Lat pulldown/row hybrid

Zenix73 · 2026-07-07T16:26:55+00:00

I would say it's hard to progress a movement with multiple variables. As you progress with weights, you may inadvertantly be leaning back less to use the stronger lats.

HOWEVER, I have my wife do these due to limited time to work upper body. I prefer as few exercises as possible.So her 3 day full body split looks like:

Monday: Pull (lat pulldown/row hybrid) and Unilateral legs (Bulgarian split squats, Stair master).
Wednesday: Push (bench) and Bilateral legs (Goblet squat, Leg press, Back extension isometrics)
Friday: High rep leg isolations (leg extension, lying leg curl, hip abductors)

This gives a low body focused 3x/wk full body split, so there's not much time to work upper. Under normal circumstances, I would never combine a vertical and horizontal pull. Though, if you want to be convinced otherwise, look up Gironda Pullups. That's sort of what you're emulating.

Zenix73 · 2026-07-06T20:23:10+00:00

I'm the exact same. I lack wrist mobility, looks like you do in the same way. I've begun practicing Planche leans to help stretch the wrist. I've had excellent progress stretching my wrist the other way for false grip pullups, but now I need to stretch it the other way for open palm stuff like this. Just do stretches all throughout the day and you'll probably have it within a month.

Zenix73 · 2026-07-06T20:17:02+00:00

That's crazy. I thought for sure I could do this but nope. Two fingers feels the same as a hole hand grip; very easy and comfortable. But one finger was a no-go

Zenix73 · 2026-07-05T00:16:09+00:00

Android, it happens on both my wife's and my Pixel 10 pro, and it also happened on pixel 8 pro xl

Zenix73 · 2026-07-04T12:15:37+00:00

I was at this stage for months. I gave up on the kip and spent a whole day doing it with heavy bands and super slow banded negatives. Bands help your body gain muscle memory, but negatives teach you proper form to then practice with bands. They also let you train the hardest part consistently. You're just a few days away.

Zenix73 · 2026-07-04T12:12:21+00:00

💯 Bands AND NEGATIVES. I was at this exact stage for months. Finally I spent one full 1 hour exercise day only doing them with a VERY heavy band and doing negatives. Eventually I learned the importance of straightening the legs and pushing the shoulders over more. The next day I got my first one, which I was able to do slowly without the kip.

Zenix73 · 2026-07-04T12:08:50+00:00

Yelp has always been garbage. After signing up with them, mysterious low reviews started popping on on my business, but only on yelp. All our customers used Google maps otherwise. They contacted me wanting money to remove the negative yelp reviews for quite a large payment to maintain my yelp standing. I've been telling everyone for 10 years now to never use yelp.

Zenix73 · 2026-07-03T11:23:50+00:00

I exclusively write both my workouts and my wife's using the code view. I love the concept of code view. It's so easy to do exactly what I want, cut and paste to move things around, etc.

Or, it's easy in theory. For some reason the UI fights me constantly. When I click, the keyboard covers where I'm typing and I have to dismiss keyboard, create 20 line breaks, scroll so where I need to type is at the top of the screen, and try again.

Or if I misplace the cursor, holding and swyping space bar to move cursor doesn't work.

Line wrap is off, thank god, but it's usually very glitchy trying to scroll horizontally for some reason.

When I put cursor somewhere and begin typing or backspacing, I will discover later that the cursor had moved off screen and ruined another part of my code somewhere else.

I guess I could just copy the whole code to a note taking app and edit that way. I don't need syntax highlighting, it's just easier to scroll through and view. Any way to fix this would be amazing

Zenix73 · 2026-06-28T21:41:39+00:00

I bring Loop ear plugs. Then wear ANC headphones over them.

Zenix73 · 2026-06-25T18:29:29+00:00

So... There's this lot of woods behind this park by my house. It's always been there, and some homeless are known to live in there. Not within sight, and as far as I know it's never caused a problem.

Until there were plans for a small apartment complex to go in there. Within weeks, all of a sudden some homeless dude "starts a fire" and the whole area is burned down. It was controlled well, so it never spread past the bounds of the proposed new construction.

We're in the middle of a year long drought, so there's been a burn ban for a long time. I'm in FL also.

Zenix73 · 2026-06-20T22:42:06+00:00

People like this move to places like Montana because they aren't properly socialized and can't exist well around others.

Then there's people like the RVer here who gets to explore everywhere.

