Another great month, as I did 14 bodyweight pull ups! 😅 It is + 2 compared to previous month.
This was second month I was doing weighted pull ups and I am really happy to see such progress. I remember, six month ago, I was able to do only 4 reps, as I wrote in April report. So I added 10 pullups during those six months. It looks like I am on the right path 😀. If I could add 10 reps during next six months, it would be really like a dream…. But honestly, I presume I will not continue to progress so fast.
It is very important to listen to your body and to understand what is done right, what not. What signs your body gives you. What do you need to change, or improve and what do you need to work on more. For example, I feel that I need to work on my grip strenght now. I realized, it is starting to get hard to just hang on bar during last reps. Of course it is messing my head and disturbing me. Basically, I need to identify current weakest points and work on them. This is why it is important to listen to your body and take appropriate actions.
Workouts
After +2 reps improvement from last month, I felt very powerfull, weather was good and training went well. I did 6 sets to raise repetition volume. And I start doing shorter pauses, 1.5-2 minutes now. My set as usually consists of pull-ups, dips, push-ups in various technics. So my pull ups was:
- 7 pull ups, +10kg
- 6 pull ups, +10kg
- 5 pull ups, +10kg
- 5 chin ups, +10kg
- 7 pull ups, bodyweight
- 5 pull ups, bodyweight
Forgot to write down results….
- 6 pull ups, +13kg
- 5 pull ups, +13kg
- 5 pull ups, +13kg
- 5 chin ups, +13kg
- 8 pull ups, bodyweight
- 8 pull ups, bodyweight
Forgot to write results again…
- 14 pull ups, bodyweight 🎉
- 4 pull ups, +13kg
- 4 chin ups, +13kg
- 9 pull ups, bodyweight
- 7 pull ups, bodyweight
As allways, last workout of the month, I started with my max reps test. I did good warming and result was excelent – 14 consecutive pull-ups! I was really happy, as it was more than expected. My plan is to add +1 repetition each month. But this was second month in a row with +2 improvement. It was achieved mainly with help of weighted pull ups I think. Of course I felt tired after 14 reps, and I managed only 4 pull ups in next set. And after that I felt quite eqausted, and decided to make next sets easier and do bodyweight pullups. I did 9 and 7 rep sets and it was quite surprisingly.
Next month is darkest month of the year and weather usually is cold and rainy. It does not helps me, when I am training outside. That’s why I started to do workouts during my lunch break. It is more enjoyable than in dark and rainy evening and it also helps psychologically 🙂
See you next month!