Couture547 Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 What is your weight and your pull up amount. Right now i'm extremely weak and can only do 5 weighing 205. I'm talking real pull ups not the ones that 95 percent of people do. All the way down arms fully extended and then chin over the bar. my goal some day is over 100 in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 I used to be able to do 10, right now I think I can only do 5 also, I am in the process of building up again by doing small sets of 2 or 3, aiming for a high total per day. I don't know what I weigh, or what I used to weigh, I don't weigh myself. 100 in a row would be madness! Hahr! It's a good target. Right now my target is 10 again, I want to be in the same shape I was in 3 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 (edited) Currently: 12 (Pronated medium wide grip, 190 lbs.)Personal Best: 19 (Supinated shoulder width grip, 174 lbs, 1997, San Diego, Marine Corps Recruit Training)World Record: 644, Guy Schott Edited December 2, 2007 by Troy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopussoir Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 i weigh 176lbs and can do 20 in a row. my highest ever was 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I can do 7 or 8 right now. I've never been motivated to do them though because I dated a girl that could do over 100 when she was 13....very very humbling since I couldn't do half of one then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Surely that is motivation to try?! Would it be more motivating to just flatten someone? "I need to try harder, because they can still only do 2, and I can do 50... I need to be able to beat them by 100 at least! Come on!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 It would motivate me to see her do that now but not then...it was pretty discouraging for all the guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I like seeing big numbers like that, it puts me in my place, and lets me know what's possible, so it inspires me to try harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I definitely feel that way now. I have a friend who is and amazing track cyclist. She's much faster than I am in short events and it really makes me want to work hard(luckily I'd kick her butt in a long race). Anyhow I look up to her since she started cycling relatively late in life like myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I have never even tried to do a pull up. I wouldn't know how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 12 ish With a medium-wide grip. More than that close grip. About 9 super wide grip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeVegan Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Personal Bests for me are: 15 (supinated shoulder width grip)12 (pronated medium shoulder width grip)That was a couple years ago when I weighed around 180lbs. Now I weigh 210lbs and I can only do about 10 no matter what grip I use. My lats are easily the best developed part of my body right now, so I'm not that motivated to push myself as hard as I do with other excercises. -Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinVegartin Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I weigh about 158 lbs but probably 6 of those pounds are podge. I started doing chins regularly in August. I last did 9 chins with a 3-second eccentric phase. Then in my next session I started doing them with a backpack. I did 6 with 20 pounds and 4 with 25 pounds. Three-second eccentrics. My elbow was painful the day after my last session so I haven't done any for nearly 3 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seitan_man Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I don't do pull ups, but I can do 10 chin ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsorlando Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I've never attempted a pullup, but would like to give it a try one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Are people talking about the same thing? What do people mean by chin up and pull up? I typed in "chin up" and "pull up" in youtube, and it gave me many of the same videos for both terms, so people who make those videos consider them to be the same. But for the purposes of clarification and perhaps educating me, what do people mean by these terms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsorlando Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I could be wrong but chin ups may be underhanded, and pullups overhanded. But I would not take my reply as correct until someone that actually does pullups explains the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 You're correct...pull ups are a lot harder than chinups. I can do maybe 8 pull ups but 12 chin up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I never do palm-out, I always do palm-in. What are they called where you hold onto 2 bars, so your palms are facing each other? Is it called a Pull Chin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubby2112 Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I never do palm-out, I always do palm-in. What are they called where you hold onto 2 bars, so your palms are facing each other? Is it called a Pull Chin? Haha, they should be. I believe I have seen those referred to as chins also. I can do about twelve with a semi-wide grip on pull-ups. Last time I maxed on chins it was around twenty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odidnetne Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I used to be able to do about 10 pull ups in a set, but now it's more like 4 and 5. I'm working and it and normally will do about 30 - 40 when I'm at the gym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Zero! But I've been working on it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopussoir Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Most of the time I just do sets of 10 and will do 5 sets palms in and then 5 sets palms out all at different widths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xveganjoshx Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I do them wide, about half a dozen real ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc7 Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Just for fun next time you're in the gym, try doing five sets to failure, each with a different grip. Start at the widest possible grip palms forward, then medium grip palms forward, then close grip forward, then the "chin-pull" if you have it, then close grip palms in (chin up). I did this a couple months ago with minimal rest between sets. I think I did something like 10, 7, 5, 10, 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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