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  1. 04-05-2013, 07:25 AM #1
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    Pull up negatives or Lat pulldown?

    Today I added in pull up negatives (Since I cannot do a pull up yet) and I was surprised that it worked me harder than lat pull downs. I did 5 seconds down. Ultimately, I would like to replace the lat pulldown with pull ups. I have always wanted to be able to do pull ups. Would I be better off focusing on negatives? There is an assisted pull up machine, but I have not tried it yet.
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    Do several sets of negatives first, then finish up with 3-4 sets of Pulldowns. Stay away from the 'assisted' machine.
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    I'd do both assisted pull-ups and negatives pull-ups. I'd start doing lat pull-downs after I could do at least 20 clean pull-ups.

    I scanned a page on negative pull-ups for you from Men's Health Best book. According to it, you are supposed to go down in steps.

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    I don't have access to a pull down machine, negatives worked for me. In the beginning of the year, I couldn't do one real pull up. After doing a crap load of negatives, I can now do sets of three. Hoping to be able to do sets of ten by the end of the year.
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    Originally Posted by TheAlphaWolf View Post
    Today I added in pull up negatives (Since I cannot do a pull up yet) and I was surprised that it worked me harder than lat pull downs. I did 5 seconds down. Ultimately, I would like to replace the lat pulldown with pull ups. I have always wanted to be able to do pull ups. Would I be better off focusing on negatives? There is an assisted pull up machine, but I have not tried it yet.
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    Originally Posted by ironwill2008 View Post
    Do several sets of negatives first, then finish up with 3-4 sets of Pulldowns. Stay away from the 'assisted' machine.

    I think I will do this then.
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