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I've been doing pullups 3 times a week and I still can't do more than 4 at a time. What am I doing wrong?
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>>77351738
Lose weight.
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You're too fat and/or weak, hope that helps x
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How do I get less fat and less weak? Clearly doing as many pull ups I can is not helping.
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>>77351738
Do 5 sets every 2 days.

Caveat: you might get elbow pain
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>>77351786
Consume less energy and do your compounds
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>>77351738
Piggybacking on this.
I'd like to do more, and eventually do more with weight.
I can currently do 5x5 chinups in a day, but it takes at least 30 minutes to do all the sets.

My plan is to do 5x5 every other day until I can do it in under 10 minutes. Then add in 5x5 pull ups. Once I can do sets of both, every day, then I will start doing more reps and more sets until I can do 10x10 of both. Then maybe I will finally be confident in my own body....
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>>77351738
Unless you just started and are fat, most likely, technique and wrong training approach. Which body part gasses out first? Grip, arms or lats?
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>>77351738
Stop going to failure. Seriously. Only do them like twice per week. Spaced out, like Mondays and Thursdays - 2-4 days in between.

Do a higher volume - more total reps. BUT dont go to failure. Do more sets of only like 2-3 reps. Rest 3-4 minutes, then do another set of 2-3 reps. Try to make all the reps fast and crisp. SMack your clavicle into the bar. Full extension. Repeat -= more sets well belwo failure. Dont worry about going to failure. Its a meme. Just do more reps After about 2 months or so of this type of traing you should be able to do one set of more than 4. This is called "training" and "programming." Its how people build strength and capacity. It takes time and smarts. Not just alsways going to failure.

I see retards in the gym constantly maxing out on everything and bever getting stronger. Maxing out works until it doesnt - like you. Now. You're stuck at 4. You have to now "program" your traing.
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>>77351738
You're not pulling hard enough
Also feel free to kip, the extra negatives will do you good
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>>77351738
Do bench press as well.
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>>77351863
The arms are failing first I fear. Maybe I'm using too much arm and not enough back?
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>>77352098
>>77352110
>>77352131
Gonna try all three. Thanks bros.
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Do pendlay rows with a bit of cheat first on back day then as many BW pull ups reps as you can do. Focusing on rows made my pull ups go from 8 to 13 in 2 months while only doing 1 set to check my max reps after back day.
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>>77351786
Deadlift, rows, curls. Those will help will pull-ups for strength. Do those along with pull-ups. Then eat less. Also you can do pull-ups every day so do that. Also alternate grip position/chins/neutal/pronated
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https://youtube.com/shorts/j9nwzMhN_jI?is=fHxL_mLu6T4EDEJq

Being fat does not prevent you from doing pull ups despite what the retards here say. Technique, fatigue and strength are what fuck people up the most. Just do them until you can do them.
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I used to do 7 reps. I gained 15 lbs in a 3 months and I can still do 7 reps. Is that good?
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>>77351738
Don't rush progress and I recommend neutral grip to save your shoulder health at least, that's the most comfortable position for me everyone is different (:
3 from a dead hang is very good people underestimate how hard these are. I recommend slowing the eccentric as much as possible to simulate progressive overload on your sets of three or use pull downs to strengthen your grip by being able to do a bit more repetitions to failure with an appropriate weight if you want to squeeze out more out of the target muscle
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>>77352147
Do not kip its so retarded and bad for you there is no reason to use momentum and strain your joints and connective tissue for little to no extra stimulus that's how you get injured over time
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>>77352098
dont do this
>>77351777
do this
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>>77352145
if arms fail first, do negatives starting with a peak contraction at the top and holding the top position for as long as you can
this built my back
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>>77351738
>>77351796
Assisted pull up machine or counterweight with bands.
This is what I've concluded after trying everything, it's the answer for any other weight lifting exercise plateau, deload.
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>>77352278
>https://youtube.com/shorts/j9nwzMhN_jI?is=fHxL_mLu6T4EDEJq
>struggles at 5th
haha, its funny cause he's FAT!
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>>77352145
Yeah likely too much arms. I found that trying to imagine you push your elbows into your pockets and/or squeezing your hands together instead of just pulling them down helps to activate the back more.
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>>77351738

Do singles which you gradually fuse into a set. But take your time - it may take months.
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>>77351738
If you are female you should lose weight. If you are male you should kys.
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>>77351777
/thread
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>>77351738
it's a hard lift. progressing with reps slowly is normal.
I did slow full rom negatives until I was at 5-5-5 with a 6 second descent. then I was at a cali park where I could not jump from the ground to the upper position because the bars were too high and had to do regaular ones and discovered that I could do 6-6-6 chest to bar instantly because apparently slow negs are harder but also train you

also when I cut 11 lbs last year it boosted my clean negs from 3-3-3 to 5-5-4 in a few weeks

advice is to play around with negs and either progress with descent time (increasing) or reps if you don't have access to an assisted machine. don't use bands as the force curve is different
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>>77351738
Grease the groove. Next question.
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>>77351738
>3 times a week
do pull ups 3 time a day for 5 days a week
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>>77352145
There's no actual form fix/cue for arms giving out on rows or pullups etc. You're just going to have to strengthen your biceps.



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