Hey Gaggers how many pulls ups can you do your chin has to at least go over the bar and your hands over the bar not under thats a chin up?

[blondfrog]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWWgL0A1zlU
This is a good video of how to to correct pull ups.
The most I have ever done was 15

[DanAG]

Now, probably none. When I was younger 27-28 was typical, 30 when psyched for competition. They were good pull ups with two marines making sure they were done right. One marine to the side making sure you fully extend at the bottom, and not the slightest jerk or swing. A second marine up in front of the bar making sure he can see your entire chin over the top of the bar. If one whisker is below the bar it doesn't count.

[decemberxblue]

Before my shoulder injury, it was well over 30. Wide grip pull-ups touching the back of the neck were another story.

[NovemberJoseph]

What happened to your shoulder?

[blondfrog]

That is really good :)

[decemberxblue]

@NovemberJoseph - I tore my labrum. :(

Thanks blondfrog. :)

[NovemberJoseph]

Did you do something and it happened right away with pain? Or did you wake up one day with pain?

Sorry I'm really uneducated when it comes to tears and stuff but I got a shoulder problem too one day after deadlifting and arm wrestling and I don't know what happened lol. But I looked up the labrum and that's exactly where I felt my pain at.

[decemberxblue]

@NovemberJoseph - It was immediate and happened during bench dips. I'm sure I had minor tears in my deltoids as well. I'm going to school for my Doctorates of Physical Therapy. Can you describe what happened?

[NovemberJoseph]

Ouch. Well I went for a deadlift max and I maxed out at 275 (weak I know lol) but I felt no pain, then about 30 minutes later i arm wrestled all my friends (won of course) but I did arm wrestle like a good 7 times with my right arm. They said it looked like I was putting my shoulder into use whenever I did. No pain though. The next morning, I wake up with a lot of pain in my right shoulder whenever I moved it a certain way. the only exercise I can't do since then is bench press, dips and pull-ups. Chin ups are pain free though. Whenever I angle my arms at the same angle for bench press, (Tucking in elbows), it hurts my right shoulder. It's been like a month since the morning I got it. The pain is gone now but I'm scared it will return if I start benching again.

[decemberxblue]

@NovemberJoseph - The shoulder is probably thee most complex and mobile joint in the body. So, there's many possible factors and without real assessment I'd take anything you read online with a grain of salt. But a few things to consider is bicipital tendonitis where the bicep passes up and into the humerus. Examine your long and short head with thumb.

https://tinyurl.com/k7usd2m

Also ensure your delts are getting enough rest. These are secondary muscles in practically all upper body workouts, thus common overuse and injuries occur. As for actually getting you strong enough for those activities again, although you feel pain in that region, that is just a symptom of the problem. If you went in for an appointment the first thing they'd assess is the strength of your rotator cuff. More likely than not there are muscle imbalances.

You can look up YT videos and have someone help you assess the following groups: teres minor, infraspinatus, supraspinatus, subscapularis.

[decemberxblue]

I still recommend being assessed and at least *begin* a re-strengthening program with an orthopaedic specialist.

[NovemberJoseph]

Will do. Definitely not taking any chances. Thanks man!

[decemberxblue]

@NovemberJoseph - That's good to hear. My injury is part of what compelled me to get into physical therapy. If those imbalances exist you significantly increase your chances of injury, and losing hundreds of hours in the gym. Good luck.

[NovemberJoseph]

I do lots of rowing and make sure to do a pull movement for every press, but i might still have that imbalance. Thanks.

[decemberxblue]

@NovemberJoseph - Interestingly enough, you'd need to work those muscle groups from 1 - 4.5lbs of resistance. Once higher (Such as rowing) larger and more capable muscles are designed to take over the load. And anytime.

[decemberxblue]

Thanks for MH, blondfrog!

[blondfrog]

Yep no problem :)

[aumshivashanti]

I change about 5-10 pullups a day... Oh you were talking about the exercise? Lol i could do maybe 3-5. My upper body strength is not too good.

[blondfrog]

Your funny :P yeah 3-5 is still really good.

[aumshivashanti]

I used to beable to do a lot when i was a little kid, but that doesn't really count. I suppose.
Also, when i worked on a farm i was in great shape, and i could do 10 without even breaking a sweat. I can't wait to get back to that level of fitness!
Something about having a baby has made me too exausted to workout:(

[SnowHearth]

30 in two minutes

[blondfrog]

Are you lying? lol

[SnowHearth]

I have friends on the special ops/forces community and they dare/encourage me to try to defeat them at different stuff, so I train hard to be able to beat them.

[aamy811]

About 3 or 5. I'm mainly all lower body strength. I can squat like crazy, but when. It comes to push-ups and pull-ups I suck

[blondfrog]

Its okay I bought a pull up bar 2 days ago and I was only able to do 7

[NovemberJoseph]

Haven't maxed out in like 3 months, but at that time I could do like 14 chin ups and only 5 pull ups.

Im sure I can do more now, but I hate calisthenics. I lift weights.

