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Post by Barbecue Chicken Wingers McGee on Jan 18, 2011 19:20:40 GMT
So I have a 3 month plan to make my body strong.
I won't go into too much detail, I'll keep it simple:
February: 2000 press-ups.
March: 2000 Pull-ups.
April: 2000 Dips.
May: OAC
That's 70 a day, every day. I'll be doing other stuff along side these, and I'll need to spend Feb preparing myself for that number of pull ups, then April improving pulling power to finish off my OAC training in May.
Sets of press ups with be in 10s, will have to see about the others in the months leading up. Numbers will be spread across the day as slow as I like and as I said, I will do other training alongside this.
The idea of this is rooted in Methode Naturelle. It will have the same effect as if it would if your job was a builder. Every single day you have to do a small movement lots, and it gets you strong. Gives you 'grandad strength'.
I'm hoping this will give me strong tendons, because I've recently been having trouble with mine.
I struggle with routine. Actually, scrap that, I hate it, so this is a kind of loose routine.
So errr... Yeah.
It's set to change a little depending on how the first 2 weeks go, I might up the numbers, might decrease the number of sets, I'm not sure. I will, however, do at least 2000 of them in that month.
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Post by misame on Jan 18, 2011 20:19:45 GMT
i have heard of this training method before but i have heard of it is as a grease the groove basically doing reps throughout the day makes you better at doing a certain exercise i tried it before with pull ups i was doing about 80 per day with that method i did it for about 3/4 days took a rest day then my pull ups went from about 2 to 6 but then i stopped doing it and my pull up numbers dropped 1 rep each day, so now i just go to faliure with pull ups and pull up progressions
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Post by Joe Rogan on Jan 18, 2011 23:42:12 GMT
Im interested in how this works for you  My advice would be to make sure you keep up with the opposite movement too (ie, dont be doing all pushing and no pulling) or you'll just get imbalance injuries, but i'm assuming you wont just be doing the exercise for that month anyway so you should be fine. Oh, and eat well and sleep well  Dumi, Tom isnt doing grease the groove. And i think you would be better off taking a percentage of your pull up max, eg half, and just perform multiple sets of that. dont train to failure alll the time. Or your max + 50% of that = your target number and then reach that number in as few sets as possible, but again stay 2-4 reps from failure. |
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Post by Barbecue Chicken Wingers McGee on Feb 1, 2011 21:10:34 GMT
started this today... The insanity begins... Yeah, I'll be getting my pulling power up in prep for March through this month, then my dip numbers up for April, so I'll be constantly balancing exercises |
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Post by Barbecue Chicken Wingers McGee on Feb 2, 2011 18:30:39 GMT
wow, so my right elbow tendon started hurting at about 4 this afternoon... I think I didn't warm up properly, or it might have been the sneaky chin ups I did, not sure, either way, sucks to hurt ONE DAY into a 3 month porject.... Anyway, got a heat pack on it, did some stretches and a long gentle warm up and it's feeling better.
Will do a slow 70 today and ice it afterwards...
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Post by misame on Feb 2, 2011 19:10:52 GMT
so are you doing more push ups than pull ups or vice versa this monthy
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Post by Barbecue Chicken Wingers McGee on Feb 2, 2011 19:47:04 GMT
this month is press ups. Pull ups will be done in my usual hap-hazard sets, but press ups are set to at least 70 a day in sets of at most 10.
March is when I start my pull ups!
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Post by Barbecue Chicken Wingers McGee on Feb 3, 2011 13:53:58 GMT
"A wild Man Flu has appeared!!"
So this isn't the best start, I'll be honest, not sure if I'll get any done, I'll try a few, worried it'll make my head explode (literally...) but will have to find out. Might be a case of resting then doing higher numbers later to make up for it!
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Post by misame on Feb 3, 2011 15:47:00 GMT
how are you at muscle ups?
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Post by Barbecue Chicken Wingers McGee on Feb 3, 2011 17:57:51 GMT
not sure, got nowhere to practice them. On the low bar at the classes I did 3 in a row, then came back later and did 5. Need to find somewhere to practice them, why?
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Post by misame on Feb 3, 2011 18:05:11 GMT
curious as to know how many dead hang pull ups could you do before achieving a muscle up,
and have you got any tops on the muscle up technique especially hand placement/grip?
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Post by Barbecue Chicken Wingers McGee on Feb 3, 2011 18:10:52 GMT
I could do about 10 when I got the muscle up, I'd say when you're trying to learn it, working on kipping like a kipper before you work on the control.
