Fit at 41
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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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@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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@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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@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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it helps my shoulder I had issues with in the past, especially just doing a hang and hold.
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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?
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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 ?
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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.
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@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
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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?
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@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 bro I'll pm you my address... wait, what are we measuring again??
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@Paekakboyz said in Fit at 40.:
@Bones bro I'll pm you my address... wait, what are we measuring again??
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