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Originally Posted by Eric3237
Good job. 155 may have been pushing it but I'm glad you got it up. The 120's didn't look too awful slow but I would have liked to see them go up a bit faster. What kind of rest did you take? Go ahead and take 5 minutes if you have to before the volume....
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i rested for a max of 3 minutes. i timed my rest because i realized that whenever i say im resting for 3 minutes its actually just 1. so this time i wanted everything to be full proof so i took a long rest. yeah the bar speed is really bad and slow. i dunno why....is it lack of tricep strength? i looked at my vids again and i noticed that most of the time the bar gets "stuck" at midpoint.
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Originally Posted by Eric3237
I'm thinking try that again. This time try not go get so close to failing. Like I said if you need more rest at any time then take it. Maybe start at 140 next time.
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alright, sir. i will do the same thing again next time. regarding my schedule, i need to discuss a few things with you: about me leaving for home, what to do at home and frequency of when im at home. ill write to you with detailed questions later on this weekend.
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Originally Posted by Eric3237
Like the others I don't really know what to say about the breathing. Are you trying to breath into you chest or into your "tummy"? Also, as I think Ross alluded to, a quick breath should be enough. You don't need to act like your blowing up a balloon. But try to get enough air to tighten things up. You supposed to take a breath into the diaphragn and THEN tighten up the core muscles.
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yeah i am trying to breathe into my stomach. i think i need to remember to tighten up my core muscles after the breath not during. lets see. sir, worse case scenario: next time i do this exercise this breathing thing is really limiting me, can i rack the bar, take a deep breathe and knock out more reps? its the same thing as with deadlifts where we rest for a short while before yanking the bar up again.
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I don't want to say too much because I feel everyone should find the way that works for them. If breathing really continues to be a big problem and you feel it endangers you then yes, rest singles. You can still get a lot out of that. But at some point you will have to get it worked out.
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alright, sir. let me see what i can about my technique.
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Originally Posted by Eric3237
On the pullups the problem is you are not going to be able to progress these just doing the routine every other week. You'll have to put them on upper 1 also. You can cut down on rows as needed or take them out until you get these pullups done up. It's no big deal.
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cool. ill put them in place of the rows. thanks
