My advice:
1.) Small, incremental weight (with a dip belt) (2 - 3 lbs per week).
2.) Keep reps low (3 - 5) and do 2 - 5 sets, 3 - 5 min breaks between
3.) Weight should be close but not to failure, failure OK near or to last set
4.) Don't annihilate yourself
High BW reps get you nowhere!!!! You plateau too fast and never stimulate significant strength gains.
disagree,,,
if you can do 15 - 20 str8 bodyweight pull-ups, there is no question you can add weight and bring your reps down...
sometimes there are other ways to break through a strength barrier...
if you can only do 3 reps with 135 bb bench,,, would you keep jackin away at 3 or hit 5's,,, you could go under 100lbs and catch reps and add that scheme to your workout...
a guy that can bench 315 for 5 can certainly catch high reps with 225lbs... look at that rx muscle bench contest... ben white 405 for like 6reps and 315 for 25.... so you could keep grindin at 405 and high 3's or you can add in the low threes and build your total # of reps higher,,, overall strength will increase,,,
natty myself,,, worked for me personally and other natty as well as chem,,, seen it over the past 10 yrs...
guy that can do 10 str8 bodyweight pull-ups,,, maybe able to get 3 with a 45 lb plate (example)
but a guy that can do 20 with bw can prob get like 6 or 7...
more than one way to skin a cat.
