Never say die when you can say DyNO instead (RSP DyNO log)

[VO2Maxima]

First of all, thanks to jpfaherty and RSP for the chance to run this log!



Little bit about myself so you have an idea of where I'm coming from: I was a distance runner for 15 years (XC/track in high school and college, then half and full marathons post-collegiately), so I have an athletic background, but started with very little muscle base. About a year ago, I started lifting, but not really knowing what to do, spent the first 6 months spinning my wheels by still doing a ton of cardio and thinking I could recomp. Fixed that, thankfully, and I've put on about 15 pounds since, hopefully not all just fat and water.

The picture on the left was taken a little over a year ago, though really most of the progress was made in the last 6 months once I got a better idea of what I was doing. Currently bulking, with a goal of figure competition.

Okay, enough about that, on to the review.

Lots of caffeine (400mg), 2g of citrulline, 2g of beta alanine, and 500mg of agmatine. Looks good to me. Started with a full scoop since I usually have a cup of coffee (or two) with my preworkout, so I figured 400mg caffeine sounded good. Skipped the coffee, obviously.



Mixed easily, just shook it up in the little bottle RSP sent (not a shaker bottle, just a regular water bottle), no lumps or anything. Tastes like Crystal Light lemonade!

This was a looong day, since I'll be away next Thursday - Monday, so I'm front loading my week. No worries, it'll be a true test of how long DyNO keeps me going.

Superset:
*Bent Reverse Cable Fly: 15x15 10x20 10x20 9x20 8x20
*Face-Pull: 15x110 10x120 10x120 10x120 10x120 (Those face-pull numbers are probably high because I end up leaning back quite a bit to keep the weight from pulling me forward which allows me to pull more weight, but I try to keep the motion as strict as possible and isolate rear delts as much as I can)
Cable Lateral Raise: 10x25 10x25 10x25 10x25
Superset:
*Lying Cable Upright Row: 12x100 9x110 9x110 8x110
*Cable Upright Row: (6x80, 6x70) (5x80, 5x70) (5x80, 5x70) (5x80, 5x70)
Reverse Hammer Strength 1-Arm Press: 10x25 (total, so 12.5 per side) 10x25 10x25 10x25
Dumbbell Lateral Raise: (15x15, 10x20, 15x15) (15x15, 10x20, 15x15) (15x15, 10x20, 15x15) (15x15, 10x20, 15x15)
Superset:
*EZ Bar Underhand Front Raise: 12x35 12x35 12x35 12x35
*Front Plate Raise: (15x25, 25x10) (15x25, 25x10) (15x25, 25x10) (15x25, 25x10)
Pull-Ups (Bodyweight, pronated shoulder width grip, strict): 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4
Bent Row: 8x115 8x115 10x105
Lat Pulldown: (4x120, 6x105) (4x120, 6x105) (4x120, 6x105)
T-Bar Row: 10x70 10x70 8x70

I went into this prepared to call it after shoulders if I found the intensity suffering, and put off back if need be. Nice little energy kick though, and really nothing suffered until the last two exercises, which is when my rest times started to get longer than they should be. Little bit of a crash, but it's tough to tell if that was the PWO or the fact that this was a weirdly long workout for me. I'll have a better idea tomorrow. Really, I'm happy I kept the intensity high for as long as I did. Thumbs up so far.

Pump seems to be very good. I got a really nice skin-tearing pump on the second set of dumbbell lateral raises, and kept the pump for the rest of the workout. Back didn't get pumped, but I have trouble getting my back pumped out even on my other back and shoulders day when I hit back first. And really, that shoulder pump was niiiice. So far, so good.

^Shoulder pump. I swear my shoulders aren't that uneven, I just can't flex right and take a selfie at the same time.

[Gmp1228]

Start of a very nice log.

[xfit10]

Great start stim junkie!

[VO2Maxima]

Thanks guys, hope to keep it interesting.

Legs today. Oof. When I first started lifting, my upper body was so weak in comparison to my lower body that legs day was my favorite day of the week. At some point, my upper body started to catch up (not completely, but started to), and now I understand all the legs day memes.

Since I forgot to mention this last time, I typically wake up about an hour before gym time, and eat ~400kcal worth of oatmeal with whey (~300kcal of oats, half a scoop of protein powder, with unsweetened almond milk), 5g of creatine mono, and a B complex supp when I wake up. Generally drink my pre on the drive to the gym.

