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liftingforhealth answered to your post “Chin Ups/Pull Ups”

Lots of slow negatives helped me loads in the beginning, lowering on a 5 count. I did them 3x per week. Best of luck!

arti-b replied to your post “Chin Ups/Pull Ups”

Without being facetious, just "do" more. I'm currently working my way up to pull-ups with negatives so maybe do your 2 + 1 negative or 1 hold at the top for as long as you can for a week then try again?

iversays replied to your post “Chin Ups/Pull Ups”

Negatives, band assisted pull-ups reducing tension as you get better, and anything to just getting your lats stronger

So basically, do them lots, do as many full ones as possible and then do negatives to make up volume?

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arti-b replied to your post:So that was a pretty shit workout...

MAGNESIUM MAGNESIUM

Basically an excuse for dark chocolate overload. ;) But seriously going up and down stairs is SUPER painful. I'm going to try foam rolling again after lunch.

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arti-b replied to your post “Knee sleeves help.”

I have the ones that aren't neoprene and they work fine (haven't used them in months now though). I find neoprene too "bouncy" and the ones I have are more supportive. But for joint warmth it doesn't matter as much as for support.

Hmm bouncy doesn't sound good. Maybe i'll opt for the non neoprene ones. Too bad they just went out of stock. 

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arti-b replied to your post “Don't you get tired of eating pretty much the same food every day? There are soooo many great tasty things other than boiled chicken and potatoes.”

haha but also does anon realise student budgets in the UK are no fun and don't really allow for Whole Foods bar lunches erryday.

^^ Thank you. I am a recent graduate with no job. I can't afford no damn steak right now.

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arti-b replied to your post “Rocking out to music on my itunes and cleaning my room. Who needs friends?”

i do this so frequently. don't need no man. don't need no friends. just music.

Power to us. Independent ladies lol

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arti-b replied to your post “I just tripped up the stairs at the station. I crushed my fingers and...”

Lol I remember when I took all the skin off my knee and was bleeding all down my legs and limping, nobody tried to help. Fuckers. Landan is the place for cold and unhelpful people.

Seriously?? Hmm Londoners.

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arti-b replied to your post “TMI. For my own benefit.”

I agree so hard with sanitary vs condoms on being freely available. I think women should get a box of tampons every month in the mail from their GP as standard after the age of 10 (yeah I was 10, life sucked).

Yes!! (Yeah I had one small period at like 7 and that was it till like 12. I was tested like a guinea pig for ages at hospital till they realised it was just a 'warning period'. They probably think it's too expensive for sanitary stuff but since condoms stop babies and over population it's fine. Hmm.

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arti-b replied to your post “So I missed Tuesday’s and Friday’s workouts. Ever since Monday night...”

Sometimes not enough sleep one night throws everything off for the whole week, sugary foods or not. It's fine. No biggie. Life happens.

Yeah I know. I definitely disagree with philosophy often spouted that there is no reason to miss a training session - if I'm so tired I feel like I'm going to drop the bar on my head/across my neck there's no way in hell I'm gonna go train. And I'm better off using that time to help recover from whatever got me this down to minimise the number of future missed sessions rather than making myself even worse/possibly injuring myself.