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I can do only about 7 consecutive pullups and Im not very happy about this. How many pullups should I do daily to work my way to lets say 20 pullups? I think I do about 80 pullups every 2nd day, in sets of 5 and see little improvement after about 1 month - from 3 to now 7 pullups, so Im doing something wrong. Any tips?
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Do 20 pullups, rest less and less as you progress. Do it in sets. If thats your goal do that, if you want total strength do a 5x5. If in 2 months you've doubled your pullup count you're not doing bad.
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Go until muscle failure not until your tired but until you physically are unable to pull yourself up. So do at least 7 if that's where you maxt out. That's one set then rest and do a couple more sets like that. Do that 3 times a week or so and I think you'll see improvement.
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are you doing palms in or out? Do you kip or are you doing dead hangs? I like to do dead hangs until Failure then kip then (if available) have someone hold my legs until total failure. Also working on you back, shoulders, and biceps will help. Also I suggest Palms out. It's harder at first but I always progressed faster that way.

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well the perfect pullup website has a nice routine u can kinda do without buying thier expensive product, ill tell ya it so u dont have to look it up. pretyy much if u can only do 8~9 and under do a set of 5 then 3 then 2 all within 2 minutes, then take as much time as u need (can be 6 hours) and do that again then wait another couple hours and do it once more (do this every other day). then after 4 workouts go do 4 stes every other day. should allow u to reach max of >10 by doing this
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just keep at it dude,
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Also depending on your weight, arm length, built etc. their will always be a limitation and you should avoid comparisons.

I have been training hardcore for many years, played college football where I trained like an animal, now I compete in amateur fighting bouts, and I still struggle to get 12.

Ive seen kids that never did shit in their life bang out 20. Overall my point is keep some record of your progress so you can keep challenging yourself. Also try adding some minimal weight, like 10- 15 lb. db's and go for 5 lets say and try and increase in that regard. I find constantly just challenging myself in reps gets boring and unproductive after awhile.

Good luck seems like your on a good track, and I would advise you to rest it like any other exercise/muscle group (i.e 2-3 days in betweem) and keep the progression and intensity high
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Also depending on your weight, arm length, built etc. their will always be a limitation and you should avoid comparisons.

I have been training hardcore for many years, played college football where I trained like an animal, now I compete in amateur fighting bouts, and I still struggle to get 12.

Ive seen kids that never did shit in their life bang out 20. Overall my point is keep some record of your progress so you can keep challenging yourself. Also try adding some minimal weight, like 10- 15 lb. db's and go for 5 lets say and try and increase in that regard. I find constantly just challenging myself in reps gets boring and unproductive after awhile.

Good luck seems like your on a good track, and I would advise you to rest it like any other exercise/muscle group (i.e 2-3 days in betweem) and keep the progression and intensity high
pretty much what he said... keep changing it up. One day do 3-4 sets of your max. Next time do 5x5. Next time add a little weight and concentrate on the negatives. Sooner or later all of the muscles you use to do pullups will get stronger and you will be able to do more reps.
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Here are a few ways:

- "Grease the groove"
- Add weight and get stronger in a lower rep range.
- Negatives (but don't go crazy with this technique as it will cause extreme soreness and increase risk of rhabdo)
- Learn to Kip (it will transfer over into strict)
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Old 06-26-2008, 09:38 AM   #10 (permalink)

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Do 20 pullups everyday resting less like someone else said

also known as
greasing the groove
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