Deadlift: 10x135 5x185 5x205 3x205 5x205 5x205 5x205
Back squat (high bar): 10x135 5x185 5x185 5x185 5x185 5x185
Romanian Deadlift: 10x185 10x185 10x185
Hack Squat Machine: 10x200 10x200 10x200
Leg Press (it's one of those angled ones that you put plates on): 10x320 10x320 10x320
Leg Extension: 15x120 13x120 15x110
Lying Leg Curl: 15x60 12x60 12x60
Seated Leg Curl: 15x105 15x105 15x105
Barbell Hip Thrust: 15x135 15x135 15x135
Calf Raise (on leg press machine): 15x270 15x270 15x270
Seated Calf Raise: 20x45 20x45 20x45

Used a belt for deadlift and squat work sets, as well as for RDLs.

The great part about no traffic is I get to the gym super fast. However, it threw my timing off today, and I am blaming the miss on the second work set of deads on not enough time for the stims to kick in, because thereafter, they went a lot smoother. Focus today was a little off because two of my buddies also showed up at the same time and for some reason we all got a little distracted, but once we settled down and put our headphones on, all was good. I'm pretty happy with those deads actually, minus the second work set, since I often struggle a lot more than I did today. WOOO STIMS!!! Enjoying DyNO thus far! My squats paid for going hard on deads though, and I definitely did not hit parallel on the last two sets. Probably should have sucked up my pride and dropped the weight.

I have a *really* hard time getting my legs pumped out. Got some nice burn on the leg press, leg extension, glute hip thrusts, and both calf exercises though. Arms get hit tomorrow though, so I am expecting some gooooood pump!

Sadly though, I don't think I can recommend the little water bottle unless you have no klutzy tendencies. Plastic is super thin, and mine sprung a leak after I knocked it off the box it was sitting on. It was the perfect size to fit in the side pocket of my backpack though, so I tried to patch it up with tape, we'll see if it still leaks through.

EDIT: Nope, tape was a fail. I have water all over my desk. Ah well, at least it happened with water, I'd be a lot sadder if it had DyNO in it while I dropped it.

[xfit10]

Sorry to hear about your bottle! Mine has withstood my toddler throwing it across the room while it was full. If it's a small crack maybe try some super glue.

[VO2Maxima]

^That is not a bad idea at all. I think I have some Modge Podge actually that is supposed to be able to be used as a sealer. Non-toxic too, which will be key here.

Repped for the idea, and fingers crossed that it works!

[VO2Maxima]

5am crew checking in.


Focus was through the roof today. DyNO is some gooood stuff! I had headphones on, but couldn't even tell you what I listened to because I was 100% tuned into my workout.

Flat Dumbbell Press: 10x40 5x45 5x45 5x45
Incline Dumbbell Press: 10x40 10x40 10x40
Bench: 10x95 10x95 8x95
Cable Fly: (13x40, 7x30) (10x40, 10x30) (7x40, 13x30)
EZ Bar Curl: 10x45 10x45 10x45
Cable Curl: 15x60 15x60 15x60
Supination Curl: 10x25 10x25 10x25
Close Grip Bench: 12x65 7x75 6x75
Straight Bar Cable Pushdown: 10x90 (8x90, 4x80) (6x90, 6x80)
Overhead Cable Extension with Rope: 15x80 15x80 15x80
Cable Kickback: 20x10 20x10 20x10

Biceps and triceps got a fantastic pump today! Chest sucks at getting pumped out, I usually fail well before it gets pumped.

To get some quantitative figures on dat pump, measured upper arm circumference at 12.1" at the widest point immediately following the workout. For comparison's sake, I'm at 11.8" right now, and probably still have a little bit of residual pump going on. Yeaaahhhh engorge those muscles with bloodflow!

Some older guy came up to me a few times mid-set towards the end and tapped me on the shoulder to get my attention. I always feel rude ignoring people, so the first two times I actually stopped to listen to him tell me why he preferred one EZ Bar over the other. I was wearing headphones too, so I don't even know how to prevent that from happening. Luckily, by the time he started, I was almost done, and it's not really a common occurrence. Maybe it's time to ditch the earbuds for a pair of full-size over-ear cans haha.

Also, Modge Podge seems to be working on the bottle, since I used it this morning and it didn't leak (nor did it taste like glue). Thanks for the suggestion, xfit10!

