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It's been a hard old slog to embed it into a habit but I think I'm there. I'm able to knock out 70 now without stopping which I honestly didn't think was possible when I started. Quite easily doing sets of 50's. When I started I was nearly hitting 30's, progression has been a bit of a shock. The body is amazing!!
My targets this coming year are 10 pull ups without stopping (4 is my current max), 100 press Ups (70 max so far) and I want to nail a one armed press up.
Also want to be doing 10km runs as my easy run. 5km is my go to at the moment. |
I found after a while of doing it all, if I miss for a few days I'm desperate to get back to it! Plus pure boredom drives me to it 
I can't currently do more than about 30 push ups at a time, due to my dodgy arm, but have done about 160 total in one day, although I've now started doing less but more of other exercises for pecs and triceps. I also vary between ordinary push ups (hands shoulder width apart) and push ups with hands touching, which is supposed to concentrate through the triceps more.
Up to 80 sit ups at a time now, but also do leg raises to work slightly different muscle sets.
Just checked - I can do a few one-armed push ups on my good arm! 
Running, alas, is out for me. Tried it, knees can't cope. So for legs I do jogging on the spot sessions, which I think are probably more akin to skipping rope, good for the calf muscles (when I don't overdo it and give myself that damn DOMS injury!), stair running, which my knees seem strangely able to cope with and gives me a good CV workout, and squats.
I'll never be able to do pull-ups with this knackered arm and shoulder - there are a few exercises like that, but I think I manage to work most things now.
I didn't do any working out for ages because of this damned arm/shoulder, thinking yeah, gonna look odd working out one side only, but I look feckin odd anyway so what the hell  the 'bad' arm has coped quite well - surprised me a bit actually.
Just curious to see where it all takes me really. Early death probably
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| Bubbs wrote: | 200 press Ups every other day is going good so far. Just managed a pb of 80 press Ups without stopping. Every other day pull ups is starting to feel better. Gone from bad form 4 to good form 4 with the 5th being losing form. |
Now you're seeing progress, has it occurred to you to find a more comprehensive goal, perhaps in some kind of sport/competition?
It's difficult for me with my injuries, so the working out improvements are kind of the goal in themselves, but I sometimes find myself wishing I had something more specific to aim for.
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Six week break, it’s surprising how stiff you get in such a short period of time. |
Last year was the second year where I had a month off around September time. Each time, I was shocked at how much I'd regressed, although it did come back a bit easier the second time.
We're getting old Peppers, just got to admit it and train according to our limitations. I still enjoy it all a lot though, and get a lot of benefit from it - that's enough
But three days ago I got that DOMS injury again! Calf muscles again - seems I'm really prone to this now. Have to try and be a bit more careful. Resting today as well, as despite the DOMS, yesterday I decided to start working a bit harder on flexibility - lots of leg stretching exercises added to my usual 15/20min warm-up stretch. So today I also have a bit of an ache in my right thigh, which may have something to do with when I broke it all those years ago - still got the plate/rod in there. Will have to monitor that one carefully too.
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DOMS is so easy to acquire  , it creeps up on you and you don’t even know it until the next day 
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| pepperami wrote: | DOMS is so easy to acquire , it creeps up on you and you don’t even know it until the next day |
And I don't know if it's normal for it to leave you vulnerable to more episodes once you've had it? It seems to have for me.
Supposedly, once you've had it, it's meant to be easier to detect the point where you'll cause it if you continue, and I have to admit I went on longer than I thought I should. Thankfully didn't get it quite as bad this time, but still bloody annoying, and holding up my progress on this one thing. And particularly frustrating as it's one of the few things I can do for a cv workout, so it's really important to me to be able to continue.
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You're only as old as you feel.
I must be feeling the wrong bit
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Smashing out press ups for reps sake can do more harm than good.
I got in the habit of focusing on speed and numbers rather than form and full range of motion and it was a real shock when somebody actually pointed it out. I was cheating myself for the sake of thinking I was smashing 70 press ups no issues.
Slow it down and focus on chest to floor and elbows locked out.
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