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Doing pull ups in 4 sets and doing 20 per set, means you can do 20 pull ups.

If you're going to fully rest and recover between sets... then obviously, you can start again and continue do more.

Furthermore, its requires muscular endurance (lactate/anaerobic), far more than strength and its not a hard thing to achieve if that's your goal or unless you are excessively overweight.

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I would venture to guess that one who can do 4 sets of 20, can do significantly more than just 20 in one set. Unless they take 10 minute breaks between sets :1orglaugh

You don't "fully rest and recover between sets". That completely ruins the whole reason of doing sets.

You take about 15 seconds between sets. That gives the muscle enough time to get ready for the next set without it "cooling off".

There is a very good reason to do sets when you excercise. And it has nothing to do with resting or recovering...and everything to do with getting bigger and stronger.

If you fully rested and recovered between sets you would be back to zero on working that muscle.

And yeah, I know you're just saying that sets don't count in how many pullups can you do in a row without stopping. I was just pointing out what sets really mean.

pull-ups?? I have no time for that but I've been known to do 24-36 16oz curls a night from time to time.. It does wonders for my 6 pack abs (maybe 12-18 pack).

Matt you rocking with 6packs nowadays???? (sbj)

probably almost 1 these days. Used to do 1000 press-ups, and 1000 sit-ups a day (sets of 100) back when I was a guest of her majesty. Obviously there was nothing high up though in the suites to be able to do pull-ups.

I can do 4 sets with 10 reps... Think it really depends of your weight and how often you do them. I do them once a week when training backs. Zero cardio of course at this time of the year :1orglaugh

Does half count?

incorrect.. big guys will take 2-3 mins in between sets when going heavy, and this has been proven over and over again to be the most effective for strength gains and building size. It depends on your goals but short rests are generally for endurance/cardio purposes not gains.


oh. i can do 20 or so.. i normally strap on weights instead of doing more, got up to 65lbs or so but can probably only do 25lbs if i went in there today. doing reps of more than 20 is mostly jerking off...

you are a bit taller are you not? They are way easier to do for shorter guys like me but don't let that discourage you from doing them. Even if you start with the pully bar on the universal it is a start. It does your whole back, shoulders and arms and will help your overall posture so I can't stress this enough that this is an absolute essential movement. wide grip closed grip.. its all fine as long as you switch it up every now and then.

Couldn't have said it better. Take 15 seconds between heavy squat or deadlift sets and let me know how ya make out! :throwup

I can do .375 in sets of 4 so I guess then I can do 1.5.

I can do 15, but what I typically do is 10 pullups, rest .30 and then switch my grip and do 5 more.

After reading this yesterday, I wanted to see what I can do.
Results are 3 pullups. Struggled and barely did the third one.

in other words, you won't do it.

this guy is so full of shit, he makes CurrentlySober jealous :1orglaugh

Maybe some guys do that...but the BIG guys like Dorian Yates, Ronnie Coleman, etc, say differently in their articles that I've read when I was learning to work out correctly.
It's about exhausting a muscle. And doing pullups just doesn't require that kind of rest period.

Yeah...maybe doing super heavy squats or massively heavy bench. But doing pullups? No way you would rest 3 minutes. You might as well just go home.

0.25 cents!!!

I can lift my penis using only one hand!
I am strong like bull.

How many Currently Sober does it take to do a pull up ?


answer: he can't afford to do pull ups

In the past 60 in one set ..... then i joined GFY

Keep at it. It will get easier.

by this point in the thread, about four

I agree with you to a point. I said that for effect. My point was ONLY that doing 20 pull-ups is exactly that, you can do 20. Further, it assumes correct form, doesn't specify the type of pull up (wide grip, narrow, over hand, under hand etc) so everyone is commenting on what are likely very different things as well.

Pull ups are primarily about anaerobic endurance, not strength/power. Lifting weights for maximum muscle growth and doing body weight exercises are very different things.

In high school.. I could do 18 and on a good day 20

Now.. 7 and I'm done

When I was in the Marines I did 16, I went and tried to see how many I do now and right now I could only do 2.

I do pull ups training for climbing/bouldering.

6x20 reps, front, reverse and pistol grips. All wearing a dipping belt with 35kg weight attached.

from what i can remember dorian yates always did heavy low sets and reps with plenty of time between sets. maybe when he was cutting he did higher reps and less rest.

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

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.

I was under the impression pullups are one of the 3 best and most effective exercises you can do.

push up
pull up
dead lift

do those 3 exercises properly and effectively and you can toss all the joe weider magazine selling bullshit out the window.

You're leaving out one of the biggies: The Squat

dead lift trumps squat really.

I would never leave the squat out. Unless you want a flat ass. lol

Oh I know those types all too well Robbie! Squats for days! I wouldnt put a pull up over a squat.

Bench
Squat
Dead

Its smart to incorporate body weight movements in your routines, but they can only take you so far with your strength and physique. You need progressive overload.

I get winded just reaching for my nachos.