How long did it take you guys to do a pullup? I've been training 4 months and still can't do one. However I can do 4 chinups. I am 6' 170 lbs.
Here is my routine 2x a week
14 chinups in as few sets as possible
2x5 chinup negatives
3x5 inverted rows
>>36406200
>How long did it take you guys to do a pullup?
I can't remember not being able to do one and stats are similar to yours
>>36406200
I was 9 or 10 years old when I did my first pull up.
>>36406200
14 chinups in as few sets as possible
2x5 chinup negatives
3x5 inverted rows
Trade all of this in and just try do pullups, all that stuff is redundant
>>36406200
bring your arms in closer so its like a chin-up
gradually bring arms apart as it gets eiser
Do pull-up negatives. It's that weird forearm part of the movement you're failing in, and if you don't train it, you will not be able to do it.
>>36406200
lmao
why are these fuckers so god damn hard?
>>36406200
Ouldnt to a pushup at the beginning lose weight and do pull up negatives. Other advices are lat pulldown and hammer curls
I heard that the v attachment for later pull downs are the best for translating to a pull up. I'd say lose weight but you are already skelly.
>>36406398
because your hands are so far away from your body adding resistance
Make sure you retract and depress your scapula. Pull your elbows into your pockets. Avoid internal shoulder rotation like the god damn devil. It will fuck your shit up.
Stay hollow and flex your butt hard.
>>36406200
As a seventeen-year-old it took me a week.
After a few weeks I was in the double digits.
I miss having a teenage body.
Shit, I just tried and noticed that I can't even move off the ground now. I've neglected those muscles too much.
And here I was thinking that I was at least in barely decent shape now that I've started doing various sports in low intensity.
>>36406200
Took me 2-3 weeks of negative chins to achieve one, Then a month to achieve my first pull-up. By then I could do 3 to 5 chin ups.
Nothing beats negatives OP. Good luck.
>>36406730
>and noticed that I can't even move off the ground now.
wtf
>>36406200
I can't recall a time in my life when I couldn't do a pull up. Even when I was a little kid I could bust 2 or 3 out. I don't think I've ever done less than 10 after being 15 or so. I can't imagine being a male and not being able to lift my own body weight.
>>36406779
Not OP, but my gym has a pullup assist machine. Do these work better than negatives?
>>36406854
same think about it
>>36406854
I'm not sure to be honest. But generally speaking, anything that emulates the motion of a pull-up would do you good.
This includes Negatives and Assisted(Bands, machine, etc) Pull/Chin ups.
Lat Pull-downs, not so much as your body is only stationary unlike the ones I mentioned, which really emulates the whole process of a pull-up.
>>36406807
Yes, that's how weak my arms are right now.
So, how can I train the associated muscles without using the bar? I have one on my door, but I don't trust it to hold my weight.
>>36406933
whats your weight?
barbel curls for chinups then chinups for pullups
rows,lats
>>36406200
I always could do a few, no matter how long I remember. I've always been super-fat and unstrong, too. 90kg at 14 (managed to thin down to 70kg at 1.8m not long ago, but then I fattened back up to 85kg - I can still do full pullups no problem. Not 10, but 3-4 easily).
im almost exact stats as you 6'1 175
training for 3 months and I can do one pullup
>>36406941
Around 65.5kg.
I'm 174cm if that matters.
Currently at 3x7 chin-ups with 20kg added and 3x8 pull-ups with 15kg added at 192cm 93kg BW.
I alternate between pull-ups and chin-ups every lifting day. Doing 3xF until I reach at least 3x8-9 and then add 5 more kilos.
Started at ~3x 3-4 with just bodyweight, and it helped me progress pretty quickly. If you can't even do one, use the same method with negatives as slowly and controlled as possible.
>>36406200
Can barely do one chin up.
Cutting down to 80-90kg from 101. Hopefully that, plus negatives and lat pulldowns, will give me the ability to at least achieve one pullup. That's my goal atm.