[VO2Maxima]

And that DyNO was still kicking four hours after I took it, because someone in class mentioned that Board scores were released today, and the sympathetic nervous system jolt was definitely a bit more than I'd normally get. Mellowed out by 10:30 (which is like 5.5 hours after I took it), but I think it's safe to say that DyNO is going to be a morning workout only PWO (luckily, I do pretty much all of my workouts in the morning, so that works out great). No actual crash though, just mellowed out and back to normal. Anyway, good workout, passed Part II of chiropractic boards, and today is officially a good day.

Oh, also continuing to quantify that pump from this morning...flexed upper arm is down to 11.6", which I'm assuming is its normal unpumped size. So I got about half an inch of extra circumference from that workout. That is some excellent pump, as far as I'm concerned.

[VO2Maxima]

Was up late last night finishing a paper, so I was a little tired for this one. This workout is brought to you by 400mg of caffeine.

Bent Row: 10x45 5x95 5x95 5x95 5x95 5x95
Rack Chin (bodyweight): 3x10
Seated Cable Row: 10x105 10x120 8x120
T-Bar Row: 10x70 10x70 10x70
Lat Pulldown: (6x120, 4x105) (4x120, 6x105) (4x120, 6x105)
Overhead Press: 10x45 5x70 4x75 2x75
Upright Barbell Row: 10x70 10x65 10x65
Arnold Press: 10x25 10x25 10x25
Cable Lateral Raise: 10x25 10x25 10x25

Would have liked to do pull-ups but tiredness won out. I somehow managed to forget my street shoes on the rack though, and just walked out in my gym shoes, and considering there's a big sign up that says not to leave your shoes on the rack because they'll be donated to Salvation Army, it looks like I'll be going back later today, so maybe I'll try to get in some pull-ups then. ...Maybe.

Other stuff to note: I have not yet gotten beta alanine tingles or a niacin flush from DyNO, but I don't actually ever recall getting that from any supplement, so YMMV.

[blokpost]

In for support. Great review thus far

[VO2Maxima]

Thanks for the support!

Went back for my shoes over lunch, and figured if I was driving back, may as well get those pull-ups in. Decided to take ~1/4 scoop of DyNO pixie-stick style. I figured that would be too low of a dose to get the benefits from the majority of the ingredients, but 100mg of caffeine sounded good. Also, because of this weekend's mini-vacation, I won't hit back again for a week, so may as well go HAM today. I got to the gym...and the cops were there?

Pull-ups: 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 = 52

Took a little bit of a longer break to recover a little, talk to the gym guys to find out what was going on (stolen wallet), and flex my lats in front of the mirror in true bro-chick style.

Pull-ups: 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 = 50

So 18 sets for a total of 102. New record for me, and on a day when I went in tired? Boom for pixie-stick style DyNO!

[jpfaherty]

Love the title and detail!!!

Also in the 5am crew

[VO2Maxima]

5am crew represent!

Last leg day before heading to Florida for Chiro Games. (I swear I am not making that up...this is a real thing: http://chiropracticgames.com/). I will not be wasting pre-workout on a 5K race that I have not trained for, in case anyone is wondering. I'd like to get in a workout before the flight tomorrow, but we'll see...I had played with my schedule this week so I already hit everything I wanted to hit, so it's kind of a free day, but it'd be fun to get in one last arm burner or something, since I'll have until Tuesday to recover.

Deadlift: 10x135 5x185 5x205 4x205 3x205
Back Squat (high bar): 10x135 5x185 5x185 5x185
Front Squat: 10x135 10x135 10x135
Hack Squat Machine: 10x200 10x200 10x200
Leg Press: 10x320 10x320 10x320
Leg Extension: 15x120 13x120 13x120
Lying Leg Curl: 15x60 15x60 15x60
Seated Leg Curl: 15x120 15x120 15x120
Calf Raise (leg press machine): 15x270 15x270 15x270 15x270
Seated Calf Raise: 20x45 20x45 20x45 20x45
Crunches on stability ball: 5x25

Belt for deadlift and back squat working sets, and last set of front squats.

Woke up and helloooo lats DOM! Awesome, because my lats usually don't get that sore. I have a horrible mind-muscle connection with my lats, and I've been working to try to fix that, so I'm happy they got hit yesterday. Also, I think this was the first time ever that my back was the limiting factor on deadlift rather than legs, so those sets got cut a little short when I felt my back starting to round later in the lift rather than when I couldn't get it off the floor.

