Stranger: here to chat too I guess haha
Stranger: did you workout today yet?
Stranger: what day was it
You: I do a pullup progression every time.
Stranger: hahah, there we go
Stranger: thats still nuts
You: I'm building up to do 50 continuous
Stranger: how many are u at rn?
You: So I do 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, MAX (which was 20)
Stranger: 28 is your continuous?
Stranger: or can u do more?
You: they're all continuous
You: do two other filler workouts in between
Stranger: you straight up just come back to the pull up bar?
Stranger: and then go for another exercise?
You: So today I did 28 cont., ran 10 min; 27 cont., two other workouts; 26 pullups, two other workouts, etc
Stranger: do you do back workout along pull ups?
Stranger: or is it everything pretty much?
You: I do an arm workout after the pullups and then a leg or core exercise
You: And I stretch when I'm out of breath
Stranger: I just focus on a day at a time
You: I just built up to it
Stranger: go through 5-6 supersets
Stranger: usually supplementary
Stranger: You bench. You then stand up and do middle flies right after
Stranger: crossover flies to be accurate. That supplements bench very well
You: ok, so they're working different muscles?
Stranger: not really different muscles
Stranger: you get a wider range of motion with a fly
Stranger: but then, the bench is for overload
Stranger: You don't really overload a fly. It's too unstable to be a heavy lift
Stranger: My bench progression is:
10,10,5,3,1
Flies:
12,12,12,12,4/10(dropset)
You: I'll have to look it up
You: Not really sure what you mean :)
Stranger: look up 5,3,1 if you're interested in strength building
Stranger: you can apply it to anything
You: isn't the hypertrophy range 8-12?
Stranger: Hypertrophy range is a very skewed statistic
Stranger: If I do 1 rep of 315(that's my 95%), my hypertrophy range would be 1
Stranger: if I do 1 rep of 135, that wouldn't do anything relevant
Stranger: for 135, my range is much larger, therefore, time under tension comes into play
Stranger: rather than overload
You: ya, I'm not following :)
Stranger: meanwhile, at 1 rep, overload plays the role
Stranger: it basically depends on the style of a workout you want to go for
You: ah, ok. I can see that
Stranger: the farther you go away from your one rep max, the more time under tension becomes important
Stranger: On the other hand, if you're going towards your one rep max, that is an overload workout
Stranger: 10-12 reps is ideal for about 60% of your one rep max and 10-12 reps just happens to be the average suggested time under tension (about 30 seconds) for that kind of weight
You: although, sometimes when I'm moving up, my 3rd to 5th set is 8 reps
Stranger: yeah, I do that too for most my workouts :D
Stranger: I only keep bench,squat, etc (core lifts) to 5,3,1
Stranger: Nice discussion tbh
Stranger: whats your name btw?
Stranger: nice to meet you
You: That's the fake name I usually use
You: dudes start out with the name question
You: so I say Alex or Sam
Stranger: my director came up
Stranger: 5,3,1 are repls
Stranger: why does it matter if youre Alex or Adam
You: cuz they just be looking for nudes
You: I don't get why...so low of reps
You: Like what're you basing this off of?
Stranger: what is the point of making a conversation with someone who doesnt wanna talk to you?
Stranger: I just say im a dude and let them skip
Stranger: then get someone like u
Stranger: who actually talk
You: ya, I don't do that anymore
You: unless I want to troll
Stranger: You wanna get as high as possible to your one rep max
Stranger: but still be able to finish your set
Stranger: so, you increase your % and go lower in reps
Stranger: then, I go to 5,3,1
Stranger: increasing it by 20 every time
You: So you have a spreadsheet?
Stranger: yeahhh, theres a lot of em
Stranger: look up 5/3/1 spreadsheet
Stranger: it's gonna fill out your % for you
You: I kinda like the simplicity of my workouts rn ;)
You: ...even tho I have a spreadsheet for those pullups
Stranger: your pull up thing does not sound simple at all
You: It's just decrementing
Stranger: you probably grew wings already
You: I started with around 10 pullups
You: and then I had some... falling off the horse
You: longest was a couple months!
Stranger: What is a falter
You: make a mistake or fail to be consistent
Stranger: I keep quitting gym cuz of work sometimes
Stranger: thats an excuse
You: ya, but that's what I mean
Stranger: what are your other hobbies
You: ...like a fuck ton of things
You: working on compiling Cheap Lazy Vegan's meal preps on this doc: bit.do/aerovegan
You: try to swim and run once a week
You: want to write a novel about a semi-immortal so I work on that sometimes
You: na, I'm a type of vegetarian
You: but pretty close to vegan
Stranger: what is the exception
You: by chance, do you have Discord?
