Help me construct my next workout, with the T's!

[omad0n]

Okay first off, got the T's. Like everyone else I'm jut amazed at how difficult they are. I was able to balance straight out the gate in a normal pushup position, but forget making it to the ground properly. I literally fell on my left side. Nothing damaged, just body gave out lol. Like everyone though I'm already addicted. I am having a "Ghetto Fabulous Thanksgiving" today for all my friends who didn't have places to go yesterday, but the admission for people will be trying the T's. So far one guy tried, couldn't hold himself up. 1 of the ladies tried and did pretty decently by turning the T's as they moved. These things are no joke and I look forward to integrating them into my routine, which brings us to the point of the post.

Ultimate Goal:
To be able to perform 500 pushups on the T's, at 5 min. intervals in sets of 25. Total time to completion 1hr 40 min.

Supporting Goal:
To maintain the strength I already have gained, and to prevent over-training.

Current ability and regiment:
6 days a week working out.
]MWF are rock climbing days, and I usually climb for about an hour, which leaves me feeling nice and fresh for the day.
]SuTuTh or TuThSa are pushup days. I currently do 500 in 4 min. intervals in sets of 25. Total time to completion 1hr 20 min. This as well has gotten to the point where I feel nice, fresh and energized after.

Central problem:
I am wanting to maintain my rock climbing days, it's one of my favorite things to do, I take time off if my body tells me, but i try and keep the training down enough so I can keep up such a busy schedule.

I also don't want to lose the strength I've built through the pushup routine.

I am not interested in other exercises at this time aside from pushup variations with or without the T's

My hope:
That as a collective we can brainstorm, and find some sort of plan that I might be able to move into. I am aware of my body, and listen to it constantly as I train, I just find that with something as hard core as the T's I'm not entirely sure how to bring them in. For now I'm not sure what my max set is, since I had already rock climbed today, so arms were a little fried before even trying the T's.

Thanks for any and all help.

[John Peterson]

Hey omadOn,


First off, Congratulations on your purchase of the Power T's. They really are an incredible apparatus for taking your strength to an extreme level. And they will carry over perfectly to your climbing skills as you will soon see.

Now as far as creating a schedule is concerned, I'd be anxious to see what some of our other friends have to say. In my case it was totally intuitive.


---John Peterson

[omad0n]

I too am excited John, I think the strength of the community is so many great minds, with so many different angles to approach situations. Hence why I'm reaching out to just get a feel for what others might think

[JoeJustice]

I can't really offer much in the way of a structured program. But for me, I can currently only get 5 on my knees and 1 standard push-up. So what I've been doing is just preforming sets at odd times during the day and then doing a lot of static holds throughout the day. I don't really have a "plan" behind my training with them, it's more of a supplement to my other training at the moment.

That's my experience. I've only had them a few weeks though and am not as strong as a lot of the other guys here.

-Joe

P.S. In general I'd say do anything Justin says because I think he's officially the undisputed king of the Ts!!!

[omad0n]

hmm interesting ideas, I think I'm going to take a combination of the posts plus some stuff that just sorta came to me. In so much as that I'll be doing sets of 10 pushups (different variations) every 8 min. and in the inbetween mark I'll be doing the static holds, count of 15 at first that John recommends in the booklet with the T's. I'll build those up to 30 second intervals and go from there. It should help with keeping some of my strength, and not losing all the gains I've made. I think I might also try and do random holds through the day, but going to be careful, as I don't want to over train. Thanks for al the help so far, and if anyone has more suggestions, please let me know.