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 2008-02-12 6:43 PM in reply to: #1154353 |
Frugal Gear Geek  2199    having fun with the kids |  Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups?big donut on 37 years of trying. Only ones that have been done have had either my feet on the floor, a jumping start, or a lift from Dad or a gym teacher. Maybe when my power to weigt ratio is a little more favoable...  |
| 2008-02-13 8:59 PM in reply to: #1154353 |
Master 2201 Elgin, | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? It has been told to me that with practice, using a wider grip and palms away from your face is easier. It is more difficult in the beginning because it is unnatural for most people but it becomes easier more rapidly. The theory is that this causes the use of the much larger lat muscles and chest muscle vice the almost complete arm strength of a narrow grip with palms facing your face. Unforturnatly, since my shoulder surger I can only do them with palms facing my face comfortably. |
| 2008-02-16 1:00 AM in reply to: #1154353 |
Regular 59 Hawaii | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? Currently I can do 32, slow and steady, full extention, with no swinging or "heaving" over the bar. I do them medium grip, palms facing away. My soldiers call me a freak on the pull-up bar though...... |
| 2008-02-16 7:14 AM in reply to: #1215663 |
Pro 4827 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? justtrain - 2008-02-16 1:00 AM Currently I can do 32, slow and steady, full extention, with no swinging or "heaving" over the bar. I do them medium grip, palms facing away. My soldiers call me a freak on the pull-up bar though...... "Freak on the pull-up bar" might be an appropriate comment. Man, 32 with no swinging. How long did it take you to get to that level? And what type of workouts did you do to get there? |
| 2008-02-17 8:31 AM in reply to: #1154353 |
Master 2201 Elgin, | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? In the military I have watched many people build there pullups with the Recon Ron Pull Up Program. It takes time, but it does work if you put in the effort. http://webpages.charter.net/bert/reconron.html Here is the link to this program. It is 5 sets a day Monday through Saturday with a day of rest on Sunday. Enjoy and good luck. |
| 2008-02-17 10:48 AM in reply to: #1154353 |
Regular 59 Hawaii | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? KenD, I use a Spec Ops workout for my pull-ups. Let me see if I can explain it right. First do 1 pull-up, wait 15 seconds, then 2 pull-ups, wait 15 seconds, 3 pull-ups, wait 15 seconds, ect. I do this this up to 8, then do 8 again, and work back down...7 pull-ups, wait 15 seconds, 6 pull-ups, wait 15 seconds, all the way back down to 1. In all its 65 pull-ups, if you go up to 8. Start off with 4 or 5 and give it a try..... |
| 2008-02-18 6:14 AM in reply to: #1154353 |
Expert 834 Long Island NY | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? pullups are more difficult than chinups. Ugh! |
| 2008-02-18 8:11 AM in reply to: #1154353 |
Extreme Veteran 370 | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? 5' 10" - !64ish Pull-Ups - About 10-15 max for first set Chin-Ups - I'd guess around 15-18 for first set. And it's good to see some Crossfitter's on here. I lurk on that site and pull some of their stuff into my routine but haven't taken the leap completely. And kipping...just haven't gotten it quite yet so the above are dead weight. --Chris |
| 2008-03-02 5:59 AM in reply to: #1154353 |
| Member 20 Huntingdon, UK | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? I can do 20, no crap dead hang pull ups. I have to do pull ups because I am a US Marine and that is a part of our physical fitness test. I prefer to do them with my palms facing my face; however, I train both ways. Heres a great work out for you sicne you like body weight exercises that my buddies and I do about once a week 50 Pull Ups (just get them, you can rest but no more then a minute between, max effort every time you mount the bar) 2 minute break 100 push ups (you can rest on this too, but your hands can not come off the deck) 2 minute break 50 dips (same as above, just get them) 2 minute break 100 Sit ups Its quick, fun and should burn. Add reps as you get better |
| 2008-03-02 7:52 AM in reply to: #1246699 |
Master 1402 Cumming, Georgia | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? Would you do pullups before or after other strength training? Everytime I think about doing them it is after I've aleady worked my upper body so all I end up doing is 4 - 5 before I get completely fatigued. |
| 2008-03-02 8:01 AM in reply to: #1154353 |
Pro 4827 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? |
| 2008-03-05 4:34 PM in reply to: #1154353 |
Veteran 221 | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? Yes, I do two sets of 15 when I work out with weights (once a week). I use the "palms out" or "fingers away" grip. It may sound impresssive but then, I'm a swimmer first with skinny legs and I only weigh 150 - 155 lbs. I'm not pulling a lot of weight. I love doing pull-ups (and push-ups). |
| 2008-03-12 1:18 AM in reply to: #1154353 |
New user 21 Tampa | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? I can do about 20 straight through, palms away, medium grip. I go almost completely down, ive learned going completely down is hard on joints and tendens, so going till theres only a slight bend in the elbows is just as good. I usually do 3-5 sets of 10-15 (depending on how I feel that day) twice a week. When I first started doing them, I could barely do two, but my roomate can do them like its nothing, 30-35 nonstop normal, so that inspired me to get crackin on them. I'm 6'4 205, so I feel those are good numbers for my size. |
| 2008-03-12 1:38 AM in reply to: #1246765 |
New user 21 Tampa | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? csharp1171 - 2008-03-02 8:52 AM Would you do pullups before or after other strength training? Everytime I think about doing them it is after I've aleady worked my upper body so all I end up doing is 4 - 5 before I get completely fatigued. When I am lifting weights, I usually do it as a warm up, just a couple quick sets. Then on my core (lifting body-weight only) days, I include them as part of my workout. By the way, where in Cleveland are you? Im from University Heights. |
