who does pullup anymore?

[ROCKETW19]

I love them although they are hard for me. I start of gettin 12 and it just goes down each set.lol. I dont notice anyone else doing them what about you?

[WonderWoman]

I do them and they are hard for me too... I am a girly girl.
I can get about 4 by myself and going wide. Then I have someone hold my feet or I use the gravitron unit. I don't do them every workout, so when I get them in they tear my back up

[grnmchn]

Not too often, but when I do it's on the machine with a little help...

[jwoody]

I start every back work out with pull ups. But like you said, nobody seems to do them. I think it is because most people can't, and instead or working their way up, they would rather do pull downs.

[Chadd77]

I almost always incorporate them into every back workout. Hang a plate off yourself and do some. Damn that burns!!

[rado]

I do them everytime I do back...3 sets of 12...Wide grip/narrow/behind the neck...I love them.

[THE BOUNCER]

i never do them. always heavy pull downs for me.

[Solstice106]

sob and i only ever do pull downs too. do you all think there is a difference between an exercise like a pull down and a "more functional" exercise like a pull up?? if you think there is a difference, is there less of a difference if you use the pull up machine that helps with the weight?
how about a squat rack vs. squat machine? i assume the only difference is using more stabilizing muscles for exercises that seem "more functional" - but what have you all experienced?

[THE BOUNCER]

Originally Posted by Solstice106

sob and i only ever do pull downs too. do you all think there is a difference between an exercise like a pull down and a "more functional" exercise like a pull up?? if you think there is a difference, is there less of a difference if you use the pull up machine that helps with the weight?
how about a squat rack vs. squat machine? i assume the only difference is using more stabilizing muscles for exercises that seem "more functional" - but what have you all experienced?

in the case of pull up VS pull down. i actually dont think there is anything more functional about a pullup. pullups dont pump up my lats like pulldowns though.

[ROCKETW19]

Originally Posted by Chadd77

I almost always incorporate them into every back workout. Hang a plate off yourself and do some. Damn that burns!!

LOL. hang a plate? maybe a 2.5lb plate.

[Nekrawulf]

Every workout!

My warmup before every workout is as follows:

3 rounds of:

10 Overhead Squats
10 Pullups
10 Ring dips
10 abmat situps
10 GHD back extension
1 samson stretch each side.

[fog_hat1981]

Originally Posted by ROCKETW19

I love them although they are hard for me. I start of gettin 12 and it just goes down each set.lol. I dont notice anyone else doing them what about you?

Post your last workout...

[NewbieChris]

My fat ass does them...in an attempt to gain some back strength. When I feel like I am strong enough to do weighted pull ups, for good reps, I will be happy.

[Shibby]

Most my workout these days is a lot of compound body resistance exercises.

[NYCmitch25]

i do chins usually with a couple of 45's, sometimes it bothers my shoulder so i use machines like B

[mr8907]

i just do both, sets of pull ups untill i can only get three reps out then i either row or do pulldowns

[gymratin]

pull downs and pull ups are not interchangeable - read an article about it somewhere (cant remember where though) i do waited pull ups and sometimes throw pull downs in there also

[Stonecold54]

I think pullups like bench press are a very genetic body dependent exercise. I fail at the same exact TUT every set whether I have added weight on or using an assisted machine (to a point, obviously if it was supporting all of my weight or most I could go long). its right around 45 seconds and it pisses me off. plus I think people wait too long to incorporate them into a workout, I didn't do them for so long and I added like 50 pounds of bodyweight but never did them as I got heavier so the correlation of pullup strength to bodyweight was put out of whack. I really try to work on them, I wish I had a nice pullover machine in my gym cuz supersseting them with pullovers is great, takes the weak link out. or I could just lose some weight, lol.

[ROCKETW19]

Originally Posted by Stonecold54

I think pullups like bench press are a very genetic body dependent exercise. I fail at the same exact TUT every set whether I have added weight on or using an assisted machine .

can you talk about this more. I get that way with dips! I can do 12 dips with my body weight and then add in 12 dips with a 45lb plate and go back to body weight at 12 again. no matter what its always 12. I thought it was in my head?
I can do 3 sets of 12 with just body weight just making it to 12 each time. then I can add in a plate and still just make 12. WTF?

[Stonecold54]

Originally Posted by ROCKETW19

can you talk about this more. I get that way with dips! I can do 12 dips with my body weight and then add in 12 dips with a 45lb plate and go back to body weight at 12 again. no matter what its always 12. I thought it was in my head?
I can do 3 sets of 12 with just body weight just making it to 12 each time. then I can add in a plate and still just make 12. WTF?

well I most of what I think has to do with the weak links that are inherent in each of us. they are all at different spots. then on top of that you have to factor in the fiber type of that weak link. Mine has to do with a muscle that is primarily fast-twitch on pullups because it is always around the 45 second mark that I fail at. obviously its not giving my lats a good workout if I can't get past that mark. so that is why I mentioned the pre-exhaust with a pullover (Which my gym doesn't have yet). but that superset is great for me when available, amazing burn and great pump. also I think part of "bodyweight" exercises is the actual structure of us, I think with machines we can adjust them to fit us for the most part but if we don't fit pullups and dips for whatever reason its harder.

[hitmansb]

Originally Posted by THE BOUNCER

i never do them. always heavy pull downs for me.

Ditto...stopped doing them years ago. I can isolate my back muscles so much better with pulldowns.

[Gator_Mclusky]

I do as many sets that it takes to get 50 reps on Chins.

[Mr incredible]

Originally Posted by NYCmitch25

i do chins usually with a couple of 45's, sometimes it bothers my shoulder so i use machines like B

man thats strong, do you come right up and get your chin over?

I do chins/pul ups sometimes but never with any added weight, I try and really squeeze my shoulder blades back and in

[caged]

pull ups r hard to do.. but i stick with them first when i train back.

[ROCKETW19]

Originally Posted by NYCmitch25

i do chins usually with a couple of 45's, sometimes it bothers my shoulder so i use machines like B

holy shit! how much do you weigh? adding 90lbs is crazy.