First use of the weight belt

Today was another day of negative chin-ups (would those be chin-downs??) and underhand lat pull-downs. Wow.

I have been able to lower myself longer than 20 seconds, so now I started adding weight with the weight belt. Boy, do I feel hard core with that thing. Although it would be cooler if I were actually doing regular chin-ups! Time for the chin-ups includes time to jump up to the bar on the Smith Machine, which took about a second, I assume. I had an issue with the belt in that I was using the SM bar only a little higher than me, so I would just bend my knees after I jumped up. But, the chain hung down farther than my knees, so I had to maneuver it out of the way while I was lowering! A good problem to have, for sure. I'll correct it next time.

I did the push-ups on the floor without worrying about keeping my arms in. I can do them fine like that. Maybe I need to do some triceps kickbacks to strengthen my triceps, LOL! (It's a NRoLfW joke.)

Negative Chin-up - 28sec@BW then 25sec@5# then 23sec@10#

Underhand Lat Pull-down - 2x2@112# then 1@112# and 1@100# then 7x2@105# (thirty seconds rest is sooo little! I don't know how I'll handle 15 secs rest!)

BB Split Squat - 1x8@65# (oops, forgot to chang rep #) then 1x6@75# then 1x6@80#

Push-up - 3x6 on floor with arms not held close