Increasing pull ups?

[brooklyn718]

i struggle to do 6 chin ups,and only can do 2-3 pull ups

how to increase the amount i can do


plus i can do 30 push ups if that matter but i never really did pull ups so its hard for me

[MuscleMessiah86]

You just have to keep working at them and do them in sets just as any other exercise. Try different grip variations. You need to strenthen your lats. Doing a pull up is very similar to lat pulldowns. Also, you can use wrist straps to concentrate on working your back without worrying about grip.

[Rasputin4]

My suggestion would be to so several sets of chinups until you can only do one then do a bunch of lat pulldowns at a higher rep range once per week.

[GreaseMark]

My suggestion would be to so several sets of chinups until you can only do one then do a bunch of lat pulldowns at a higher rep range once per week.

higher rep range?

[kingpiccolo]

shoot for a certain number say 15 pullups and do as many sets as it takes

[Jack_Lupino]

slow negs. cheat your way up there when you need to. drop back down as slow as possible.

[andrewmc]

i struggle to do 6 chin ups,and only can do 2-3 pull ups

how to increase the amount i can do


plus i can do 30 push ups if that matter but i never really did pull ups so its hard for me

"Greasing the groove." I've taught it to the kids I teach for awhile and it's essentially how I built up my pullup endurance.

Key with this technique is to not train to failure. However, every time you walk past the pullup bar, do 1/2 of your max number of reps. Ideally this would be during a 2-3 hour gym session, so if you have a pullup bar at home, do it every time you leave the room etc. If you can only do them at the gym, then aim to do 10-11 sets of 1/2 of whatever your max is. You can do this once or twice a week, and then the next week, bump your number of reps up by 1. Soon you'll be repping what your max used to be, and your max will grow exponentially.


See link for way more detail:

http://humanmachine.wordpress.com/20...-for-strength/

[Vaen]

Andrewmc has it right. If you can only do 2-3 pullups "fresh" then do as many sets of 1-2 as you can every other day and you will see amazing increases in the number of reps you can achieve. After you get up to a respectable number, lets say 6-10, then get a dip belt and add weight, 5-10 lbs at a time and start all over. It's awesome to see how easy pullups are after doing weighted ones.

[drkknight]

i struggle to do 6 chin ups,and only can do 2-3 pull ups

how to increase the amount i can do


plus i can do 30 push ups if that matter but i never really did pull ups so its hard for me

Try this: you can do 6 pullups so do 2 wait 10 seconds do 2 more, continue until you struggle to get the second one increase rest to 15 seconds same routine when you struggle add 5 seconds more rest do this for 15 minutes. I guarantee in 6 weeks you will be doing 10-12 pullups no prob.

[nutsy54]

You increase pullups.... By doing pullups. Here's one good program:

[Rap_Rocky]

slow negs. cheat your way up there when you need to. drop back down as slow as possible.

this.

[SwiftyX]

Grease the groove is good. Also look into Pavel's ladders.

[alperpolat]

Do as much as you can, as long as your diet is decent you will see perfect results in couple of months..

[The Shoeless Wonder]

ive heard the ladder technique is good for this. you would do something like this:

1 PU, then 2 PUs, 3 PU, 4 PUs, ect.

take a rest between each set. when you hit your desired mark, test how many you can do in a row, then reset the number.