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Just wondering, I'm able to do 19, 20 in a row, just wanted to know if that's a good or average number, thanks!
 
Been working on these. Started with a solid 23. Strictly no kipping at all, however im sure there would be a few that said it wasn't a full ROM. But I have to stand on tip toes to get to the bar and my toes touch the ground every rep.

I've been doing a max set twice a day 4 times a week, over the last 3weeks my max has crept up to 28. Today I did two sets of 28. One in the morning and once again at lunchtime.

I've also occasionally been adding in sets of 5 reps, inbetween each rep I've added 5 seconds worth of dead hang. Making sure I get full ROM and a good stretch and extra grip training too.

Any thoughts would be appreciated, I'm thinking of adding negatives into the max rep set, so at failure, I just add a bit more.
 
ironwolf said:
Same here, shoot for 100 a day but they ar spread throughout the day.
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Yeah right. I don't believe you could do a pull up, you've never even seen 100 pull ups , let alone done one.

Vid or ......................................
 
there are so many ways to up your reps. different ppl with different approaches.

some work out daily and go by feel, other try routines like the armstrong thing.

the barstarrz have a youtube video where they work out 5 or 6 days a week but do different sets/reps each day.

also the bar-barians have the hardest requirements in the calisthenics scene, i think.
there are some forums where they show their methods to get to big numbers. a lot use some kind of edt workout. they set a time frame of 10 or 20 minutes and try to do amrap in this ammount of time. more and more volume in less time is the goal.

i think adding weight is is a good change. do low reps for 3 or 4 weeks or something and try again a max set after putting on some lbs. to your weighted pullups.
 
eworden78 said:
This is what I'm finding, I'm doing tons of pull-ups, weighted pull-ups, dips, all sorts of other pull-up based calisthenics. I still can't do a gawdamn muscle up!!!:mad:

I started doing jumping muscle-ups on a low pull-up bar, and I think I'm starting to get the technique down.
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It's a mix. If you can't do around 20 pull ups, you won't have the strength to do a single muscle up. From there is a matter of technqiue like you said.
 
PgKarate said:
Just wondering, I'm able to do 19, 20 in a row, just wanted to know if that's a good or average number, thanks!
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how much do you weigh?

20 is a respectable number for sure, most of the guys in my office would struggle to complete 5
 
20 strict pullups with the chin above the bar without craning the neck, pauses at the top/bottom and no body rocking is pretty good especially for someone heavier.
 
hearthstone25 said:
Seems a few of you say you can bust out 15-20. I bet they aren't dead hang. Where the video at?
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I agree. People talking about 20 being "okay" and that they easily do them seems fishy. They either a) weigh 150lbs, b) do half rom reps or most likely c) a combination of both. Probably a few are for real.

I second this post, videos of strict deadhang 20+ rep pullups with chin over the bar and no swinging or I call bull. Take out your phone, let a friend record or sit it down on something, grab the nearest pullup bar and go!

Looking forward to the quality videos!
 
20 is relatively an Ok number.

Problem is that there will be always people much better than you.
You can feel so proud and happy about your 20 pull ups, and then you will see a dude doing 50 pull ups and you will feel like shit.

There are girls that can do 30 pull ups.

There are guys that can do 20 muscle ups.

If you achieve 100 pull ups, then yes, you can safely say that you are at a very high level.
 
I'd say 20 is pretty solid.

I'm at 18 pull ups right now. Dead hang
 
How tall are you? how heavy are you?

You know, leverage points and weight and shit.

If you can do 20 proper form dead hang pull ups, you are doing pretty well.
 
If we're talking about real pull ups, full range of motion where you straighten out your arms all the way, I would say 10 is good. 20 is very good, 30+ is great. I don't know that anyone could to 50, but if you're really light then maybe someone can.

