Health Goals for 2013
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pilchardthecat said:
Do a 1-arm chin up
That reminds me! That's one of my fitness goals. Been training that for a while - still no luck.Also, do a muscle up and a planche. Am properly training for both rather than once a fortnight.
Edit: Last week, I saw two guys at the climbing centre doing one handed plyo pull ups.
Imagine hanging from a hold with one hand (feet dangling). Pull upwards, launching yourself upwards, grab hold about a foot above your current hold. I tried it and just dangled there like a fish on the end of a line.
Edited by Hoofy on Thursday 3rd January 13:54
Hoofy said:
That reminds me! That's one of my fitness goals. Been training that for a while - still no luck.
Also, do a muscle up and a planche. Am properly training for both rather than once a fortnight.
Edit: Last week, I saw two guys at the climbing centre doing one handed plyo pull ups. Imagine hanging from a hold with one hand (feet dangling). Pull upwards, launching yourself upwards, grab hold about a foot above your current hold.
I tried it and just dangled there like a fish on the end of a line.
is that grabbing with the other arm, or the same one? there's a big difference - if you're swapping arms you can twist up and it's much easier.... easier than a full-range one-arm pull up in factAlso, do a muscle up and a planche. Am properly training for both rather than once a fortnight.
Edit: Last week, I saw two guys at the climbing centre doing one handed plyo pull ups.
Imagine hanging from a hold with one hand (feet dangling). Pull upwards, launching yourself upwards, grab hold about a foot above your current hold. I tried it and just dangled there like a fish on the end of a line.
Edited by Hoofy on Thursday 3rd January 13:54
pilchardthecat said:
is that grabbing with the other arm, or the same one? there's a big difference - if you're swapping arms you can twist up and it's much easier.... easier than a full-range one-arm pull up in fact
Obviously not! Going from one to the other would be taking the piss. I wouldn't be in awe of that. I'm in awe of someone doing something with just one arm when I cannot even move upwards.Currently residing at 15 1/2 st approx & around a 38" waist.
I'm aiming for a 34" waist & i'd like to be at 14st, i'm taking up a 12 week challenge starting monday.
Quit smoking (i currently only smoke 20 a week) but cut them all out, stop eating so much s
t!
Hopefully the 12 week challenge will do most of that in 1 go!
I'm aiming for a 34" waist & i'd like to be at 14st, i'm taking up a 12 week challenge starting monday.
Quit smoking (i currently only smoke 20 a week) but cut them all out, stop eating so much s
t!Hopefully the 12 week challenge will do most of that in 1 go!
Recover from umbilical hernia operation, currently coming to end of week 2.
By the time I get to week 8 start on Stronglifts 5x5 programme with a couple of body weight exercises thrown in, dips and pull-ups.
Am currently at 75kg, would like to add 10kg mass by the end of the year if possible.
Diet plan is to eat lots of everything, with one shake a day of standard whey protein to aid growth.
Bryan.
By the time I get to week 8 start on Stronglifts 5x5 programme with a couple of body weight exercises thrown in, dips and pull-ups.
Am currently at 75kg, would like to add 10kg mass by the end of the year if possible.
Diet plan is to eat lots of everything, with one shake a day of standard whey protein to aid growth.
Bryan.
Richieboy3008 said:
evo4a said:
Goal 1...... 7 min 30 sec for 2k row (currently about 7.50)
Goal 2...... sub 7min for my 50th (mid 2015)
Sub 7 is damn hard, managed 7:03 the other day, so close...Goal 2...... sub 7min for my 50th (mid 2015)
I did a 7:18 while a 20 per day smoker, cut out the daytime fags and just before christmas despite practically coughing up a lung I did a 7:19 (as a warm up before a boxercise class, so didn't give it everything)- following a training plan makes a huge difference (suggestions are either Petes Plan or one from the Concept2 site).
My aims are similar - sub 7 minute 2k by the end of January, primarily for the english indoor rowing event in Manchester.
Today should be my last few cigarettes, and I'll have to hit the gym well hard in the next couple of weeks.
Other aims - cycle into work way more, do a sub 19 minute 5k, get my 10k under 40 minutes, and hopefully then do over 15k in an hour. I'm having serious second thoughts about running a half marathon, my ankles have a bad habit of not taking to kindly to running.
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