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Originally Posted by Melkerson
No idea where you're at now, but that's an impressive ****ing list.
Has anyone in the history of H&F done both a one armed pullup and OHP of 245?
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Originally Posted by loco
That guy is unreasonable. I might ban him from my thread, I will be surprised if he hits even two on that list.
Well I may be overshooting a little, but a year's a long time and I do have history on those:
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Originally Posted by Holliday
Let's see:
[ ] 245 OHP (bodyweight)
[ ] 1-arm pullup (both sides)
[ ] Handstand
[ ] retire wife's wheelchair
[ ] 1,000 combined squat & deadlift
[ ] 315 bench
[ ] do a 200m butterfly at speed without drowning
[ ] frisbee golf for par lefthanded
[ ] play 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' on ukulele
[ ] Build new dining table
*The OHP is just the one I really want, and all the assistance work I'm doing is for that. I've done sets of 5 at 165, and technically I haven't started microloading yet. I've read that getting weighted dips over 100 lbs will help a lot.
*I used to be able to do 1-arm pullups (though never with the right) back when I was a rock climber. I backed off due to elbow pain (unrelated), but was surprised how quickly I got back to +70 lb pullups this year. Feel like I've laid a decent foundation to try to build up to it again but obviously have to be careful. It's hard and a little stressful but it ain't no front lever. The great thing about doing 1-arm pullup is you never know when someone's going to bet you can't do one, which is pretty much anyone you tell you can do one. Plus I'm 100% certain it would make some of the college kids eat their livers!
*Handstand is a yoga thing and my whole studio was working on it (before I got pneumonia). Obviously my combined plan is to do handstand pushups to impress the hot yogis. Impressing the hot yogis is reeeeeeeeeeaaaal important to Holliday.
*Wheelchair would mean 2.5 years to recover safe functional walking, which for her injury is actually pretty aggressive. We are kind of ambitious with her program, and she wants to be rid of the chair yesterday.
*Squat/DL sets of 5 this year; 360/425. It's been all beginner gains, but I've been enjoying it and not planning on stopping (plus not yet microloading). Also leaving myself some wiggle room by not saying "x5".
*315 bench; Done 255x5 and I sorta just see this going up without much extra effort as a side effect of the OHP work. Was thinking of microloading and/or switching to sets of 3 before realizing I was sick a few weeks ago. In HS, I only remember *not* getting 275 up, so that'll be a PR. Again with the wiggle room.
*200M butterfly, I like the fly and was doing 100m this year. Strength I added this year makes the stroke a lot easier. Real problem is I don't just go to the pool to work on butterfly.
*I have to build the dining table. I like to build my own stuff and I already have the wood.
In theory, my whole situation is changing from wife getting out of emergency medical status. Only getting two of those would probably be pretty disappointing. I mean, it depends on the two, but probably.