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Congrats on reducing 110#. That is commendable. Progress will be limited by staying low on calories, but as I stated to @yamabchi, it really is a matter of figuring out what the most important thing to you is and the most important thing AT THE MOMENT. This also goes for exercise order. If benching is currently more…

Highest Weight 203. (Sep 1 19) 12 Week Goal Weight:175.0 Final goal Weight: 175.0 Weigh In Schedule: 23 Sep 193.0 BF 23.3% 30 Sep 191.4 BF 23.5% 07 Sep 191.2 BF 23.8% 14 Oct 188.7 BF 23.2% 22 Oct 192.1 BF 22.3% 28 Oct 190.1 BF 22.2% 05 Nov 191.0 BF 22.1% 11 Nov 188.7 BF 23.0% 18 Nov 188.1 BF 23.3% Still hanging in there.…

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Welcome to the group. According to twenty pullups When I do negatives, I like to hold a flexed arm hang up top for 5 seconds then a 5 count down and at the bottom keep "engaged" for 5 seconds. "engaged' is having your shoulders pulled down and in, almost like you are trying to hold a pencil between your shoulder blades.

I was able to finish W2D2 yesterday. I was feeling pretty good so I ended up doing an extra on the 5th round. 3/3/2/3/4. I then did a single round of 4 about an hour later but noticed elbow pain creeping back so I held back on throwing more volume on. @mom23mangos - "I was really active yesterday including an Aerial silk…

@LAT1963 Thank you for your interest in this discussion. I'm sorry to hear that your situation is such that you are unable to try this challenge. Pull-ups won't be or everyone. They are a complex movement using 13 different muscles (including those of the rotator cuff) and any injury to these muscles or the surrounding…

Welcome to the group. Yes, I think that a beginner can make gains on a once per week schedule. Once a week is a whole lot more than nothing and hopefully with your cross training you are strengthening some of the muscles needed to reach your goal of a dead hang pull-up as well. If you take a look at workout plans on MFP,…

Well I do have hardwood floors at home so I'll give these a try. Most hotel rooms are carpeted so you would have to do these in the hotel gym when doing these and many of those gyms are matted. It may be just as hard to find a hardwood floor in a strange city as a decent pull up bar. :s They look like they would work…

Yeah I hear you on the day W-2D3 plan - Why the 1 full pull up is set up at the END of the set is a little weird. As if some one who couldn't do one pull up a week before suddenly is going to do one at a very fatigued state. The good news is that week-1 is set up more like one would expect(and it makes me think that W-2D3…

Done with week 2 day 1 - I had a much better day today and completed 3/2/3/2/3 early in the day. I did a 2nd set later alternating pull ups with ring dips (more like negatives). I may start incorporating this type of superset more in the future as it seems to help with my sore elbows.

Failed to complete week 2 day 1 today - 3/2/3/2/3 :( - I was able to get one set of 3 but could only do 3/2/2/2/2 - I am going to run W2D1 next workout and hopefully have a better day Thursday -

Very cool . Welcome to the group (officially) - I think trying to get one full pull up by Jan1 is definitely a doable goal. You're on the right path with the negatives! Since you are asking more of your muscles and tendons than they (currently) can handle with negatives, do make sure to make your rest days as important, if…

Highest Weight 203. (Sep 1 19) 12 Week Goal Weight:175.0 Final goal Weight: 175.0 Weigh In Schedule: 23 Sep 193.0 BF 23.3% 30 Sep 191.4 BF 23.5% 7 Sep 191.2 BF 23.8% 14 Oct 188.7 BF 23.2% 22 Oct 192.1 BF 22.3% 28 Oct 190.1 BF 22.2% 5 Nov 191.0 BF 22.1% 11 Nov 188.7 BF 23.0% Been rather stagnant on the loss over the last…

I took the changed dates into account. (I've had quite a few weeks myself where I didn't get back to the scale until Tues or Wed) As far as the people who persist, all I did was count back to November 4th and then scroll through the weight postings up until the 7th. The only thing I used the scraper for was to get a length…

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Congratulations to everyone who has made it past the halfway mark of this challenge. 19 people have weighed in for the Nov 4 date. I was wondering what percentage of users are still around after 7 weeks of logging, so I put a quick web scraper together and here is what I've found about this group. There have been 390…

Finished week 1 day 2 today. 2/2/1/2/3 The set felt pretty solid so I did a second set after about an hour and then finished the workout with 5 negative ring dips . @mom23mangos I've wondered about the rest times myself. I wonder if is it better for strength/endurance to hit the rest times and fail a round of reps or rest…

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Way to go on your pull ups test, I hope all is well with your family. If I was to guess on the intention of the twenty pullups plan, I think that the pull up test represents one training day, you rest one day, and then move on to do day 1 later. Although the training volume for that test day is woefully low compared to…

Highest Weight 203. (Sep 1 19) 12 Week Goal Weight:175.0 Final goal Weight: 175.0 Weigh In Schedule: 23 Sep 193.0 BF 23.3% 30 Sep 191.4 BF 23.5% 7 Sep 191.2 BF 23.8% 14 Oct 188.7 BF 23.2% 22 Oct 192.1 BF 22.3% 28 Oct 190.1 BF 22.2% 5 Nov 191.0 BF 22.1%

I rolled back to week 1 day 1 and was able to complete the day properly 2/1/1/2/3 . I followed the pull ups with a set of 5 negative ring dips.

OK. I fought through day 2 and I missed the 5th set again. (2/2/1/2/3). I got 2 reps out but couldn't make three. I have been under the weather and travelling so I guess I have a good enough reason to be stalling. I will be back to familiar territory on Tuesday so I'll reset week 1 then.

Completed my week 1 day 1 work out today. I missed on the last set. I am visiting San Diego and I only had access to a wooden beam on a play structure. I got some extra negatives in today so overall I got a good workout. The plan is to repeat day 1 next workout though.

"Sorry son, here's a listing of available apartments. Mom's got fitness goals." :) Also, 'yoga trapeze' sounds amazing. Not sure what that is but it is the next thing I am putting in the browser search.

I don't use the studbar but it looks solid. If you have the space, it would be a fantastic add to any home gym. If you are looking to advance to bar muscle ups at home, I would suggest this rig. I am using a doorgym like @mom23mangos but at 6'1" I don't have the problem of my feet dangling when I use it. :p . I also have a…