Keep in mind that you're a novice lifter for a longer period of time than you think you are. Novice lifting can last anywhere from a few months to a year or two, depending on how hard you hit the weights and where you started.
Once you've reached the point where you don't make regular progress on the SS program, you are ready to move on to the intermediate stage, which can last you for a good number of years. Find it HERE:
If you're a very advanced lifter (many, many years of CONSISTENT weight training), then there are lot of programs out there, and which one you pick is simply a matter of preference. If you're really that advanced, you should know what works for you and what doesn't by this point. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Simply Red:
Pretty simple tonight - 400 pull-ups. I'm right around 176 - but cutting the **** up FINALLY - I appreciate everyone's support - seriously thanks.
I'm on that ON Creatine now too. i'm 33 waist - I have (at one time) been a 38 waist when I posted on CP. I fully expect this coming summer to be the best of my life.
Originally Posted by Numbah One:
I mean, you could probably do just fine with knocking out 3 sets of 20 a day.
I think it's kind of absurd to overtrain that way.
Takes a hell of a lot more than some pull ups to 'over train'. Most people don't even train hard enough to come remotely close to burning out like that. As long as your not chronically under-eating and missing out on sleep... it will never happen.
Originally Posted by GordonGekko:
This many pullups, don't you start to see diminishing returns at some point?
You do, but you need to realize he is spreading his volume out over a longer time period. I work a desk job and do push-ups and pull ups variously throughout the day at the office. The more often you stimulate a muscle to grow, the more it adapts (gets bigger). [Reply]
