How Many Can you do?

[chowmein]

i think thats one for the mythbusters

 

[Mookow]

I havent been able to do either chin-ups or pull-ups in a while since my left wrist just doesnt seem to want to heal. It's either the tendon or the ligament on the outside (little finger side) of the wrist, slightly towards the top of the hand. Complained like a b!tch when I last tried to do some actual pull ups. However, it does not hurt when I do them from two parallel bars. I've been trying to give it time to heal up, but soft tissue injuries take forever to heal for me. This wrist thing has also prevented me from doing normal pushups, however I can do them fine if I do them on my knuckles. It's sort of odd and very annoying

The only access I have to something like parallel bars is on the service truck at work. There are two ladders on the ladder rack, the inside rails are about 30" apart. Last week, after my shift was over, I did nine reps. From full slack (only muscle tension being that to hold onto the rails and bending my knees upwards to keep off floor) to fully up (chin a few inches over the top of the rails). Not bad considering it was after about 11 hours of roofing and I weigh ~220lbs when you include boots and most of my winter work clothes.

If I did them fresh (ie before work) on something with the rails closer together, I imagine it would be significantly higher. Also, I dont know how doing it from parallel bars compares to pull-up/chin-ups. I'm going to wait at least another month before trying them again, though.
BTW: anyone have a link to one of those rep charts that show "X reps at A weight = Y reps at B weight"? I've lost a lot of weight in the last year, and I'm wondering what my current muscle condition would yield if I were at my target weight, which I should be at in another couple months.

 

[WhiteKnight]

I usually do two sets of 20, hands facing away.

 

[DougK62]

It's all about form. I do pull-ups regularly, and I do them the right way. I go up and down very smoothly and slowly, hold it for a sec at the bottom, and go all the way down to straight arms. I can do about 10 in either hand position.

It makes me cringe to see most people do these. The meatheads have horrendous form just so they can do more.

 

[jsbush]

I can do 12-15, with legs in the air, without swinging, and doing a full movement up and down (Chin over the bar, and back down to arms fully extended).


Pull ups are hard...! pfff.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: DougK62
It's all about form. I do pull-ups regularly, and I do them the right way. I go up and down very smoothly and slowly, hold it for a sec at the bottom, and go all the way down to straight arms. I can do about 10 in either hand position.

It makes me cringe to see most people do these. The meatheads have horrendous form just so they can do more.

I've worked out for a while, and I think that if a person can do 10 REAL pullups, as long as they have both of their legs, they have a pretty good strength to weight ratio.

 

[Nimloth]

pushups are also hard.. i can do 30 with proper form...
and then i collapse and die

 

[thegimp03]

i'm pretty bad at pullups, can get around 7-10

 

[Gothgar]

just tried it, I used the doorway into an offical to try them, my fingers hurt after the 5th one, I maybe could have done another 3 or 4 on a regular bar...

That is with what was explained as proper form on here somewhere.

btw, those aren't easy at all!

 

[chowmein]

if you guys think pullups are hard, try 10 mile run uphill.

 

[ed21x]

2 back in hs when i was young and thin. Havn't tried in awhile, so assuming a big fat 0 =\

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: chowmein
if you guys think pullups are hard, try 10 mile run uphill.

30 minutes.

 

[FoBoT]

one million

 

[Spamela]

maybe 2-3.