Pull-up poll (1 Viewer)

[Dr. No]

How many strict form pull-ups can you do? (not chin ups)

 

[ChiefD]

I can barely pull myself out of bed.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

You can put me down for "zero." Not proud of it necessarily, but my upper-body strength has always been nonexistent.

 

[belljr]

Ever since my shoulder injury and now my fatness - I'll say zero

 

[Dr. No]

You can put me down for "zero." Not proud of it necessarily, but my upper-body strength has always been nonexistent.

I think that will be the most common response. They are incredibly difficult. For those that are either obese or really tall with long arms they are almost impossible.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Bum shoulder and fat guy here, too.

My what’s normal poll is which one are you eating today:

Pizza
Burger
Wings
All 3, it’s MNF.

 

[mr. furley]

0

have one of those pull up bars in my doorway and i wrench a few ... underarm? pullups out every other day but it's not "military strict" perfect form from a dead hang. so i voted 0.

 

[nirad3]

LOL

 

[Keerock]

There was an ROTC Marine in my fraternity and he did 333 pullups in a row during some ROTC competition. (I think they were pullups, not chinups). Dude was absolutely ripped, but skinny ripped, not body builder ripped. I think his slight body weight helped him. Either way, he was a bit of a celebrity for it at parties

ETA: I voted 1... and that's being very optimistic.

 

[nirad3]

There was an ROTC Marine in my fraternity and he did 333 pullups in a row during some ROTC competition. (I think they were pullups, not chinups). Dude was absolutely ripped, but skinny ripped, not body builder ripped. I think his slight body weight helped him. Either way, he was a bit of a celebrity for it at parties

ETA: I voted 1... and that's being very optimistic.

@Keerock What fraternity were you in? DM me if you don't want that public, but considering this guy did 333 pullups it made me think we might be in the same house?

 

[Dr. No]

0

have one of those pull up bars in my doorway and i wrench a few ... underarm? pullups out every other day but it's not "military strict" perfect form from a dead hang. so i voted 0.

I think anyone who can do even one pull-up can probably do way more chin-ups.. they're just easier

 

[Keerock]

There was an ROTC Marine in my fraternity and he did 333 pullups in a row during some ROTC competition. (I think they were pullups, not chinups). Dude was absolutely ripped, but skinny ripped, not body builder ripped. I think his slight body weight helped him. Either way, he was a bit of a celebrity for it at parties

ETA: I voted 1... and that's being very optimistic.

What fraternity were you in? DM me if you don't want that public, but considering this guy did 333 pullups it made me think we might be in the same house?

PDT. The number was just his goal, "cool" number.. had nothing to do with the house.

 

[the moops]

ETA: I voted 1... and that's being very optimistic.

If you have to even question yourself, the number is 0

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I could probably "run" around the block twice before doing one true pull up. But then again I have a liquor store less than a block away.

 

[Dr. No]

I wanna hear from the 11+ crowd. how do you do it? I want to do more.. i imagine dumping 15 lbs would bump up my numbers easily.. but i'm stuck at like 4-4.5.. 3 sets of 4 is my pull up workout twice a week.. and that is REALLY hard.

 

[nirad3]

There was an ROTC Marine in my fraternity and he did 333 pullups in a row during some ROTC competition. (I think they were pullups, not chinups). Dude was absolutely ripped, but skinny ripped, not body builder ripped. I think his slight body weight helped him. Either way, he was a bit of a celebrity for it at parties

ETA: I voted 1... and that's being very optimistic.

What fraternity were you in? DM me if you don't want that public, but considering this guy did 333 pullups it made me think we might be in the same house?

PDT. The number was just his goal, "cool" number.. had nothing to do with the house.

Ah. I was in a Phi Kappa Psi, where "3" is kind of our magic number so thought there could be a correlation.

 

[El Floppo]

I am grossly out of shape (for myself). I know I could do one, and then probably fight my way to a second... with dire consequences. I voted 2.
But I was never a pull-up guy... probably 15+/- at my peak fitness.

 

[Manster]

47 years old......I can do about a dozen. I do em 2 or 3 times a week

 

[AAABatteries]

:blutarsky:

 

[Zow]

Ever since my shoulder injury and now my fatness - I'll say zero

Same for me.

I think my personal record was like 22 back in the day.

 

[shuke]

Shoulder/fat camp here so zero. My shoulder can only take 3 sets of lat pulldowns.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

pre shoulder injury, 10ish. working my way back to form. injury was in march

 

[ILUVBEER99]

I wanna hear from the 11+ crowd. how do you do it? I want to do more.. i imagine dumping 15 lbs would bump up my numbers easily.. but i'm stuck at like 4-4.5.. 3 sets of 4 is my pull up workout twice a week.. and that is REALLY hard.

