Added some updates from the past few times I went pulling-up and running. About yesterday's 15 pull-ups, I was very pleased, but I noticed there were some deficiencies in form that I hadn't noticed before, such as swinging up using the force from one arm (kind of like the "chicken wing" strats possible for cheesing muscle-ups) in order to help get momentum, which needs to be curtailed. My new goal is maintaining this number of pull-ups, but without ANY hacky, cheaty methods like this – just pure, unadulterated lifting my body using my arms and nothing but my arms. Once I can do 15 of these, including killing all momentum after the negative and maintaining a hold at the top of the position for a second or two (or three), and I stop hurling myself up with momentum hacks and chicken wings, and I make sure no kipping with the feet is used for the last few reps, I think I will be happy and move onto muscle-ups :)
The plan thereafter is to just go ahead and use my training band for doing some assisted muscle-ups, which should hopefully be doable given the strength I ought to have built from these pull-ups.
Similar to last time, but also felt noticeably less fatigued by the end
28 March 2025
24:55
Tried a little harder this week
31 March 2025
31:42
Hurt my ankles towards the end (24 mins in), so I had to give up.
4 April 2025
28:45
Wasn't really feeling motivated today.
7 April 2025
26:05
25 April 2025
24:43
Strong first bit, but then felt ache in heart for the remainder & slowed down
25 April 2025
~27:00
Super hot, and super hungry! I'm putting ~27:00, since I don't want to speculate how long it took me to stop the stopwatch after I finished. It read 27:18.04, though. I'm gonna avoid runs on hot days from now on.
5 May 2025
24:16
I thought that this time was surely a mistake of some kind, considering I felt that I ran kind of slow during the later half, but after the next time, I think it might have been real too!
9 May 2025
22:33
DAMN! I went ALL OUT on this one, and I don't think I'm beating it again any time soon! I once again nearly collapsed by the end, and, like most of these runs, I felt my consciousness wear down as the laps piled up. However, I pushed very hard on the flat parts of the course (8 + 1/3 laps), which made massive gains over previous times. I am very happy with this time!
21 May 2025
26:07
Very meh, as I half-hearted the second half of the run completely.
Pull-up amounts
Date
Amount
Notes
12 March 2025
11
10 definitely good ones, and a bit of a kip...
18 March 2025
12
23 March 2025
12
11 proper ones and a shabby one, on a full stomach
23 March 2025
12
Just a tiny bit of momentum hacking on the last 1!
3 April 2025
12
Same as above
16 April 2025
11
Same as above
19 April 2025
11
Same as above
22 April 2025
12
This time, no momentum hacking! I've seemingly lost a lot of weight as well, which helps.
10 May 2025
14
No cheating whatsoever! This is also a career personal best.
16 May 2025
13
20 May 2025
14
23 May 2025
15
The last one may or may not have counted, but I think it was at least 90% of the way there ;) So this is my PB as of now! I want to reach 15 of these in GOOD form, then I can move onto muscle-ups as I intended them...
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