3 Pull Up Questions..

[gympunk]

Just curious & want opinions:

1.) How far do you drop down? I drop until my arms are bascially extended straight out.

2.) Do you do all sets to failure? (I do)

3.) Do you use good form? I use pretty strict form & medium speed on reps; no crazy fast swinging or waving of the legs to get reps.

[irishmanlet]

i try to come to full stop, then pull back up again. as for full rom not sure. i do know if i go down to low i sometimes sorta choke myself on my upper chest. i bring my legs into it sometimes. i find close grip is better than wide grip becuase i feel it more.

[drgnframe24]

1, yeah i drop to fully extended.
2,i do all sets to failure. normally do a few sets a day even if not on back day.
3, i do them so not to swing at all. very strict form

[TomEst]

I don't go all the way down for a few reasons:

1. I just started doing wide grip pull-ups, I find it takes time to get the MMC.
2. I feel it better keeping tension on the back
3. I can't do too many :-P

But yeah in a few weeks I'll start going all the way down and see how it goes, but for now I really feel it in my back not goin all the way down.

[SgSpartan]

Just curious & want opinions:

1.) How far do you drop down? I drop until my arms are bascially extended straight out.

2.) Do you do all sets to failure? (I do)

3.) Do you use good form? I use pretty strict form & medium speed on reps; no crazy fast swinging or waving of the legs to get reps.

1. All the way, till my arms are extended straight, dead hang lockout. Served two years in the army, this was the standard required. Besides, it is easier to keep track. Say you aim to go 75% down...as time goes by, I'm certain you will start reducing your ROM to get more reps.

2. Depends. I have a day every week dedicated to pull-ups, and during that day, I go to failure on every set.

3. Yes. Again, military standard.

[damn y_all]

some days i rip them off fast, don't drop all the way, decent form tho'

[Zensuji]

Just curious & want opinions:

1.) How far do you drop down? I drop until my arms are bascially extended straight out.

2.) Do you do all sets to failure? (I do)

3.) Do you use good form? I use pretty strict form & medium speed on reps; no crazy fast swinging or waving of the legs to get reps.

1.) all the way down but I dont let my shoulders come up

2.) No pretty much never but I do very high volume

3.) strict form

[PeterGibbons316]

1.) All the way down.
2.) I target a number for each set and go til I hit that number of failure. On my last set I always go to failure and then do 8 more assisted.
3.) I do a few in a row quickly until I start swinging, then I stop for a second to stop, then repeat.

[gympunk]

Thanks all

[nutsy54]

Just curious & want opinions:

1.) How far do you drop down? I drop until my arms are bascially extended straight out.

All the way down, then up until chin over bar

2.) Do you do all sets to failure? (I do)

Depends on which training day (see attached)

3.) Do you use good form? I use pretty strict form & medium speed on reps; no crazy fast swinging or waving of the legs to get reps.

Always strict form dead-hang (alternating pullups/curlups with each set)

[theGuy045]

Just curious & want opinions:

1.) How far do you drop down? I drop until my arms are bascially extended straight out.

2.) Do you do all sets to failure? (I do)

3.) Do you use good form? I use pretty strict form & medium speed on reps; no crazy fast swinging or waving of the legs to get reps.

1. I pause for a split second at the bottom.
2. No
3. Yes.

[JontheAtheist]

Im not a fan of pullups. But I do them anyway.

[MustangManGT]

I do widegrips and I go down all the until I can feel some tension on my lats and then I pull up with a medium pace.

[gympunk]

All the way down, then up until chin over bar
Depends on which training day (see attached)
Always strict form dead-hang (alternating pullups/curlups with each set)

Cool program

[InclineVet]

IMO going all the way up and down on every rep is very important (arms full exttended and chin over bar). Doing pull ups with full ROM is the best way to go. Doing 8 reps with good form and full ROM is better than doing 10-20 with bad form.

[gympunk]

Doing 8 reps with good form and full ROM is better than doing 10-20 with bad form.

That's what I lkik to hear!
My best 4 sets with good form are around: x11 x8 x6 x5

[Tyciol]

1.) How far do you drop down?

All the way with pronated grip (and I try to elevate my scapula too to stretch the lower traps). With supinated I have difficulty getting all the way down, does external rotation make scapular upper rotation harder or something?

2.) Do you do all sets to failure? (I do)

Eh, depends on definition of failure. I'm generally too wuss to push my limits. More a failure of will than failure of chemical energy. Ashamed of this.

3.) Do you use good form? I use pretty strict form & medium speed on reps; no crazy fast swinging or waving of the legs to get reps.

Usually only on the first rep or too, then due to weakness and fatigue it deteriorates and I go too fast or allow some swinging or weird stuff.