20 Pullups

[CD1221]

Finally hit my goal of 20 pullups today. A long time coming.

very chuffed.

That is all.

[Harry]

Nice!
Got a vid?

[Origin]

Jesus, I can barely do 10. Nice work dude.

[jymellis]

over hand or under hand? far apart or shoulder length away? also, arms totally extended or a little bend left in them?

[MastrXploder]

Just tried. I can do 4......

K I'm going to go practice

[anthonyferguson]

I tried to set myself a goal of 50 a while ago, and got to 34 wide grip overhand pullups and gave up. Mind you I am only like 64kg and 5'10 and have a bit of a climber's physique (all my muscle mass is in forearms and my back) so I sort of cheat.

[CD1221]

Originally Posted by jymellis

over hand or under hand? far apart or shoulder length away? also, arms totally extended or a little bend left in them?

Hand grip half way between, I have a squat rack with an awesome pullup bar setup that allows heaps of different hand positions. arms straight, approx shoulder width apart.

The next goal is to be able to knock 20 out repeatedly any day of the week. Now I need to make 30 the new 20.

For the record I am 6' and only 82kg, so that probably helps.

[JohnIce]

Fun, I should try that now to see how much I've deteriorated... I remember doing 50-something when I was in my early teens, but then I've always had a very light bone structure and worked out my biceps obsessively while doing hardly any leg training. Now I'm a shadow of that Still pretty light though.

[TRENCHLORD]

Would you guys knock it off with the kilogram shit(jokin of coarse), we don't do algebra in corncountry. 20 pullups is great for anyone. I've always prefered to do them with my palms facing eachother(inward), as it recruits more total body muscle. Obviously that makes it easier to get more reps and/or pull more weight. Not all gyms/home setups have that option at slightly wider then shoulder width though. If you have a regular straight bar, then you can make rope handles and use duck tape to secure them so they don't slide around while your hanging. Also, when I take my boy to the playground I often make use of the monkey bars by turning opposite(perpendicular) to the thing so that I get that just beyond shoulder width and palms facing each other grip. Make sure and arch your back and stick your chest out for added benifit.

[gunshow86de]

Damn, and here I thought I was doing good working my way up to 8.

But hey, I started only being able to do 2 (this is wide grip, no kipping).

My goal is 15. I went from sets of 2 to sets 8 in a month, so that's good progress. I think my big problem was grip strength. I used to use straps for nearly every pulling lift I did, and, consequently, I had terrible grip strength. It's pretty sad when I can deadlift just under 600lb but only do 2 pullups. Also doesn't help that I was (still kind of am) a fatass (working on that too, down from 280lbs in February to 235lbs as of this past Monday). Anyway, lesson learned. No more straps. Ever.

[trb]

Congrats on hitting 20. I started to get in shape a few months ago and have gone from 0 to 4. I can't imagine doing 20.

[kung_fu]

Cool stuff. I had the record for the most pullups in my grade 9 gym class (can't recall how many....somewhere between 25 and 35). Haven't had the opportunity to do any since then, but i'm in considerably better shape then i was then. Does anybody use one of those bars that you can fit in a door jam? Are they any good? I work out at home so I can't really do them otherwise.

[gunshow86de]

Originally Posted by kung_fu

Does anybody use one of those bars that you can fit in a door jam? Are they any good? I work out at home so I can't really do them otherwise.

I have the Iron Gym one. It's pretty good. And by that I mean it supports my bodyweight at 235lbs (most say they will only handle 200lbs or less). It's not quite as wide as I'd like, but, if I put the outside edges of my hand against the sides of the door frame, I can get just outside shoulder width.

If you live near a playground, I would just jog over there and use the monkey bars.

[Stealthdjentstic]

Originally Posted by gunshow86de

I have the Iron Gym one. It's pretty good. And by that I mean it supports my bodyweight at 235lbs (most say they will only handle 200lbs or less). It's not quite as wide as I'd like, but, if I put the outside edges of my hand against the sides of the door frame, I can get just outside shoulder width.

If you live near a playground, I would just jog over there and use the monkey bars.

But what about the children?

[Customisbetter]

Damn thats awesome! I can do a dozen overhand or underhand but 20 would be hard as shit.

Congrats.

[MABGuitar]

Last time I tried I couldn't do 2 haha, but that was before I started working. If I had a pull up bar I'd check right now but alas I don't .

Congrats on getting to 20 though, must feel good!

[gunshow86de]

Originally Posted by Stealthtastic

But what about the children?

I guess I should have specified not to go during school hours (also assuming you are allowed within 200 yards of a school zone ).

[kung_fu]

Originally Posted by gunshow86de

If you live near a playground, I would just jog over there and use the monkey bars.

Originally Posted by Stealthtastic

But what about the children?

Either of you watch "it's always sunny in Philadelphia"? There is an episode that covers this exact scenario (working out at a playground -> people thinking you're a pedo) :


Dennis Reynolds giving the local kids a "fitness demo"

[avenger]

underhand i can do enough, overhand though is fail LOL.

[Origin]

Isn't a pullup only overhand, and chinup being underhand? Underhand's easy as shit so I assumed pullup, 20 of those is a bitch

[kung_fu]

Originally Posted by Origin

Isn't a pullup only overhand, and chinup being underhand? Underhand's easy as shit so I assumed pullup, 20 of those is a bitch

Not sure about that, but ya, overhand definitely seems the harder of the two.

wiki: Pull-up (exercise) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , ya you seem to be right

Edit: upon further reading, yes that is the general definition, but it isn't universal. The US marines take them (grips) to be the same thing, and those dudes is in shape.

[Korg]

Originally Posted by Origin

Isn't a pullup only overhand, and chinup being underhand? Underhand's easy as shit so I assumed pullup, 20 of those is a bitch

Ya whenever you talk in fitness terms it's that way, since they are quite different exercises as the pullup focus your lats and the chinup will focus your biceps more, and then you usually do pullups wide-grip where chinups are closegrip..

[TRENCHLORD]

Palms facing each other best by far. Sure it's easier, but that is because it's recruiting more total body mucsle. Like regular grip bench is easier then close grip with a given weight. Close grip bench is definetly harder with a given weight (say 200 lbs), but we all know you should choose regular grip if you only had time for one.

[CD1221]

I mostly follow convention and use the term pullup for any grip that is not palms facing, ie a chinup.


btw, I just did 20 authentic pullups, shoulder width, palms facing away.
Got to 17 ok, the last 3 weren't pretty, with some hang time in between each rep.

[TRENCHLORD]

Has anyone here ever tried turning hands opposite (one palm forward, one palm backward like on a heavy deadlift? It of coarse becomes some what like a unilateral excersise in which you must do seperate sets for the left and right.