What training are you doing/have you done today? (Vol.3)

[didelydoo]

You can get 5kg packs of nails from b&q For £12, relatively cheap and easy way of adding weight

[OriginalFDM]

didelydoo said:

You can get 5kg packs of nails from b&q For £12, relatively cheap and easy way of adding weight

Heard worse ideas tbh and got loads of DIY that needs doing

[Animal]

didelydoo said:

You can get 5kg packs of nails from b&q For £12, relatively cheap and easy way of adding weight

Maybe some heavy chains?

[TheJimi]

didelydoo said:

You can get 5kg packs of nails from b&q For £12, relatively cheap and easy way of adding weight

I love you

[didelydoo]

I’ve done a fair bit of research for mass to price to weight ratios. And wire nails top the charts.

Plus you can put them in a bag/pillow case for draping and moulding to what’s required

[ORD]

OriginalFDM said:

Nice, thanks! Quite new to all this having mostly done cardio my whole life but really enjoying it.

At present I do a daily 20 min blast which is

5 circuits of:

5 pull ups
10 dips
10 barbell squats

Then 3 circuits of

8 pull ups
8 v ups

Then 5 lots of 10 reps of barbell chest press

All the barbell exercises done with a total of 20kg and it’s getting a bit easy now (I’m only 11.5 st and largely built like a little girl so go easy on me!)

My goal is losing body fat, I’m skinny but chubby in the abdomen and chest, so doing that daily in conjunction with daily cardio and a calorie deficit to get my body fat down to where I’m happy whilst gaining strength ....getting there, noticing a big difference after a month solid at this daily.

At that level of weight, aren't press ups harder than bench press? I would just do press ups. Use a resistance band if necessary to add some "weight".

Press ups are, in my view, a better exercise than bench press, aside from loading issues. You don't have loading issues with press ups yet.

[TheJimi]

ORD said:

OriginalFDM said:

Nice, thanks! Quite new to all this having mostly done cardio my whole life but really enjoying it.

At present I do a daily 20 min blast which is

5 circuits of:

5 pull ups
10 dips
10 barbell squats

Then 3 circuits of

8 pull ups
8 v ups

Then 5 lots of 10 reps of barbell chest press

All the barbell exercises done with a total of 20kg and it’s getting a bit easy now (I’m only 11.5 st and largely built like a little girl so go easy on me!)

My goal is losing body fat, I’m skinny but chubby in the abdomen and chest, so doing that daily in conjunction with daily cardio and a calorie deficit to get my body fat down to where I’m happy whilst gaining strength ....getting there, noticing a big difference after a month solid at this daily.

At that level of weight, aren't press ups harder than bench press? I would just do press ups. Use a resistance band if necessary to add some "weight".

Press ups are, in my view, a better exercise than bench press, aside from loading issues. You don't have loading issues with press ups yet.

He's doing dips, I'd rate dips over pressups.

So, do more dips

[ORD]

TheJimi said:

He's doing dips, I'd rate dips over pressups.

So, do more dips

If he can tolerate them, yeah. I always write off dips because all they do for me is saw a hole in my shoulder!

[TheThing]

ORD said:

If he can tolerate them, yeah. I always write off dips because all they do for me is saw a hole in my shoulder!

Have you tried them on rings? They are twice as hard but I find them a lot less stressful on the joints.

Anyone got any tips for pull ups? I've just started doing weighted ring pull ups again and am struggling to feel them in my upper back and lats. I've tried pulling with my elbows, initiating the pull with my shoulders and still feel as though my arms are doing all the work. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Edited by TheThing on Tuesday 23 June 10:20

[smiffy180]

TheThing said:

Have you tried them on rings? They are twice as hard but I find them a lot less stressful on the joints.

Anyone got any tips for pull ups? I've just started doing weighted ring pull ups again and am struggling to feel them in my upper back and lats. I've tried pulling with my elbows, initiating the pull with my shoulders and still feel as though my arms are doing all the work. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Edited by TheThing on Tuesday 23 June 10:20

Have you tried using straps so you're not focusing on gripping?

[smiffy180]

Huge PB for me tonight.
3x8 @110kg strict press.
First set was a 10kg PB and I did it 3 times
Had to take long rest periods though, the first 2 sets were real grinders and amped up for the last set which was much quicker than previous 2.

[TheJimi]

TheThing said:

ORD said:

If he can tolerate them, yeah. I always write off dips because all they do for me is saw a hole in my shoulder!

Have you tried them on rings? They are twice as hard but I find them a lot less stressful on the joints.

Anyone got any tips for pull ups? I've just started doing weighted ring pull ups again and am struggling to feel them in my upper back and lats. I've tried pulling with my elbows, initiating the pull with my shoulders and still feel as though my arms are doing all the work. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Edited by TheThing on Tuesday 23 June 10:20

My suggestion would to do them on a bar and get good at them on a bar, before switching to rings.

[TheJimi]

smiffy180 said:

Huge PB for me tonight.
3x8 @110kg strict press.
First set was a 10kg PB and I did it 3 times
Had to take long rest periods though, the first 2 sets were real grinders and amped up for the last set which was much quicker than previous 2.

Awesome numbers man!

Extrapolating, your push must be looking good right now.

[TheThing]

TheJimi said:

My suggestion would to do them on a bar and get good at them on a bar, before switching to rings.

Thank you for the reply. I've been doing pull ups for years and am already ok at them. I switched to rings because of elbow pain. The problem I'm having is now I've added weight whilst using rings i'm struggling to feel them in my upper back and lats. It just feels as though biceps are getting all the action.

[TheJimi]

Silly question but are you doing pull-ups or chins? I'd really have to see what you're doing to make any real comment.

Maybe stick up a video of you doing a few reps?

Edit: how are you gripping the rings? False grip? Thumb over? Thumb under?

[smiffy180]

TheJimi said:

Awesome numbers man!

Extrapolating, your push must be looking good right now.

I'm hoping to hit 180kg soon!
The problem I have is grinding, its usually just hit or miss, zero grinding ability unfortunately.

[TheJimi]

Honestly, I think that's probably for the best!

I can grind but I need to be properly zoned out for it to happen.

[Animal]

smiffy180 said:

Huge PB for me tonight.
3x8 @110kg strict press.
First set was a 10kg PB and I did it 3 times
Had to take long rest periods though, the first 2 sets were real grinders and amped up for the last set which was much quicker than previous 2.

That's a huge jump!

To think I was happy with 70kg for 4 yesterday...

[ORD]

TheJimi said:

Silly question but are you doing pull-ups or chins? I'd really have to see what you're doing to make any real comment.

Maybe stick up a video of you doing a few reps?

Edit: how are you gripping the rings? False grip? Thumb over? Thumb under?

Don't all ring pull ups follow the same pattern - start pronated or neutral and rotate through to supinated as you pull? I think ring pull ups are great. I have some rings hanging in the garden for them.

[TheJimi]

ORD said:

TheJimi said:

Silly question but are you doing pull-ups or chins? I'd really have to see what you're doing to make any real comment.

Maybe stick up a video of you doing a few reps?

Edit: how are you gripping the rings? False grip? Thumb over? Thumb under?

Don't all ring pull ups follow the same pattern - start pronated or neutral and rotate through to supinated as you pull? I think ring pull ups are great. I have some rings hanging in the garden for them.

I don't think there's a set of prescribed rotations - everyone does it differently.

Plus, I was asking about whether or not he's using false grip, and what he's doing with his thumbs, which is a different question