pull-ups every day = bad?

[rude boy]

i have a pull-up bar in my doorway and i like to do a set or 2 or 3 every day just to get my rep numbers up. will this halt any progress in gaining mass in my back and biceps? cause i still do pull-ups even on my off days when i'm supposed to be recovering

[TheDeepBlue]

yeah probably.

unless its really low intensity

if its high intensity its probably the most retarded thing you could do

[GoJu]

i have a pull-up bar in my doorway and i like to do a set or 2 or 3 every day just to get my rep numbers up. will this halt any progress in gaining mass in my back and biceps? cause i still do pull-ups even on my off days when i'm supposed to be recovering

it's not bad AT ALL, using a rep target type of training system you could say you wanted to do maybe 50 pullups in one day, everytime you walk into that room you could do sets and reps until you hit that number, the next day aim for more reps,, and again and again and again, eventually you'll have reached such a number of reps (like 100+) through so many sets and reps that your number of reps for one set will be a prety big number (maybe 15-20+), this is a great training technique described in Pavel Tsatsouline's book The Naked Warrior called greasing the groove, will skyrocket your progress.

[Thunderjason]

Won't do you any harm.

I do about 4 sets of pullups on my door ledge everyday.

[TheDeepBlue]

it's not bad AT ALL, using a rep target type of training system you could say you wanted to do maybe 50 pullups in one day, everytime you walk into that room you could do sets and reps until you hit that number, the next day aim for more reps,, and again and again and again, eventually you'll have reached such a number of reps (like 100+) through so many sets and reps that your number of reps for one set will be a prety big number (maybe 15-20+), this is a great training technique described in Pavel Tsatsouline's book The Naked Warrior called greasing the groove, will skyrocket your progress.

i dont think that was the question
the question "is it okay to do it everyday?"
the answer
low intenisty = ok
high intensity = bad

if he's doing high intensity going to failure or near failure every set then he will be overloading his CNS with rate coding.
Doing them everyday by themselves alone is bad enough. If he does them within 48hours of any high intensity work of his lats and biceps he is only compounding the problem.
Although the biceps/brachialis is a small muscle group and commonly use to frequent(too frequent) training, it is not so prone to over training, this is not to say you cant though, infact it is still quiet easy. However the lats are a much larger muscle and usual not conditioned as well as the arms.
You could then argue that most people use their arms a lot more then their lats when performing a chin up and so their arms will fail alot sooner then their lats will so will not experience such a high neural load stopping them from being over trained. But then in saying this you are completely ignoring the fact that they are still experiencing high rate coding as well as the fact the CNS is interconnected and as a whole does require rest.
If he is doing wide grip chins then he is also using his pec major as a prime mover in the ROM between where his upper arms are above parallel.......


simply....
depending on intensity and form, your not just probably over training your arms and your lats, but also your chest, pretty much your whole upper body. So dont be surprised if all of your lifts involving your upper body are either very minimal, non existent or negative.


feel free to argue me on this, this is just my opinion

[DeepFry]

i have a pull-up bar in my doorway and i like to do a set or 2 or 3 every day just to get my rep numbers up. will this halt any progress in gaining mass in my back and biceps? cause i still do pull-ups even on my off days when i'm supposed to be recovering

Bad in my opinion.
Your muscles will soon get used to the same routine. In my veiw thats bad, Shock thopery is the best way forward, Do your back but mix up the weights and the excise you are doing.
Try 6-8 reps 5 sets. then other day try 15-20 reps 3-4 sets. mix it up.
Works for me.
good luck

[Anabolik]

i dont think that was the question
the question "is it okay to do it everyday?"
the answer
low intenisty = ok
high intensity = bad

if he's doing high intensity going to failure or near failure every set then he will be overloading his CNS with rate coding.
Doing them everyday by themselves alone is bad enough. If he does them within 48hours of any high intensity work of his lats and biceps he is only compounding the problem.
Although the biceps/brachialis is a small muscle group and commonly use to frequent(too frequent) training, it is not so prone to over training, this is not to say you cant though, infact it is still quiet easy. However the lats are a much larger muscle and usual not conditioned as well as the arms.
You could then argue that most people use their arms a lot more then their lats when performing a chin up and so their arms will fail alot sooner then their lats will so will not experience such a high neural load stopping them from being over trained. But then in saying this you are completely ignoring the fact that they are still experiencing high rate coding as well as the fact the CNS is interconnected and as a whole does require rest.
If he is doing wide grip chins then he is also using his pec major as a prime mover in the ROM between where his upper arms are above parallel.......


simply....
depending on intensity and form, your not just probably over training your arms and your lats, but also your chest, pretty much your whole upper body. So dont be surprised if all of your lifts involving your upper body are either very minimal, non existent or negative.


feel free to argue me on this, this is just my opinion

I agree with this guy at least on the intensity part of it. If you are just doing a few sets a day here and there but nothing too intense you will be fine.