It's such an odd thing, so just get used to ramming that first elbow over the bar and wrenching yourself up. It's not pretty, but once you've done it a few times your body goes "oh well you should've said that in the first place!"
Also, work on the timing of the swing (pull just as you start swinging back) and the kip together. That's the main technique at first (or at least, it was for me)
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Post by Barbecue Chicken Wingers McGee on Feb 7, 2011 18:04:44 GMT
first week: 500!
I managed to overcome tendon anger and man flu to keep up with my necessary average!
Need to start work on chin-up numbers though as I'm well out of practice and in 3 weeks I'll be doing LOTS of them :/
Starting to feel a difference in my arms already though, my motion is a lot smoother, and much stiller...
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Post by misame on Feb 7, 2011 18:15:02 GMT
are you doing all sets to faliure?
or greasing the groove
or doing sub maximal sets stopping 1 or two sets before faliure
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Post by Barbecue Chicken Wingers McGee on Feb 8, 2011 13:16:13 GMT
Sets of press ups with be in 10s, will have to see about the others in the months leading up. Numbers will be spread across the day as slow as I like |
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Post by misame on Feb 8, 2011 15:30:21 GMT
Sets of press ups with be in 10s, will have to see about the others in the months leading up. Numbers will be spread across the day as slow as I like one more thing, since your not going to failure are you doing them day after day? |
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Post by Barbecue Chicken Wingers McGee on Feb 8, 2011 17:51:34 GMT
that's a joke, right?
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Post by misame on Feb 8, 2011 18:09:00 GMT
nope now answer the question
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Post by Joe Rogan on Feb 8, 2011 18:24:38 GMT
Best project name ever
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Post by Barbecue Chicken Wingers McGee on Feb 8, 2011 20:39:51 GMT
Joe: Thank you, I couldn't keep calling it "that thing I'm doing, you know, my project?" Dumi, I say it quite clearly in the FIRST POST of the thread, just like the last question you asked, seriously, read it! So I have a 3 month plan to make my body strong. I won't go into too much detail, I'll keep it simple: February: 2000 press-ups. March: 2000 Pull-ups. April: 2000 Dips. May: OAC That's 70 a day, every day. I'll be doing other stuff along side these, and I'll need to spend Feb preparing myself for that number of pull ups, then April improving pulling power to finish off my OAC training in May. Sets of press ups with be in 10s, will have to see about the others in the months leading up. Numbers will be spread across the day as slow as I like and as I said, I will do other training alongside this. The idea of this is rooted in Methode Naturelle. It will have the same effect as if it would if your job was a builder. Every single day you have to do a small movement lots, and it gets you strong. Gives you 'grandad strength'. I'm hoping this will give me strong tendons, because I've recently been having trouble with mine. |
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Post by Barbecue Chicken Wingers McGee on Feb 9, 2011 19:38:55 GMT
did a speed run today as something to compare it to later. Did 40 in 2 minutes, which is poor, but I guess I'm hardly on good form right now!
Will be interesting to see how that is at the end of the month, and a couple of weeks rest after!
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Post by Abstergo on Feb 10, 2011 14:51:12 GMT
dun dun dun dun dun, dun dun dun dun dun, dun dun dun dun dun.....
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Post by Barbecue Chicken Wingers McGee on Feb 28, 2011 14:25:18 GMT
So we are now at the end of February, I'm currently going through my final 100 (got a bit behind over the weekend).
My form feels much cleaner, I've cut the waste.
My elbows feel good, I barely have to warm them up, I can just go straight in with a slow set of 10 and they're fine, which means I can do normal press-ups as a warm-up for weighted ones (the next step for pressing power)
Also, my appetite has doubled, it would appear half an hour's exercise every day sends your metabolism into hyperdrive!!
So yeah, starting tomorrow I'm doing 70 chin-ups a day, will probably do 10 sets of 7 rather than 7 sets of 10 to start with, then see how I feel.
Press ups will now be fewer, but I want to start training with my 10kg vest to get power up
Maybe thursday I'll see what I can knock out in 2 minutes as well, might be interesting!
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Post by Barbecue Chicken Wingers McGee on Mar 1, 2011 17:09:02 GMT
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Oh God this is going to be much harder...
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Post by Abstergo on Mar 8, 2011 22:20:16 GMT
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My advice would be to make sure you keep up with the opposite movement too (ie, dont be doing all pushing and no pulling) or you'll just get imbalance injuries, but i'm assuming you wont just be doing the exercise for that month anyway so you should be fine. Oh, and eat well and sleep well 