Those of you who talk about hundreds, I assume you're talking about kipping crap. Otherwise, post a link.
 
thats a good amount if you're doing them correctly and not doing that kipping bullshit

the most I did was 18 back when I wrestled in college at 133 lbs but these days will be lucky to get 10 after ballooning up in weight
 
100 is beastmode you should try rock climbing if you can do that many

I dont think pullups are ever easy, 10 is better than most guys, 20 is pretty good
 
Most I ever did was 17. I weigh 240 pounds.
 
I dont like to do many in a row. I did 100 today. but what was many sets of 5 and 10
 
If you're big the more than 6 is pretty decent


If you're extra light, then you might be able to do like 16 and still not be relatively that strong for your frame
 
20 from a dead hang (strictly enforced one second arms fully locked out before going back up again) maxes out that segment of the Marine physical fitness test if that's a metric you'd like to go by
 
i can do 20 but cannot do a muscleup...i see this little olympic lifter in my gym cranking out muscleups for reps and it does look fun but i dont measure my self worth by it...in fact i saw john bones jones video today where he couldnt even chin over the bar pullup with 50 pounds
 
JRT6 said:
Alright I'll take your call out, and I'm not saying it's trolling or anything, but first; what's in for me?
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ben236 said:
Alright. I'll post something in a few days when I'm back in town.
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Lol, whatever happened with this.

jcandoitbig said:
anything more than 15 is good. these days i struggle to get to 20 straight. when i was swimming in college the best i did was 45 from a dead hang each time. but that was in the midst of training so fresh i could have probably gone around 60.

btw i'm talking wide grip pull ups
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:rolleyes:
 
I weigh 150 lbs and I'm like 5'10" (I guess, I have no idea how feets work, 1,78m)
Thanks for the input!
 
pokerandbeer said:
i can do 20 but cannot do a muscleup...i see this little olympic lifter in my gym cranking out muscleups for reps and it does look fun but i dont measure my self worth by it...in fact i saw john bones jones video today where he couldnt even chin over the bar pullup with 50 pounds
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Muscle ups are all technique rather than power. If you can do 10 pullups there's no reason you can't do a muscle up, other than the fact that your technique is wrong.


As far as a good number of pullups go, anything over 20 is good. Thirty is great. Anything above that is phenomenal. This is of course assuming stellar technique.

The set should start from a full extension of the elbows, bringing your chin above the bar with no swinging of the hips or legs. Then you lower yourself back down to a full extension. No bouncing to help yourself up. No raising your chin as high as you can. You need full extension, aka locked out elbows, before the next rep can start.


Usually people lie about their real numbers. Guys will brag about doing 15-20 pullups then you get them on a bar and they bounce like they're on a trampoline or stop halfway down, all while barely getting their chin over the bar.
 
I think regardless of your weight, 20 is a good number. That's from
deadhang lockout without bouncing. 20 is the Marine Corps max points. Anymore than that and you're smoking it.
 
I do ~ 100 a day, there's pull-up bars EVERYWHERE here so I'll jump on and do a set on all of them during my walk to and from work.

It doesn't seem like a lot because it's broken up throughout the day but I've always thought 20 in 1 set is pretty damn good.
 
Your weight counts a whole lot.
When I was 250+ I could only do like 5. Now I can do them many times that, at 190.
 
PgKarate said:
Just wondering, I'm able to do 19, 20 in a row, just wanted to know if that's a good or average number, thanks!
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Shelby Wilson said if you can't do 200 pullups you shouldn't be on a wrestling mat. He was the 1960 gold medalist. I dated his granddaughter in 1980, she hates me.

I don't really know who many Shelby could do but the world record for consecutive pullups is 232.
 
jgarner said:
Muscle ups are all technique rather than power. If you can do 10 pullups there's no reason you can't do a muscle up, other than the fact that your technique is wrong.
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This is what I'm finding, I'm doing tons of pull-ups, weighted pull-ups, dips, all sorts of other pull-up based calisthenics. I still can't do a gawdamn muscle up!!!:mad:

I started doing jumping muscle-ups on a low pull-up bar, and I think I'm starting to get the technique down.
 
pridedorim said:
20 is relatively an Ok number.

