Rotlaus' Log
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Rotlaus' Log
Hi,
i'm a 37 year old male from Germany. Weight 165lbs, Height 5'8". Haven't done any sports for the last 6 years. I tried the last 3 weeks the hunndredpushups.com workout. I failed miserably at week 3 and only pushups were boring, so i started today with SimpleFit. My push-up max was 23.
I did 20 rounds at L1D1 today, but cheated with 'jump up' pull ups. I was a bit disappointed that i couldn't do one real puul-up. Push ups were okay up to round 18, squats were fine, too.
I hope my will is strong enough to get this done longer than 3 weeks.
i'm a 37 year old male from Germany. Weight 165lbs, Height 5'8". Haven't done any sports for the last 6 years. I tried the last 3 weeks the hunndredpushups.com workout. I failed miserably at week 3 and only pushups were boring, so i started today with SimpleFit. My push-up max was 23.
I did 20 rounds at L1D1 today, but cheated with 'jump up' pull ups. I was a bit disappointed that i couldn't do one real puul-up. Push ups were okay up to round 18, squats were fine, too.
I hope my will is strong enough to get this done longer than 3 weeks.
Thank you Ruli for the tip with the pull-ups. I saw your answer too late for todays training, but i will try it on Wednesday.
Today i did L1D1, 17 Rounds. Mostly with jumping pull-ups. 3 less than last week, but it was very hot today. Nonetheless i have the feeling i made some progress, it went more smoothly than last week.
I'll see how it goes with the alternating grips on wednesday.
Today i did L1D1, 17 Rounds. Mostly with jumping pull-ups. 3 less than last week, but it was very hot today. Nonetheless i have the feeling i made some progress, it went more smoothly than last week.
I'll see how it goes with the alternating grips on wednesday.
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Last Week Wednesday Training L1D2: 5:20
On Friday i had a little accident. As every day i walk my dogs in the evening for an hour. So i did on Friday before the training. One of my dogs ran me over while playing and i banged my knee quite hard on the street. That did really hurt. So i took the Friday off.
Today (Knee still very colorful) i did L1D1: 24 Rounds. That went really well. I did the alternating grips pull-ups as suggested. That worked better for me than then the regular ones, but i still have to substitute.
On Friday i had a little accident. As every day i walk my dogs in the evening for an hour. So i did on Friday before the training. One of my dogs ran me over while playing and i banged my knee quite hard on the street. That did really hurt. So i took the Friday off.
Today (Knee still very colorful) i did L1D1: 24 Rounds. That went really well. I did the alternating grips pull-ups as suggested. That worked better for me than then the regular ones, but i still have to substitute.
That's correct. Any substitution is a sub at 3:1.Rotlaus wrote:I just read the substitution page again. I always thought i only have to do 3 for 1 when doing Body rows. But i have to do 3 jump-ups for 1 pull up, too. Right?
I'd suggest switching up your substitutions as well. I spent a lot of time doing just one type of sub and saw very slow results. Then I started doing different ones and saw faster results. For example on day 1's I usually use body-rows and alternate my grip throughout as you do a lot of reps continually and this saves my elbows and prevents injury. Day 2' I did a lot of slow negs and a few jump -ups (slow negs can be hard on the elbows so I kept it to D2's). D3 I did a mix of both, but primarily body rows to save the elbows until I was able to do pull-ups. This might help you with the pull-ups. Whatever you do you'll get there as long as you keep at it.
Ok, then today was my first 'real' training. I choose 3:1 body rows as suggested. I found it a little bit more difficult than my usual jump-ups.anubis wrote: That's correct. Any substitution is a sub at 3:1.
I'd suggest switching up your substitutions as well.
L1D3: 8min 40sec.
About 6 minutes body rows and the rest for the push-ups and squats.
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