I have been noticing in my gym which is pretty large that most people in here cant do more than just a few pull ups if any. There aren’t many hardcore bodybuilder types in there yet, and its a gold gym that just opened so its not planet fitness or anything.
I was in there yesterday and I did a set of 28 wide grip pull ups from hang to chin over the bar and then did a set with a 35 strapped to me for 12. I am not the strongest guy in the world and I just wanted to see how many the average user in this forum could do.
We talking kipping, bicycling or real dead hang pull ups?
On average I can do about 12-14 dead hang pull ups. Kipping I can do 25 or so. Normally do a few sets startin with dead hangs and then moving to kipping pullups.
I can do about 10-12 dead hang if I really will myself to it. I prefer chins, however - I can usually do about 12-15 continuously using a shoulder width grip on an angled bar (kind of like a hammer strength pulldown).
My best set of weighted chins is BW + 55 (260) for 5.
never really pushed to be able to do more, once i hit 12+ from a dead hang i started adding weight. 45 plate for 6-8, haven’t tried more yet because i want to be able to get at least 5.
truth is if i use pull ups in my back routine they get easier and easier, if i take them out for a while, when i go back to them, 12 from a hang is WORK.
sets of 8-12 are usually my warm up exercise for back day.
For the record: I hate seeing kipling bullshit pull ups. if folks are doing those then i want them to stop, do 12 from a dead hang, if they can…well then, kipling away i suppose, but it would stop me from thinking they look stupid. crossfit has it’s place but all these wingnuts are invading gyms everywhere. have fun w/ that shoulder or back injury folks, on a continuous time line the fanatics who got into crossfit to get ripped will eventually be out of the game because they fucked themselves with a massive injury.
My most was 23ish at bodyweight, on the last 3 or 4 reps the quality of the reps would naturally break down but not like I started swinging or anything.
The problem is that I was 150lbs at the time, adding 40-50 lbs fairly quickly pretty much changes the dynamic of a pullup. The most I’ve done at current bodyweight is ten.
BTW, does anyone else’s glutes cramp up while attempting max reps pullups?
[quote]cyruseven75 wrote:
never really pushed to be able to do more, once i hit 12+ from a dead hang i started adding weight. 45 plate for 6-8, haven’t tried more yet because i want to be able to get at least 5.
truth is if i use pull ups in my back routine they get easier and easier, if i take them out for a while, when i go back to them, 12 from a hang is WORK.
sets of 8-12 are usually my warm up exercise for back day.
For the record: I hate seeing kipling bullshit pull ups. if folks are doing those then i want them to stop, do 12 from a dead hang, if they can…well then, kipling away i suppose, but it would stop me from thinking they look stupid. crossfit has it’s place but all these wingnuts are invading gyms everywhere. have fun w/ that shoulder or back injury folks, on a continuous time line the fanatics who got into crossfit to get ripped will eventually be out of the game because they fucked themselves with a massive injury.[/quote]
You’re one critical son of a gun.
Sweet, I am feeling like a beast with my numbers. I am going dead hang to chin over bar for my reps, I just weigh much less than you guys. I am going through a divorce and i have lost 20lbs and I’m down to a shredded 175lbs at 5’10. I am trying to add some weight back on, but when you drop 20lbs in 4 months pull ups get a hell of a lot easier.
[quote]BSC819 wrote:
Sweet, I am feeling like a beast with my numbers. I am going dead hang to chin over bar for my reps, I just weigh much less than you guys. I am going through a divorce and i have lost 20lbs and I’m down to a shredded 175lbs at 5’10. I am trying to add some weight back on, but when you drop 20lbs in 4 months pull ups get a hell of a lot easier.[/quote]
The Divorce Diet? Hmm, maybe I should try that one.