[30/7/66]

Won't do you any harm.

I do about 4 sets of pullups on my door ledge everyday.

won't do him any good either. he needs rest to grow.

[J.L.C.]

When I wanted to get my pullups up, that's exactly what I did.

I started with 60% of what I could do for a single set - 6 reps at the time (I could do a total of 10 back then).

First 7 days - 3 sets of 6 shoulder-width pullups.

For the next 7 days - 3 sets of 7 shoulder-width chinups.

Then, for the 3rd 7 days - 3 sets of 8 wide-grip pullups.

Then the cycle repeats:
3 sets of 9 pullups for 7 days
3 sets of 10 chinups for 7 days
3 sets of 11 wide-grip pullups for 7 days.

I kept going until I was doing 3 sets of 20 wide-grip pullups.

My CNS didn't die, I didn't overtrain, but I greatly increased the number of pullups I could do. I noticed some nice changes in musculature as well.

[Scott_32]

I've seen this same topic discussed a few times. I don't think doing pull-ups everyday can hurt you. I know lots of other guys out here that do 100-200 everyday. I've never seen or heard anyone get anything but good results from it.

[nutsy54]

As many have pointed out, it all depends on your goal, and your current ability.

If you want to increase pure numbers (endurance), then this is a great way to do it. BUT, do not go to failure! You should be doing roughly 50-75% of your max during any session. Check your Max every week or two, then adjust your daily set as appropriate.

[d3v]

i been doing them every day for a week now and it's hard to resist not repping to failure. when I did my CNS was fried and I was ****ed for the best part of 2-3 days.

[superman2269]

I use to do two or three sets of pull ups (wide grip) before all of my workouts. I weigh a lot more now, and my back is not as strong as it use to be. So, I don't do them as much any more.

I would have to say, if you do a couple of sets or just one a day, it shouldn't hurt you. Your back will grow, and strength will also.

As far as going to failure, I wouldn't recommend it. I agree with these guys about taking away from your other body parts.

[xylene]

won't do him any good either. he needs rest to grow.

+1
Rest every other day.

[trojannation]

What I find works best for me is to do them every few days. Every year when I am getting ready for PT tests I will do several sets of 10 pull ups or until failure between each exercise I am doing that day. At the end of the workout I may have done 80-100 pull ups, and you need a day or two of rest so that your muscles recover.

[Squinky]

won't do him any good either. he needs rest to grow.

He rests at night. It`s ALL about intensity and volume. We walk every day, but our legs don`t go to overtrained state. If he wants to be good at it and can do it wisely it will be good for him.

[Squinky]

Bad in my opinion.
Your muscles will soon get used to the same routine. In my veiw thats bad, Shock thopery is the best way forward, Do your back but mix up the weights and the excise you are doing.
Try 6-8 reps 5 sets. then other day try 15-20 reps 3-4 sets. mix it up.
Works for me.
good luck

Yes, his muscles will get used to it. It`s the whole purpose. If you do pull-ups every day you basically force the muscles to grow and adapt. And its not a good idea to talk about rep ranges when we don`t know how many pull-ups this guy can do. If he can do for example 10, I don`t see no reason to go past 5, ever.

[I dont work at Ballys]

Your muscles will soon get used to the same routine. In my veiw thats bad,

bad?

strength adaptation is one of the key processes in building muscle.

[Pingla]

I do a set of 5 reps every time i enter the door leading to this room. 5-15 sets daily. My max is about 15 reps, I've got great results with this method. I have removed chins-ups at the gym and now I do 3 sets of rows three times a week, including 2 sets of bicepscurls three times a week as well as additional work on forearms with reverse grip and just ordinary forearmcurls.

[sportyaccordy]

How does this work in with your workouts

Do you work out?

