First week of chin-ups

Scott Andrew Birdby Scott Andrew Bird | March 3, 2007
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Putting on the primerAs you can see from the photo, it finally stopped raining here long enough to begin painting the kettlebell (still a fair bit of work to do before it's ready for the contest). Also this week :

I seem to be inadvertently preparing for a Tactical Strength Challenge, with the deadlift, kettlebell work and chin-ups comprising the bulk of my training at the moment. Plus a good bit of grip work.

The deadlifting sessions are still done largely according to feel (although a couple of ideas suggested recently by John may form the basis of a more structured routine). Rack pulls of various heights, different grip widths (all of them done double overhand), plenty of chalk and a healthy dose of obnoxious music. Beautiful.

The chin-ups followed Week A of the new routine, which focuses on the two-handed stuff. The only minor change may be the lat work - at least the bent rows performed between sets - which may end up forming a separate accessory period. All the chin-ups, followed by all of the lat exercises.

As for the kettlebell, well it's out of commission for a couple of days (until the painting is complete). Looks like it's back to the dumbbells for a bit.



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