srsly i think i've been stuck around 30 for 5 give or take on a day for any variation for like a year now (not trained for a year but on and off etc etc)


point being its the only lift that never goes up and quickly recesses too


what gives? form chit? its frustrating srs

Doubt it has something to do with form. Lay out your warmups, sets & RIR on a typical workout.

What is your plan for progression? Or do you just go in and try more weight/reps every week for weeks/months in a row?

warm up some shoulder rotation nonsense, possibly a few inverted rows

then ~6-8 unweighted (unweighted hasnt increased beyond like 12 either)

then reps. no RIR, 3-5 x5 usuallysomething of the latter tbh, or like 3-5x5. it's not ultra consistent on the long term because i dont make much short term progress or end up regressing workout to workout.

ie ill notice 5x5 twice a week, or 5x5 once and unweighted 3x10 once will not carry over consistent into the next weeksometimes i try this to some effect by doing heavier neutral grip ones but it doesnt go far lol

Alright you do this twice a week? Might be pushing it too much, assuming you do heavy rows too. 5 working sets at 80% of your 1rm is alot.

I like to ramp up to a heavy triple/single 0 RIR then follow it up with a bodyweight amrap. Continue with 3x8-10rep db/bb rows 1-2 RIR.
2x week
Sometimes do a speedwork/low intensity day to recover.

Always made progress.
Ive come to realize lower/moderate volume & maximizing recovery is key as a natty.

dont do rows much other inverted bodyweight.

no heavy rows just bodyweight reps.

ill give it a shot thanks

are you going chest to bar with the weighted?

You can buy fractional plates and add like 1lb per week

Depends mostly yeah, dead hang too. Sometimes cheat a pr with sloppy form. Point is to get that one 1-3rep max effort set in then reverse pyramid down, im not too stressed about the form.

Alpha destiny has some good chit on weighted pull ups. I got the ramp up & reverse pyramid idea from his videos. Guy has like a 4-5 plate pull up natty. Goldmine channel for weighted calisthenics

If you are doing them twice a week, do 6-8 reps once a week and 3-5 reps once a week.

Instead of 5x5, try 5,4,3 and the other day 8,7,6. With 5x5 you are really shaving a rep on the first couple of sets, make the first set a genuine 5.

There's nothing wrong with 5x5, but it's not working, so time for something different.

1x/wk is goat for everything srs

never really liked that guy but ill watch

he puts on bullchit cringey accents all the timethxunaware

try 1x/wk drinking

cheers

Maybe try doing negatives at a higher weight? Might stimulate some strength gains

follow this program

EMOM : Every Minute on the Minute

WEEK 1
Day 1 – Weighted pull-ups: Do 5 sets of 4 reps, resting 2 minutes between sets. Use a weight that allows you to complete all reps in each set.
Day 2 – EMOM pull-ups: Do 3 pull-ups every minute for the first 5 minutes, then 2 pull-ups for the last 5 minutes.

WEEK 2
Day 1 – Weighted pull-ups: Do 5 sets of 3 reps. Increase the weight from last week, but still complete all reps in each set.
Day 2 – EMOM pull-ups: Do 3 pull-ups every minute for 10 minutes.

WEEK 3
Day 1 – Weighted pull-ups: Do 5 sets of 2 reps. Increase the weight from last week.
Day 2 – EMOM pull-ups: Do 4 pull-ups every minute for 5 minutes, then 3 pull-ups every minute for 10 minutes.

WEEK 4
Day 1 – Cluster set weighted pull-ups: Do 5 sets of 2, 1, 1, resting 15 seconds between clusters and 2 minutes between sets. Use a weight that'll allow you to complete all reps in each set.
Day 2 – Cluster set pull-ups: Do 4 sets of 3, 3, 3, resting 20 seconds between clusters and 2 minutes between sets.

WEEK 5
Day 1 – Cluster set weighted pull-ups: Do 5 sets of 1, 1, 1, resting 15 seconds between clusters and 2 minutes between sets. Increase the weight from last week.
Day 2 – Cluster set pull-ups: Do 4 sets of 3, 3, 3, resting 15 seconds between clusters and 2 minutes between sets.

WEEK 6
Day 1 – Cluster set weighted pull-ups: Do 5 sets of 1, 1, 1, resting 15 seconds between clusters and 2 minutes between sets. Increase the weight from last week.
Day 2 – Cluster set pull-ups: Do 4 sets of 3, 3, 3, resting 10 seconds between clusters and 2 minutes between sets.



After week 6 retest your max rep set of pull-ups.

looks legit

where from? have you done it with good success

yes your form is probably the problem all the other nonsense I just sifted through in the responses is horrible advice

watch how Mike Istaetel and Paul carter do their most recent lat pulldown/pull up tutorials. That is how you should be doing your pullups. I involves keeping your arms infront of you not to the side and pulling with thoracic flexion and humerus external rotation

you're likely running into having 1 muscle fatigue so another muscle takes over and neither are actually reaching close to failure because they are "spotting" each other rather than the intended target muscle carrying the brute of the mechanical tension leading to failure

You chicken winging to the bar?
work on form...maybe switch to parallel bars for a bit. Or vice versa

Might be ya grip
Might not got enough dip on ya chip

Try to hit 20 reps BW then go back to weighted
should get a decent pump over 15 pullups

will do. i notice my biceps contribute a lot and fatigue

We follow up on this program in my bjj school 6 month before ebi tourneys to build strength and endurance

haven't had a drink in 3 months

cutting crew

You think applying conjugate style training to weighted pull ups is horrible advice alright buddy.

Next time do 32.5 for 4 reps, and the week after do 32.5 for 5, then next week do 6 reps, then next week do 35 lbs for 4 reps, etc