How many pull ups are a lot?

[jcandoitbig]

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

 

[Hallelujah]

I do about 10 and feel pretty badass.

 

[OriginalSpeedy]

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.

Well if you can get yourself to not worry about the numbers you can try my method which in time produces amazing results. The theory: less is more with added resistance. What does that mean in English? Weighted Pull-Ups.

Get your hands on a belt, attach it to weights, and do them 2days a week consistently and increase the weight by 5lbs every 3rd week.

Start at 5lbs, and do 3x3 with 1 minute rests. I know it doesn't sound like a lot, but as the weight increases so does the difficulty, and in time 3x3 will be that more challenging, and after you get up to 50lbs attached, one day when you are fresh just jump on the bar and see how many you can do un-weighted. You will surprise yourself as long as you follow the previously suggested consistently.

There is more to this and what I do but for this topic that should cover it.

 

[Chungungo]

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.

that´s right, I am a 100 kilos now and think I can do 10, maybe 15 but when I was training I use to do series of 6 or 8 to not get tired so soon---

 

[IceWolf]

Well if you can get yourself to not worry about the numbers you can try my method which in time produces amazing results. The theory: less is more with added resistance. What does that mean in English? Weighted Pull-Ups.

Get your hands on a belt, attach it to weights, and do them 2days a week consistently and increase the weight by 5lbs every 3rd week.

Start at 5lbs, and do 3x3 with 1 minute rests. I know it doesn't sound like a lot, but as the weight increases so does the difficulty, and in time 3x3 will be that more challenging, and after you get up to 50lbs attached, one day when you are fresh just jump on the bar and see how many you can do un-weighted. You will surprise yourself as long as you follow the previously suggested consistently.

There is more to this and what I do but for this topic that should cover it.

Iiiiinnnnnteresting. I LIKE it! I'm going to give it a go, I like the idea. Thanks for the tip man. I don't see how it can't work out well for me. Props.

 

[Darkballs]

When did you complete bud/s?

Never. Always regretted never having a go at it. I joined the Marines. Went recon in late '98. We used to send guys through bud/s. Not all guys, but when we had the budget for it. That stopped around the time I made it through.

But regardless, having gone through bud/s or not, you have to realize those are the bare fucking minimums right?

 

[OriginalSpeedy]

No Problem. I really like to push it forward so to speak. What I learned and do is after YEARS of trial and error.

 

[LatFlare]

Never. Always regretted never having a go at it. I joined the Marines. Went recon in late '98. We used to send guys through bud/s. Not all guys, but when we had the budget for it. That stopped around the time I made it through.

But regardless, having gone through bud/s or not, you have to realize those are the bare fucking minimums right?

yes it was clear from the post that 10 is the minimum standard and 15-20 is required to be competitive.

 

[Dream Evil]

Do you guys do pullups explosively, or with a slower/more controlled pace? I have some shoulder/elbow issues from BJJ, so I tend to feel "safer" doing them slowly. I think that if I wasn't concerned about my joints I could probably do twice as many.

I used to add weight when I was younger, now I fear that it'd just be grinding my joints even harder.

 

[Miiiiiiighty]

In my opinion 20+ strict full ROM pull ups is great for anyone who's BW is over 185-190

 

[JRT6]

A high speed low drag type member and trainer on one of the tactical forums I frequent says they like doing seeing how many fat grip neutral grip chins they can do with 87.5lbs in ten minutes. Everyone is expected to get around 24 but 35 is tops.

 

[These Two Hands]

I weigh around 250lbs. For me, hitting 10 is "a lot". That being said, there are plenty of people doing pullups for 20 reps with weight that adds up to more than what I weigh so I don't really have an excuse other than not pushing myself hard enough I guess.

 

[Stargazer Rex]

22 was my best with strict form.

 

[JRT6]

Because pull ups is what makes a good officer...

It's because you have many more officers than there are slots for them and officers are expected to lead from the front in combat arms. That also means PT. BUD/S will take care of weeding out the subpar performers in leadership.

It's a really hard way to go doing the officer route because of such few spots and officers can't get a second shot if they DOR. They also can't stay in the teams very long because they get promoted out. One good thing though is that unless you're an Academy Grad or some other person that the Navy paid a shit load of money to put through college you can usually muster out of the Navy if you fail BUDs. Enlisted guys get sent to the fleet to clean shitters on troop transports.

 

[Stargazer Rex]

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.

