Friday, November 30, 2007

Pulling Power Update

I've been working up from +15lbs since the start of this school year, and my current working set up in pull ups is 4x5 with 25lbs(11.3kilos) extra. i feel alot stronger, and today i managed a +55lb (25kilos) pull up! I don't have much longer before i take a deload week, and then begin focusing on endurance, so i'm hoping that i'll be able to develop a pretty good level of strength-endurance through the spring and summer before focusing on heavy stuff again next fall. Maybe by then i'll be capable of a 1.5x bodyweight pull up. Of course, that means adding on 31lbs to my current maximum, so we'll see.

Once i start my power biased endurance training, I think i'll be going to the Ymca more so i can utilize their pull bars with one higher than another (maybe 1 foot in difference..? i'm not sure) for ballistic pull ups. I'd really like to be able to comfortably do bar muscle ups by just doing a hand change mid pull up, rather than having to develop a false grip.

who knows? maybe this stuff isn't far off..

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