Week 6, Night 2 (The Earth Hour of Power)
Pull-ups (based on 17 max rep level)
11
12
13 (split into mini-sets of 7 and 6)
14 (split into mini-sets of 7, 4 and 3) —-> BRUTAL
15 (split into mini-sets of 10 and 5)
(90 sec rest in between sets…clearly my favourite rest period interval)
My endurance still sucks as that’s the most mini-sets I’ve ever broken down any session into (I gotta be honest). But to be fair, this was easily the most challenging and plentiful session to date (well yeah, it’s the penultimate session). And that 90 second rest period has never been kind to me. Funny thing is that my energy levels were incredible in the first 2 sets. To the point where, after I did my first 11 reps (which felt so crisp and confident), I felt that I could do, I don’t know, 7 more reps? Looks like that burned out quickly (at least I was able to include a full body workout after all the pull-ups were finished…well, after a much needed water break).
That initial energy burst is what I’m focusing on now, since (if I may re-iterate) the main goal is to plow through 20 pull-ups in one set (and one set only). All of this difficult endurance training is building up to that. Maybe I’ll just eat a whole lot of complex (edit: simple and sugary) carbs and down a gallon of water (nature’s steroids) a half an hour before I take the final test (than take a piss to lighten the load…haha). Still one more session left before I’m eligible to make that attempt though. Thanks for coming along on the ride with me (if you actually read this all the way ‘til the end).
