Two staples in my fitness training rotation are
pullups and bar dips. I regularly
perform them, both bodyweight-only and weight-added versions. They’ve served me well, so I’ll continue to
do them until further notice.
One way to measure progress is by how many
repetitions of each exercise I can perform in a single set. At this point in my middle-aged man fitness
training journey, what I’m able to do is less than what I’ve done in the past.
Nonetheless, it’s still good to test myself occasionally,
and recently I did so.
Here’s a recent effort with pullups:
And here’s a recent effort with bar dips:
My lifetime know best effort for a single set
is 18 repetitions for pullups and 25 repetitions for bar dips. This means where I’m currently at is a little
less in relation to where I’ve been. I’m
OK with this and will keep marching forward in my fitness training.
And part of this fitness training will be to
occasionally do a pullups and bar dips test.
Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum
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