[xHoneyxBeex]

Lol are you being sarcastic in your comment to me? I used to hate doing physical tests in gym class when I was in high school because I never had any upper body strength and everyone made fun of me. Haha!

[blondfrog]

That is pretty good I started lifting too about 3 weeks ago.

[Mgoods]

Depends on whether or not there's a step ladder beneath me.

[blondfrog]

Lol good one

[Mgoods]

^_^

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[SuperNurse42]

Well over 30 strict & dead hang.

We have to do kipping pullups in our wrestling workouts though, where we end up doing close to 200 total.

[SuperNurse42]

That's with little breaks in between sets, not 200 straight lol.

[p0rtis26]

and that is why you are super nurse.

[SuperNurse42]

*Flies away*

[blondfrog]

Yeah wrestling does help you with core strength

[PunkOfSteam]

With proper form and speed control throughout, I can manage about 4. It was better a few years ago but not exercising like I'd prefer has taken its toll on my strength. If I allow my knees to rise as I pull up, I can do about 7 or 8.

[daniel_honey_boy]

I can't do even one, uuuhhh... o__O'
I weigh only 105 lbs; how does that even make sense, lol? I can do regular chin-ups OK. The deadhang is like 100x more difficult for me, wtf. :S

[blondfrog]

Its a core workout you need to work out in all different areas trying push ups and sit ups that helps as well as preecheer curls

[Anonymous]

I superset pullups and dips in the middle of my workout. I'll do around 16-18 pullups, followed immediately by 40-50 body weight dips (I'm ~150lbs). Next set is pullups to failure, dips to 25-35. Last set is pullups to failure, dips to failure.

[blondfrog]

What are pulls ups to failure?

[Opinion Owner]

Just like they sound- you do a set to as many as you can do before you can't pull another one

[Anonymous]

Zero. That's actually one of my fitness goals. To be able to do a chin up. I lost 25 lbs, but still can't do it yet :( but it's gotten easier and easier.

[blondfrog]

Those are pull ups which are harder than chin ups.

[Opinion Owner]

Oh, my bad. Well either way I have -100 upper body strength lol. I just got to the point to where I'm able to do 10 push ups (real push ups not girl ones) so I have a while to go before I can do either chin ups or pull ups

[blondfrog]

Keep at it no pain no gain :)

[xHoneyxBeex]

Like 1... don't judge me!

[NovemberJoseph]

That's actually impressive!

[blondfrog]

Yeah 1 for a girl is really good :) there were a good amount of guys I knew in school who couldn't even get one.

[NovemberJoseph]

I wasn't being sarcastic, I remember when I was 16 and had P. E I couldn't even do one haha.

Ps: Were you too lazy to @mention me so instead you did what the GaG pilgrims did and commented on my opinion? LOL nice I've done that too :p

[xHoneyxBeex]

@NovemberJoseph Oh okay. Haha! Yeah, I have no upper body strength. Lol

And honestly, I just didn't even think to mention you before. I sometimes forget we have that feature now. Haha

[rjroy3]

My record is 32.
My current is around 15-18. But I'm also over 205 pounds now. Lol

[blondfrog]

Continuously without stopping 32?

[rjroy3]

Yessir. I never count missed reps and if they take longer than 3 seconds. The moment you hit 4 seconds on a rep you're done

[rambunctious69]

23 pullups (pronated grip) like the video. Hoping to reach 30 as a personal goal.

[blondfrog]

I don't know dude I have a hard time believing you cause you don't look really muscular and thanks, how much do you weigh?

[rambunctious69]

Yep, I weigh a 153 lbs. I recently beat the military guys recruiting in a booth they had at a concert doing pushups and pullups. I do pullups almost every day.

[funkipunk]

1 pull up. I used to be able to a lot more though. I oughta work out more

[Tokana]

10 was my most, I'll be doing them tomorrow. I should record it for my YouTube channel.

[blondfrog]

Yeah you should bro :)

[Tokana]

I'm not sure if the tenth one was fully up to the top. I partied last night so I may of been a bit weak.

www.youtube.com/watch

10 pullups

[blondfrog]

Yeah that counts man

[lumos]

I can do half a pull up. :P

[chocolatedragon]

I can manage about 4. They're hard.

[Lyndsielee666]

Probably like a 3rd of one😧😧😧

[DragonWolf]

Zero, since im not allowed to do them.

[aumshivashanti]

Why are you not allowed to do pullups?

[DragonWolf]

@aumshivashanti i got hit by a car in 2008, my shoulders moved a bit. The moment i put lots of pressure on my arms, my arms could 1. Break, 2. Get paralysed, or 3. They hurt so much that i can't use them for 2 whole weeks. So thats why im also not allowed to do push and pull ups.

[p0rtis26]

talking about in one set or continuously?

[blondfrog]

Continuously

[p0rtis26]

Well I have done 20 straight, but if I take breaks I usually do 8-10 at a time and do a lot of sets if I am not able to work out in a gym

[Izzex3]

Not even 1.

[JayMarbles]

Like fucken 0