Problem is that there will be always people much better than you.
You can feel so proud and happy about your 20 pull ups, and then you will see a dude doing 50 pull ups and you will feel like shit.

There are girls that can do 30 pull ups.

There are guys that can do 20 muscle ups.

If you achieve 100 pull ups, then yes, you can safely say that you are at a very high level.
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never seen or heard of a man capable of doing 50 strict pull ups in a row, without pause.

100 pull ups in a row it's impossible.
 
Bubblun said:
never seen or heard of a man capable of doing 50 strict pull ups in a row, without pause.

100 pull ups in a row it's impossible.
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I can't imagine it either, I'm totally burned out at 20. I'm not the prime example of physical shape but I'm light and with low body fat.
 
Anything greater than 10 is alot for me. Any reason why you're interested in this? I feel if I could do 10+, its time to add weight
 
JRT6 said:
That's for enlisted but if someone going for one of the very few officer billets he'd better be able to do a lot better than that.
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That, and those are the bare minimums to walk in the door. If that's the best a candidate can do, he'll be out in a matter of days.
 
j123 said:
Anything greater than 10 is alot for me. Any reason why you're interested in this? I feel if I could do 10+, its time to add weight
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X2

Bjj belt with a kb ties on is awesome
 
I once applied for the police department, and went through the physical test and passed. Before the test, it was announced you would have to do 3, dead hang chin-ups with an overhand grip. I trained for this and came in ready to do them. As soon as the test day came, they immediately did some double talk and said "We are not trying to make the physical test any easier, but we have decided to drop the chin-up portion".

I remember thinking if someone cannot do 3 chin-ups, maybe they shouldn't work in law enforcement.

I found this physical test totally ridiculous. One part of it involved picking up an empty .38 revolver off the ground, and squeezing the trigger 10 times with your right hand and 6 times with your left hand.

Another part involved being able to "run" a mile in....get ready......12 minutes!!!
 
I think they have another crazy test where you have to run around some cones and get over four steps
 
Sounds like a CF question. Me personally years ago mine were 10 very strict to the form pull-ups and I finally achieved it using a method of weighted pull-ups.

Now I am more focused on quality than quantity, and make significant results by making the exercises more challenging. Common method is adding weight. Love my IronMind Dip-Belt and Loading-Pin. But if I were to do this at a commercial gym and not my garage I would go with a Rogue belt just for convenience.
 
JRT6 said:
That's for enlisted but if someone going for one of the very few officer billets he'd better be able to do a lot better than that.
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Because pull ups is what makes a good officer...
 
Bubblun said:
never seen or heard of a man capable of doing 50 strict pull ups in a row, without pause.

100 pull ups in a row it's impossible.
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Depends on the "kind" of pull-up. CF people do 100 often using the "kipping" method.

:rolleyes: I am not a fan just in case you are wondering.
 
OriginalSpeedy said:
Depends on the "kind" of pull-up. CF people do 100 often using the "kipping" method.

:rolleyes: I am not a fan just in case you are wondering.
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You're right, because kipping is utter bullshit heh, so I concur Dr. Speedy.


I've seen people but out 50 chins before, but not strict pull-ups.

I can do 10 and i'm about 250 right now so, I guess thats OK. I haven't been doing many lately though, I'm going to start it up again, just doing them as I walk by my bar during the day.
 
eworden78 said:
Did you have trouble transitioning from Pull-Ups to Muscle Ups?

I worked out like crazy on Pull-ups for awhile, and got really good (20ish from dead hang) then decided I wanted to do a muscle-up.
I feel like I'm really close but just can't get past that little transition spot.

I've been reading and watching tutorials on muscle-ups, but I'm still not there.

I've been doing tons of dips, and rows, as well as shoulder press, as I've heard rear delts are a key muscle. I've also been practicing false grip, and I've also started practicing with straight bar dips.
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Muscle ups are all technique. Even when i trained weighted pull ups and could do one with 25-30 extra kg i couldn't do a muscle up
 
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