Tom87
Level 4 Valued Member
Hi
I'm 2 cycles into basic FPP for chin ups, and push ups with a resistance band.
The question is about pull ups :
Before starting, I tested my max chins and did 7, thus I began with 5 4 3 2 1.
I did 5 days and tested on the "rest day" and got 10 reps. I kept on starting with 6 5 4 3 2 for 5 days, and today on the rest day, I tested and got 12 (hard) reps.
Do you think I should keep going starting the third cycle with 7 6 5 4 3, even with a max of 12 ? Or should I go straight to 8 ?
Useful information :
I'm doing it GTG, a lot of rest, thus it feels rather easy.
I'm on a break from my sport due to being out of town, for 3 weeks more, then I'll be back into training and competition. So it feels like a good opportunity to push it a bit harder...
On one hand, just looking at the numbers, it feels stupid to keep 7 as a starting set, on the other hand, I'm doing cleaner reps during training than test (as if I was compensating for the short sets) thus I'm not sure whether this is necessary or not.
(Side note : I know you may recommend weighted chins. I plan to do it in the future, but for now just trying to up my numbers
).
So, whatever your opinion, I'll be happy to read it
Thank you.
I'm 2 cycles into basic FPP for chin ups, and push ups with a resistance band.
The question is about pull ups :
Before starting, I tested my max chins and did 7, thus I began with 5 4 3 2 1.
I did 5 days and tested on the "rest day" and got 10 reps. I kept on starting with 6 5 4 3 2 for 5 days, and today on the rest day, I tested and got 12 (hard) reps.
Do you think I should keep going starting the third cycle with 7 6 5 4 3, even with a max of 12 ? Or should I go straight to 8 ?
Useful information :
I'm doing it GTG, a lot of rest, thus it feels rather easy.
I'm on a break from my sport due to being out of town, for 3 weeks more, then I'll be back into training and competition. So it feels like a good opportunity to push it a bit harder...
On one hand, just looking at the numbers, it feels stupid to keep 7 as a starting set, on the other hand, I'm doing cleaner reps during training than test (as if I was compensating for the short sets) thus I'm not sure whether this is necessary or not.
(Side note : I know you may recommend weighted chins. I plan to do it in the future, but for now just trying to up my numbers
).So, whatever your opinion, I'll be happy to read it
Thank you.
