M2M Day 285: A 13-mile day
This post is part of Month to Master, a 12-month accelerated learning project. For August, my goal is to complete one continuous set of 40 pull-ups.
Today, I continued my streak of not training (a.k.a. resting my arms) — although, I have a decent excuse: My sister is visiting from New York, so we spent the day exploring San Francisco.
As part of our touristy day, we covered a lot of ground on foot. So, while I didn’t directly train my pull-ups today, it was still a fairly active day: We ended up walking a little over 13 miles.
If anything, I probably had a calorie deficit today, which isn’t great for building muscle, but means I have slightly less weight to pull.
Anyway, after a long day out, I felt the need to hop down to the gym and do one set of pull-ups cold (i.e. without warming up).
In particular, I wanted to try the new approach I found a few days ago (where I point my chest up at the bar). I feel good about this approach, but still need to get used to it.
With this approach, I was able to get out 23 solid pull-ups — and that’s after I hit my head on the low-hanging lighting fixture on the second pull-up (you can see it happen in the mirror behind me).
With a little bit more practice, so I become comfortable with my new approach, I think I currently have 30 pull-ups in me.
I have a feeling I’m going to make significant progress over the next week.
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