Yeah, 20 was a perfect score when I was in. Do they still do pull ups for a score now? 100 crunches was a perfect score to, but everyone just sandbagged those. The pull ups were always super strict, though.

 

[DoomPatrol]

Yeah, 20 was a perfect score when I was in. Do they still do pull ups for a score now? 100 crunches was a perfect score to, but everyone just sandbagged those. The pull ups were always super strict, though.

I'm pretty sure, I've been out for a little while now. They added an obstacle course on top of the 3 mile run, crunches, and pullups. They might have changed it again. The strongest guys who were physical beasts of the unit usually maxed around 25 pullups. Those guys were the ones who were workhorses. The average strong guy was getting around 15-18.

Unless you have some need for crazy back endurance like a gymnast or climber(even that's mostly legs if you do it right), doing 30+ pullups is insane.

 

[Stargazer Rex]

I'm pretty sure, I've been out for a little while now. They added an obstacle course on top of the 3 mile run, crunches, and pullups. They might have changed it again. The strongest guys who were physical beasts of the unit usually maxed around 25 pullups. Those guys were the ones who were workhorses. The average strong guy was getting around 15-18.

Unless you have some need for crazy back endurance like a gymnast or climber(even that's mostly legs if you do it right), doing 30+ pullups is insane.

Ah, yeah I think they had to pull a dummy too. They added that new stuff after I got out. They also added new pt gear, windbreaker pants and a new jacket/shirt right after I got out too. You probably remember those green skivvy shirts and small ass green shorts where your nuts would hang out. lol

 

[DoomPatrol]

Ah, yeah I think they had to pull a dummy too. They added that new stuff after I got out. They also added new pt gear, windbreaker pants and a new jacket/shirt right after I got out too. You probably remember those green skivvy shirts and small ass green shorts where your nuts would hang out. lol

I still own nuthuggers one size too small. I used to wear those because we would almost always have to get into the river at one point. My squadleader was a psycho who deployed to Fallujah with a recon in 04 and ran point every mission. I hated him so much at the time. Looking back on it, he was legit as fuck.

 

[Stargazer Rex]

I still own nuthuggers one size too small. I used to wear those because we would almost always have to get into the river at one point. My squadleader was a psycho who deployed to Fallujah with a recon in 04 and ran point every mission. I hated him so much at the time. Looking back on it, he was legit as fuck.

I feel the same, I had a bunch of NCOs when I got to my unit that were in phantom fury and just got back, we were working up to deploy and they made our lives hell. When I got a bit older/smarter I was thankful for what they did. My unit was over at courthouse bay in Lejuene with Recon and a schools combat engineer battalion. We used to drink and fuck off with the recon guys a lot. good times :icon_chee

 

[SuperiorHands]

Interesting a lot people acting like 20 deadhang is an average or okay number. I've been consistently lifting for about a decade now and I have almost never seen guys knock out 20 pull ups in general, much less dead hangs. Not to say it's not impossible but especially for heavier longer guys your not going well over 20 deadhang unless your focusing a lot of time working on that lift.

 

[SexyMahnaz]

For me:

10 will impress most people [untrained/intermittent training]
15 is a solid number among those that train
20 and above is starting to get advanced. So I'd say anything over 20 is a lot.

 

[Chungungo]

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 think so, with good form and not jumping like many crossfiters do is hard to do more if you are heavy...like me, so I have to do sets like 3x12 but guess can do 17 with good form, more would be shaking in all the places of my body haha

 

[Vhagar]

20 is a very high number.

I do 3 sets of 12 Dead Hang proper pull ups on back day and its very tough. I don't think many people are regularly banging out 20 proper pull ups without kipping. Every time I see someone doing them they can't pass 8.

 

[Vhagar]

Interesting a lot people acting like 20 deadhang is an average or okay number. I've been consistently lifting for about a decade now and I have almost never seen guys knock out 20 pull ups in general, much less dead hangs. Not to say it's not impossible but especially for heavier longer guys your not going well over 20 deadhang unless your focusing a lot of time working on that lift.

Agreed, very very few people can do 20 in a row without kipping.

 

[FlowWithTheGo23]

20 is the max on the Marine Corps PFT. It's a solid number.

 

[OriginalSpeedy]

Do you guys want to spend time on a forum arguing the number or train to reach that number?:icon_chee

 

[kahiljabroni]

20 is more than 99% of population can do. Now, 95% of population doesn't do them regularly so take that for what it's worth.