peeperjj's Journal, 02 October 2019

Ohhh Chris.... did you see what I can do now? No help. First try. Did it twice, once mid workout and once toward the end so about 15 minutes apart. This is my rest week so I think that’s why I could do it. Lifted 15-70# (70 was abs) for machines and kept deads at 65 (105 for one set) and curls went from normally 40 to 35. 20# bar was too light and couldn’t see the muscles “pop”. 

Yay! Look at you! That's cool! 

Congratulations! Happy feeling!  

2unassisted pull-ups Chris! You were in my head telling me I had to push more and a little more until I realized I was all the way up :). So thanks to you for being in my head 😝.  

Thanks guys. It’s a great feeling to be able to do this. It also tells me I’ve gained more muscle than I thought. That or I’ve just doubled my strength. When starting I could get up maybe 2-3” (feet off the ground). It’s all I can do not to jump on my pull up bar right now but workout day is tomorrow and I don’t want to mess that up. May have to show hubby once when he gets home in a couple hours though!  

Lol. Thanks!  

Awesome!! 

I notice there is a sweet spot during my routine where I’m warmed up enough but not fatigued yet where I can knock out a few sets like they are nothing. 

Thanks Dawn! I’ve yet to find a specific sweet spot. It seems to change from day to day. Wednesday’s my curls seem to be the sweet spot because if I do them alone I can do he same as mid workout on that day. I can do like 2 extra reps each set if we have to do them at the beginning rather than middle. For the neutral grip pull-up it’s easiest right at first or middle. If I wait until the very end it’s a struggle and half the time I can’t get up. I can do a chin-up at the beginning only. For a wide grip pull-up I can only get up a couple inches at any point lol. I’ve become obsessed if you can’t tell. Lol. Every workout I do at least one now.  

I missed this. I am impressed. I am working on pull ups but not really getting very far. Always a goal to actually be able to do it.  

Thanks liv! I’ve had a pull-up bar for about a year now. I messed around with it then took a couple month break. Then ignored it completely while doing 3x a week heavy lifting (heavy to me) from april to now. I have played with assisted ones at the gym but it’s just kinda when hubby wants to do dips I’ll do a few assisted pull-ups. It takes more time than I thought BUT not worrying about it these last few months was great. I think it helped me to not get discouraged and to make it even better when I could do one! Neutral grip is easier in case you didn’t know. (Hands facing each other). I’m a long way from doing a wide grip pull-up! Chin ups are in between for me.  

Chris, you won’t discourage me ;). I know you’re a guy so it’ll come faster for you. Mainly because I’m lacking hormones (surgery/treatments) and you have testosterone. Hubby takes testosterone (his was that of a 90 yo man at one point and now is that of a 40 yo) and he is gaining size a bit more rapidly than he was. Even before that he built muscle faster than me. Thanks for the insight! I do 3x/wk workouts and could maybe add them in on Tuesday or Thursday. Thursday and Saturday might be best because we do deads, curls, bench, military press etc on Monday and Wednesday. Friday is squats, 3 sets of Romanian deads and then legwork. I do lat pulls and rows MWF anytime I need to still reach 200 kcal burned and we have time to do so. Those are my favs at the moment!  

Peeper do you ever have sore thighs after doing RDLs? Mine are sore. Well everything is sore 😅 Squats on Thursday and then RDLs on Friday kicked my butt lol  

Wow, awesome! 

Thanks HCB!  

Yes Dawn! Not always but about half the time. I have issues not bending my knees while keeping my back and shoulders straight. When I do them correctly every rep there’s more soreness. Soreness in my back too. Squats are starting to make me sore occasionally. I’ve started going lower. Do you go down to where your knees and hips are level? I can’t do as much weight that way but I feel like I’m working more.