What is the best way to progress and get stronger on pull-ups?
Right now I can do about 3x7. Should I increase reps, sets, do weighted chin-ups, go to failure, or add weight while doing them?
What is the best way to progress and get stronger on pull-ups?
Jacob Brown
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Luis Anderson
I don't know, man.
I tried doing weighted, increasing volume, decreasing volume, doing lat pulldowns, but I'm stuck at 10 reps @ bw, 6 reps with 10kg plate.
Bentley Brooks
how often do you do them?
I'd recommend doing some variations as well (wider, closer, chin-ups, commando, rows)
I wouldn't add weight until you can do ~10
Angel Ward
Add weight you brainlet
Get strong enough to crush the nearest manlet in your legs while you do pull ups
Dylan Cox
>not doing weighted pullups with your cutie gf hugging you (and become an architect if you want to progress even further)
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Adam Myers
how is your ROM? you should do at least 10 to 12 perfect reps on 3 sets if you want to add weight, just keep doing them until you reach those numbers
after that, start with a light 5kg dumbbell and go up to 8 to 10 reps, after that increase weight next session
Liam Ortiz
also, eventually try on rings too, you can do some uneven pullups and neutral grip.
Ryan Perez
if you're up to sets of 7, then just keep the volume up and you'll improve.
the real problem is for people who can only get 1 or 2 and aren't able to volumize that exercise at their level.
Logan Torres
Do every set till failure, you will get there eventually.
Aiden Perry
I do them twice a week.
It seems like
The problem is I can't really seem to progress even a little. If I do 8-10 reps in first, I can't do more than 5 the next. So I'm kinda stuck on 3x7
Am doing 3 sets, not 7
Lincoln Wright
>sets of 7
>3 sets, not 7
yes, 3 sets of 7
>If I do 8-10 reps in first, I can't do more than 5 the next
sometimes that helps plateaus. do some warm ups, then try your hardest on a single set. its similar in concept to widowmakers, though you won't actually die if you fuck up.
Evan Gomez
As weakfag who can only do like two or three reps how can I improve? I've noticed I have the most trouble towards the end of the motion.
Caleb Walker
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This helped me so much
Austin Hughes
Dyel here, what is the proper way to work up to doing one or two pull ups, do something retarded like try and get as high as you can for reps or just do assisted and work your way up
Andrew Garcia
Just keep doing them. Progress on this lift is incredibly slow. I did a 6 reps x10 sets scheme with 1 min rest between each set and didn’t make all 60 in ten minutes for months. At the same time, I was getting a great back workout by forcing myself to do all 60, wether I got them as planned or not.
Easton Ross
Do negatives, i.e. start at the top and try to descend as slowly as possible, as well as training dead hangs. Assisted also helps, whatever gets you putting in work.
Connor Hernandez
It's like i wrote this reply...
For how many months have you been trying?
Ryder Clark
yeah, progressions are the basic idea. i never thought about 1 arm body rows. ill have to try it.
my advice is lat pull downs and cable low rows since those combined hit basically everything you need for pullups/chinups (optionally bicep isolations, but they will always be waaay weaker than your back)
you can dial in the resistance far better with cables than with body weight. so as you move up in weight on those exercises, you get closer to being able to do the same with pullups.
Kevin Campbell
Somebody linked this program a while ago. Apparently it works, just started it few days ago. Wish me luck bros. twentypullups.com
John Powell
Double progression is an awesome way to progress pull ups. Do pull ups twice per week. Start with 5 sets of 3 with whatever weight you can handle with perfect form. If you hit all your reps, then the next workout add another set. Repeat until you hit 8 sets of 3 perfect. Then start over, adding a rep (i.e. 5 sets of 4). keep this going till you hit 8 sets of 5, then start the ENTIRE process over plus 10 pounds. Its a painfully slow process but leads to god-tier gains in your arms and back, and drives those pull up numbers. I just hit 6 sets of 5 with 70 lbs.
Joshua Flores
Twice a weak 3x7 pull-up is nothing. 61 reps actually
Work on them 4 times a week. I used to do from 40 to 100 rep per workout. If you want high numbers, chase them.