Today's Workout Thread

[Firefighter2]

A 4km run after work in my Luna's.

Quite warm here at the moment, temperatures reaching 32 deg C (90 deg F) and estimated to reach 37 deg C later in the week.

Ha, I wish. Just hit 0 deg C here today, wet snow flying. Anyway......

-2x12, & 2x10 Benchpress
-3x12 Wide Grip Pull-ups
-3x10 Military Press
-3x10 EZ Bar Curls
-3x12 Mid-rows on cable machine
-3x12 Squats
-3x15 Weighted Calf Raises
-3x10 Incline Dumbell Press

[whoever]

Ha, I wish. Just hit 0 deg C here today, wet snow flying. Anyway......

-2x12, & 2x10 Benchpress
-3x12 Wide Grip Pull-ups
-3x10 Military Press
-3x10 EZ Bar Curls
-3x12 Mid-rows on cable machine
-3x12 Squats
-3x15 Weighted Calf Raises
-3x10 Incline Dumbell Press

Is this your first time doing wide grip pull uos, or just my first time noticing ? How do you like the grip opposed to standard?

[whoever]

Ha, I wish. Just hit 0 deg C here today, wet snow flying. Anyway......

-2x12, & 2x10 Benchpress
-3x12 Wide Grip Pull-ups
-3x10 Military Press
-3x10 EZ Bar Curls
-3x12 Mid-rows on cable machine
-3x12 Squats
-3x15 Weighted Calf Raises
-3x10 Incline Dumbell Press

Got any thing for sore tricepts to prevent loosing gains (I 'm hopping,but doubt it)

[Thug]

A 26km Surf & Turf this morning.

So far have managed 9 Move exercises this month in 10 days.

[Thug]

There is a MTB race in SA called the Freedom Challenge which is a non-stop race from Pietermartizburg to just outside of Cape Town. This race is approximately 2300km long and you navigate on a preset route using 1:50 000 maps (no GPS allowed). Maximum number of days allowed is 26 with check points every 100km or so and various cut-offs along the route.

The organisers also have a non-stop race called Race 2 Rhodes which is the 1st 500km of the Freedom Challenge. Starts in Pietermaritzburg and finishes in a town called Rhodes. Racers are given a maximum of 8 days to complete.

Both races start in June which is the middle of winter in SA and racers do encounter all types of weather including snow.

Last night I entered the R2R.

Freedom Challenge - Home

[whoever]

There is a MTB race in SA called the Freedom Challenge which is a non-stop race from Pietermartizburg to just outside of Cape Town. This race is approximately 2300km long and you navigate on a preset route using 1:50 000 maps (no GPS allowed). Maximum number of days allowed is 26 with check points every 100km or so and various cut-offs along the route.

The organisers also have a non-stop race called Race 2 Rhodes which is the 1st 500km of the Freedom Challenge. Starts in Pietermaritzburg and finishes in a town called Rhodes. Racers are given a maximum of 8 days to complete.

Both races start in June which is the middle of winter in SA and racers do encounter all types of weather including snow.

Last night I entered the R2R.

Freedom Challenge - Home

Do we get updates and race pictures during that time?
Sound fun no GPS, I assume they let you have a compass, are there compass restrictions?

[Thug]

Do we get updates and race pictures during that time?
Sound fun no GPS, I assume they let you have a compass, are there compass restrictions?

Yes, the only way of navigation (unless you've done it many times before and can remember routes & paths) is by map and compass. So I'd better brush up on my map reading skills. Fortunately I've done a lot of Adventure Racing down the years and know how to use a compass and read a 1:50 000 map.

Terrain is pretty remote but there are no restrictions on uploading photos to social media (when you have signal).

[carlmaloschneider]

This will shed some light on that Pushups hit lats?? - Bodybuilding.com Forums
Don't let the URL title fool you

Cool, yeah that's quite funny. Hardly an authoritative source! Just a few guys talking :-). Also there appears to be nothing on there about chin ups, so I guess the title did fool me. :-)

I guess certainly there are many muscles involved in exercises such as push ups and chin ups. As they mention here there's some stabilisation that occurs. Anyway, for me, I seem to work mainly my pulling muscles (specifically lats, biceps, rear deltoids, some forearms) from pull ups and chin ups.

I do feel that sometimes not doing a weights workout for some time and then doing one allows you to determine, via DOMS, exactly what you have worked. Bench presses certainly do (for me) work the lats some what in regard to stabilisation.

Anyway, dude, certainly every thing I post here is just my experience.

[Firefighter2]

Is this your first time doing wide grip pull uos, or just my first time noticing ? How do you like the grip opposed to standard?

My pull-ups are usually wide grip, they're harder to do than narrow, which I can do with rows. Also, as for your question about tri's, try stretching out your triceps before & after. Might help with a bit with the soreness.

[whoever]

Yes, the only way of navigation (unless you've done it many times before and can remember routes & paths) is by map and compass. So I'd better brush up on my map reading skills. Fortunately I've done a lot of Adventure Racing down the years and know how to use a compass and read a 1:50 000 map.

Terrain is pretty remote but there are no restrictions on uploading photos to social media (when you have signal).

For my two cents, I thought evrtu boy learns how to read and use a map and compass.