I can do one chinup if I jump into it. That's how much i've neglected my body over the last 6 months.
I am able to do 8 pullups and 10 chinups.
I feel like i could do more pullups but my forearms seem to be giving out first. I've had people recommend me to use deadlift lifting straps while doing pullups and this seems to help but i think it is a little strange strapping yourself to a pullup bar.
I would prefer to strengthen my forearms. What is the best way to do this? Static hangs? Farmers walks? Jerk off more dicks?
>>36407049
>Jerk off more dicks?
This. Find the nearest orgy and get to work.
>>36406272
THIS
THIS
THIS
If you don't follow this advice you're an idiot.
>>36406200
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>>36406200
>2x a week
kek
>>36406200
>2x week
>>36407062
I'm relatively straight, but if I was guaranteed to add 2 pullups to all 3 of my sets of 8 I'd jerk off 65 dicks no problem. Bring on the fucking dicks.
>>36406200
http://www.50pullups.com/
Every day this is posted, and every day I post this link. Follow this guide and stop complaining about lmaonogains
>>36407114
i have some bad news for you you are a gay
>>36406200
> Warm Up
Inverted Rows 3x10(set the bar higher)
To get your rear delts activated
> Main Set
Pullup Isometric 3xf (hold top position till failure)
When you get to 3x30 switch to negatives doing 3x5r
> Accessory
Chinups 3x3(add a rep every week)
When you reach ten reps switch to weighted and increase by 5lbs every week
If your posture is Shitty add some face pulls rear delt flies or something
>>36407134
I'll be a gay man doing 10 motherfucking pullups
>>36406200
When I was 14, I couldn't do a single one at first. I kept on hanging. The second day, I could do half and I pulled a full one on the third day.
>>36407142
>Pullup Isometric 3xf (hold top position till failure)
>When you get to 3x30 switch to negatives doing 3x5r
im a little slow upstairs. What do you mean by this?
Literally as long as I remember myself. Even a kid I could do at least 10, when I was highschool even fatties and girls could pull themselves a few time. It actually shocked me to learn that there are some men incapable of doing even one. Is that an american thing?
>>36407267
I know, right?
MURRIKA FUCK YEAH!
>>36406200
Even untrained I could do probably ten. Maybe because I'm lighter. Even now after gaining 20-30 pounds I'm only 160lbs. Can do about 18 pullups
>he can't do a freestanding one-handed handstand-push up while wearing a 40kg west
can't make this shit up
>>36407267
I have never met a female who could do a pullup
>>36407292
>west
CYKA BLYAT
I couldn't do a single pull up when I started at the gym, but everyday I always tried, even if I failed to do a single one. After I managed to do my first after maybe a weekm the next day I was able to do 2, then 3. Just keep trying
>>36406200
All you weaklings who can't do pull-ups, here's the protip:
The rower is the ultimate device to build up to this. Since you're probably in really bad shape if you can't even do one pull-up, it's worth noting that rowers are a pretty good full body workout that target the lower body, the core, forearms and lats.
>>36407294
>inb4 stronk womyn doing crossfit-ups.
>>36407119
And literally no one pays attention because they're too busy meming the fuck out on bullshit broscience to get their lats developed
>>36407390
cardio is not the same as weighttraining. want to get better at pullups? do more (negative) pullups.
>>36407243
Pull-up isometric(pic related)
3xfailure
When you hold for over 30 seconds for each set switch to pullup negatives for 3 sets of 5 reps(3x5r) going down as slow add possible for each rep
What are these negative pull-ups? Anyone got a video of this? People are often asking me how should they train to be able to do at least one pullup and I tell him to start doing negatives, but I have no idea what these are.
>>36407690
Holy manlet batman!
>>36407776
the eccentric (against gravity) part. jump up and slowly lower yourself
>>36407776
>I tell him to start doing negatives
>I have no idea what these are.
/fit/ in a nutshell
Fatass here at 80 Kgs and can do 10 pull ups, 10 chin ups no probs, can go further but 10 is the norm.
