Ok so now i can do at least 1-2 pull-ups :D
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What set of exercises can i do so that i can do even more pull-ups?
Thx
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bench press, and keep doing pull ups.. find someone to assist u
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How the hell does bench press help in pullups? It's a horizontal push motion while the pullup is a vertical pull motion. Not to mention the prime movers of the bench press are the triceps and pecs while the prime movers of the pullup are the back and biceps.
Continue banging out the pullups. Do multiple sets of low reps until you can do higher reps, then start to do weighted pullups. -
oops wrong term. not bench press, i was referring to dips
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my personal experience is, doing the pull-up itself regularly is alot more efficient than hitting the gym
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just keep doing pullups now that u can do them
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Now i can do 2..izzit do 2..rest awhile then go pull again?Or do 2 and hang myself there?
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Do 10 sets of 1 with 30 sec break inbetweenOriginally posted by lpx88:Now i can do 2..izzit do 2..rest awhile then go pull again?Or do 2 and hang myself there? -
Wad if after i do like 5-6 alrdy then cannot do anymore?Originally posted by Simon Dean:Do 10 sets of 1 with 30 sec break inbetween -
Then take more time, rest more, or do eccentrics.
And no dips wouldn't help much either, again, wrong movement type and wrong muscle group. -
Deadlifts and rowing can help though.
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yup best wayOriginally posted by WiNtEr'SkiLL:bench press, and keep doing pull ups.. find someone to assist u -
to impove pullup, just do more pull up lo. if tired liao go do assisted. if assisted cannot do incline pull, if incline cannot do laps pull. do until your armpit cannot close
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if assisted cannot do also i nothing to sayOriginally posted by manyu882:to impove pullup, just do more pull up lo. if tired liao go do assisted. if assisted cannot do incline pull, if incline cannot do laps pull. do until your armpit cannot close
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belive it anot lat pulldown help alot n I MEAN ALOT for me .but after u can do a few better to switch to standard pullups...
military press help LOTS too
thats for me though most ppl here says rows, deadlifts,bench
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Bread with fillings or bread with air.The choice is up to you.
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wide arm pull ups build what?
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More of the upper lats but dont do so wide.Just a little wider than usual.Originally posted by tut4nkh4m3n:wide arm pull ups build what? -
i think OPT mentioned this before.
"wider grip gives wider lats? what about narrow grip? narrower lats?"
doesn't make sense now eh? btw, you can try narrow grip. i bet after one or two reps. you'll come down and start laughing to yourself cos you just realised how bloody difficult it is. -
Wider grip=less bicep,so more latOriginally posted by yeehaw:i think OPT mentioned this before.
"wider grip gives wider lats? what about narrow grip? narrower lats?"
doesn't make sense now eh? btw, you can try narrow grip. i bet after one or two reps. you'll come down and start laughing to yourself cos you just realised how bloody difficult it is.
In an indirect way,wider grip will work your back more.
Nowadays,I am doing wide grip,shoulders dont hurt anymore liao and I sincerely feel it more in the lats. -
sorry but what's lat? and how wide is too wide? 90 degrees at elbow?Originally posted by Marco_Simone:Wider grip=less bicep,so more lat
In an indirect way,wider grip will work your back more.
Nowadays,I am doing wide grip,shoulders dont hurt anymore liao and I sincerely feel it more in the lats. -
lats are the muscle near the armpit region or the lay term "wings"Originally posted by tut4nkh4m3n:sorry but what's lat? and how wide is too wide? 90 degrees at elbow?
Too wide is when you move up like 5-6cm only. -
lat=wingOriginally posted by tut4nkh4m3n:sorry but what's lat? and how wide is too wide? 90 degrees at elbow?
currently i am doing more than 90 degrees at elbow.(maybe 110-120 degrees)It might feel awkward at the beginning.
And I suggest that you do not try this variation unless you can first do at least 10 slightly wider than shoulder width pullups.
Nothing is more pathetic than the sight of someone doing wide grip pull ups on the assisted pull up machine with a 10cm ROM...and usually he has no wings to speak of...