I though I could wait till the appropriate achievement day but I just couldn't wait to share.
I have been busy and let 4 days lapse since my last workout. I felt weak on all my main lifts today and then at the end I just pumped out the pull ups! 3 sets, 10, 6, 6. Previous best was 8, then today: BAM!
Posted Oct 26, 2011, 11:10 PM UTC
im 285-290 pounds have never done a chin up in my life.... I work out and everything was getting fairly strong and then separated my shoulder playing rugby. Getting back up there tho.
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We are pull up brothers! Cyber fist bump
I too ate poorly the last 4 days but my weight seems stubborn. It hasn't moved more than +-3 from 190lbs for over a month. My lifts keep increasing so I don't really worry about it.
Now you gotta start making pull-ups your heavy lift for back/lats grab a weight belt and a chain and tie a dumbbell or plate on and do work. I've been doing that for years and I can now do 30 pullups at the end of my workout 185lbs. Congrats again and keep up the work.
I do pullups with a 10lb bucket of protein powder strapped to my dong. I heard that is the best way to get big.
Keep up the good work.
You caneasily go from there to somewhere around 20. just keep on doing shorter sets like 5 every time you walk past the bar, so you'll easily end up doing like 100-200 reps a day.
hey thats awesome. i was at 10 solid pullups when i started this summer. id say this past june. i did 23 pullups in a row two days ago, felt just like you do now. continue with what you are doing and you will be more than happy with the results. Ive been doing calisthenics since about june, and all my friends give me shit. say you need to go to the gym to get big. well they see me now and realize this works.
mix up your workout. try doing a set of 10 pullups next time you go out there right off the bat. they immediately do 10 pushups. I will often add situps or speed squats after the pushups. Rest for maybe 30 sec. Then do 8 pullups- 8 pushups - set of situp/squat. Rest for 30. Repeat with 6 pullups - 6 pushups - set of situp/squat. Then 4 then 2 then youre done.
This is fucking hard but its suppose to be a workout right? If you cant do this now, thats fine. start at 8 or 6 and work up until you start at 10 and can basically go through the entire thing without rest. Once you do this just increase everything. No joke, this makes you feel fit and you definitely begin to look fit. You feel stronger and healthier. I try to do this 3 times a week.
Dont know if you spent the time to read all this but this has been my experience so far, and i remember being where you were at. keep it up!
It's an awesome feeling. Especially when they're true deadhang pullups.
+1 to doing them at the start instead of after.
I finally got to 15 pullups and it felt awesome. I only do lat pull downs and various pullups for back exercises, and my back has gotten ripped from doing them. I attribute it mostly to pullups, they are an amazing workout.
Nice work! Kipping or dead hang?
Dead hang. Real pull ups.
Fuck yea!
Have you ever tried doing them before any heavy lifting? Might get a better PR. I used to do the same thing, but noticed I was a lot more fresh in the beginning of a workout.
Either way, awesome achievement. Not sure how much you weigh, but you successfully lifted your body weight 10x. Not many can say the same! I'm 205lbs so when I hit 10x Pullups I was very happy as well!!! Keep it up bud.
That's the first thing I thought about after I did it! 190lbs x 10.
I will take your advice and try doing the pull ups first next time just to see how many I can crank out.
Yea man! You're probably a lot stronger than you expect. If you can do 10 @ 190 AFTER your workout, imagine the flipside!
But like I always say, if its working, don't change it :)