<p>yep im using that same machine, but im still at like 60 lbs assist, which sucks a lot</p>
<p>just do a lot of back/tricep work and each week take off 10 pounds of assistance!</p>
<p>yea its weird, cuz i do triceps a lot, and my resistance for the machine where u sit down and psuh down on 2 bars(looks like a dip) is 125 lbs. dunno if thats good, but i also do lat pulldowns at 120 lbs.</p>
<p>hey im not sure, but i get the impression that you're doing an aweful lot of strength/weight training to focus on pullups and working on your weight with food alone. Personally i think it would probably more efficient and effective to do a little bit less weight training and do more Army type exercises that train for strength as well as aerobic fitness, such as running, pushups, situps and body weight squats. Also, caloric restriction is not something to avoid if you are trying to lose weight, but cutting your intake down to 100 a day is dangerous and kind of dumb because A) it leads to overeating when you actually eat, B) it can cause dangerously quick drops in body weight. Cut out a smaller number of calories and eat more, smaller meals throughout the day that are high in protein. No matter what though, i would at least talk to a doctor and discuss your plan with him before starting it under any circumstances</p>
<p>dude, i do 1000 calories not 100... id frickin die if i only did 100. i normally dont eat breakfast, so i now eat a little less lunch and dinner, not a huuuuge chnage in my diet.</p>
<p>for triceps, i use these 2 machines:</p>
<p>1: i do 125 pounds on this
<a href="http://www.firstfitnessequipment.com/images/integra/images/tricep_press_jpg.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.firstfitnessequipment.com/images/integra/images/tricep_press_jpg.jpg</a></p>
<p>2: i do 90 pounds on this
<a href="http://www.dynabody.com/images/commercial/211lg.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.dynabody.com/images/commercial/211lg.jpg</a></p>
<p>is this good? and i thought pullups were mainly upper back, posterior deltoids and biceps... i didnt think triceps play a huge role in pullups</p>
<p>my bad about 100, but you should not be cutting meals out if you are trying to lose weight, especially not breakfast!!!! I can't stress this point enough. Breakfast should be close to if not your biggest meal of the day because it gets your metabolism going. Without it, food digests slower later and more is stored as fat. You should ideally be eating a larger number of smaller meals instead of cutting one out completely because it will give your body a steady energy supply and your metabolism will process the food much faster, and less of it will become fat. I think i heard somewhere last year that to cut weight at a safe speed you should drop about 500 cals a day because that cuts out a pound out in a week (extremely unprofessional opinion).As far as exercises go, the machines and weight training are fine and will get you stronger, but working individual muscles that have to do with pullups is far less effective than actually doing the exercise. Personally, I went from doing 35 pushups in a set to doing 85-90 in a set by doing pushups every night. When you want to work on pullups or chinups, get to a bar and with either the help of a band, or an assisted machine, do pullups. It is the most effective way you can work out all the pullup muscles at once and it helps you to see how you are improving.</p>
<p>oh wow really, i have pretty much never eaten breakfast, ever. I wake up at 630, and i need the sleep, but i guess if breakfast isTHAT important, i should eat it. and btw, i do assisted pullups as much as i can, and i do lats at about 120 pounds. And muscularly, i hav improved by a ton, esp with the lats. A month ago i could barely do 50 punds, but im now at 120, which is an immene improvement.</p>
<p>sounds good, keep up the hard work and good luck</p>
<p>My 2c - take it for what it is worth</p>
<p>Eat sensibly (5 small meals a day are better than 3 big ones, and far better than 2). It is better to expend more colories through exercise than cut your caloric intake to a point that your muscle glycogen levels fall and it affects your exercise performance and endurance.<br>
To improve your CFA score practice the components of the test consistently (especially the basketball throw). The negative pullups that KateLewis mentioned are a great way to improve your pullups. Running is a great way to lose weight.</p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>It sound like you are focusing on pullups, but also struggling with being overweight. How are you doing on the other events of the CFA? I completely agree with the comments on healthy eating. You need to establish healthy eating habits in order to fuel your body as you work to get in shape for the CFA and West Point. Look at some good books on creating healthy fitness. One I like is "Conditioning for Outdoor Fitness". Is "uofmhopeful" about University of Michigan being your other desire?</p>
<p>well, pullups and the mile, i run 1.5 miles everyday and im doiwn to 7:30, so ill hopefully be under 7 when i take the cfa. also, i can pass every other event, i did at sls. and i made this sn a year ago when umich was my #1 school, its now my #2, so if i mess up badly, ill go to umich, hopefully on army rotc scholarship. then ill redo wp admissions. btw, when should i take the cfa? early november? or is december even fine? im pretty much done with the rest of my file, but i have to still send out stuff for my noms. btw, i got a kinda old book called navy seals training. in it, its mainly stretches and then a few pullups and pushups tho...</p>
<p>hey guys, im tryin out a new fitness prgram inspred by the navy SEALs. everyday, im gonna run 1 mile, swim 300 yards, and every other day do 100 meter sprints. Then on certain days, i will work out back and shoulders. On alternate days, i will work out chest and arms. does this plan sound okay? also, im gonna eat 4 meals a day, and reduce caloric intake by 500 cals, which would then be approx 1700 cals a day. does this sound good? im hoping that the weight drops off significantly within a month, month and a half's time, and my lean muscle steadily increases. does this plan sound like itll do the job?</p>
<p>umm, does no one think this is a good idea?</p>