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brethelm
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 Posted: 12/07/02 - 19:53 Post subject: Getting Better at Pull-Ups
Anyone have any tips for improving the number of pull ups one can do? I've tried negative sets and assisted pull-ups. I still can't get beyond 6 strick pull-ups in a single set. Don't know if anyone had other ideas on things I could try.
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Posted: 12/08/02 - 00:14 Post subject:
Vertical Knee Raises, I do 3 sets of ten.
Hang on a chin up bar, and bring the knees to the chest. Great for Ab work, too.
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Posted: 12/08/02 - 06:57 Post subject:
Try doing 50 reps no matter how many sets it takes you. Even if you have to do 25 sets of 2.
Have you got access to a gym? Try hitting the lat pulldown machine.
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Posted: 12/08/02 - 14:40 Post subject:
Lat pulldown - Great response!
Focus on using your back muscles to pull you up instead of your biceps.
| brethelm wrote: | | I still can't get beyond 6 strick pull-ups in a single set. |
Is this a type of pull-up? If so, I'm not familiar with it.
If it's a typo, then how many pull-ups are you trying to do in a set? Maybe concentrate on what PH said. Just get yourself to 50, and work from there.
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brethelm
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Posted: 12/09/02 - 10:22 Post subject:
| flarunner wrote: | Lat pulldown - Great response!
Focus on using your back muscles to pull you up instead of your biceps.
| brethelm wrote: | | I still can't get beyond 6 strick pull-ups in a single set. |
Is this a type of pull-up? If so, I'm not familiar with it.
If it's a typo, then how many pull-ups are you trying to do in a set? Maybe concentrate on what PH said. Just get yourself to 50, and work from there. |
Nah, it's a typo. I meant to write strict.
Thanks to everyone for the responses.
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Posted: 12/10/02 - 15:38 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | Try doing 50 reps no matter how many sets it takes you. Even if you have to do 25 sets of 2.
Have you got access to a gym? Try hitting the lat pulldown machine. |
Lat pull down is an excellent machine for developing pull ups but concentrating on the biceps is important also. I'm actually pretty good at pull-ups for some reason even though I don't concentrate on them. My usual warm-up before lifting (and after running) is a set of 10 dips and 10 pull-ups. If I remember tomorrow morning I'll see how many pull-ups I can do and report back. Used to be 20 good ones, doubt if thats possible any more.
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Posted: 12/11/02 - 08:38 Post subject:
17 good pull-ups this morning after a short cooldown from a 20:10 3 miler.
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Posted: 12/11/02 - 09:20 Post subject:
Rob - That's 10 more than I can do. My back is my weakest area.
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Posted: 12/11/02 - 10:19 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | Rob - That's 10 more than I can do. My back is my weakest area. |
I don't even know why I'm good at them to be honest. I think I've got above average strength in biceps and shoulders for someone my size but I rarely do any exercises at all for the back.
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Posted: 12/11/02 - 11:53 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | 17 good pull-ups this morning after a short cooldown from a 20:10 3 miler. |
If you're doing them from a dead hang, that's pretty darn good.
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Posted: 12/11/02 - 14:08 Post subject:
| brethelm wrote: | | robp wrote: | | 17 good pull-ups this morning after a short cooldown from a 20:10 3 miler. |
If you're doing them from a dead hang, that's pretty darn good. |
I don't pause at the bottom of each one, at least until the last couple. I stay in motion but I do straighten my arms out fully at the bottom.
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