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How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« on: February 15, 2009, 01:37:10 PM »
How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2009, 01:38:06 PM »
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2009, 01:40:16 PM »
60 for the first set at 220 lbs it falls really quick in the next couple of sets.
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2009, 01:41:24 PM »
Quote from: funk51 on February 15, 2009, 01:40:16 PM
60 for the first set at 220 lbs it falls really quick in the next couple of sets.

haha, oh brother...haha
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2009, 01:43:06 PM »
i can get around 21-23 on the first set.

no one is gonna do 60 at once unless they have no legs or are a wheelchair athlete or something.
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2009, 01:45:10 PM »
Quote from: JOHN MATRIX on February 15, 2009, 01:43:06 PM
i can get around 21-23 on the first set.

no one is gonna do 60 at once unless they have no legs or are a wheelchair athlete or something.

so John, are you calling bullshit on funk51? 
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2009, 01:45:17 PM »
Somewhere between 1.5 and 3
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2009, 01:45:59 PM »
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2009, 01:48:50 PM »
Quote from: The Showstoppa on February 15, 2009, 01:45:10 PM
so John, are you calling bullshit on funk51? 

absolutely, especially if hes 225
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2009, 01:49:30 PM »
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2009, 01:49:49 PM »
Quote from: JOHN MATRIX on February 15, 2009, 01:48:50 PM
absolutely, especially if hes 225

I agree with you.
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2009, 01:51:17 PM »
I can do 8 1 arm chins with each arm (I am holding my working arm around the wrist with the non-working arm...not a "true" one arm chin-up), but I've never been able to do high reps in chins/pull-ups. I think I can get 10-12 for a set or two and then I'm toast for the next sets of the exercise.
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2009, 01:53:01 PM »
Did 4 sets of 15 yesterday to warm up felt great! Havent done them in awhile used to be one of my favorites for back..
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2009, 01:56:20 PM »
If you guys can't do any pull-ups, utilize the negative technique...

Put something underneath the bar (such as a box or a step-stool) that will allow you to get into the top position in the pull up, where you're all the way up holding yourself up. Grab the bar, contract all your muscles to hold yourself there and lift your lower body into the air by bending your hip and knees up. Now, you should be in the top position of the pull-up...

Lower under control and very slowly. It should take you 10+ seconds to reach the bottom. It will be very intense. Once you reach the bottom, get back up the same way you did the first time by standing on the same object then grabbing the bar in the top position. Get back up there immediately and repeat.

Do this until you can no longer lower yourself under control and are therefore reaching negative failure.

(NOTE: Even if you can do positive pull-ups this negative technique is extremely useful. Strap some weight onto your waist with a dipping belt. Get the total weight (including bodyweight) up to about 110% your estimated 1 rep max. This works wonderfully for growth in general, and especially for breaking plateaus.)
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2009, 01:57:12 PM »
60 and that's the truth set number 2 is usually 20 and that's a struggle, because i keep the rest time short.
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #15 on: February 15, 2009, 02:04:23 PM »
Quote from: funk51 on February 15, 2009, 01:57:12 PM
60 and that's the truth set number 2 is usually 20 and that's a struggle, because i keep the rest time short.

there is no way a 225lb guy is going to do 60 pullups at once followed by a set of 20.
unless you have nothing from the waist down, and all your weight is in your arms lol
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #16 on: February 15, 2009, 02:14:15 PM »
Quote from: JOHN MATRIX on February 15, 2009, 02:04:23 PM
there is no way a 225lb guy is going to do 60 pullups at once followed by a set of 20.
unless you have nothing from the waist down, and all your weight is in your arms lol

Or he's one of those guys who bearly bends his elbow....monster 5" range of motion....haha
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #17 on: February 15, 2009, 02:18:26 PM »
I have slowly worked my way upto 10 using a underhand grip. Overhand wide grip I am not sure.
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #18 on: February 15, 2009, 02:31:34 PM »
30 on my first set.  I haven`t really tried to go beyond that on a first set as I try to do 50.

The next set I use 90lbs, then 100, then 110 with a chain.

By then I am at 50.
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #19 on: February 15, 2009, 02:33:29 PM »
Quote from: The True Adonis on February 15, 2009, 02:31:34 PM
30 on my first set.  I haven`t really tried to go beyond that on a first set as I try to do 50.

The next set I use 90lbs, then 100, then 110 with a chain.

By then I am at 50.

Ya, but you weigh like 140lbs. now, of course it's easy at the bodyweight...try doing 30 at 250, LOL
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #20 on: February 15, 2009, 02:35:07 PM »
Quote from: Captain Equipoise on February 15, 2009, 02:33:29 PM
Ya, but you weigh like 140lbs. now, of course it's easy at the bodyweight...try doing 30 at 250, LOL

I can do this at 183.

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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #21 on: February 15, 2009, 02:36:39 PM »
When we're talking about pull-ups, are we talking about underhand close-grip or wide-grip chins?

On the former, I have no idea - I never do them. On the latter, about 13 for a first set.
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #22 on: February 15, 2009, 02:37:11 PM »
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
« Reply #23 on: February 15, 2009, 02:38:20 PM »
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Re: How Many Pull Ups Can You Do?
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