| 2008-03-13 1:22 PM in reply to: #1266575 |
Master 1402 Cumming, Georgia | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? GSDApollo - 2008-03-12 2:38 AM When I am lifting weights, I usually do it as a warm up, just a couple quick sets. Then on my core (lifting body-weight only) days, I include them as part of my workout. By the way, where in Cleveland are you? Im from University Heights. Two days ago I remembered to do them during my workout and I could get 10 in this time around. I'm going to keep doing them and hopefully I will get stronger in that area. I am downtown Cleveland. I am moving to Augusta, GA next month so no more seasons and I'll have a hot hot summer but it is pretty there and the weather is much warmer. Edited by csharp1171 2008-03-13 1:24 PM |
| 2008-03-14 11:17 AM in reply to: #1266571 |
| Veteran 231 Sunny Oregon | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? GSDApollo - 2008-03-11 11:18 PM I can do about 20 straight through, palms away, medium grip. I go almost completely down, ive learned going completely down is hard on joints and tendens, so going till theres only a slight bend in the elbows is just as good. Two questions... 1 - You reference a medium grip - is that a shoulder width grip? Slightly wider? 2 - Have never heard that p-ups were hard on joints / tendons. Is that from personal experience (injury issues?) or is that common knowledge and I've just never heard it before? Years ago in school when doing pullups, we always called the guys "cheaters" that didn't go all the way down. But maybe they were on to something! Ten or twelve reps with a full extension has always seemed harder than the same number of reps without the full extension. |
| 2008-03-14 11:21 AM in reply to: #1272066 |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? In highschool I could do 20-25. but I was around 180 lbs. Now that I'm 230, I can only do about 3-5.... Also, I practiced them in highschool, but don't even try them now. That has something to do with it too. Edited by Aikidoman 2008-03-14 11:22 AM |
| 2008-03-14 12:31 PM in reply to: #1154353 |
Master 1827 Tampa, Fl | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? Thats ironic, In highschool I could do 1....on a good day and I weighed 190. Now I'm 230 (and declining) and I can do 3 at a time so far. I did 26 in a 20 minute period for my simplefit workout 2 days ago. I cant weight to get to 180(my goal weight) and see what I can do. |
| 2008-03-14 12:55 PM in reply to: #1154353 |
Master 1978 Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? FYI, if you're doing pullups with your palms facing away from you and you're not fully extending at the bottom of the rep, you are not fully extending your lats/rhomboids (the muscles you SHOULD be working) and putting all the extra stress on your shoulders, pecs, and triceps (the muscles that should be HELPING you, not doing the work). Now...if you're doing chinups with your palms facing you, it's not really a problem if you don't fully extend, since you're in essence doing a static hold on your biceps at the bottom of the rep. It might actually HELP to not fully extend if you're doing them supinated like that. It's like doing partial reps to squeeze every bit of strength out. But pronated (palms away), you really need to fully extend to build strength and endurance in the lats/rhomboids. I've also never heard that full extension is bad for ligaments/tendons and with my CrossFit exercises totalling over 200 pullups sometimes, I would think by now that if there was some kind of negative effect from it, I'd see it. The only effects I've seen from full extension in my pullups is BIG gains in my lats. Incidentally, for my CF workouts, I'm not allowed to count any reps that I don't fully extend for.
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| 2008-03-14 1:24 PM in reply to: #1154353 |
Member 56 Brevard | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? I have not done pull-ups for many years, so I was just able to do 12 in a row. Makes me think I should be doing more of these. Need another upper body workout, so I will be using the kids swing set for this exercise. I should be able to do much more - 27yo @ now 143lbs. |
| 2008-03-16 6:31 PM in reply to: #1154353 |
| Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? Pullups are a regular part of my back routine.. I do them with weights when using medium and close grip. |
| 2008-03-16 6:52 PM in reply to: #1208247 |
Extreme Veteran 426 Dearborn, Michigan, USA. | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? I can three, which is a vast improvmeent form four weeks ago when I could only do one- rather poorly too. The entire realization that I couldn;t do the most basic of exercises prompted this: http://www.bikesportmichigan.com/editorials/0000119.shtml |
| 2008-03-16 10:45 PM in reply to: #1154353 |
Supersonicus Idioticus 2439 Thunder Bay, ON | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? As of today - 6. As of a month ago when I was swim training - about 10. I was at 12 at one point in my life, but have also been down to as low as 3. |
| 2008-03-17 2:09 AM in reply to: #1154353 |
Expert 1023 Ft Gordon, GA | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? I started doing these in early January, one month before heading to Airborne School. I am 5'10'' and 160 pounds. Starting out I could do sets of 6, full extension, medium width, palms facing away form me. Now I can do sets of 9. Slowly building up. Awesome exercise! Edited by Karl Hungus 2008-03-17 2:09 AM |
| 2008-03-17 8:37 AM in reply to: #1154353 |
Pro 4827 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: Men - Can you do pullups? I was at a campout with the Cub Scouts this weekend. I was climbing one of the ropes going up to a "ship" (in the middle of Dallas - it's a play structure).
One of the dads asked me why I would do this. My reply - it's like pull ups. You never know when you're going to find yourself hanging off a cliff with no one around. Can you save yourself by pulling your self up? |
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