I really like that I'm not crashing off DyNO. Like I'll still get that mid-day slump, but it's a gradual wearing off rather than "okay, I need to sleep RIGHT NOW," which is never a good thing when it happens in the middle of the class day.

Also, store review is now up: http://reviews.bodybuilding.com/rsp-...2cecd9de77634/

[jpfaherty]

Thank you for the store review! Solid ass workout above.

Have fun in FL

[VO2Maxima]

Thanks! Will do!

With four recovery days of no lifting coming up, I decided to have some fun today. This is the Kroc arm workout from T-Nation...all isolation work, and a lot of volume to recover from, so it's probably not the most effective workout in my arsenal, but it's lots of fun and brings the pump like nothing else. Plus I already hit everything this week that I needed to, since I didn't know if I'd have time to work out today, so it was kind of a free-for-all day.

After reading MightyMouse's log, I decided to try DyNO without breakfast. I generally eat before I work out because otherwise my energy usually nosedives partway through the workout. Managed to get through the majority of this one before my energy tanked though (could have used food somewhere around cable kickbacks, but at least by that point, most of the work was done), and considering it's a long workout, I was pleasantly surprised. No beta alanine tingles or niacin rush without food either. Energy boost was about the same as with food. Focus was better on an empty stomach though!

EZ Bar Curl: 20x40 (15x40 5x35) (12x40 8x35) (12x40 8x35) (13x40 7x35)
Straight Bar Pushdown: 20x80 (12x80 8x70) (12x80 8x70) (11x80 9x70) (11x80 9x70)
Cable Curl: (15x60 5x50) (12x60 8x50) (12x60 8x50) (10x60 10x50) (12x60 8x50)
Overhead Cable Extension with Rope: 20x80 20x80 20x80 20x80 20x80
Dumbbell Hammer Curl: 20x25 (13x25 7x20) (13x25 7x20) (13x25 7x20) (11x25 9x20)
Skullcrusher: 20x40 20x40 (16x40 4x35) (15x40 5x35) (11x40, 9x35)
Seated Barbell Curl: (12x35 8x30) (10x35 10x30) (10x35 10x30) (10x35 10x30) (10x35 10x30)
Cable Kickback: 20x10 20x10 20x10 20x10 20x10
Reverse EZ Bar Curl: 20x35 20x35 20x35 20x35 20x35
Bench Dip (bodyweight): 5x20

I actually am not 100% sure what the EZ Bar weighs, those weights (and all my other workouts) are assuming 15lbs. The seated barbell curl used the little bar (obviously, otherwise the weight wouldn't be able to go that low). Also, I think those weights are right, because they look like they make sense, but wooow, the writing in my log got bad at the end. PUMPED OUT LIKE CRAAAAZY.

Alright, I will see you all on Tuesday!

[jpfaherty]

Glad to see you got up and got it done!!! safe travels

[mightymouse315]

In for support. I enjoy reading your workouts makes me feel like I am right there lifting as well. Well awesome job so far, good luck, and safe travels. Look forward to your return to logging.

[flyfreefit]

That bicep beak, though! When will it be mine turn :')

[mightymouse315]

Your detailed logs are missed but hope all is well with your travels.

[VO2Maxima]

Thanks for following along and for the support, everyone!

Trip was a blast. It may have been the most painful race of my life, considering I haven't run in months, and it was the slowest 5K I've run since high school, but considering it was primarily a "get away from school" trip, I'm carrying around quite a bit more weight than when I ran last, and running isn't my goal right now, that's perfectly fine by me. The relay the second day wasn't as bad (2 miles each), but I think it's because 1) it was shorter, and 2) I was slow from being dead from the day before. Still good enough for second overall woman, as well as the team win, since I doubt very many other people took Chiro Games seriously either, at least if the bar everyone was at was any indication. DEFINITELY no leg day until Thursday though, which is fine, since that's the day I'd normally hit them when my schedule isn't screwed up from the trip. I actually roomed with my training buddy (the girl in the sunrise picture), and we mentioned how the trip was fun, but we were anxious to get back to our regular schedule.



Macros went out the window unfortunately, since the pizza was provided, I'm terrible at eyeballing portions, and everyone knows that free food (well, food that was included in the price of the trip) on vacation has no calories. That and it's bulking season, so may as well enjoy it while I can. Surprisingly, I weighed myself today, and my weight was the same as the day we left, so somehow I'm not toting around extra water/glycogen.

DyNO has me spoiled. Had a cup of coffee and a Monster before the race, and without all the extra ingredients, it was very "meh."

