Adding to the program?

jarrettd

I was SOOO proud of myself for doing an unassisted chin up for the first time EVER this spring, and truly did not want to stop doing them.

I decided to add a superset to the end of A, doing chin-ups, dips, and back extensions, all 5x5 in a circuit.

To B, I added push-ups, pull-ups (hands facing away), and v-ups, also 5x5.

These are all body weight, for now, but I plan to add weight or modify the intensity if they become too easy. I have no plans to increase the reps.

Is this too much?

ishtar13

As long as you can do them, go for it.

I'm usually pretty trashed, but I've been adding in assisted pull ups to my bench/row day and incline push ups and inverted rows to the overhead/deadlift day.

tameko2

As long as you CAN, go for it -- dips and chinups actually used to be part of the program and he dropped them at some point (probably because a lot of people were like "oh god, are you serious?") If you can do it, do it. what's a V-up?

jarrettd

@tameko2, a V-up is an ab move, where you are on your back on the floor and bring your feet to your hands above you, so that you are sitting up into the shape of a V.

I use a swiss ball, holding it between my hands and passing it to my feet and back again. I don't let feet, hands, or ball touch the ground on either end. And I count when the ball is at the head only, so it's really like 10 v-ups. KILLER, but love it. Thought about bicycle crunches or russian twists, but I seem to get more out of the v-ups, rep for rep.

I'm guessing I may get too wiped out in the regular session once I start pulling serious weight, but it's worth a try, right?