Comments on: Do More Than One Stinking Pull-Up

By: brucie

brucie — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:40:43 +0000

check out these ONE ARM PULL UPS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFyI8BaXuM8

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:05:00 +0000

One thing I would recommend for people who are having trouble doing pull ups is eccentrics. Jump up to where you would be had you pulled yourself up and slowly lower yourself down and repeat till you CANNOT do any more. It WILL hurt at first but push through the initial pain and rest for a day and you will be able to start your full pull up work out in no time.

By: 3-14-10 « CrossFit Oak Ridge

3-14-10 « CrossFit Oak Ridge — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:51:30 +0000

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By: Gerron

Gerron — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:40:36 +0000

i have lots of trouble doing pull ups.I can reach up, but if(and only if) i extend my arms all the way down, i cant go back up.please help

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:53:37 +0000

great article i love reading about pullups right now im trying to get into this crew at http://www.extremepullups.com . im at 25 right now and trying to find that extra edge to get myself to 30

By: Dominic

Dominic — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:08:33 +0000

Read this article only about five weeks ago. I’m 38, pretty overweight and I am LOVING the fact I can do sets of five pull ups now (um … a little feeble on the last one, admittedly). I got a pull up bar that sits above my kitchen door and it’s fantastic — and a little bit frightening — to find all these muscles in my back that I didn’t know/had forgotten I had.

Great article.

By: Ronan

Ronan — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:19:18 +0000

I’m giving this a go! Trying the http://twentypullups.com challenge. I had to add on Week -1 and Week -2!. About to start Week 1 proper and up to 3 from 0 so somethng’s working! Great website and daily email btw. Keep it up!

By: Will

Will — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:08:30 +0000

I’m in my late 30s and I’d never done pull-ups or chin-ups. Been lifting free weights and running for years. My wife got me the UD-6 from easy effort and I tried for the first time a few days ago. Results… 3 good chin ups and 1 barely there pull up. I’m going to try the routine you’ve got listed here. I can tell these are exercises I’m going to like!

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:50:18 +0000

HTS – damn I am impressed. 3 sets of 20 at 57 years young, HTS that’s awesome. I ran into a 72 year old at the gym that could do a set of 22. HTS, how tall are you and how much do you weigh? I’m 50 years old 6′ tall about 172 lbs. I can get a set of 20 clean, weighted at 25 lbs I can usually get 10, with 45 lbs I can do 4. When I was 12 I could do 10, at 22 years old I could do 12, at 42 I could do 12. At 42 I started doing about 3 sets of 8-10, 2-3 times a week – I would max out once a week. Slowly after about 6 months I was able to get 20. I usually do a set of 20 every 2 weeks just to maintain (I have won a Marine shirt every Summer at the NYS Fair for the last 5 years by doing 20 clean ones, the Marines get a kick out of the old guy, this Summer I want to do 25-30). I mix it up with 3 sets of 10-12 once/twice a week then I do bent over rows and biceps, then stomach and run. My dream is to do American Ninja Warrior. I’ve also tried rock rings, but my forearm tendons were screaming, I want to get back to them for finger strength. After reading this thread I will be doing weighted pullups for the next 4 weeks. From what I’ve put together here and elsewhere I will be going for 5 sets of 3-5 once/twice a week, depending on my schedule. My goal is to get a set of 30 and one with 90 lbs on a weight belt. Wish me luck, I’ll check back in.

By: Dom

Dom — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:45:15 +0000

Awesome. Bookmarked. Pullups (and pushups) (and crunches) for me for the next eight weeks and then it’s on to the squats. Right now I can do — just about — maybe half of one from a dead hang. I’m 38, about 30lbs overweight and I’ve just given up smoking at last.

Really good to hear from the older guys here. I can’t stress that enough: you’re all really inspirational. More power to you.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:31:53 +0000

I’d just like to say, two weeks ago I couldn’t complete one stinking proper pull-up. Today, I started sets of three pull-ups. This really works. Bonus: This also got me in the gym and now I’m doing more than just pull-ups. I’ve noticed everything gets easier the more pull-ups you can do.

By: rajan

rajan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:36:30 +0000

do pull up affect in a human growth… please answer me..

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:40:05 +0000

Today is my 61 birthday and I started the celebration at 6:30am by doing 4 sets of chin-up(palms facing me), 8 reps each. This afternoon around 6 pm, I’ll do four sets of pull-ups,
6 reps each. Tuesday’s and Thursdays and Saturdays I do push-ups, 3 sets, 50 reps.. I have a free standing pull-up/dip frame in my garage that I’ve been using regular since this date a year ago. My goal was to do one set of 10 chin-ups & 10 pull-ups today, but it’s not quite happening.

By: Julian

Julian — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:53:12 +0000

Ryan on Feb 20th – hanging from the bar will help your grip, but won’t do much for the rest of you. If you’re failing because of your grip then that’ll help, but what’ll help more is hanging with bent arms – as bent as you can, for as long as you can. As you continue with that, you’ll find that the strength you build will help the rest of the pull up.

By: TimothyS.

TimothyS. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:19:47 +0000

There is very little muscle in your fingers. Fingers are moved by the pulling of long tendons. The tendons are connected to muscle in your palm and forearm.