How Many Pullups can you do?

BenKnowsFitness

Give us the short or long answer as I have done below...

Short Answer = 4


Long Answer

Sex/ Age /Wieght / Number of Underhand pullups U can do/ number of overhand pullups U can do

M / 41 / 189 / 4 / 1

Lukazetta

Male/ 24 / 166 / 12 / 8

This is the first exercise I do on bicep/shoulder/back day. I used to not be able to do more than 3 or 4, about a year ago when I weight only 145 lbs.

MFPAddict

M / 42 / 187 / 8 / Don't Know

Acg67

Real pullups or kipping pullups?

rbn_held

F/ 24 /159 /2/haven't tried overhanded ones yet

_HeathBar_

I can only do two. I just can't seem to bridge the gap where you go from 1 and 2 -> 3 and beyond.

26/F, 146 lbs.

LorinaLynn

F / 39 / 129 lbs.

With the assisted pullups on the absolute lowest weight setting (which I think by default is 10#) I can do 5 with ease. My shins barely touch the kneepad and I don't feel like I'm putting any weight on it.

Without the thingie to kneel on, I'm too short to reach the bar, so I have to jump up and I can lower and raise myself a little, but not with my arms fully extended.

I'm working on it, though.

mikey1976

35 years old/ male/ 200 pounds and none i haven't tried for fear of looking foolish if i do it wrong

k8blujay2

< 0 or better yet < 0.25

seriously, I can't even manage to hang on.

Now, weight assisted that's another story... although I haven't used one of those machines in years.

cgsr

5

Farfourah

Zero. I have zero upper body strength..;(

bcattoes

Short Answer = 0

Long Answer
F / 51 / 150 / 0 / 0

Trail_Addict

M/ 38/ 178lbs
Wide grip overhand or Wide Grip 1.5" Rope 12-14 (first set)
(traditional, dead-hang after each rep)

UponThisRock

Real pullups or kipping pullups?

sarahp86

< 0 or better yet < 0.25

seriously, I can't even manage to hang on.

Now, weight assisted that's another story... although I haven't used one of those machines in years.

This^^

Even as a child when I was skinny I couldn't swing out of the monkey bars! Have no upper body strength to the point where (never admitted this to anyone!) I get tired holding the hair dryer above my head while drying my hair after a minute... Very embarrassing!!

Doing weights at the moment in the hope that improves and my goal is to be able to do at least one pull up.

Then to make me feel worse my boyfriend showed me this video of people with absolutely incredible core, upper body strength and agility. Have hit the weights harder ever since.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1jMyzmtiI4&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player

Strobins05

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Real pullups or kipping pullups?

OMG this looks INSANELY HARD!!!!

SwannySez

SA = 2

LA = M / 42 / 199.5 / 2 / Why in God's name would I embarrass myself by trying to do this, failing utterly and weeping for several hours? (Note to self: go home and see how many of these you can do!)

cgsr

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Um yeah...those things look like a shoulder out of socket waiting to happen...just sayin

Jeff92se

m / 44 / 175lbs / 15 was my max.

Underhand, I could probably do 20?

parys1

My *kitten* is far too heavy for me to lift in any form of pullup. I need to lift NOW. Cannot emphasize that enough: NOW.

jeephipwr

SA=0

LA= M/225/0/0

I suck at it but I refuse to give up. I continue to try during workouts and I will get there

albinogorilla

male, 34, 188lbs
chins..........12 wide grip
one arm chins, 3 per arm holding wrist with opposite hand, palms facing me

Trail_Addict

For those of you who are still trying to tackle that first pull-up, you can start with negatives.

Use a chair or other platform to get your chin above the bar, then as slow as possible, lower your body until you reach full extension (dead hang). The use the chair to get above the bar again, and do a few more reps the same way.

Pull-ups get easier with practice. Give that a try. :-)

bsgkid

Zero. I was always the fat kid that either ripped the tension bar out of the door frame or dislocated my collarbone in the freefall when they jerked the chair out from under me like a hanging. I would like to one day do one, but I need to lose far more weight to give those muscles a fighting chance!:laugh:

MFPAddict

one arm chins, 3 per arm holding wrist with opposite hand, palms facing me

I am going to try these this week. I will be thrilled if I can get 1.

k8blujay2

Zero. I was always the fat kid that either ripped the tension bar out of the door frame or dislocated my collarbone in the freefall when they jerked the chair out from under me like a hanging. I would like to one day do one, but I need to lose far more weight to give those muscles a fighting chance!:laugh:

*lol* I'm sorry, but I couldn't help but to laugh at this.... I was just imagining it being me that someone pulled the chair out from under...

Lift_hard_eat_big

M/29/165/22/14

BuffERRN

M/27/ 245/ 0/0 Been doing assisted but really want to be able to pull my *kitten* up to that bar without machines or bands...

tangal88

Sex - F/ Age- 47 /Weight - 139 / Number of Underhand pullups U can do-1/ number of overhand pullups U can do - 3
no kipping, good form

Work on these every week, took quite awhile to get here

HOSED49

M/ 38 / 202 lbs
Dead Hangs Pullups- 21
Kipping Pullups- 30-33
I dont know about Chins

maab_connor

i'm still working on being able to do actual PUSHups. pull ups will be a HUGE NSV for me!! hell, being under the max weight to TRY one will be a HUGE victory!