Stucked at 8 pullups!

• Por_Favor

  5 Oct 07, 22:14

  One of my goal was to be able to do 15 pullups by end of this year...
  
  However, I am currently stucked at 8 pullups, been here for quite a long time already, about 2 months le! At the middle of this year, around May, I was only able to do 5, so it was an increase of 3 pullups in about 3 months.
  
  October is here already and I am only still halfway there...how???
  
  Anyway on the days when I feel light, I can do 9 pullups. When I say light, what I mean is before breakfast, or after a run etc...
• eagle

  5 Oct 07, 22:15

  how do you train?
  
• jaydunkfull

  5 Oct 07, 22:18

  just keep trying
  my max was 7 at one time and i just kept doing till my max eveytime i did pullups and i was able to up it to 10 one day all of a sudden
• knightlll

  7 Oct 07, 13:53

  Originally posted by Por_Favor:

  One of my goal was to be able to do 15 pullups by end of this year...
  
  However, I am currently stucked at 8 pullups, been here for quite a long time already, about 2 months le! At the middle of this year, around May, I was only able to do 5, so it was an increase of 3 pullups in about 3 months.
  
  October is here already and I am only still halfway there...how???
  
  Anyway on the days when I feel light, I can do 9 pullups. When I say light, what I mean is before breakfast, or after a run etc...

  Carry weight and do pull-up.
• Marco_Simone

  7 Oct 07, 16:15

  read my sticky
• Por_Favor

  8 Oct 07, 03:39

  Originally posted by eagle:

  how do you train?
  

  Everytime when I am at gym, I will do pullups first.
  
  I will do 6 sets of maximum pullups for each set, so for the first set, it would be 8-9, then 2nd would drop to 5, then 4 then blah blah...until the 6th set, would do about 3 only.
  
  Between each set, I would rest about 2-3mins.
  
  After that I would proceed on to do other things like bench presses, dips etc...
• Nadare

  8 Oct 07, 03:40

  keep pulling.. it will increase even u know it
• Simon Dean

  8 Oct 07, 08:49

  The point is to remain consistent with a rep.
  
  try 4 reps x 10 sets 1 min rest between.
• Zarks

  8 Oct 07, 08:55

  Start with the lowest weight but not too light.. do it til 12 times and only one set.. Then rest 1-2 mins
  
  2nd, add some weight.. 0.5kg or 1kg,, repeat again.. mayb can do till 10 times , one set only
  
  3rd.. add again 0.5kg or 1kg.. and again one set
  
  Do all these until u cant get more than 4 pullups..
  
  all just one set..
  
  try it.. it works better...
  
  old method:
  
  pullups with the same weight repeated for few sets is not that effective. I tired this .. My coach told me to use the 1st method.. its far more better than this old method i use..
  
  Reason is simple, when u pull the same weight over and over again.. your muscle will not grow cuz its the same weight and somehow you'll feel tired but never really feel your muscle.. when i do the 1st method, i can feel my muscle.. one set is bcuz dont wan u to be so tired but muscle never grow up.. it works for me anyway
• Simon Dean

  8 Oct 07, 09:08

  Then change variables like slower eccentric, slower concentric and lesser rest time duh!
• eagle

  8 Oct 07, 17:06

  Originally posted by Nadare:

  keep pulling.. it will increase even u know it

  you will reach a plateau sooner or later if it is just pulling only....
  
  my plateau was 12 during army, but that's all that is needed for 5 pts for IPPT. Perhaps that was why I stopped mentally, although it is not an excuse
  
  The stickies should be helpful
• tut4nkh4m3n

  8 Oct 07, 17:24

  say, what number should you use for reps? eg the guy's max was 8-9 and simon recommended sets of 4. what if your max is 16-17?
• eagle

  8 Oct 07, 17:40

  Originally posted by tut4nkh4m3n:

  say, what number should you use for reps? eg the guy's max was 8-9 and simon recommended sets of 4. what if your max is 16-17?

  sets of 10?