Vixen Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I really want to be able to do A pullup someday. Will my weight training help me acheive my goal or will the extra weight/mass work against me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbwii Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 You can build up by doing lat pull downs or you can simply build up by practising pull ups or by doing these! Horizontal pull ups... http://z12.invisionfree.com/FLF/index.php?showforum=142 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Your weight training should help you. Suz should post here - she rocks the pull-ups. But she started with just one. Do you want to do underhand or overhand, wide grip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odidnetne Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Weight training most CERTAINLY helps. I've been bottom heavy all my life, due to the majority of exercising in my life being geared towards my legs (I walk on a couple of tree trunks), and I couldn't do a single pull-up for the longest time, now I do them quite well and quite often in the gym. Like BigBwii said, Lat pull downs (though many different upper back exercises are good), curls (especially hammer curls), and Dips actually are good too (for their work on the back). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suz Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I've been working on my pullups for some time now and can do 15 pretty easily. I have a goal of adding 5 every 3 months until I can do about 50 in a row. People seem to think it's easy for me because I'm 5' 2" and 105 lbs -- they assume I have no mass to lift up or something. I don't really see how someone who's 6' 2" and 205 lbs wouldn't be able to do them as effectively as me. Their body weight is more, but their arms are also proportionately bigger. I really don't think that weight training will adversely affect your ability to be able to do pullups. You may gain mass, but you will also be gaining (hopefully) bicep and lat muscles. No matter what you have to start with one or two at a time. It takes time and persistence, nothing less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odidnetne Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I've been working on my pullups for some time now and can do 15 pretty easily. I have a goal of adding 5 every 3 months until I can do about 50 in a row. People seem to think it's easy for me because I'm 5' 2" and 105 lbs -- they assume I have no mass to lift up or something. I don't really see how someone who's 6' 2" and 205 lbs wouldn't be able to do them as effectively as me. Their body weight is more, but their arms are also proportionately bigger. I really don't think that weight training will adversely affect your ability to be able to do pullups. You may gain mass, but you will also be gaining (hopefully) bicep and lat muscles. No matter what you have to start with one or two at a time. It takes time and persistence, nothing less. The weight training does help though, when you do exercises that synergistically (spelling?) strengthen each other, you get stronger in those areas of the body. My top has always been weak, so I wasn't able to do one pull up until about the age of 18 or 19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbwii Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I have a friend that kicks my butt in the weights department but can't lift his own bodyweight!!! Don't worry about anything and just do it!...if you can't do it then try again...and again!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulletass Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Pullups are really good, I'm just bad at them. I can get 9 on a good day. A very good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I was never able to do pull-ups/chin-ups (chin ups--with palms facing you--are easier that pull-ups--palms facing away--, because the biceps help more), and in school, when we did the 'bent-arm hang' (what the girls did instead of pull-ups), I could barely hold myself up for a second! But, last summer, I made a goal of getting to 5 chin-ups. I started at 0 and ended up being able to do 1 3/4 (I stopped my challenge because my shoulder was botheriing me, but that's because of an old injury that bugs me when I overdo). Doing assisted chin-ups is the best way to get there, IMO. You can do assisteds by putting one or both feet on the back of a kitchen chair (weighted down with weight plates so it doesn't move) and using only as much leverage as necessary to help you up, then hold at the top for a couple of counts, and lower yourself down as slowly as you can (work the negative). Do this 2-3 days a week (not on consecutive days) and each time, try to use less assistance. Another way of doing assisted is to use a resistance band and loop it around the bar and under your knees. The stronger the resitance band, the more help it gives you. I think it was the September issule of Muscle and Fitness Hers that had some info about bands that were specifically made for this purpose. If you're interested,, I can look up the info. When I got my first real chin-up from dead bottom (no assistance) I was focusing on going to the ceiling, and when I got my chin over the bar, it was like reaching the top of Mt. Everest! Maybe I'll get back to it this summer (I'll have to clear space around my pull-up tower!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odidnetne Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I don't understand how people can do the pull ups with palms facing away, those hurt my shoulders and the top of my back when I pull up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 i started off not being able to do a single pullup, then I started working out, lifting weights, then I was able to do pullups, and kept trying until I could do sets of 9 or 10. Then I stopped... and now I can hardly do any, but I am working my way back up. The extra weight you will gain through training won't be enough to stop you developing pullup skills. I mean, it would have a more dramatic effect if you did absolutely no bicep or back work, then you'd have the same power but more weight. But if you are training you biceps and back, then you'll get stronger, as well as slightly heavier. Additionally, you'll lose fat too presumably, if you have any to lose. I wouldn't worry, just try it out, if you can't do any pullups, do some easier back exercises, like Big Bwii was suggesting, and gradually get stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannalift Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 i do pull ups with extra weight i tie onto a belt. my best was 35 lbs for 3 reps and i'm working back towards that. by the end of next year i want to do + 1/2 bodyweight which should be around 92.5 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Up until 6 months ago I only did 3(2 were back to back but the other was a couple years ealier) in my whole life...I lost a lot of weight and never lifed for nearly a year...then I tried to do one and I did 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 I really want to be able to do A pullup someday. Start your training by doing negatives and half reps Will my weight training help me acheive my goal or will the extra weight/mass work against me? If you train for pulling strength it will help you achieve your goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Here's a band like the one I mentioned (the wider the band,, the more help it gives yo). http://www.performbetter.com/detail.aspx_Q_ID_E_3889_A_rnd_E_40 But the one in M&F Hers was cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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