Back to my regular schedule, which puts chest, bis, and tris on Tuesday.

Flat Dumbbell Press: 10x40 5x45 5x45 5x45
Incline Dumbbell Press: 10x40 10x40 10x40
Bench: 10x95 9x95 8x95
Cable Fly: 12x40 12x40 6x50 5x50
EZ Bar Curl: 10x45 10x45 10x45
Cable Curl: 15x60 15x60 15x60
Supination Curl: 10x25 10x25 10x25
Close Grip Bench: 12x65 7x75 x75
Straight Bar Cable Pushdown: 10x90 (8x90, 4x80) (6x90, 6x80)
Overhead Cable Extension with Rope: 15x80 15x80 15x80
Cable Kickback: 20x15 20x15 20x15

I am really enjoying the pump I'm getting out of DyNO. Did a little bit of posing practice afterward, and let's just say that I was perfectly happy with the fact that women aren't allowed to make fists, because my forearms wanted nothing to do with that nonsense. Not that there's any reason to be making closed fists in the women's figure poses, but please, who doesn't pull a front double bi for the fun of it after a good arm day?

[VO2Maxima]

Tired today. Didn't sleep all that well last night for some reason, and I did not want to leave my bed today. Seriously almost 1.5 scooped today, but decided 600mg of caffeine was a bad idea, and wasn't sure how all that niacin would go either. Single scoop ended up being enough kick to power me through the first half, and my training buddy showed up halfway through and got me through the end of it. Going to bed EARLY tonight.

Pull-ups: 8 5 5 5 5
Bent Row: 10x45 10x105 8x105 8x105
Rack Chin (bodyweight): 3x10
Seated Cable Row: (6x120 6x105) (6x120 6x105) (5x120 7x105)
T-Bar Row: 10x70 10x70 10x70
Overhead Press: 10x45 4x70 3x75 5x65
Upright Cable Row: 10x80 10x80 10x80
Arnold Press: 10x25 10x25 10x25
Cable Lateral Raise: 10x25 10x25 10x25
Crunches: 5x25

Not a bad workout for how tired I was, actually. Knocking out 8 pull-ups in that first set made me pretty happy. Been a while since I've done that, and definitely never did it at this weight or with strict form in the past. Maybe working on the mind-muscle connection for lats is finally paying off! Dropped off faster than I would have liked (tried to hit 6 in the following sets, but couldn't quite get my chin over the bar), but it's work in progress.

[jpfaherty]

Great work, sounds like a fun trip. Completely agree, free food always tastes better and has zero calories

[mightymouse315]

Yeah, I have yet to add anything past 1 scoop. I think I would probably explode!!! Nice work on your pull-ups. I am always impressed when I see someone do pull-ups with strict form because a lot of people don't do them that way. Love the Arnold presses and pretty solid weight keep it up. I will have to add them to my shoulder routine because I miss them too much.

[VO2Maxima]

Yeah, I have yet to add anything past 1 scoop. I think I would probably explode!!! Nice work on your pull-ups. I am always impressed when I see someone do pull-ups with strict form because a lot of people don't do them that way. Love the Arnold presses and pretty solid weight keep it up. I will have to add them to my shoulder routine because I miss them too much.

Yeah, DyNO is definitely a true single-scoop PWO for me. I mean everyone has a set number of adenosine receptors (where caffeine works), but I'm not sure about uptake of everything else. I'll probably need a stim break after this, but I'm glad I haven't felt like I needed to use big heaping scoops that aren't actually one serving.

Funny story, a little while ago, I watched a girl bang out a ton of kipping pull-ups. I remember telling one of my friends that I bet I could do that many if I was kipping like that too, but I tried and did a grand total of zero because I couldn't figure out the coordination part. So apparently it's harder for me to cheat than not cheat! Takes a lot of effort on my part to not recruit hip flexors at all though (you'd think that wouldn't have anything to do with a pull-up, but I guess pelvic tilt influences lats).

Deadlift: 10x135 5x185 5x205 5x205 4x205
Back Squat (high bar): 10x135 5x185 4x195 3x195
Front Squat: 10x135 10x135 10x135
Hack Squat Machine: 10x200 10x200 10x200
Leg Press: 8x360 10x340 10x340
Leg Extension: 15x120 13x120 13x120
Lying Leg Curl: 12x60 (6x70, 6x60) (5x70, 7x60)
Seated Leg Curl: 15x120 15x120 15x120
Calf Raise (leg press machine): 15x270 15x270 15x270 15x270
Seated Calf Raise: 20x45 20x45 20x45 20x45

Belted for work sets for deads and squats.

