Pullups / pulldowns

[Tough Old Man]

Ok i just installed a bar dip and pull up station. Because of my weight, using a wide grip with overhand grip, I can only pull myself once about eye heigths to the bar.
Here is my ? which do you feel would be better doing cable pulldowns with as much weight as i can do, or negitive pull ups
Thanks Tough Old Man

 

[camarosuper6]

You might want to do pull downs as many as you can, then negatives, since youll still have negative strength after you finish your pulldowns.

 

[pop]

shame m8 if u installed a bar u could of pulled me a large 1

 

[LAM]

interms of stimulating hypertrophy the negative (eccentric) portion of a lift induces greater amounts of microtrauma to skeletal muscle then does the conccentric portion of the lift.

so focus on the pulldowns with maximum weights and do negatives on pull-ups....

 

[milliman]

interms of stimulating hypertrophy the negative (eccentric) portion of a lift induces greater amounts of microtrauma to skeletal muscle then does the conccentric portion of the lift.

so focus on the pulldowns with maximum weights and do negatives on pull-ups....

I concur. This is how I started out.
I did lots of negatives with weight too,
My daughter hanging on me.