Hitman0809

Ok, I can do about 8 pull ups right now and i wanna get stronger in my back and my training partners do alot of pull up stuff. I hate falling behind during that part. What other exercises can i do to help my pulls get better, to work out the muscles used while doing pull ups. Any have any tips, thxn

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NJCU '11

Double D

Do some weighted pullups. Buy you a dip belt can get one for about 35 bucks or so.

Hitman0809

yea i thought about that but with weight i might be able to do like 4 reps. Is that gonna even be beneficial to me?

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NJCU '11

goob

Also, I found heavy ass lat pulldowns helped a lot. 8 reps x 6 sets, varied grips. But as DD pointed out weighted pullups seems the best.

NeilPearson

Yes

Hitman0809

i guess ill give em a shot then.

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NJCU '11

Billie7

Keep doing them! Do them a few times a week, I have been workin on pullups for about 2 months or so now, and when I first started could only do about 2 but I can now do 5-6. Do them often and do different variations of them, like chin ups/ pullups/ towel pullups/ v-bar...

Shut up and Lift!

snoogans

When you can't achieve a good rep, after your 8 or so, do some negatives. Also, try some weighted negatives. I got a lot better at pulls and chins doing static holds for as long as possible.

Pianomahnn

Do you have access to a climbing gym? Honestly, get on that shit if you do. NOTHING I know of, aside from doing a load of pullups all day, will help you more.

I've also had success in doing endurance training with pullups. Get on a pullup machine, reduce the weight you're pulling, and do a bunch. I would do sets of 100 or so. Kinda boring, but it worked.

iMan323

negatives work great!

Duncans Donuts

yes. negative only pullups will increase your back strength to an enormous degree, far faster than anything else, in my opinion.

"in the howling bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure."

ab2al2

thats how i went from 0-25pullups over the past 6 months. also, partials are supposed to help...

ex: do as many going half way down (or 1/4 the way) as you can, rest one minute, then do as many as you can again... etc.. as you get stronger, increase the range of motion.

pullups come quick.

Duncans Donuts

I've gone from 60 pound negative pullups (around my waist) to 100 pound negative pullups while adding a few pounds to my frame. This is a full range exercise, while increasing my tension time (7 reps at 9 seconds per negative rep). Negative only training blows your strength through the roof.

And despite what my fitness manager at 24 hour fitness believes, these gains correspond with the concentric (positive) portion of the lift. That means if you increase your strength in negatives, it will have an equal increase for the positive. I don't have any idea why more people don't utilize this style of training.

"in the howling bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure."

Duncans Donuts

I should mention these gains were inside the span of 6 weeks.

"in the howling bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure."

squanto

Can you give me an example of what you were doing to increase your pullups so much? 25 pullups is insane, I want to do that.

Like how many sets, reps, all negatives or just some negatives... just give me an example workout you used. Thanks

I'd be interested to see exactly what you were doing too Duncan.

Plateau_Max

Lose weight.

"Years of hard work for only a single moment of perfection is a worthy trade." - Myself

squanto

Pianomahnn

What are you confused about?

Uthinkso

Thats my current excuse too damn....I say I can't manage pull ups just yet cause I'm a fatty.

I do my best to focus on the task at hand, and give 100% in what I'm doing at the time. Nothing else matters except the task at hand.

depaul

How do you guys do negatives, put a bench underneath yourself and curl your legs up?

Duncans Donuts

stand on a platform at a chin up bar, and lower youserlf with resistance.

"in the howling bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure."

Brachiisaurus

What I hate about negatives is that I feel it more in the biceps for the most part, even when concentrating on my back.

squanto

you really ought to look at the positive of the negatives. if you only look at the negative of the negative you're really looking at the positive, and it's not a negative at all.