Currently I am not in the mood for a challenge like this. At present I am too preoccupied with work to find the energy needed for stuff like this.
Anyways, I did not want to whine about my Situation, just ask a quick question that popped up in my mind while reading this.
How is the chin-up to be executed? Legs folded behind the body, hanging straight down or with feet slightly in front of the body, legs straight?
Full chin-up from hang? Dead-stop-ish? Just curious.
I found out that 8 chin-ups with my legs behind my body, folded are not as difficult as doing them with nearly straight legs out in front of the body (no, not 45 degrees, just a bit).
The center of mass changes and makes it way more interesting and useful for strength development. And to make it even more interesting and challenging I started to let my body hang for a second or two, with lats engaged and shoulders braced to not hurt or damage my joints.
Coming back to the challenge:
- Currently in the 8 rep range of chin-ups.
- At present, I run 6 km in roughly thirty minutes. Sometimes 32, sometimes 30. Takes a lot of effort if a rise is in there. How does the saying go….does not have to be fun to be fun? Once a week I am off for a faster run, once a week for a run that takes longer but where the tempo is not that high. Did 12.45 km in 1:31 last weekend.
- superman planks, no idea. Have not trained planks properly for quite some time now. But should do them again, good for running.
If I have my desk free of any waste paper I have to look at, I think I might do it.
"You don't learn from experience. You learn from reflecting on the experience."
- Kristen Ulmer