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Post by ECM on May 27, 2012 17:57:32 GMT -5
This isn't going to really apply to anyone but me and *maybe* Justin, but whatever:
*Ring dips: 100lbs. x 1 by end of June (I'm at 90lbs. x2 right now, so I'm very close) Done: 6-13-12
*Handstand Push-Ups: 1 by the end of June (still having issues with balance, but I'm getting it half-right before I collapse upon myself like a dying star) Failed! and thus ECM's purported godhood is called into question.
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Post by Justin on May 28, 2012 19:29:09 GMT -5
There's no shame in using a wall to practice.
It's even hard for Jackie Chan. At the end of Rumble in the Bronx there is an outtake where he attempted to do it numerous times and fell over.
No, you may not call yourself Jackie Chan once you pull off the HS-Pushup.
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Post by ECM on May 28, 2012 20:15:58 GMT -5
I've been calling myself Jackie Chan since Drunken Master--and it has nothing to do w/ my kung-fu.
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Post by ECM on May 28, 2012 20:16:19 GMT -5
And, yeah, been using the wall for months  I certainly didn't expect to get it right out the gate  |
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Post by ECM on May 31, 2012 19:07:22 GMT -5
Adding a one-rep chin-up goal of +75lbs. by August--at around +60 right now.
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Post by ECM on Jun 1, 2012 18:43:43 GMT -5
+92x2 on ring dips.
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Post by ECM on Jun 13, 2012 15:50:10 GMT -5
+100lb. ring dips done and dusted a few weeks ahead of my deadline--I'll have independent corroboration in early July if anyone doubts this monumental event. (Or I could video it but...nah...lazy.)
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Post by ECM on Jun 30, 2012 23:56:20 GMT -5
Bah, did not get the handstand push-up.
OH well, maybe July.
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Post by ECM on Jul 11, 2012 20:43:36 GMT -5
New Strength Goals:
Weighted Dips: one rep max of 125lbs. by December 31st.<--this will be very, very, veeeeeeeeeeery difficult. (I managed 3 reps @ 100lbs. yesterday, so I can probably 1RM 105, maybe a little more, but another 20lbs. is, I imagine, pushing the very upper limits of what I'm bound by physically without really going crazy on squats and very heavy deadlifts[footnote:1]Right now I'm doing sets of deads with around 300-315lbs. for 2-3 reps which, while waaaay down from my max, is probably as much as I'm willing to do these days.[/footnote] again...two things which, given the state of my back, I'm not very keen on pursuing.)
Handstand Push-Ups: one rep by August 31st.<--we'll see if I can make it this time...bleh.
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Post by ECM on Jul 28, 2012 19:46:56 GMT -5
Well, I got one handstand push-up, but....it was purely accidental, so I'm not sure that counts.
(I went into a handstand, held it for 2 seconds, and then just sorta went down and came back up and held it for a second or two, but it was basically auto-pilot and I wasn't planning/expecting/trying to do that.)
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I certainly didn't expect to get it right out the gate 