Painting my daughter's room & closet was my workout today.  Last night was 1 hour swimming laps and the night before was weights 

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Quote from: Ducatista on December 04, 2008, 01:44:22 PM
Now, here's something I REALLY don't get at all.  I can't do a pull up.  That's not surprising.  However, I can do 2 Kipping pull ups on "the crutch", which is the teeny tiny assistance band.  My negatives are super slow.  I can hold myself at the top for a really long time.  Underhand is more difficult for me than overhand, which is quite uncommon.  But why can't I get even close to just one lousy Kipping pull up?  It makes no sense at all.

I've been stuck at 6-8 pullups for.... years.  I do them in sets, then a few more sets of negatives to complete failure.  Still only get 6-8 real ones in though.  There's gotta be something we're missing.

Quote from: elTristo on December 04, 2008, 11:16:15 PM
I've been stuck at 6-8 pullups for.... years.  I do them in sets, then a few more sets of negatives to complete failure.  Still only get 6-8 real ones in though.  There's gotta be something we're missing.

Upper body strength? 


No idea-no matter how out of shape I am, I can typically do half a dozen with no issue. I like to them on the molding over the doorways-you know-that tiny little bit? Gives one strong fingers, too.

If you get stuck on improving on a particular exercise, try doing a slightly different exercise for a while instead.  Instead of bench presses, do dips.  Instead of pull-ups, try chin-ups.  Or bent-over rows.

Also with pull-ups, I think it's good to keep doing them with a spot after you can't do them anymore unassisted.  I can only do about 2 unassisted myself (although I have tried them with climbing grips...now that is challenging).  I've not really been working on it though.

One thing I really like about pull-ups is that you can spot yourself with a chair (or with a friend).  Keep your legs bent, put your ankles/shins on the back of a chair, or using your spotter, and extend your legs to assist yourself.  I like this much better than the assisted pull-up machines that use counter-weighting.

I found a cool website.

www.fitday.com

you can track what you eat, weight, activity level and other cool shit.

turns out I'm not eating enough. go figure

WoD

For time
                                                                   
100 squats
2 muscle-ups                                                   subbed 3 pu/3 dips for m-ups           12:45
80 squats
4 muscle-ups
60 squats
6 muscle-ups
40 squats
8 muscle- ups
20 squats
10 squats

What's a muscle-up?

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_MuscleUps.wmv

time to goto the gym befor football starts.
gonna go work my ass of, so i can go drink beer?

Hey IZ, how comes the behind-the-back claps?

I tried them yesterday at work and was able to get 5 out.

I think I might've been able to get a 6th, but I was on concrete and didn't want to risk busting my face up.   

We had a guy in boot camp try doing those. Nobody liked him, so we all encouraged it. Face full of tile and a compartment full of laughing recruits.

Quote from: Rameses on December 06, 2008, 03:21:26 PM
Hey IZ, how comes the behind-the-back claps?

I tried them yesterday at work and was able to get 5 out.

I think I might've been able to get a 6th, but I was on concrete and didn't want to risk busting my face up.   

Thanks for asking Rams.

Well, you're doing about 5 more than I can do..still!!     I just can't get my arms behind my back yet!! 

I've been doing a lot of stretching and a new push-up routine, that includes.. 

*50-100 clappers (half clapping in front of body and then half clapping on hips)

*20 push-ups where I hop my entire body forward.  I start at one end of the gym and try to get further each workout. 

*50 push-ups with one hand on a volley ball-sized medicine ball and one hand on the floor (25 each arm).

*50-100 alternating regular push-ups with push-ups where I "hop" my upper body up 6' to a set of 45 lb. laterally placed rubberized weights. 

This workout has been awesome for getting a good pump!!  The striations in the triceps and vascularity in the chest really shows after!!     

Even if I don't get the behind-the-back clappers, I'm really fired up about a new push-up routine!! 

 WoD

Complete as many rounds in twenty minutes as you can of:                                         Me
15 Pull-ups                                                                                                           Jumping pull-ups
15 Ring push-ups                                                                                                  Reg push-ups
15 Back Extensions                                                                                                Back Extensions
15 GHD Sit-ups                                                                                                     GHD Sit-ups

                                                                                                                           6 rounds     19:38

Not bad Kop. 

BTW..that woman's legs in the vid clip were pretty big!  I wish the gym had a rope.    Also, a set of rings!!  I'd try the above workout but I need some rings.   

http://crossfitsierra.typepad.com/exercises/ 

OK..I just watched a demo of the ring push-ups .^^   I didn't know what the exercises were that you were referring to?  IMO..I don't think the use of legs should count.  I'm all about form.  That's a demo of bad form!  If you're going to do a dip..do it right!!  I guess I should try them on a set of those rings though first, huh?!

Anyway..I'm going to substitute the ring dips for dips on a stationary dips stand.  I have the benches for the back ext. & GHD sit-ups and of course the pull-up bars.  Let's see how Iz do on your workout this week!!   

I just put out 200 road miles last week on the bicycle. And about 150 the week before. Being laid off has it's advantages! I have a weekly Friday feature on my blog that shows me riding my rollers. The idea is to watch me shrink down to nothing in preparation for the 2009 racing season. Here is last Fridays pic. I havnt been out much on the moto. Can you tell. LOL!