Pullup Progress And Improvement Thread.

[The Bogan]

Maybe this thread needs this to start with..... showing proper pull ups, legs straight, no circular motion and chin over the bar with your head straight....

Excellent post.

Form is the main thing that matters for all exercises, you see it all the time, half squats with shocking form, not touching your chest and only half bench pressing both DB and BB movements, swinging the weights because they are to heavy to lift without swinging them like the cheaters heaves, at least it gives us something to laugh at the gym whilst resting between sets.

Disclaimer: I do not consider the Kipling (swinging) heave to be cheating if it is used by people who cannot do correct form heaves, I consider it a progressive exercise only to be used till the time you can rep out some good form heaves, I am attempting to do muscle up ATM, so far only the Kipling muscle up has been successful.

This is what inspired me because, basically it looks cool. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2OGpM6HBro

[rev210]

Heave means pullup ? Or throw up?

Or is it pullup till you throw up?

[r31slpr]

I think heaves is military speak for pullup

[sinistaGTR]

Heaves is for men, pullups is for girls.....

[The Bogan]

Heave = to raise or lift with great force

Chin ups =Yuppie term for heaves from the 80's taken from the really old phrase "Keep your chin up" in reference to keeping your head held high in the face of adversity.

Pull ups = what babies shit in or the generation now term for Chin ups which is the yuppie term for heaves from the 80's taken from the really old phrase "Keep your chin up" in reference to keeping your head held high in the face of adversity.

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[rev210]

interesting definition... I'm 40 and not heard of 'heaves' till you mentioned it . Jack Lalanne performed 1000 pushups and 1000 pull ups when he was 45 ( in 1959) thats what they called them back then too.... because of time machine equipped yuppies from the 80s.

Anyway , whatever you want to call them. The movement is what this thread is all about so post up improvements and progress.

On that topic , I just managed 29 pullups . An improvement of 2 from Monday. One more to go....

[No Crust Racing]

29? You make me sick.

[The Bogan]

interesting definition... I'm 40 and not heard of 'heaves' till you mentioned it . Jack Lalanne performed 1000 pushups and 1000 pull ups when he was 45 ( in 1959) thats what they called them back then too.... because of time machine equipped yuppies from the 80s.

Anyway , whatever you want to call them. The movement is what this thread is all about so post up improvements and progress.

On that topic , I just managed 29 pullups . An improvement of 2 from Monday. One more to go....

LOL, Jebus, 29, excellent work, my best ever is only 15.

I have only ever known them as heaves, but as stated before I have a military back ground, I am also 48.

I did use my own spin for the naming though as I was taking the piss.

[Birds]

Been a while since I updated these

Now doing

18

13

10

10

15 (after 10 minutes rest; damn bicep pump)

So close to the magic 20

18

15

12

12

14 (after 5 mins rest / super setting pause squats)

So my first set number hasn't moved much, but the second set is slowly climbing up. Hard to believe the second set number used to be my max reps on first set

[-FIGJAM-]

I believe heaves is more american military term.

well done Birds, you'll catch Rev in no time

[Birds]

Doubt it lol

But I'm gonna try. 20 will be a good mark for me. Then I might look at weighted ones to build more strength.

[-FIGJAM-]

you'll get there

and ill hit sets of 10 soon enough

[Mitcho_7]

I havent done bw chins in ages, but I think 20 would quite easily be within reach considering I can do sets of 8 with 25kg. When I first started doing them 6 was as many as I could manage which was super depressing at that time...

[rev210]

I havent done bw chins in ages, but I think 20 would quite easily be within reach considering I can do sets of 8 with 25kg. When I first started doing them 6 was as many as I could manage which was super depressing at that time...

Birds is talking about pullups , done in the challenge way. Not chin ups . You can always give the challenge a go to see if you have improved. 20 would be impressive , more so if it's 'easy' and you manage even more reps.

[Mitcho_7]

Whats the difference between pull ups and chins with a wide overhand grip?

[No Crust Racing]

I've always seen chins as underhand grip, pulls as overhand, grip width not that big a deal, at least shoulder width.

I do weighted chins, easier on my elbows.

[Birds]

18

15

12

12

14 (after 5 mins rest / super setting pause squats)

19 (hells yeah!)

13

12

11

11

Well my stamina has taken a bit of a dive since my overseas holiday and a nice bout of dengue fever. However, number 18 on the first set didn't use everything I had, so pushed (or pulled) hard for a 19th knowing it would likely screw me for the following sets...oh well...feels good to be one rep away from the goal. Should be in the 20s before the new year.

It's funny that you can tell from the first few reps whether it's going to be a good set or not. You just feel extremely light and you know you're gonna break a pb. Kind of unique and unlike any other exercise because it's a static weight.

[rev210]

20s by next week dude. Thats 21 or bust ..pun

[Mitcho_7]

Start doing weighted chins once you can do 20 of bw

[Birds]

Pull-ups are a strange thing; one session you can make a pb, the next you can fall back by a rep, then the next you can break the old pb.

I think body weight fluctuations have a fair bit to do with it, as does rest and a heap of other normal factors obviously. Regardless, I finally made the 20 tonight, so I'm wrapped!

I'm tempted to switch to weighted, but for the effort involved and considering I'm seeing slow and steady success with this method...I think I should keep at it.

See you soon, rev