Pull ups

Remmy

nice one bossarky.Looks like you nearly kicked a john terry lookalike.:D Did it take you long to build up to that number?

BossArky

Roper wrote: »

HEY! Don't put me in the same boat as gabgab

Ok, soz!

You missed my question a few pages back about inverted rows. How do you do these in your gym on testing day? Do they look anything like either of the row variations I posted in the other vid on my log today (parallel bar stuff)?

Are the feet level with the hands or level with the shoulders at the bottom of the rep? Just interested to know what kind of stuff you do before testing the pull ups.

Remmy wrote: »

Looks like you nearly kicked a john terry lookalike.:D

My favourite part is when the fellow comes over to do the cable curls trying to look nonchalant as he knows he is being filmed :pac:

Remmy wrote: »

Did it take you long to build up to that number?

Not sure really, I've haven't really followed a programme to build them up.

I just checked my log. 2 years ago I could do narrow grip of around 1x10. That is the furthest back my records go. I remember when I was starting off I would always superset bench with lat pull downs, then moved on to proper pull ups when I found a gym with a bar. I think weighted sets help.

I don't think 1x13/14 is super great.... which is why I was suprised intially that the max Roper mentioned in his gym was 16 on testing days (or 20 outside test conditions).

I read somewhere that Franco Columbo (Arnie's training partner) used to do 10 sets of 25 of wide grip pull ups :eek:

gabgab

ha ha I was messing bossarky, and you know it.

I can do 6, serious grind out of you which is very impressive. They really are a nasty exercise, I always wonder from a purely aesthetic point of view would people looking to develop the "guns " be better off doing these than bicep curls,

Exar Khun

gabgab wrote: »

would people looking to develop the "guns " be better off doing these than bicep curls,

Deffo. Plus they are so much more badass. Most I ever did was 16. The one time in the gym someone has come up to me congradulating me. Weird experience.


I'm only back training now and im ****e again.

Should be fun getting them back up.

Roper

BossArky wrote: »

Ok, soz!

You missed my question a few pages back about inverted rows. How do you do these in your gym on testing day? Do they look anything like either of the row variations I posted in the other vid on my log today (parallel bar stuff)?

Hi only getting to these now. The closest thing to the I-row we do on your video (I take it it's the park video on your log we're talking about?) is the second row variation. We place an Olympic bar on the safety pins of our power rack, and the bench on the outside of the power rack for our feet. The idea is that your feet are on the bench, hands on the bar and when you pull your whole body remains straight and should be approximately parallell to the bar when you complete your rep which is for a touch of your sternum against the bar.

Are the feet level with the hands or level with the shoulders at the bottom of the rep? Just interested to know what kind of stuff you do before testing the pull ups.

At the bottom of the rep you're below parallel, head lower than your feet.

I hope that answers your questions. I did the sum total of 6, yes, 6 in a minute in November after a year of consistent and persistent back injuries. After paying attention and doing my back rehab, I did 30 last month in the same test so sometime strength isn't the problem, it's proprioception and neural involvement in the movement. As regards where they fit into the whole test, there's obviously some fatigue in each exercise which carries over to your next test but the testing protocol is always the same so it's still a good representation of where the athlete is at from test to test.

cowzerp

I could do 25+ at my fighting weight but it severly drops when im at my walking about weight 8-12 or so, in my early 20's my fight weight and walking weight was close so i could always do that, these days the difference can be 2 stone!!

BossArky

Thanks Roper. That answers my question. I'll try those in the gym. Haven't attempted them before with feet on a bench, just the ground.

Cowzerp, are you talking about 25+ pull ups or inverted rows? Good going either way.

A few days ago I found an old thread on teamtest: the pull up challenge on teamtest from 2007. Some decent scores on there. Mloc completed 38 in 2 sets: 19 + 19.

rubadub

Bodyrows on rings are great, since the bar is not a restriction you can bring your chest up even higher. I have also done them on ropes, if you have 2 long towels you could stick them over a chinup bar, might have to be even longer, maybe bedsheets. I also have adjustable webbing straps on my chinup bar that I can slot a barbell through to make a trapezee bar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqCmj2zg31k

To do weighted rows you could stick a plate in a backpack and wear it on your front "spanish student style". I now wrap my plate in a towel for comfort doing weighted backpack pushups. Since you are at 13-14 reps you might want to try weighted pullups too. Also I find simply lifting one leg off the ground for rows works your core more.

These are also great on rings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDgetUeXnbA

cowzerp

BossArky wrote: »

Cowzerp, are you talking about 25+ pull ups or inverted rows? Good going either way.

Full pull ups, i used to do them as part of my normal training but stopped due to them been too easy, but now with my added weight there not, so im going to add them back in again, my mates used to be shocked when i'd do them as i could just keep popping away, im sure i could of done more too though as i'd usually stop as my point would be well proved!

having shorter levers would make a big difference as would been light and fit, plus been used to carrying much heavier when not around fight time..