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post 1643116793 07-18-2021, 02:17 PM
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How many pullups can you do in a row?

Today...I did 22 in a row and it was effortless. That was following 3 sets of lat pulldowns too so I was surprised by that.
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Today...I did 23 in a row and it was effortless. That was following 4 sets of lat pulldowns too so I was surprised by that.
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OP post your form.
Most people who knock out 20+ pullups don't do full extension, they only do half pullups

Currently I think I can do 8-10 real pull ups
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Originally Posted By Sophus⏩
OP post your form.
Most people who knock out 20+ pullups don't do full extension, they only do half pullups

Currently I think I can do 8-10 real pull ups
That’s true, mine are dead hang, I don’t count those flailing ones
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post 1643132023 07-18-2021, 06:37 PM
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Dead-hang, chin over bar pullups?

About 10 +/- 1 depending on the day.

A lot is going to depend on your weight as well.

I could do 25+ pullups when I weighed 145lbs.

At 195lbs, there's no way in hell I'm doing that many with good form.
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post 1643132313 07-18-2021, 06:45 PM
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About 20 if not ridiculously strict, more like 15 otherwise.
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Originally Posted By monster0ultra⏩
With pullups, I can't touch chest to bar without momentum from the bottom. I don't know if it's because my upper back is weak or because the movement is just a lot harder.
Do high/explosive pull ups. Use momentum from explosively pulling hard (not leg kicking/kipping) and try to pull up to your waist. Eventually you will be doing chest to bar pull ups with no momentum. It's a range of motion thing and I think you only get stronger in the range of motion you do. If you only ever pull up to chin at bar, going to chest without momentum is going to be very difficult to impossible and pulling just to chin at bar will remain challenging even if you start doing weighted pull ups with that low range of motion. It'll mostly just make you stronger in the ROM. If you want to pull higher, you practice pulling as high as you can.

For chin ups, I think you're more likely to arch your back and aim your chest up and it's kinda like a chin up/row movement. For pull ups, you probably stay mostly vertical/hollow body and pull straight up. High pull ups, at some point you are doing a row, try doing both grips purposely arching your back.
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post 1643133963 07-18-2021, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted By Sophus⏩
OP post your form.
Most people who knock out 20+ pullups don't do full extension, they only do half pullups

Currently I think I can do 8-10 real pull ups
Don't have video. I do dead hangs. If I get into any type of momentum swing I reset by just resting in the hanging position for a couple of seconds. And it's not any of this chin is barely above the bar. Entire head clears the bar.
post 1643134253 07-18-2021, 07:16 PM
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12 is my max right now.
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Properly warmed up. Probably 15-18.
I typically drop to dead hang on every rep. So my form is usually very strict.



I don't see much purpose going beyond 12 reps for pull-ups. Would rather add weight or do holds at the very top.
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Originally Posted By nin-com-poop⏩
Don't have video. I do dead hangs. If I get into any type of momentum swing I reset by just resting in the hanging position for a couple of seconds. And it's not any of this chin is barely above the bar. Entire head clears the bar.
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Inb4 pull-up brah
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I just do sets of 3-5 in between everything else. Probably 7. old and weak, but willing to put in the work. Palms facing each other.
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I weight like 170, but around 15 probably.

I prefer adding 25-45lb and doing 3x5-8
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I like to end all my workouts with pull ups- usually a set of 3. First set I can go between 12-15 with strict form. The second set is usually around 6-8 reps and the third drops to about 4 reps. 2 minutes rest between sets.
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15 I think
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I always burn out at 12. Been stuck there for a while. I don't do weighted tho
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like, 12. dont really do them often. every so often i'll try to get them up but still only hit around 12 before burning out.
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Currently 13 chin ups with strict form on gymnastics rings. Getting a new bar next week and will be interested to see where I'm at with regular pull ups. I think I was at 16 pull ups at one point. That was definitely my max. Maybe only 15.
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Originally Posted By SuperHercules⏩
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I haven't tried to max pullups in a while, but I think the most I've done at once was like ~26 with good form. I used to do sets of pullups after nearly every workout.
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Currently, I'm doing 8 pull ups with additional 10 pounds on a weight belt. These are all full extensions.
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