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Originally Posted by Choopa Phil
Except its not about exhausting the muscle on every single set. High rep work with little rest also induces sarcoplasmic hypertrophy (pump/volumizing effect of the muscle and is temporary), not myofibrillar hypertrophy. Myofibrillar is what grows the muscle.
A pull up is a compound movement not a concentration movement, they are very different. You would want to rest a minimum of 30 seconds between pull up sets especially if you're going to failure each time. Weighted pull ups are a whole nother ball game
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Yeah, I've never done weighted pullups.
Doing 8 per set overhand/wide grip is tough enough.
I'll see smaller guys at the gym (talking height/weight, not muscularity) who hop up there and just pound 'em out. Especially the shorter guys with short arms.
I'm 6' tall and 210 pounds with long arms. It's tough on me (but then again I only train back muscles once a week and not to total failure like a bodybuilder would).
Then again, I'm friends with some massive dudes who are super strong and bench press weight I can't even budge off the bar. But they weigh over 300 pounds and can't do any pullups at all. lol
You know the kind...the guys who seem to only care about one body part and just hit the bench press and arms every time they go to the gym.