rex

first and foremost--- take this seriously to a lot of you i sound like a serious weak-ass punk.

But, ill go anyway...

I generally know that pull-ups are a great exercise for you, its just i can only do about 4-5 in a row... Which i feel i need to improve greatly. I enjoy doing them but im just too weak; it would seem.

So what i am asking is that is a there a particular technique or external way of making my pull-up count better.

Thanks a lot in advance...

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MyK

let me give you some advice that my father gave to me!

If you are not good at something right away, you should give up immediately!

Richie1888

ur father was a good man

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Richie1888

what type mate ?

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Bakerboy

Just keep doing them. But instead of always doing your max reps do your max one day 3-4 sets of (5) and then when you train next time try doing several sets below your max. Try 7 sets of three. Then next time add another set until you get to 10 sets of 3 reps. Then increase your reps (4) 7 and so on.

MACCA

like bakerboy says just keep doing them, iam not sure how big you are or what weight you are but a couple of my mates hate it cause even though they can lift, bench, alot more then me they really struggle with pullups.

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Sandals

to boost my pullup numbers, i started out with negatives. then i moved on to doing sets below failure every day (pavel type of training) for you, maybe do 3 a day every day. then every week add one more. after a month of this, try doing as many sets as it takes you to do 25 pullups every other day for a month. by the time you can do a set of ten, buy a pullup belt so you can add weight. all of this should happen within a few months. pullups seem to come real quick. also, if your bodyfat is too high, try to loose weight.

rex

thanks a lot Bakerboy, MACCA and Sandals... you guys are a great help...

Um Myk, lol, ive read enough of your posts to expect a comment like that, thanks for trying anyway...

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Gazhole

The best way to improve pullups is by doing pullups.

Try variations like assisted, or negatives sparingly as theyre pretty taxing and easy to overtrain with.

Just keep plugging away, youll get it.

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wilwn

yeah, assisted and negatives should help you build enough strength.

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joesmooth20

that's about the best advice yet and more than likely your issue

GoLdeN M 07

If u want to get better at pullups, the best way would be to work on strengthening ur abs and hands and while doing pullups, try to grip harder so the tension will go through ur arms, shoulders, and back(if u grip hard enough).

-vulcano-

I used to be awful, but I added pullups at the end of my back workout where I would do as many sets of as many regular pull-ups as possible (extending all the way down), then when I couldn't do any more, I would 3-4 sets on the pull-up machine.

I Are Baboon

Like others have said, just keep at it. When I first started doing them, I could only do three or four. Now I can do 20+. Adding assists into the mix helped.

Funny, pull ups are probably the only exercise where I can do more reps as I lose weight.

Pedigree

When I started doing them, 3 in a row was about all I could do, so I did sets of 3. I did 3, rested 30-45 seconds, did 3 more, etc. until I got to 8-10 sets.

P-funk

couple ways you can do it....

1) just pick a number and go for it. say 30. do as many sets of as many reps as you need to until you get to thirty. even if it is just sets of 1. it might be something like:

2 sets x 3 reps (6 total)
2 sets x 2 reps (10 total)
20 sets x 1 rep (30 total)

2) work with a manageable number and just do it staggered through your workout. This is how I have done it in the past. Lets say I can do 5 pull ups total. I will stick with 2 reps for the first week. After every exercise that I do, I go over and do 2 repetitions on the pull up. So, lets say I have 6 exercises that workout. 6 x 2 = 12 total pull ups that day. If you train 4 times a week, that is 48 pull ups in the week. Once you can get all of them and in a convincing, comfortable fashion. Bump it up to 3 pull ups. After a few weeks of this, you will be an animal on pull ups.

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Bakerboy

^ It's interesting to hear all these opinions on how to up your pull-ups. I think most of us would agree that with pull-ups the more times a week you do them (maybe not every day but something like 3-4 times a week) is a good way to do it. For myself, I know that if I do pull-ups/ chin-ups only once a week as apposed to three times a week my 1 rep max goes down dramatically. Also, I think why a lot of people hit a plateau with their pull-ups
is that they make the mistake of always going to failure. Just like any other movement going to failure all the time is not a good thing.