Thanks for your encouragement, I think I might go back to using the manual next spring/summer and get a summer gym membership.... Good idea. As to your pulling advice I started doing some chainsaw rows, and I intend to try flys next.I think its fantastic that you've changed your life & got more active and continuing to get more fit! I am pretty sure you would benefit from having different equipment available to you... you need to be able to some pulling exercises as well. You also need to change things up and do different things to keep from getting bored or sick of doing the same things over and over with just a couple of dumbbells.
May I ask why you're only using a powered chair? Maybe now that you're considerably lighter why not move to a manual chair, that will increase your strength and stamina as well and make your progress even better!
My arms and hands are pretty much fine, considering the abuse of years of a manual chair., I would love to see a picture of your nephews setup, if you Please.How functionable are your arms and hands.
I have a nephew that is in a chair as well, arms are not the best, but he has a machine he uses to (or used) to help with his strength.
‘I could ask him for a picture so you can see it.
You never know he might even sell it?
For sure you need to adjust your training depending on your body type.Tom platz had the best legs in bodybuilding and he did sets of fifty all the time lol. I did CT fletchers arm workout for a year and saw some of the best gains I’ve had doing that, it was somewhere around 1000 reps on biceps and thousand reps on triceps.
I’ve also spent a year where I did 6-8 reps 4 sets 4 different exercises and took more rest days than workout days and seen incredible results
My opinion. Shock the muscle always keep it guessing. If In doubt go heavy or go home .
From a more scientist side body type is probably a huge factor ecto meso endo? Anyways yeha just my 2 cents
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Super sets, more reps, slower reps, pause and hold top of lift, centre and bottom and lower rest time in between setsWhat do you guys do when you lift the stack and it's not enough?
For me this is usually what happens with triceps.
I often slow down a whole bunch to focus on the mind-muscle connection and make it harder, go for sets of up to 25 or stick another pin (or a screwdriver I keep in my bag) in the stack and add on a 25, 45 or maybe even plates on bother sides of the stack.
Pre-exhausting with another exercise first helps as well.
What do you guys do?
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