Questions tagged [pull-ups]
Exercise to lift the body using the arms with a supinated grip (palms facing away).
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The Maths of Exercise
Lets say for whatever reason You can't do a pushup to save your life.
You can't manage the technique and it hurts you too much.
Or lets say you're like me and can't do a sit up to save your life ...
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Can't do pullups; should I buy a lat pull down machine?
I've never had great back strength, but I want to start working on it. I can't do a pull up, so was thinking of buying a lat pull down machine. Is there any way to work up the necessary muscle ...
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Should I adjust the intensity (weight) between sets of weighted pull ups?
I'm training weighted pull-ups to increase my 1 RM. My understanding is that I should do 5 reps or less. My question is should I adjust the weight each set to keep hitting 5 reps? Or should I just ...
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Swinging lower body in pull-ups
Sometimes my lower body swings when I'm doing pull-ups. Is it bad to swing the lower body when doing pull-ups? Are there any benefits to keeping it immobile?
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Easing finger pain during Pull-ups
I do pull ups on a pair of wooden rings. Before this I used to use metal bars at my local park. While I don't get a torn skin (where the fingers join the palm), like when I was using the bar, any more,...
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should i lift external weights when i can't able to lift my body weight
I am 27 , 6.1 , 70kg , physically weak person , From last 5 months i am doing workout 4 days in a week , but did't found any progress as i am not taking good amount of protein....
I can't do single ...
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Are neutral-grip pull-ups as effective as standard pull-ups? [duplicate]
Are neutral-grip pull-ups, where the palms are facing each other, easier than standard pull-ups? Are they harder? Or could neutral-grip pull-ups be a perfect alternative to standard pull-ups, as if ...
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Bodyweight Workouts Sets & Reps and Intensity & Volume - Difference in completing in Single session instead of spread over Multiple?
Lets say, I want to do 100 pushups daily in one go, or improve my overall ability to do Pull ups.
I am not strong enough now to do that now.
If I do 100 pushups, spreading over the whole day, will ...
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Working out arms twice a day
I guess working out the same muscle group twice a day may be a bad idea since it needs rest, but what about arms, considering they repair a lot faster?
Currently I can do only 5-6 pull ups and my ...
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Specific form of pull up technique question
I'm on progression of doing a muscle up and currently on the level of doing the following pull up exercise https://youtu.be/q1iSDKwTuiY?t=173 but I can't wrap my head around it, in the video it's ...
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How exactly to do mind-muscle connection?
I've heard about the mind-muscle connection a lot but I just can't seem to understand it enough to get it to work. I get that you are supposed to mentally focus on the muscle, but I don't really feel ...
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How can I perform high-pull ups?
In order to try muscle-ups I am trying to do High pull-ups but I can't take my body above the chest level.I can do up to 15 normal BW pull ups.
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How effective is a push-up/pull-up routine?
How effective is a routine consisting entirely of push-ups and pull-ups for the upper body (excluding abs)? Does the volume matter for the answer to this question? Thank you.
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What are the effective differences of negative vs. assisted pull-ups?
In order to learn pull-ups one has (omongst others) two options if xe can't do real pull-ups, yet: Negative pull-ups and assited pull-ups.
With negative pull-ups one basically omits the contraction ...
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Pullup bar for door or station?
I'm getting into bodyweight training and looking to buy a pullupbar.
What do you guys recommend me to do: buy a pullupbar for in my door or a station?
Also recommendations on which pullupbar (which ...
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Long term effects of full-rest pull-ups
Musculoskeletal-ly speaking, I would just like to get a take from peers here who do what I'm calling "full-rest" pull-ups, where you pull up with arms straight above you, then go all the way back to a ...
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which is better for a pull up tree branch or actual bar
I currently dont have a bar, but luckily I have a tree branch about 5 inches in diameter, I can jump to and hang easily off. Should I be expecting to do more or less reps on an actual bar. I should ...
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Are pull ups and shrugs opposing exercises?
For the pull ups I use slightly wider than shoulder and reverse/pronated (palms facing away) grip, I weigh 135 lbs. For shrugs I am standing holding dumbbells - 15 or 20 lbs. - at my side.
Are these ...
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What to do with mild elbow pain
I've had a mild tennis elbow about 3 months ago. I went to the doctor and she confirmed it. It took about 2 months before it healed. I think it was the result of doing dips and/or pullups.
The pain ...
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How to get to 20 pull-ups while having also muscle growth?
As a followup to this question, can I get to 20 pull-ups (instead of push-ups), doing the same routine as in the ascepted answer? i.e. going for failure, with moderate speed repetitions, and resting ...
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Lat pull-downs vs regular pull-ups
Is there a difference between lat pull-downs and regular pull-ups? Specifically the wide grip overhand version of both these exercises.
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After 2 years cannot do push or pull up - is it more than a strength issue? [duplicate]
31 yo F, 5'9", 67kg. Been working out about 3/4 yrs. Previously was 'skinny fat' - no core strength, fitness or even sports ever.
About two years ago, after a year+ of weights, I wanted to start ...
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Modified pull ups when the bar is too low
I would like to be much better at pull-ups. I can sort of just barely almost do two in a row - on a sufficiently high bar.
Trouble is I am tall enough that in almost all gyms, I can reach the pull-...
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Why I can't do pull ups/chin ups properly however I am lifting heavy weight and also doing lots of push ups
It's been an year now that I'm doing a proper workout 6 days a week without a break.
I started as a newbie with a small pair of dumbbells. I wasn't able to do push ups or pull ups (Chin Ups). After 6 ...