Do them a lot. 3-4 times a week consistently. Do that and you’ll be able to do 10+ within a year. Maybe sooner since you’re already doing them.

Also as you mentioned dropping 10-15 lbs would definitely help.

 

[-OZ-]

I wanna hear from the 11+ crowd. how do you do it? I want to do more.. i imagine dumping 15 lbs would bump up my numbers easily.. but i'm stuck at like 4-4.5.. 3 sets of 4 is my pull up workout twice a week.. and that is REALLY hard.

consistency. Swam in high school, ROTC and water polo in college. Airborne school, 101st, 82nd in the Army. Still swim now, have a pull up bar in the garage. Never really got terribly out of shape.
when In the 82, we used to hit the bar at every opportunity. The most progress I saw was one of our paralegals who wasn’t afraid to have someone hold her feet for assistance after a few. She went from barely doing 3 to 15 in 6 months (deployed, so not drinking or eating too much garbage).
Seriously, if you can get someone to do it, do Partner assisted or you can use one of those machines.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I wanna hear from the 11+ crowd. how do you do it? I want to do more.. i imagine dumping 15 lbs would bump up my numbers easily.. but i'm stuck at like 4-4.5.. 3 sets of 4 is my pull up workout twice a week.. and that is REALLY hard.

consistency. Swam in high school, ROTC and water polo in college. Airborne school, 101st, 82nd in the Army. Still swim now, have a pull up bar in the garage. Never really got terribly out of shape.
when In the 82, we used to hit the bar at every opportunity. The most progress I saw was one of our paralegals who wasn’t afraid to have someone hold her feet for assistance after a few. She went from barely doing 3 to 15 in 6 months (deployed, so not drinking or eating too much garbage).
Seriously, if you can get someone to do it, do Partner assisted or you can use one of those machines.

You can also put an elastic strap at the bottom of the rack that you would put your feet in. This will provide some assistance if you’re solo

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I struggled when I was in good shape, so I’m gonna go ahead and say 0

 

[mr. furley]

0

have one of those pull up bars in my doorway and i wrench a few ... underarm? pullups out every other day but it's not "military strict" perfect form from a dead hang. so i voted 0.

I think anyone who can do even one pull-up can probably do way more chin-ups.. they're just easier

for sure. i was doing sets of 12 chin-ups and still couldn't do 1 pull-up. **** is way different.

 

[nirad3]

I'm just glad this thread isn't about Depends.

 

[Anarchy99]

I'll round up and say zero.

 

[Tecumseh]

Earlier this year I was really focusing on getting to 1. I got to 30lbs assisted, and then it kind of fell by the wayside. My pull-up loss was my bench press gain. I’ve gained about 50lbs on my max, and now my regular workout is 3 sets of my old max.

 

[thecatch]

0

have one of those pull up bars in my doorway and i wrench a few ... underarm? pullups out every other day but it's not "military strict" perfect form from a dead hang. so i voted 0.

I think anyone who can do even one pull-up can probably do way more chin-ups.. they're just easier

for sure. i was doing sets of 12 chin-ups and still couldn't do 1 pull-up. **** is way different.

Weird - mine have always been pretty similar. I think i did 5 pull-ups and 7 chin ups last time I tried this.

 

[mr. furley]

0

have one of those pull up bars in my doorway and i wrench a few ... underarm? pullups out every other day but it's not "military strict" perfect form from a dead hang. so i voted 0.

I think anyone who can do even one pull-up can probably do way more chin-ups.. they're just easier

for sure. i was doing sets of 12 chin-ups and still couldn't do 1 pull-up. **** is way different.

Weird - mine have always been pretty similar. I think i did 5 pull-ups and 7 chin ups last time I tried this.

haven't tried a pull up in quite a while. that said, i don't think i can do a pull up. might surprise myself one of these days when i can get to a gym.

 

[fruity pebbles]

Now probably 8-10, used to be able to do 20+. Not part of my normal workout as they irritate my shoulders. Key was adding a weighted belt and increasing the weight little by little. Eventually the non weighted pull-ups were a walk in the park.

 

[Dr. No]

Now probably 8-10, used to be able to do 20+. Not part of my normal workout as they irritate my shoulders. Key was adding a weighted belt and increasing the weight little by little. Eventually the non weighted pull-ups were a walk in the park.

Hmm... I have a 20lb weighted vest I walk the dog in. Didn't think of trying a pull up with that on. That would take me from 4 to 1 or 2 pretty quick... but maybe more strength building

 

[the moops]

All you shoulder and fat excuse makers. It's like 10% shoulder and 90% fat if we properly placing the blame, right?

 

[The General]

I am guessing 2-4. I have no idea though I don’t want to try and hurt myself