Kishi

Kick reason to the curb and go beyond the impossible! I hope the doc has some good news for you tomorrow.

Well, if symmetry's the concern, you can just alternate which hand is over and which hand is other every time you go. No sense in sacrificing a strong grip, especially if you'll be needing it later on.

More like here goes something! Can't wait to see how you do!

Ok thanks ill give it a shot!

No problem. Keep us posted on whether it helps or not. And remember: you can grow this protocol as well as shrink it.

So when you say 10x10 pull ups you mean 10 sets of 10 reps? I don't know if I can do that since I can only do 5 sets of 5 reps just to clarify. My max at one time is 12 but when I workout i do 5 sets of 5 reps.

I do mean 10 sets of 10, but I misunderstood what you were saying there. That is totally my bad. Oops!

Still, this protocol can totally be edited to five. So, like, 10x3 followed by 10x2, with pyramids set at 1-2-3-4-3-2-1. It's completely up to you as to how you do it.

They're bad in that they're so good, right?

Sure! Right now I can't get past 12 in a row and yet I can do 5x5 no problem

Well, let me start by saying that you're stronger than me, and that's awesome.

The trick to busting a plateau when it comes to pullups is to find new ways to increase your volume. It sounds like what you're doing right now is just doing sets to failure. That is a viable way of doing it, provided that you give yourself a chance to heal. The weakness of that protocol, though, is that it doesn't permit you to make gains very fast.

Remember: you have to increase your overall volume if you want to bust the plateau. So there are a couple of different protocols you can use. You know that you fail at 12, so I'm going to use that as a base in these protocols:

Pullup Clinic

Pullups: 10x10

Squats: 10x15

Pullups: 10x9

Squats: 10x15

Alternate that with...

Pullups: 8-9-10-11-10-9-8x3

Squats: 21x15

Do these protocols (and adjust the numbers if you need to! You know your body better than I do!) for a few weeks. Do a rep test once a month to check and see if it's working. The squats are an optional thing that I do to make the best use of my time while resting between sets.

So, yeah. Give it a try. You'll surprise yourself with how strong you really are.

I'm working on it. I need to find out how to get past this pull up plateau...

Ooh, I'm good at those! Would you like some help?

Physically, everything went fine. Mentally, everything went fine. I missed out on the community-wide challenge, but that was when the sick was starting to take hold and I thought resting would make it go away faster.

Ha! Little did I know.

omnomnomnom! (hoping this nom sequence is Kishi approved )

Yes. Yes it is.

She climbed a rope all the way to the top of the wall and then freaked out and started losing her grip. She was terrified she was going to fall. Her hasband came up and bolstered her from behind (he was the real badass, as he swung from one rope to the next until he reached her) and the rest of us grabbed her from the other side and helped pull her over the wall. She was so sweet and she felt so bad ("I'm messing up your time! I'm so sorry!") she was nearly crying over how guilty she felt. But I wasn't even wearing my timing chip lol.

Dude, that was an awesome thing you did, though. Honestly, she's either a badass her own self for running pregnant, or she's freaking crazy. Either way, it was good that you could be there for her.

Yeah, it's great to see something with the acronym MLM and not have it be multi-level marketing. XD That does look really cool.

Wow, way to keep accountable. Get up on it!

Hanging tough yourself! You really look like you're on track to heal and be up and moving again!

Yeah, I know. Soda has been the bane of my existence for a very long time, I'm A/B on deserts, bread and B/C on water, but intensely over on soda which ruins it all. I'll just have to kill it (with fire) for the next four weeks.

Also, nice pun. 8-)

Thanks!

And, it sounds like you know what you have to do if you want to fix it. Kill it with fire, sir.

A salmon scramble with avocado sounds like... awesome. You'll have to let us know how that goes.

Also, you did a good thing helping the pregnant lady.

I guess you'd say it could... be worse.

8-) YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Come on now. After all that talk about cleaning up my diet, I know you can do the same for yourself.

I really need to get a move on some of these life goals.

Hear you there. Well, get on it then! It looks like most of your life goals will necessitate being effective versus being efficient. Good luck with them.

Rest days are good. Hopefully those sore spots are muscular: all you have to do is get some ice on them while you're resting and the pain will go away. Like, fast.

Aw, none of that. I read.

Though off days do happen sometimes. I hope it doesn't last!

It would be up to you. And while I wouldn't tell you what to do or how you should do it, let me offer myself as an example:

Day 1 - Circuit Training/Pullups

Day 2 - Maximal Strength/Core

Day 3 - Interval Training/Pullups

Day 4 - Explosive Strength/Core

Day 5 - Rest.

Rinse and repeat.

Anyway, this would probably end up looking different on you. Your goals are more set around parkour, and I'm just a martial artist - I'm a little useless when it comes to knowing what you need there.

My word! If you're eating Paleo, how are you ravenous? That stuff is filling.

Well. I mean. I hope it was a happy blur.

Well, as you are my nemesis, I hope you keep working out in your worn state. The last thing I want is for you to get some rest and get over the burnout.

After all, if you took a day and then bounced back stronger than ever, you might make this rivalry a challenge. Lord knows that's not what we're here for.

If you don't mind me asking, do you have a rest day built into your routine already? If not, it might not be a bad idea.

Sounds hard. But if that's you in the photo, I reckon you're hard enough to keep up with it.