between. Reckon I can smash that.
Have you ever tried climbing a pole with just your hands?
@Bones said in Fit at 40.:
@MN5 I know right, never weighed myself over the main xmas period but did shortly after (when it felt like the weight had dropped) and was sitting solid at about 98.9 or something.
Sounds like a good workout. So half a pullup, 4 times with 3 mins rest in between. Reckon I can smash that.
Have you ever tried climbing a pole with just your hands?
Yes. It's easier than a rope. Will do a video and tag you on fagbook.
All shit aside how are you only managing half a pull up? Weren't you playing rugby quite seriously until recently ?
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@Bones said in Fit at 40.:
@MN5 I know right, never weighed myself over the main xmas period but did shortly after (when it felt like the weight had dropped) and was sitting solid at about 98.9 or something.
Sounds like a good workout. So half a pullup, 4 times with 3 mins rest in between. Reckon I can smash that.
Have you ever tried climbing a pole with just your hands?
Yes. It's easier than a rope. Will do a video and tag you on fagbook.
All shit aside how are you only managing half a pull up? Weren't you playing rugby quite seriously until recently ?
@MN5 said in Fit at 40.:
@Bones said in Fit at 40.:
@MN5 I know right, never weighed myself over the main xmas period but did shortly after (when it felt like the weight had dropped) and was sitting solid at about 98.9 or something.
Sounds like a good workout. So half a pullup, 4 times with 3 mins rest in between. Reckon I can smash that.
Have you ever tried climbing a pole with just your hands?
Yes. It's easier than a rope. Will do a video and tag you on fagbook.
All shit aside how are you only managing half a pull up? Weren't you playing rugby quite seriously until recently ?
Do not. It was a joke. I knew you'd be pretty good at getting hands on with pole.
I tended to steer clear of all the pull up bars on the rugby field, I found they got in the way of actually playing rugby.
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@MN5 said in Fit at 40.:
@Bones said in Fit at 40.:
@MN5 I know right, never weighed myself over the main xmas period but did shortly after (when it felt like the weight had dropped) and was sitting solid at about 98.9 or something.
Sounds like a good workout. So half a pullup, 4 times with 3 mins rest in between. Reckon I can smash that.
Have you ever tried climbing a pole with just your hands?
Yes. It's easier than a rope. Will do a video and tag you on fagbook.
All shit aside how are you only managing half a pull up? Weren't you playing rugby quite seriously until recently ?
Do not. It was a joke. I knew you'd be pretty good at getting hands on with pole.
I tended to steer clear of all the pull up bars on the rugby field, I found they got in the way of actually playing rugby.
@Bones said in Fit at 40.:
@MN5 said in Fit at 40.:
@Bones said in Fit at 40.:
@MN5 I know right, never weighed myself over the main xmas period but did shortly after (when it felt like the weight had dropped) and was sitting solid at about 98.9 or something.
Sounds like a good workout. So half a pullup, 4 times with 3 mins rest in between. Reckon I can smash that.
Have you ever tried climbing a pole with just your hands?
Yes. It's easier than a rope. Will do a video and tag you on fagbook.
All shit aside how are you only managing half a pull up? Weren't you playing rugby quite seriously until recently ?
Do not. It was a joke. I knew you'd be pretty good at getting hands on with pole.
I tended to steer clear of all the pull up bars on the rugby field, I found they got in the way of actually playing rugby.
Yeah I was kidding too ( MN5 surreptitiously deletes a video on fb )
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rope climbs are much better for grip strength....I have a battle rope that I loop over my pull up stand, and just hold on...I wouldnt last long hanging off a cliff, so I'm staying away from cliffs until I improve.
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Right so, making some solid progress now and body starting to shape up. Feels good. We're into our 4th week of properly setting a routine. Skipped my solo leg day yesterday but not all that fussed, did a decent walk to the supermarket and then back with a full backpack.
I'll start to add up some weights when I get a chance so you all can scoff at my puny attempts. Man my squat efforts these days are pretty pathetic, especially when 15 years ago I wouldn't have thought twice about circa 160.
Really starting to notice the gains from putting it all together when I go for my solo days now, with previous weeks tough weights being easy.
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choice bro! great to hear progress is being made :thumbs_up:
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Right so, making some solid progress now and body starting to shape up. Feels good. We're into our 4th week of properly setting a routine. Skipped my solo leg day yesterday but not all that fussed, did a decent walk to the supermarket and then back with a full backpack.
I'll start to add up some weights when I get a chance so you all can scoff at my puny attempts. Man my squat efforts these days are pretty pathetic, especially when 15 years ago I wouldn't have thought twice about circa 160.
Really starting to notice the gains from putting it all together when I go for my solo days now, with previous weeks tough weights being easy.
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Right so, making some solid progress now and body starting to shape up. Feels good. We're into our 4th week of properly setting a routine. Skipped my solo leg day yesterday but not all that fussed, did a decent walk to the supermarket and then back with a full backpack.
I'll start to add up some weights when I get a chance so you all can scoff at my puny attempts. Man my squat efforts these days are pretty pathetic, especially when 15 years ago I wouldn't have thought twice about circa 160.
Really starting to notice the gains from putting it all together when I go for my solo days now, with previous weeks tough weights being easy.
@Bones said in Fit at 40.:
Right so, making some solid progress now and body starting to shape up. Feels good. We're into our 4th week of properly setting a routine. Skipped my solo leg day yesterday but not all that fussed, did a decent walk to the supermarket and then back with a full backpack.
I'll start to add up some weights when I get a chance so you all can scoff at my puny attempts. Man my squat efforts these days are pretty pathetic, especially when 15 years ago I wouldn't have thought twice about circa 160.
Really starting to notice the gains from putting it all together when I go for my solo days now, with previous weeks tough weights being easy.
pounds?
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@Bones said in Fit at 40.:
did a decent walk to the supermarket and then back with a full backpack.
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What a machine!
@SammyC said in Fit at 40.:
@Bones said in Fit at 40.:
did a decent walk to the supermarket and then back with a full backpack.
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What a machine!
It's all in the hips.
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@Bones said in Fit at 40.:
Right so, making some solid progress now and body starting to shape up. Feels good. We're into our 4th week of properly setting a routine. Skipped my solo leg day yesterday but not all that fussed, did a decent walk to the supermarket and then back with a full backpack.
I'll start to add up some weights when I get a chance so you all can scoff at my puny attempts. Man my squat efforts these days are pretty pathetic, especially when 15 years ago I wouldn't have thought twice about circa 160.
Really starting to notice the gains from putting it all together when I go for my solo days now, with previous weeks tough weights being easy.
pounds?