Fighting off a head cold and being tired from traveling meant I went into this workout with a wussy attitude. Finally managed to tell myself to suck it up and grow a pair (of boobs, I guess, since growing balls would be weird) and threw an extra 10lbs on my squat. Got stuck in the hole going for a fifth rep on the second work set, but oh well, that's why safety bars exist. Only managed three on the third work set, and the third one was pretty grind-y, but I'll take it. Got a little ambitious on that first set of leg presses...four plates was a little too much, maybe I'll try again in a couple weeks.

[xfit10]

Yeah, DyNO is definitely a true single-scoop PWO for me. I mean everyone has a set number of adenosine receptors (where caffeine works), but I'm not sure about uptake of everything else. I'll probably need a stim break after this, but I'm glad I haven't felt like I needed to use big heaping scoops that aren't actually one serving.

Funny story, a little while ago, I watched a girl bang out a ton of kipping pull-ups. I remember telling one of my friends that I bet I could do that many if I was kipping like that too, but I tried and did a grand total of zero because I couldn't figure out the coordination part. So apparently it's harder for me to cheat than not cheat! Takes a lot of effort on my part to not recruit hip flexors at all though (you'd think that wouldn't have anything to do with a pull-up, but I guess pelvic tilt influences lats).

Deadlift: 10x135 5x185 5x205 5x205 4x205
Back Squat (high bar): 10x135 5x185 4x195 3x195
Front Squat: 10x135 10x135 10x135
Hack Squat Machine: 10x200 10x200 10x200
Leg Press: 8x360 10x340 10x340
Leg Extension: 15x120 13x120 13x120
Lying Leg Curl: 12x60 (6x70, 6x60) (5x70, 7x60)
Seated Leg Curl: 15x120 15x120 15x120
Calf Raise (leg press machine): 15x270 15x270 15x270 15x270
Seated Calf Raise: 20x45 20x45 20x45 20x45

Belted for work sets for deads and squats.

Fighting off a head cold and being tired from traveling meant I went into this workout with a wussy attitude. Finally managed to tell myself to suck it up and grow a pair (of boobs, I guess, since growing balls would be weird) and threw an extra 10lbs on my squat. Got stuck in the hole going for a fifth rep on the second work set, but oh well, that's why safety bars exist. Only managed three on the third work set, and the third one was pretty grind-y, but I'll take it. Got a little ambitious on that first set of leg presses...four plates was a little too much, maybe I'll try again in a couple weeks.

Solid workout! I'm tempted to do a heaping scoop even though one level scoop works great for me but I just have such a high tolerance for caffeine. Being in the oilfield I live off of caffeine. I will definitely TRY a Stim break after I run this tub of dyno. And lastly kipping is not cheating lol. I'll knock out some dead hang but if I have to do 100 reps then I'll kip some

[VO2Maxima]

Solid workout! I'm tempted to do a heaping scoop even though one level scoop works great for me but I just have such a high tolerance for caffeine. Being in the oilfield I live off of caffeine. I will definitely TRY a Stim break after I run this tub of dyno. And lastly kipping is not cheating lol. I'll knock out some dead hang but if I have to do 100 reps then I'll kip some

Haha, okay, that's fair, if you can do 100 reps, you definitely have authority over me on what form is allowed and what isn't.

[xfit10]

Haha, okay, that's fair, if you can do 100 reps, you definitely have authority over me on what form is allowed and what isn't.

Kipping isn't what you want to do if you are strength training or training for size of course!

[VO2Maxima]

Kipping isn't what you want to do if you are strength training or training for size of course!

Truth, everything is goal-dependent! If I were training to compete in the CrossFit Games, my training would be a LOT different. No disrespect to hardcore Crossfitters either, since a lot of them are a heckuva lot fitter than I am. Are you training for something in particular? I feel like you have to have something in sight with a 100-pull-up workout! (Unless that was just a reference to that back workout I did last week, which was primarily to try to wake up my lats...may not have been the most effective way to do it, but I think my training buddy and I are having a posing session tomorrow, so we'll see if I manage to flex them without having her poke at them!)

[xfit10]

No not training for anything just a reference from one of my favorite hero wods.

[flyfreefit]

Pull-ups... sigh... those ain't no joke. You're killin it