I havn't had a chance to look over the NR4W book yet, but knowing alwyns workouts, that bench will definatly go up. I'd say 135 is definatly attainable. If you really want to hit that number, I am a firm believer that volume goes a long way. Toss in a few sets of pushups when you wake up in the morning, and maybe even prior to your workout.
Grats on the weight loss too! Good Luck with the program!
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I'm confident that you will improve all these things with your current program. But here is a link to a thread where Biskit was looking to improve her chin-ups. Some good links in there.
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I havn't had a chance to look over the NR4W book yet, but knowing alwyns workouts, that bench will definatly go up. I'd say 135 is definatly attainable. If you really want to hit that number, I am a firm believer that volume goes a long way. Toss in a few sets of pushups when you wake up in the morning, and maybe even prior to your workout.
Grats on the weight loss too! Good Luck with the program!
This is interesting, Chris. I probably should start doing more volume and see if I can improve that damned bench too.
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I can't recall where I read that if you want to improve one specific thing, you should attempt to work it as much as possible. Not necessarily work sets, but just do it allot. I have seen this first hand with pullups. I had always been good at them, but it wasn't until I started doing 3 sets of ten almost every day that I saw significant improvement.
Pushups would be one way to do it I would think, but it would probably be better to actually do a couple moderate sets of bench before your workouts.
Also the above is just my opinion, it could just be a placebo effect =-).
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Whatever works, Chris. I'm not too proud to try a placebo!
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"Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right." - Henry Ford
"UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss
"Life is no brief candle to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." - George Bernard Shaw
Wow, Wendy, with that set up, you will surely be making gains in the right way and losses in the right way too! I love your determination and the way you are going all out with your program! I can't wait to see you get that 135lb bench!
thanks mel! I am going to take chris' advice above and do lots of pushups. training has never been my problem. nutrition will be my challenge. won't help me to build lots of beautiful muscle if I hide under all of this body fat!!
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here are some pictures of me and my toolbelt. I am decluttering my house, and the plan that I am using advocates a toolbelt. see how ready I am to kick ass on decluttering my home and defatting my body!!!
wilburaz, that was 815 for one mile--sort of half assed it. best is 7:56. my qualifying time for boston is 4 hours flat when I age up next year. you discovered one of my secret motivations for dropping some more weight.
honestly, I am happy where I am now, in terms of appearance and size. but qualifying for boston will really require me to be at my leanest. I am not a genetically gifted runner, so I need to lean out to make it easier to go that fast for that long.
my hope, is that by the end of this challenge, my mile time will be closer to 7 flat, which will predict a marathon slightly faster than 4 hours for some wiggle room.
feb 09 is the next breast cancer marathon, and I am secretly hoping to qualify for boston there.
so there. secret is out. it is written down, now I have to do the work!
Good Luck in qualifying for Boston...
That's one of my main reasons for wanting to drop some weight too..
Well i'm not running a marathon...i just want to keep up with my times in the races i do run
You are doing great...
hey vanessa, yah, running is so much easier now then when I was 20 pounds heavier. and I didn't even try running 70 pounds ago. I am really psyched about how this will effect my speed.
I am so grateful for this challenge, it is exactly what I need to move it into high gear.
hey vanessa, yah, running is so much easier now then when I was 20 pounds heavier. and I didn't even try running 70 pounds ago. I am really psyched about how this will effect my speed.
I am so grateful for this challenge, it is exactly what I need to move it into high gear.
I know what you mean...
I needed something to motivate me to drop this hoilday weight..
yes vanessa, I am enjoying the break from distance.
so I did reps of deadlifts today with 105! I was pretty psyched. I have no idea what my one rep max is. after the challenge, I will do baselines of bench, squat and deadlift. want to get my technique better and get stronger before I do a max squat or dead. my max bench is 105.
attempted one pullup with 30, still can't do it. can do it with 40lbs on the gravitron. going to keep trying. my goal is to not just be able to do one negative pullup, I want to do a REAL pull up. which means less bodyfat.
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