I would take a break every other day

[E_P_C]

it depends what your goals are but

if your not training specifically for pullups it is pointless to do them everyday

[gomez26]

i dont think that was the question
the question "is it okay to do it everyday?"
the answer
low intenisty = ok
high intensity = bad

if he's doing high intensity going to failure or near failure every set then he will be overloading his CNS with rate coding.
Doing them everyday by themselves alone is bad enough. If he does them within 48hours of any high intensity work of his lats and biceps he is only compounding the problem.
Although the biceps/brachialis is a small muscle group and commonly use to frequent(too frequent) training, it is not so prone to over training, this is not to say you cant though, infact it is still quiet easy. However the lats are a much larger muscle and usual not conditioned as well as the arms.
You could then argue that most people use their arms a lot more then their lats when performing a chin up and so their arms will fail alot sooner then their lats will so will not experience such a high neural load stopping them from being over trained. But then in saying this you are completely ignoring the fact that they are still experiencing high rate coding as well as the fact the CNS is interconnected and as a whole does require rest.
If he is doing wide grip chins then he is also using his pec major as a prime mover in the ROM between where his upper arms are above parallel.......


simply....
depending on intensity and form, your not just probably over training your arms and your lats, but also your chest, pretty much your whole upper body. So dont be surprised if all of your lifts involving your upper body are either very minimal, non existent or negative.


feel free to argue me on this, this is just my opinion

i agree its not optimal for mass gaining.

ur argument however points to overtraining the cns. this is not true. some of the best benchers (competitive powerlifters) bench 5 times a week. if they were overtraining the cns they wouldnt be gaining strength. some olympic lifters train the same lifts 6 days a week. heavy weight with low reps = max load on cns. high % of 1RM = high intensity.

whatever workload u can recover from, if u'r after strength divide it up as much as possible over 6 days & do a bit every day (still high intensity just volume has been spread). if ur after mass its better to concentrate the volume into 1 or max 2 days per week. thats the only difference. jack all to do with cns & the overtraining boogeyman from the clouds.

[SquatTilYouDrop]

Old thrad is old, But....

Wow, people want to build mass in their backs but never allow the muscles to rest and grow. Brilliant!

I guess getting the pullup numbers up is more important than muscular development.

[GreenWave1]

Old thrad is old,

Didnt' notice the date! Just repped J.L.C. for a three year old post!

[TexAss]

Old thrad is old, But....

Wow, people want to build mass in their backs but never allow the muscles to rest and grow. Brilliant!

I guess getting the pullup numbers up is more important than muscular development.

pullup numbers vs a magazine



That's a tough one, brah.

[BluntD]

Wow, people want to build mass in their backs but never allow the muscles to rest and grow. Brilliant!

I guess getting the pullup numbers up is more important than muscular development.

That's not neccessarily true.

I'd be willing to take JLC's word on it:

My CNS didn't die, I didn't overtrain, but I greatly increased the number of pullups I could do. I noticed some nice changes in musculature as well.

[SquatTilYouDrop]

That's not neccessarily true.

I'd be willing to take JLC's word on it:

Funny, I do pullups "once" per week about 5-6 sets with varying hand grips. My pullup numbers have went up steadily along with my back musculature.

Just basing the OPs question on my own experience. Obliterating back muscles on back day, then following up with moderate to high intensity pullup numbers every day will wear on your CNS and can retard or slow down muscular development over time.

I've tried it both ways. The former is the way to go, at least for me.

[xuerebx]

The only way for me to increase my pullup numbers was to do pullups everyday, to failure. For the first 2 weeks failure for me was only 1-2 reps. I did this for around 6 weeks and now I can do 6-8reps for 4 sets as part of my back workout, once a week.

[BluntD]

Funny, I do pullups "once" per week about 5-6 sets with varying hand grips. My pullup numbers have went up steadily along with my back musculature.

Just basing the OPs question on my own experience. Obliterating back muscles on back day, then following up with moderate to high intensity pullup numbers every day will wear on your CNS and can retard or slow down muscular development over time.

I've tried it both ways. The former is the way to go, at least for me.

Key parts in bold.


Not to say it's optimal or otherwise, just that I've seen this done successfully on more then enough occasions that you can't automatically discount it as being bad. Like anything else, it's finding what works for that particular person and that won't be the same for everyone.

[Scoundrel]

get a good split going and save your pullups for back day