Doing Pull-ups throughout the day

[billyspvy]

Hello all,

merry xmas!!
i am currently doing INSANITY which is an intensive 60-day total body conditioning exercise program. the program emphasizes more on cardio exercises than resistance training. personally, its discouraging knowing that my back and arm muscles will gradually waste away as i do INSANITY.
so every morning after i wake up, i do about 10 pull ups (wide front/close grip/reverse grip) in my garage to "jump start" my body.
and as the day progresses, i do pull-ups at random times.
i try to increase the number of pull-ups i do by one for each passing day (i.e. 10 pull-ups on jan 1st, 11 pull-ups on jan 2nd, 12 pull-ups on jan 3rd)

generally speaking, would doing pull-ups on a daily basis be good for the body in terms of muscle development? would it cause the "plateau effect"?

thanx!

billyspvy

[jdmalm123]

That method is similar to "greasing the groove." A great way to add reps to your pullup total.

Do more reps than before = new strength/growth.

[nutsy54]

It will definitely increase your endurance to do pullups, but not a huge amount on the mass side - especially if you can already do a lot of pullups.

What makes you believe your new program will lead to your "back and arm muscles wasting away"?

[morderstwo]

i am currently doing INSANITY which is an intensive 60-day total body conditioning exercise program. the program emphasizes more on cardio exercises than resistance training. personally, its discouraging knowing that my back and arm muscles will gradually waste away as i do INSANITY.
so every morning after i wake up, i do about 10 pull ups (wide front/close grip/reverse grip) in my garage to "jump start" my body.
and as the day progresses, i do pull-ups at random times.
i try to increase the number of pull-ups i do by one for each passing day (i.e. 10 pull-ups on jan 1st, 11 pull-ups on jan 2nd, 12 pull-ups on jan 3rd)

generally speaking, would doing pull-ups on a daily basis be good for the body in terms of muscle development? would it cause the "plateau effect"?

thanx!

billyspvy

Your muscles wont waste away unless you are way under calorie maintenance. But you wont gain much mass on surplus either. Mainly conditioning/endurance. When I was young I used to do stuff like this with huge numbers of pushups & chinups everyday, did gain some muscle but moreso endurance. The biggest drawback in doing this sort of thing everyday using challenging levels of volume is you can start to develop joint problems. You need to take some days off for recovery.

[DJAuto]

personally, its discouraging knowing that my back and arm muscles will gradually waste away as i do INSANITY.

Then why are you performing it?

[jdmalm123]

Then why are you performing it?

Why do I hit myself on the head with a hammer?

Because it feels so good when I stop!

LOL

[billyspvy]

It will definitely increase your endurance to do pullups, but not a huge amount on the mass side - especially if you can already do a lot of pullups.

What makes you believe your new program will lead to your "back and arm muscles wasting away"?

i appreciate everyone's feedback!
maybe i am over exaggerating when i said "wasting away". perhaps the more proper word is "weakening".
i did 2 rounds of p90x prior to INSANITY. because INSANITY has very little back exercises in the program, my ability to 10+ pull-ups and curl certain weights may deteriorate

[microrahsheen]

i appreciate everyone's feedback!
maybe i am over exaggerating when i said "wasting away". perhaps the more proper word is "weakening".
i did 2 rounds of p90x prior to INSANITY. because INSANITY has very little back exercises in the program, my ability to 10+ pull-ups and curl certain weights may deteriorate

I'm quite familiar with INSANITY, they picked the perfect name for it, and I would suggest making sure your cal intake and supps are sufficient to support your efforts. INSANITY is already intense enough as it is