CAN YOU BUILD MUSCLE WITH MICRO WORKOUTS - WEEK 1 UPDATE

Well, I am one week into my month-long experiment with micro workouts. Last week from Monday to Friday, I completed 50 pull-ups, 50 push-ups, and 100 lunges over the course of the day. On the weekends, my targets didn’t get met. Due to my busy DJ schedule and family commitments, I only managed 30 pull-ups on both Saturday and Sunday and 50 push-ups and 80 lunges each day.

From day one to today three, I was very sore in the lats and the arms. And my elbows were starting to hurt from the pull-ups. By day five, this seems to have settled down as my body has gotten used to it.

I feel like I have gotten much stronger. That much so I will up my push-ups to 100 a day and my lunges to 200 a day. I will only increase my pull-ups once I complete the 50 Repps in three sets and not five. I’ve increased my pull-up range from 10 to the 14 at the most in one set, which I am happy with

As far as body composition changes go, if you see the stats below, I’ve put on a bit of size in my chest arms and my legs. The increases in muscle come as a relief as one of my goals for doing this was to put back on some muscle that I’ve lost since hurting my back again five months ago.

I have to admit they have been days where I have not wanted to do the reps, and it felt like it was a chore. But I am glad that I have done them. Time-wise, it doesn’t feel like a burden because I’m never doing a full workout all in one go. I just fit the reps in when I can in my day.

I am keen to see how much more my body changes over the next three weeks with the added reps.