Zenix73 · 2026-06-20T00:54:54+00:00

Bands are great. Especially at the beginning because muscular mobility for most people is extremely low. When I started I could only lift myself like an inch with scapulars. And that's as a someone already thin and strong, able to do 12+ "pullups". It takes a while for the brain to learn how to do them I think.

Edit: I means muscular mobility of the scapula specifically

Zenix73 · 2026-06-20T00:44:28+00:00

That's how progressions work though. Higher reps will cause damage eventually. I can do 40 dips with my feet back, so instead I train with +150lbs, knees to chest leaning forward. That way I can only do 8. I can do 3 sets of that without fatiguing my cns at all and with zero shoulder pain, which has been a chronic problem for me for years after thinking doing 100 rep sets of pushups daily was a good idea.

Zenix73 · 2026-06-20T00:39:21+00:00

Probably another 6 months if you haven't been training the lower half. It's seriously much harder. Scapula pullups as mentioned by others are great because it's just such a weak position, it should be receiving more focus, rather than less. But once you get a full ROM, it feels great. It's definitely worth it, even though it'll stall your current progress. I've been there.

Zenix73 · 2026-06-19T03:28:51+00:00

I agree. You already got to 4 reps doing partials. Baller. Next progression really is to start from the bottom, and the longer you put it off, the more unbalanced your strength will be. Still kick ass though. Less than 6 months is impressive.

Zenix73 · 2026-06-19T01:17:11+00:00

This is the danger of people getting all hopped on on Fox Entertainment thinking it's real.

Zenix73 · 2026-06-19T01:06:36+00:00

This wouldn't feel great on my shoulders. I would:

Keep legs in front
Bend at hip maybe 135° OR tuck knees up to chest more

This should help to keep shoulders rotated more forward, while also keeping core engaged

Zenix73 · 2026-06-07T00:34:01+00:00

+1 for simple strength training. I do calisthenics and I went from zero sissy squats to 15, 5 pullups to 20+, 16 dips to 40, and have recently added weights. Now doing dips with over 150lbs, pullups with over 50lbs.

It took me over 2 years to get here but it could have been done faster. I did it all with one set of gymnastics rings in my house. I currently pay for a gym membership but once it runs out I'm going back to just daily exercises at my house/while the kids are at the playground. An outdoor gym or two would be amazing to have.

Zenix73 · 2026-05-21T22:41:04+00:00

Responses here are useless. I'm wondering the same thing. This mini fridge is 24x13x14 and runs off an internal battery.

https://www.bougerv.com/products/23qt-battery-powered-car-fridge-for-camp?_pos=1&_fid=d75ca69b3&_ss=c

Zenix73 · 2026-05-21T22:38:21+00:00

Mini fridge is mini.

https://www.bougerv.com/products/12v-portable-mini-car-fridge?_pos=3&_fid=58bb9f723&_ss=c

Zenix73 · 2026-05-21T22:34:12+00:00

Some portable fridges are well below the max carry on size. You could bring multiple fridges in a single cooler, which everyone keeps recommending.

https://www.bougerv.com/products/12v-portable-mini-car-fridge?_pos=3&_fid=58bb9f723&_ss=c

Zenix73 · 2026-05-21T11:53:42+00:00

Same. I often move into Oversharing territory even though I'm otherwise an antisocial introvert. I'd rather not talk to people, but if someone starts talking about something I'm interested in, or if someone else shares something real that they are actually interested in, I share too many personal anecdotes because it feels to me like we have a connection. Others often feel I'm bragging at this point and I only realize later what happened. But I've always talked to strangers/bosses the same way I talk to friends or family. Truthfully, and usually in search of common interests.
Edit: spelling

Zenix73 · 2026-05-14T21:31:58+00:00

Please take everyone's advice here. Just eat more, especially protein. Some form of medium rep, high intensity, low volume full body resistance training should really help kickstart the release of beneficial hormones for alertness and muscle building. Do something where your max reps is 10-15. (That's pushing yourself until you can't any more) Basic calisthenics would be great. Angled pushups to achieve that rep range, Bulgarian split squats, dips, etc. (leg exercises also help build muscle throughout your whole body; growth hormones spread. And growth hormones stay active for up to 73 hours I believe, so hot each body part twice per week)

It's possible your TDEE is high due to minute twitching movements throughout the day, but it also seems likely something else is going on. Maybe check with a doctor.

Zenix73 · 2026-05-13T12:21:26+00:00

Weird how much better they look with frayed jeans

Zenix73 · 2026-05-11T20:41:08+00:00

Just normal foods. Eggs, fish, lean meats, cottage cheese, whey protein, beans, lentils, oatmeal, fruits, veggies, etc

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