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@dillinger You're welcome. ☺️

@dillinger Individual protein requirements vary a lot; the Recommended Dietary Allowance [RDA] for protein of .7g-.8g per 1kg of bodyweight is based on two standard deviations away from the mean (or average) and it was designed that way to statistically to make sure that the number would cover...

@houstonreborn I'm only doing 1 or 2 pullup sessions a week right now because my sleep schedule is weird. It will work regardless, just at a slower pace. 🙂

@travelbigtime I did a long write-up of how I went from only being able to do 3 underhand chinups to 3 sets of 10 chest-to-bar overhand pullups. On my journey I tried negatives, "grease the groove," and some of the other common training tricks people advise when encountering plateaus. None of...

@houstonreborn I think the pyramid thing is overcomplicating things although I've used the underlying method of greater sets, fewer reps to push through a pullup plateau. If I can do 3 sets of 15 pullups with perfect form then I think I should start shooting for 3 sets of 20 as the next...

@jessicarobertso07 Did a similar program I invented myself and will likely get to 3 sets of 15 in my next work out.

@mikeb34 Does mean that the bottom end of a pullup is the peak stretch while the top end of the pullup (when a person's chest is on the bar or chin is over the bar) is the peak contraction?

@lucashemingway1196 Although I think you could use a moderate amount of additional protein I suspect your chronic tiredness is more of an impediment to muscle growth than not getting enough protein is. If you're not well rested and feeling fresh before you start your resistance training, you're...

@lucashemingway1196 How many calories per day is that, roughly? Asking because if you're tired consistently, you may be calorie deficient and not just protein deficient. People who are resistance training need a significant amount of protein above the recommended daily average of .7 grams per...

@girdyourloins Upvoted. Great job!

@swordfish11 Sit ups have fallen out of favor because they're inefficient and have a higher injury risk compared to leg raises. Dragon flag progressions are also great, or you could try an ab wheel. Basically anything but sit ups.

@leah3018 Sounds good/healthy but eating healthy like this in and of itself isn't going to cause weight loss, you still need to go into a calorie deficit if you're trying to lose fat/slim down.

@catholiclutheran I used a device called an Isochain at work and got pretty good gains. Just posted a longer comment about it in this thread. It's not going to do everything a gym can do but I think it covers a lot of basic movements/progressions pretty well; the biggest gap just using the...

@leah3018 You're working legs 3 times a week, twice two days in a row? That doesn't seem wise. Losing weight is primarily about being in a calorie deficit, not exercising. What is your diet like? Are you in a deficit?

@seekshare I wasn't able to do a proper overhand chest-to-bar pullup until I was 39 and that was after almost a year of training so congrats! 👍

@mudmixer You after 6 months = me after 6 years. 🤣 Awesome regardless and hope you keep at it.

@mudmixer You look like you started out ripped (🤣) but I'm really happy for you, especially given that you have diabetes and this is actually helping. I had never thought about the second and third-order consequences of body recomposition on things like blood sugar. (I don't have diabetes but I...