First off, I am terrible at these kinds of write-ups, but I'll try my best on this Saturday evening in a country where we get a fine if we leave the house after 21:00.
I am making this thread to hold myself accountable of a goal I have been having for ages, but never started working on. I also hope this thread will motivate others to start working out, as it has way more positive aspects other than the physical part. In fact, if I never started working out I most likely would've been the old desperate dude with zero confidence who would've ended up in a cubicle for the rest of his life.
My goal I am talking about, is pull ups (weighted ones in general) - which I completely suck at after 4+ years of lifting.
You might think: "pull ups are so easy, I can do many of them and I barely lift.".
This is not the case for me. I am 6'6 (~198cm), with a crazy ass wingspan, which makes pull ups extremely difficult because of the long range of motion. Next to that, I am currently 92kg after cutting down to about 13% body fat, which gives me about 10-12kg more bodyweight than if I would've been shorter. My guess that I can only do one or two with strict form currently, but the first training will show if that's the case.
It means that starting out will be harder, but it doesn't mean that 20kg weighted pull ups are not possible. I've gone through so many physical changes from almost being anorexic to the image above, that I know I can actually do this. (No, I am by far not huge, but I am extremely proud from where I came from - gained almost 40kg of mass on body and long ass limbs in 4-5 years.)
I will be running my good old legs pull push split, six days in a row with a rest day on Saturday. Volume is currently not high, as we came out of a three month lockdown last week. I will update my programs and volume when the weeks go by.
First I'll have to see how regular pull ups go. If they're too difficult, I'll start out doing negatives, dead hangs, etc.
Also, the push day looks pretty lame with only doing push-ups and banded flies for chest, but faith decided to give me scoliosis, so my left shoulder is in a kind of fucked up position - this is the best way around it though, and I am not complaining
I will make an update probably twice every week after my pull day.
Hopefully I can motivate others to start a similar goal - we are all in this together
Extra
If anyone else is interested in starting with working out, I highly recommend checking out the website and YouTube channel of Renaissance Periodization.
I am making this thread to hold myself accountable of a goal I have been having for ages, but never started working on. I also hope this thread will motivate others to start working out, as it has way more positive aspects other than the physical part. In fact, if I never started working out I most likely would've been the old desperate dude with zero confidence who would've ended up in a cubicle for the rest of his life.
My goal I am talking about, is pull ups (weighted ones in general) - which I completely suck at after 4+ years of lifting.
You might think: "pull ups are so easy, I can do many of them and I barely lift.".
This is not the case for me. I am 6'6 (~198cm), with a crazy ass wingspan, which makes pull ups extremely difficult because of the long range of motion. Next to that, I am currently 92kg after cutting down to about 13% body fat, which gives me about 10-12kg more bodyweight than if I would've been shorter. My guess that I can only do one or two with strict form currently, but the first training will show if that's the case.
It means that starting out will be harder, but it doesn't mean that 20kg weighted pull ups are not possible. I've gone through so many physical changes from almost being anorexic to the image above, that I know I can actually do this. (No, I am by far not huge, but I am extremely proud from where I came from - gained almost 40kg of mass on body and long ass limbs in 4-5 years.)
I will be running my good old legs pull push split, six days in a row with a rest day on Saturday. Volume is currently not high, as we came out of a three month lockdown last week. I will update my programs and volume when the weeks go by.
First I'll have to see how regular pull ups go. If they're too difficult, I'll start out doing negatives, dead hangs, etc.
Also, the push day looks pretty lame with only doing push-ups and banded flies for chest, but faith decided to give me scoliosis, so my left shoulder is in a kind of fucked up position - this is the best way around it though, and I am not complaining
I will make an update probably twice every week after my pull day.
Hopefully I can motivate others to start a similar goal - we are all in this together
Extra
If anyone else is interested in starting with working out, I highly recommend checking out the website and YouTube channel of Renaissance Periodization.
