The Cornerstone of Upper Body Strength: The Pullup
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This is mostly the reason why boot camp in the military they test you on pullups.
The only branch I know of which requires pullups for the Physical Readiness Test is the Marines. Good or Bad. US Army is 2 mile run, X Pushups in 2 minutes, and X situps in two minutes depandant on age and gender. Whoops never mind they have just recently changed the test requirement that includes pull ups.0 -
Great post. I cannot do a pull-up and so I have avoided them. I felt like a fool haning on the bar not being able to complete a pull up. Haven't tried chin-up's maybe I can do those and work up to a pull-up? I always thought I would go use the pull-up assist machine but they just didn't feel right.0
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I would love to do a pull up one day! what are your thoughts on using a chair to help when doing pull ups. as suggested on P90X?0
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I love this post!
The satisfaction I get from being able able to do pull ups/chin ups is almost as big as the one I get from getting to the level of fitness/weight I am at today.
2 years ago, I could do only 1 chin up and 0 pull ups. Today, I can do about 11 - 13 chin ups and 6 - 7 pull ups in a row. These are also full motion ones! I am so proud of this and it is very satisfying to feel people looking at me as I am doing them.
So in the event of a zombie apocalypse, I will be able to pull myself up with ease and increase my % of survival.0 -
I would love to do a pull up one day! what are your thoughts on using a chair to help when doing pull ups. as suggested on P90X?
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For those just starting out or struggling with pullups/chin ups ... place a chair in front of you with the seat facing away. Gently place your feet on the back of the chair as doing a pullup. When the chair begins to move or fall towards you stop ... that should signal that you form is going south as you are using too much leg strength to push you up. The chair should be as far away as you can get it and still perform pullups with good form.
See this image for setup ...
http://ninja-fitness.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TonyHortonChairAssistedPullUps-300x227.jpg
When I first started, I tried this method and I had a hard time not relying on my legs or figuring if I am using my legs too much. I found negatives more effective, as there's no question that I am using my strength. I was able to do a chin up first, then pull up two days later.0 -
Great post. I cannot do a pull-up and so I have avoided them. I felt like a fool haning on the bar not being able to complete a pull up. Haven't tried chin-up's maybe I can do those and work up to a pull-up? I always thought I would go use the pull-up assist machine but they just didn't feel right.
Yeah, most strength coaches I've read from say to stay away from the assist machine. Start with the narrow-grip chin-up and narrow-grip neutral grip if you can as those are the easier ranges for chins & pulls.0 -
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In response to the Gold Gym pull up bar not allowing for wide grip pull ups, we just got the Iron Gym Extreme Edition one that have a bar for wide gripe. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001ND04U40
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good read, thanks for the info. i will start adding this into my StrongLifts routine. :drinker:0
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Bumpage, good stuff here.0
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Great info as always Joe. I've never been able to do a pullup my whole life. Now I do 30 broken up in sets three times a week. They're my favorite exercise right now.
The only exercises that truly matter are the ones that prepare you to fight zombies. Fact.
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<<<Weighted pullups FTW!
Great post Joe!0 -
In response to the Gold Gym pull up bar not allowing for wide grip pull ups, we just got the Iron Gym Extreme Edition one that have a bar for wide gripe. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001ND04U4
The bar allows for wide grip pullups. It just doesn't allow for a shoulder width grip for chinups, putting your hands too close together, (or way to far apart if using the pullup width).0
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