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Hello everyone, I'm new here. I was recommended to this site as I am a gym noob. I have a trial membership with my local Y, and I was given a simple circuit to do there, but it seemed....light.
I'm looking forward to tracking my results. I'll be doing L1D1 tomorrow when I go to the Y.
I'm looking forward to tracking my results. I'll be doing L1D1 tomorrow when I go to the Y.
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Well what can I say but WOW. L1D1 kicked my butt. I was able to do about 14 rounds. I was able to do maybe 5 pull-ups, then I realized I hadn't checked the substitutions in case I wasn't able to do more. Oops!
I did just check and I was doing *some* of the substitutions without even knowing what they were. I'll probably be doing the towel row once I'm unable to do more pull-ups. The pull-up bar was also harsh on my hands. Is there a good glove that anyone can recommend?
L1D2 on Monday...
I did just check and I was doing *some* of the substitutions without even knowing what they were. I'll probably be doing the towel row once I'm unable to do more pull-ups. The pull-up bar was also harsh on my hands. Is there a good glove that anyone can recommend?
L1D2 on Monday...
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L1D2 today. I did pull-ups whenever possible. I found that the towel row does nothing for me, so when subbing for pull-ups, I usually just use the "pull as much as you can" method.
Round 1: 1 min 12 secs
Round 2: 1 min 12 secs (started subbing here)
Round 3: 1 min 17 secs
Round 4: 1 min 19 secs
Round 5: 1 min 45 secs
Total time: 6 min 45 secs
I'll be doing L1D3 on Wed, which I expect it to kick my butt in a good way.
Round 1: 1 min 12 secs
Round 2: 1 min 12 secs (started subbing here)
Round 3: 1 min 17 secs
Round 4: 1 min 19 secs
Round 5: 1 min 45 secs
Total time: 6 min 45 secs
I'll be doing L1D3 on Wed, which I expect it to kick my butt in a good way.

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I made the exact same mistake when I started, man. Zorg and VBM put me in line though. They and Ruli are right though, you run through all pull ups, then all the pushups, then all the squats. I know from my experience this far that looking at a large number of reps in pull ups and push ups can be intimidating, especially when you dont have a clue how to partition them best for yourself. When I do D3's, I try to look to the future for how many pushups, pull ups and squats Im going to be asked to do for the next level's D2 and aim to reproduce those reps. That way, when next when its time for the next level, I feel much more confident I can produce that extra rep per round on D2.
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"And I did all 10 rounds without having to do any pull-up subs! Very Happy"
that's great redleader!!! u'r one step ahead of me - i still do the "jump and pull" thing when it comes to pull-ups. tomorrow i'm doing L1D2 and i'm going to give the proper pull-up a go. check my log tomorrow for the result.
btw, you must log you're rounds on the "Log" section of the site as well so you can compare against others on the same lvl as you.
that's great redleader!!! u'r one step ahead of me - i still do the "jump and pull" thing when it comes to pull-ups. tomorrow i'm doing L1D2 and i'm going to give the proper pull-up a go. check my log tomorrow for the result.
btw, you must log you're rounds on the "Log" section of the site as well so you can compare against others on the same lvl as you.
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I'm utilizing the Log section as well. It gives me motivation to see my own personal improvements from week-to-week.Ruli wrote:"that's great redleader!!! u'r one step ahead of me - i still do the "jump and pull" thing when it comes to pull-ups. tomorrow i'm doing L1D2 and i'm going to give the proper pull-up a go. check my log tomorrow for the result.
btw, you must log you're rounds on the "Log" section of the site as well so you can compare against others on the same lvl as you.
That's what I did. If I couldn't do the full pull-up, I'd do three "jump & pulls" to count as one.Ruli wrote:on the subject of "jump & pull" as a sub: must you do three of them for it to be counted as one proper pull up?
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