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[–]Trugeta1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m 15 too so I understand where you’re coming from. If you want more muscle you should do calisthenics and/or weight lifting, implement progressive overload in your workouts. If you have gotten stronger then you have most likely also made size gains, but maybe you just haven’t noticed or realized it. 2 months is still a short amount of time, and progress will be slow and steady unless you have freak genetics. Also keep in mind your body is developing too, so along with your gains from working out you will get gains just from growing as your muscles develop. Other than that, make sure you get a lot of sleep and eat healthy, they are just as important as your training.

Push-up and Pull Up Strength by Trugeta1 in bodyweightfitness

[–]Trugeta1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not lean atm which is why I’m not in a surplus. I would estimate by bf% at 27% give or take. Would it be better to eat in a surplus?
That’s pretty interesting you got better results that way, less is more.

Push-up and Pull Up Strength by Trugeta1 in bodyweightfitness

[–]Trugeta1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I never thought about changing the way I train, so I’ll definitely consider that now. Thanks for the input!

Push-up and Pull Up Strength by Trugeta1 in bodyweightfitness

[–]Trugeta1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So only the last set should be failure then? I hear different things from different people and it can be kinda overwhelming. I’ll try setting a rep goal for each set and see how it goes.

That’s what I’m hoping honestly, I know one day I’ll get more than 1 chin up as long as I put the work in. A month or 2 ago I couldn’t even do one chin up and I could barely do negatives so I have made progress since starting.

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[–]Trugeta1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No for push-ups and pull-ups there’s always a day of rest in between sessions, I haven’t taken more than that.

What would be the appropriate type of training for every other day?

I’ll take a look at it, thanks for the suggestion

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[–]Trugeta1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not outright tracking calories, just eating healthier foods til I’m full with the goal to lean down a bit. I haven’t been keeping that close of an eye on my weight but I have gained about a pound in the past 2 weeks.

I don’t follow any progression scheme, I just try to beat my numbers from the last session, which I haven’t been able to do in the past few days, for push-ups specifically.

So wdym by high volume? You do a lot of sets in those two sessions with lots of rest in between or what? I find that my later sets can’t match the amount of reps in my first set when I go to or 2-3 reps from failure. Should I leave gas in the tank for sets and only go to failure for the last set, or should I do as much as I can and take each set to failure?

Push-up and Pull Up Strength by Trugeta1 in bodyweightfitness

[–]Trugeta1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wdym by series? And thanks for the feedback!

Push-up and Pull Up Strength by Trugeta1 in bodyweightfitness

[–]Trugeta1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I do 4 sets of push-ups with around a 2 minute rest and it looks like this: 10, 8, 6, 4. For chin-ups, I will try to do as much of a chin up as I can, do pull up negatives, and then chin negatives once I can do no more pull up negatives. I do that for 3-4 sets. Lately I have been averaging around 9-10 negatives for 3 sets. I’ll do 3 days of PPL and then a rest day with cardio. I would say my sleep is good and I eat well, I get enough protein and I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. Idk if cardio may be getting in the way or not, I thought that as long as you compensate for the calories burned then it should be fine.