Progressing now to towel pull ups and chin ups at 5 reps per set, shit's awesome.
Just do 2 sets of wide, narrow pull ups and chin ups 3 days a week at about 80% of your max reps, add 1 more after each week, when you plateau either add weight, or do a harder variation.
If you can't do a single full rom pull up either lose weight or have a small chair beneath you so you can give yourself as little help with your legs as possible.
>>36406214
Yes lmao. I can understand how a 500 lb guy cant do a pull up, but if you a normal human being with a usual physique, how the fuck can you NOT do a SINGEL fucking pull up?
wtf
>>36407945
Nice meme
>>36407690
i understand now. thank you.
>>36407955
He's right. Even fat as shit you should have no problem doing at least one pull-up. Morbidly obese, maybe not. Non-morbidly obese, shouldn't be a problem.
>>36407049
this is my problem as well, and I dont think that straps are really useful, I mean if my forearms are the weakest link in the chain I dont want to make them weaker by not using them
>>36407853
lol, how tiny are you for considering yourself fat at 80kg
>>36408366
Static hangs and farmers walks are amazing, leaning more towards farmers walks, the heavier the better, since with static hangs the weight remains the same.
>>36408377
80kg is fat even at 6'. Get out of here, giant.
>>36406200
youre fucking up your muscles somehow
>>36406200
Do negatives for 5sets of 8 no matter how much it hurts, unless you feel you may get hurt.
Wait 48-72 hrs
Repeat.
>>36406200
Don't listen to all of those idiots above, took me 3 months to do my first one. But you really should increase the frequency, 2x a week is not enough.
>>36406854
I hear those don't work because they take away any balancing and stabilization you would have to do without the bar underneath you. I recommend slower and slower negatives, those tend to work the best.
>>36406214
The more relevant stats would probably include the length of your torso, arms, shoulders, and legs. Longer legs will probably make your pullup reps lower, while the other things would probably help.
>>36407603
Stay myopic.
I can do one pull up. I've been training for roughly 3 months now. I've never been able to do pull ups, idk why. Idk if I'm doing them wrong or just not strong enough yet or I'm probably still too fat. I need to do more cardio, 5'9 220lb. Although I've improved drastically in weight training, I try to add 5lbs a week to all the weight exercise I do.
>>36408394
>using BMI as body fat indicator
>>36409069
>fatass here at X
>that mean's he ripped lmao XDD
>>>/reddit/
>this fucking thread
>and here I thought I was weak in the childhood
>still always could do around 10 pullups
>>36406200
I've been able to do at least one pullup since I was sixteen years old.
Can still only do three though and now I'm 23 kek
>>36406845
Negatives
Rows
Lat pulldowns
Core/bicep/ triceps workouts (auxiliaries)
The door will hold. Those frames are built to withstand some high amounts of pressure.
By relation I'm 208lbs and can do 1 pullup and no chinups. Different people have different proficiencies with different muscle groups.
Personally I am trying to lose weight. And build muscle mass. It's slow going so keep it up anon
>>36406200
One day I think I finally hit a strength-to-weight ratio that allowed me to do one, then I could do three, then seven now 25.
>>36406200
I literally can't remember a time when I couldn't do a pullup. Even as a kid as young as about 12 I remember doing then for fun.
>>36406200
Never, Ive always been able to do a pullup. Did my first when I was two or three years old.
am i better off doing negatives or doing weighted ones until I can do real ones?
>>36407945
I weigh 175 pounds and have spaghetti arms, that's how you mong
>>36407945
not everyone is as awesome as you
go pat yourself on the dick for being so awesome
>>36408394
>DYELs
lol, Im 80 kg at 6' and not even fat yb bmi standards, fat by BMI would be at 85 kg at 6'
>>36406200
few weeks ago I was able to do 3x3, now I'm doing 7x3
feels good
chinups are easier but I'm not putting enough focus on them, soon I might be able to do more pullups than chin ups which is weird
>>36406200
Never? I've always been able to do one m8
Did my first real pullup in middle school. Losing weight helped considerably.
