Thread: plyometric pullups

Well, I always do pullups to where my sternum touches the bar. But I don't fully understand the rest of what you're saying. Let go?

yah. you let go and quickly grab the bar with your grip reversed. and do it again.

Uhm, is there downward movement before/during/after this letting go action?

really, when am I supposed to be switching my grip? Bottom or top of the pull/chin up?

if its plyometric, then at the top, so you have to pull up hard and fast to give yourself time.

sounds hard.

Clap pullups they are otherwise known as I believe.

you have to pull up really hard and u let go as you ascend.

fufu........PULLUPS not PUSHups.

he is talking about a chinup.

That just sounds like a great way to end up pulling your shoulder out.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

That just sounds like a great way to end up pulling your shoulder out.

I agree... About 6 months after I started training, I came down a little too hard at the end of a pullup, and it felt funny for a while.... A week or two later, I ended up straining it and had to do physical therapy for a couple months, and I had to go REAL light on any pressing movements for quite a while.

Originally Posted by slip

fufu........PULLUPS not PUSHups.

he is talking about a chinup.

I know, I just fucked up accidently and put push up.

Originally Posted by Seanp156

I agree... About 6 months after I started training, I came down a little too hard at the end of a pullup, and it felt funny for a while.... A week or two later, I ended up straining it and had to do physical therapy for a couple months, and I had to go REAL light on any pressing movements for quite a while.

Exactly. And that was just an isolated incident. If you're doing something worse than that, over and over again...well...it doesn't take much to figure out the risks there.

I think if a plyometric pulling movement is needed, i'd do fast light rowing of some kind instead.

It is called a switch grip pull-up, I seen it on rosstraining. You pull yourself up explosively, and quickly switch your grip.

Doesn't fuck your shoulder up if you can catch yourself. Great explosive pulling movement, but it's hard as hell. Why would you use it though, are you into some explosive sport?

I think risk > reward, especially if you dont have good base levels of strength.

I don't believe that it is truly a plyo pullup as you're not really doing the eccentric that quickly to elicit the myotatic stretch reflex as you do on true plyo's. The downward motion is quick but under control, the upward motion is just very explosive to allow time to either a)switch grips or b)clap your hands together.