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Why is a lateral pulld-own machine easier than pull-ups?
Today at the gym after only being able to do about 3 pull-ups in a row, I decided to try the the lateral pull-down machine (this one has separate hand grips, not a single bar). After messing with ...
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Hip mechanics in kipping pull-up
I'm trying to master a kipping pull-up as a means of getting my kipping muscle up. I've probably watched 20 online tutorials, most of them from CrossFitters, since they're the ones who post the most ...
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Pull-ups: go all the way down? [duplicate]
Should you go all the way down when doing pull-ups or chin-ups? Or should you stop when your arms are at 90 degrees?
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Pull-ups - should I start greasing the groove?
I started working out a couple of months ago. Currently, I can do 5-6 clean normal pull-ups and 7-8 clean chin-ups. So far my training has involved going to the gym 2-3 a week.
If I wanted to ...
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Pull-ups: What are the pros and cons of doing a big number of sets?
This question refers to pull-ups mostly, as I tend to always do a bigger number of sets of pull-ups, hoping it will increase my pulling strength. Is this, for example (where each number is a number of ...
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Do pull-ups, push ups and planks benefit from external shoulder rotation? [closed]
Somebody does it, somebody not. What is the correct way and are the advantages?
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One side stronger than the other in pull-ups
I've been doing full (regular) pull-ups for 4-5 months now. I never really did more than 7 reps per set, but my form has always been proper before. Today, during pull-ups, I noticed that my left arm ...
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Is moving the legs forward on pull-ups a bad thing?
I always do my pull-ups with my legs stretched out, no matter the height of the bar. But, the thing that bothers me is that I can't manage to keep my legs in a straight line with my upper body during ...
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Missing mounting brackets for doorway pull bar. Alternatives? [closed]
I recently got a pull up bar from a friend, but he was missing the mounting brackets/cups to put it up in the doorway. Since I can't find the mounting brackets sold separately anywhere on the internet,...
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How to increase muscles for a pull-up
I'm trying to get better at pull-ups. Currently I can do 3-4 unassisted* pull-ups, but would like to be able to steadily 3x10 pull-ups. What's the best way to achieve this?
I attend a gym which ...
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Plateau on weighted pullups
I got stuck on weighted pullups today(tried 3x5 with 3 extra pounds). It was 5/5/2. I rested 5 minutes in between sets. I started weighted pullups Tuesday and completed the 5/5/5 with 2 extra pounds (...
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When to start weighted pullups?
Why is it recommended to be able to do 10 pullups before adding weight? I never really understood that.
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If you can't flexed-arm hang, are you necessarily cheating on your pull-ups?
I can do pull-ups in the 6-8 range, but I can't flexed-arm hang with my chin over the bar for more than a few seconds. Have I unwittingly been using momentum to get my chin to the bar without a full ...
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Breaking plateau on grease-the-groove chin-ups
About a year ago, I started using grease-the-groove to go from exactly 0 chin-ups to my current max of 5-6. My schedule is to do GTG 3X/week in a somewhat condensed way: if I'm also lifting that day (...
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Palms hurt when I do pull ups or chin ups
Whenever I do a pull up or a chin up my palms hurt, like where your knuckles are but on the palm side. I feel like it's being squished and stretched. After I perform a few, say 3, it's difficult to ...
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Effects of doing many push ups, pull ups, dips?
I am wondering if doing lots of push ups(100), lots of pull ups(50), and lots of dips(40) daily will build muscles. That's all. Thanks.
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Are chin ups or pull ups more beneficial?
So I am wondering about a question many others probably have. We all know that the mechanics of pull ups and chin ups are somewhat, but not very, similar, and we know chin ups activate biceps more, ...
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straps and exercising with callus
Yesterday, I forgot my straps and got an opened callus on my hand during wide grip pull-ups. Some guy in the gym gave me an elastic band and I continued exercising, though weights were a bit less (...
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Lat Pulldown vs. Pullups for back strength and bicep development
An old coach of mine told me that pullups are way more effective than using the lat pulldown machine. Is this true and if so why? If not, then why is it not?
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Holding on to a bar (a horizontal pull up one obviously) thicker
There is a challenge at a beach I go to. Pay 2.5 euros for the opportunity to try and hold on to a bar for longer than 2 minutes. The bar is not fixed, meaning it can rotate. On a fixed bar I can hold ...
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I can't perform a single pull-up
I can't perform a single pull-up, or even a chin-up. I can't lift myself to the bar, however when using a low bar (one that I can start from the top) I can perform 3-4 chin-ups but still no pull-ups. ...
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Muscle groups for different exercises [duplicate]
I would like to know which muscle groups the following exercises train:
Regular pull ups
Wide grip pull ups
Close grip pull ups
Close grip chin ups
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Techniques to reduce elbow pain during back day [closed]
Heads up: I have a muscle imbalance between my left and right back, my right back is more developed.
Yesterday I went to the gym for my usual back day. I started with perhaps 3 sets of neutral close ...
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Can weighted pull-up and dips lead to lower back problems?
I've read that doing weighted pull-up and dips with weight using straps can lead to hernia and lower back problems.
(specifically damaging intervertebral disc and pressuring femoral artery(with ...
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2-day split with weak grip: vertical/horizontal or push/pull?
I have been doing a full-body workout for five months now.
The main pull exercise was the inverted row. I have been lowering the Smith bar since I started five months ago. Currently I am "lifting" 66%...
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Assisted PullUp Machine or Inverted Row?
I finally moved to another location and a new job, and today I entered into a new gym. My idea was initially to go on with the same workout I had been doing for the last 5 months, but I am quite ...