>>36407603
He's actually right. Rows are a great start to pull ups. You should do bodyweightf inverted rows though and not a stupid cardio rowing machine.
Bands
Bands
BANDZ A MAKE HER DANCE FAMALAM
Seriously, use bands of any sort. I used to be able to only do 4 or so for a long time. Added bands and in two months I can pump out 3x10 no problem
>>36406200
>ITT: pathetic fat asses everywhere
I can't remember a time when I couldn't do a pullup. I do 5 sets of 10-15 pullups in every other back workout. And yes, they are actual full range pullups and not Crossfit Hang Onto Bar Squirms.
Lose some fucking weight and do pullups every back workout and if you can't manage to do at least sets of 5 within 8 weeks, then you are either still eating like a lard ass or you were born without arms.
>>36406214
>>36407945
Are you guys actually talking about real wide grip pullups? I'm in pretty pathetic skinnyfat shape and can do 7 chinups but no pullups.
>>36406443
What do you mean by internal shoulder rotation, anon?
>>36412964
wide grip pullups are shit anyways. the pic in op is as wide as you should go
>>36408394
Haha shut up. 80kg is fuck all at 6'
I started with 0 and in 6 months managed to get to 10 (also put on a lot of weight since)
oldfag 34 yo here
started being able to do 3 chin ups and went up to 12-14 pull ups in a matter of months. HOWEVER, I really noticed even minor differences in weight (how much I had eaten/drank) influenced the number of the actual pull ups I could...pull.
I hit a plateau around 10 pull ups and broke it by using a 16kg kettlebell on my back. never managed to hit anything over 14 pull ups, but I was never aiming for mass, just leanness.
another oldfag 34yo here.
been able to do only about 5 chin-ups for ages. bit of a fatty, but lost weight recently and did 8 chin-ups tonight. never been able to do a pull up but thought I'd give it a go given my earlier success.
managed 3. pretty pleased with myself!
>>36406222
>>36407776
>>36407778
i did my first pull up yesterday
>>36406272
>Weird forearm part of the movement
You mean elbow flexion? Which means using your biceps?
>>36406200
Can't ever remember not being able to do chin ups, didn't even know what a real pull up was until about a year ago. When I first started i'd just do heaps of chin ups, I think i just built up a bit of strength doing that and when i finally learnt what a real pull up was i could at least do a couple.
I can do 11 now. Gonna start working my way up to higher reps after doing 5x5 pull ups for a while. I wanna get to 20 by the end of the year.
>>36414812
are you going to do the 5x5 weighted?
seems odd to not just do sets of 10 or so if they are unweighted and you can do 11
>>36406200
Like a month
>>36406200
i did one in the summer for the first time and im 34 years old. been a fat ass all my life, then was skinny fat, then started lifting and managed to do it. im up to 5 now.
>>36406200
23 years. Never really done one before but after seeing this thread I went to the gym downstairs and did 4 just to see if I could manage one.
>>36407119
the reason I dont follow this is because it seems retarded at first glance. I mean if I can do 9 to 11 pullups in a row, why the fuck does it have me doing sets of 3 and a work set (?) of 5.
>>36406222
yeah me too.
I did it the shitty way, my brother hung a bar in my door and told me to try everytime I walk through it
>>36406200
OP use a lateral pull down machine and set it to a weight you can do 6-8 of
when the weight exceeds your body weight, try again
don't do chin ups
>>36414722
Good job anon!
Keep it up.
>>36406200
Ages bro, best thing I ever did was get a chinup bar in my house and attempt it every day. Try jumping up then letting yourself down as slowly as possible. Then eventually you'll be able to do one. Get a chinup bar and put it in your doorframe bro. They're $20 on ebay.
>>36406200
Finally started doing weighted chinups.
After even one with 22 pounds added my unweighted max shot up. Unweighted seem easy as fuuuck now.
10/10 would recommend even if weak.
