from 8 pull ups to 20 and also from 10 dips to 35 in 6 weeks

[mirrorball13]

@pittsburgh14 Hi, on hundredpushups do you do three days in a row per week or do you train every other day like monday, wednesday, friday ?

 

[pittsburgh14]

@mirrorball13 you can choice 3 days in a row if you want but I prefer to have one day off between workout I think it's better for the muscle . I took wednesday , friday and sunday.

 

[shaggy77]

@pittsburgh14 Isn't it unhealthy to train the same muscles everyday? Asking seriously, because I've never done a program such as this one because of thinking it could do more harm than good.

I would really like to try it, if it isn't bad for the body to train that much with no rest.

 

[jd1992]

@shaggy77 It's a different training philosophy than you might be used to. Stay away from complete muscular failure, progress slowly, and you'll be fine.

In a few words it's "train as often as possible, while staying as fresh as possible".

You can google "squat everyday" or read "Power to the People" by Pavel Tsatsouline, articles by Chad Waterbury, "Easy Strength" by Dan John and Pavel Tsatsouline for more information.

Edit: this post has an old article from Pavel written for Milo in the late 90s that describes the general philosophy. It starts about 1/2 way down but the entire thing is a good distillation. http://www.100pushups.com/greasing-the-groove/

 

[shaggy77]

@jd1992 Thank a lot! Will look into this.

 

[katherinej]

@jd1992 Squat everyday is the shit! I put on 12lbs in 4 weeks and added 80lbs to my squat

 

[villianmade]

@pittsburgh14 Oh to have 16 year old elbows again!

 

[ne2011]

@villianmade And shoulders.

 

[dawn16]

@villianmade I'll be 34 tomorrow and do a very similar program. It can be done, just don't burn yourself out. The key to these programs is to not go to failure.

 

[alexanyan]

@pittsburgh14 So did you do pull ups 6 times a week?

 

[pittsburgh14]

@alexanyan yes i did

 

[dawn16]

@pittsburgh14 Hey friend. Good job. Im trying to do the same program. How much time do you rest between sets?

 

[pittsburgh14]

@dawn16 thanks ,I take one or two minute

 

[happy_sparrow]

@pittsburgh14 Is the point to do these in a workout or just whenever you can throughout the day? What is the resting period?

Also great progress!

 

[gracewalker]

@pittsburgh14 What about 0 to 1.

 

[pittsburgh14]

@gracewalker try negative pull ups and inverted row they will help you a lot.

 

[carlyn]

@pittsburgh14 only push ups and dips are enough for skinny arm ..???

 

[kison26]

@pittsburgh14 I'm thinking about using the "fighter pull-up" program concept for both pull-ups and pike push-ups. I'm stuck at about 8 pull-ups and can't progress at all from 5 pike push-ups.

What are people's thoughts/experiences on training load along side the fighter program?

I've been doing a program similar to the Move wiki. I'm thinking I'll still do 3 separate training sessions a week but will take the pull-ups and pike push-ups out. This would mean my upper body routine would mainly consist of:

- Handstand,

- Pull (front-lever progressions/360 pull/skin the cat)

- Push (pike pull through's/ring shoulder stand/low volume dips)

What are people's thoughts on this? I'll space the "fighter" program work throughout the day GTG style (e.g. 2 sets morning, 2 at work, 1 when I get home)

Cheers

 

[neosugg713]

@pittsburgh14 If I follow this method, should I take rows out of my programm?

 

[bridget7]

@pittsburgh14 By progressing in your strength and increasing the maximum amount of reps you do in sets now, did you build muscle along the way or was it all just pure strength? (Did you grow in size gaining muscle mass or stayed the same in physique but can do more reps a set now?)