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While not directly related to HIIT: my girlfriends stepmother performs in the Iron Man competitions on the world level in the seniour class (presently seniour,

While not directly related to HIIT: my girlfriends stepmother performs in the Iron Man competitions on the world level in the seniour class (presently seniour, anyway). When designing workouts for my partner, she would schedule and recommend semi-regular rest weeks. These were weeks were she wasn’t to do much exercise except maybe some light cardio and get extra sleep. FWIW: my lats aren’t great myself (pull ups are not my strength!), but there are other lat exercises to build up strength and core you should do before going all out on those things. Or instead of pronate(pull up) form, go supine(chin up) as it let’s you get a little more out of your arms as you build up to it. Never heard of that condition. That’s frightening. My first instinct is similar: “Ah, I’ll just rest it”

kaycebasques 8y ago
> there are other lat exercises to build up strength and core you should do before going all out This was recommended to me as a good beginner exercise for building up strength to do full pull-ups. In hindsight it's obvious why it destroyed my biceps. My pull-up muscles were fatigued and I was essentially just dropping my full-body weight on exhausted muscles. To be fair I still thought I was in control. It would take a second or two to go from the top position down to the bottom. But now I realize that if you can't slowly lower yourself down at a very slow pace, say 5 to 10 seconds from top to bottom, then your muscles are exhausted.
- 52-6F-62 8y ago
  Yep, that's probably wise. Another queue is if you're quivering too much you might need to form some of the core for that exercise first—or you're just done. Lat pull-downs are a great start as you can set the weight while the movement is pretty near the same. Main difference being, you'll need some resistance bands or the equipment to do that one instead of just a mounted bar. Edit: My big beef with Crossfit and like circuits are that they do similar things: They recommend great methods for exercise, strength building, cardio, etc. However, they often have next to zero form coaching and some of the things I've seen people doing with their bodies right beside coaches and trainers in programs like that ... they're just asking for injuries (either short term, or long term. How they teach rowing form is particularly bad). It's less the exercise, and more the parameters—form and knowing your limits are core. In a coach, they should be able to judge what you're ready to be doing.

kaycebasques 8y ago

> there are other lat exercises to build up strength and core you should do before going all out This was recommended to me as a good beginner exercise for building up strength to do full pull-ups. In hindsight it's obvious why it destroyed my biceps. My pull-up muscles were fatigued and I was essentially just dropping my full-body weight on exhausted muscles. To be fair I still thought I was in control. It would take a second or two to go from the top position down to the bottom. But now I realize that if you can't slowly lower yourself down at a very slow pace, say 5 to 10 seconds from top to bottom, then your muscles are exhausted.

52-6F-62 8y ago
Yep, that's probably wise. Another queue is if you're quivering too much you might need to form some of the core for that exercise first—or you're just done. Lat pull-downs are a great start as you can set the weight while the movement is pretty near the same. Main difference being, you'll need some resistance bands or the equipment to do that one instead of just a mounted bar. Edit: My big beef with Crossfit and like circuits are that they do similar things: They recommend great methods for exercise, strength building, cardio, etc. However, they often have next to zero form coaching and some of the things I've seen people doing with their bodies right beside coaches and trainers in programs like that ... they're just asking for injuries (either short term, or long term. How they teach rowing form is particularly bad). It's less the exercise, and more the parameters—form and knowing your limits are core. In a coach, they should be able to judge what you're ready to be doing.