Wednesday 31 Jan 2007: PULL LADDER + PU

PULL-UP LADDERS + SET OF PUSH-UPS

For today's workout, you will be performing pull-up ladders supersetted with sets of push-ups.

To do ladders: perform 1 pull-up, then a set of 2 pull-ups, then a set of 3 pull-ups, and so on until you miss a set (i.e. you should have done 6 pull-ups but only managed to do 5). After you miss a set, start building again at 1.

Insert a set of push-ups between each set of pull-ups. The push-ups don't have to be done in ladder format. Simply crank out a reasonable number that will provide a nice counterbalance to the pulling exercise without burning yourself out. Continue performing sets of each exercise for twenty minutes.

Advanced:
  • Ladders of Pull-ups/Chin-ups
  • Sets of Regular Push-ups

Intermediate and Basic:

  • Ladders of Partial or Assisted Pull-ups or Body Rows
  • Sets of Regular, Knee, or Countertop Push-ups

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1 comment:

taylor said...

122 pushups
35 full pullups
11 negative pullups

18 sets

Kept the rep count low, tried for 20 full sets, but needed a few extra seconds rest here and there. Maybe next time...