How to get better at pull-ups?

[STfarva]

I finally did pull-ups for the first time the other day. I was only able to do about 3. I was kind of embarresed. Im not a weak guy but i guess i am in that area. My question is will i get better just doing a few a day. I feel like im not getting a good workout cause i can do hardly any.
Thanks
Farva

[Bignbuff]

Yes, as you keep doing them and as your back gets stronger they will be easier.

You can do lat pulldowns for now instead.

[hyp3r3xt3nsion]

time.

once you can do 6-8 reps, add weight w/ a dip belt.

also can do rack chins (goto the exercise section and search for ' @reference ' ...one of my referenece posts contains description on how to do it

[SDFlip]

i couldn't do more than 5 at first. everyone said to do pulldowns until i could do a good weight for 10-12 reps. I listened to the advice, but after awhile i still could do only 5.

so i just kept doing bodyweight pullups. then i started adding weight with a belt, going for singles and triples. that's when i started doing more with bodyweight alone

my suggestion -

keep doing bodyweight pullups
if you can do only 3, do sets of 2. But make sure they are good, clean, complete reps.

Do 2 reps, but do about 8 sets. add a rep next week. keep going until you reach 5 reps for 5 sets.

then start adding weight. 5lbs at a time. smaller the increment the better.

[imageek]

German Volume Training

if you can only do 5, then do 10 sets of 2, obviously no failure, rest 1-2 minutes between sets. add 1 rep each week.

if you have a pullup bar at home, that's even better, do 3-4 pullups throughout the day (like every 2 hours or so), no failure of course.

this is a great way to increase pullups numbers, if that's your goal.

[IMNOTLIQUID]

I can only do about 9 or so. I started like last week by adding one pull-up everday. Hopefully it helps. You just have to keep working at it.

[Supadude]

Why not use a machine with pullup assist? Then you can slowly increase the weight untill you are doing pure bodyweight for a lot of reps.

[elite89]

You're adding one pullup a day? Jeez, I struggle with 5lbs to my bench per week. Do your plan for a year and you'll have the most out of perportion back on earth! Good luck, you'll probably need it.

[hyp3r3xt3nsion]

Originally posted by Supadude
Why not use a machine with pullup assist? Then you can slowly increase the weight untill you are doing pure bodyweight for a lot of reps.

don't waste your time w/ the pullup assist machine- do rack chin/pullups. because of the leverage advantage even if you can't do 1 chin you should be able to do rack chins.