I weigh about lbs. Forever young. Last week at the gym I set a personal best for pull ups, full extension full compression chin over the bar I did 35 non-stop , and I have it on video. My goal is 50 by the time I turn If this is of interest to you my phone is [removed].
Hi Mark, Congrats on the personal record! I just sent you an email to see if I can pick your brain a bit. I have been working out at home all my life so far.
Yesterday, I managed 37 pullups! A few day before that I managed 85 push-ups. John, you done well. I like the idea of not tying the numbers to the age which so many sites do these days. I think that really takes away from what people can do.
I can only do 2 at this time and have been away from training for a few years, but recommend them to the kids out doing roofing and such. It is on my personal list along with the dragon flag for core and upper body workouts. After a few years of doing pullups in my barn while my horses eat breakfast, and nursing a shoulder injury, I am able to do 18 perfect pullups a set.
The same for reverse grip, thumbs always matching the fingers. My elbows cant handle more than The other day I did about in one day, a personal best. I usually do 2x sets per day. Im still a bit skinny and Im so dang hungry when I do a pullup binge!
And I still get butterflies when I grab the bar. I only do narrow grip, wide is unpleasant for my narrow frame. But its a great challenge that I find fulfilling. Nice post, but I think you should take weight into account.
I can do 7 pullups. I am 15 years old and I have just managed to get my record up to 41 pullups in 1 minute. Most ever in one set was 12 at lbs… then set of 10, 8, and 8 following the first I am a female and could do chin ups but not pull ups.
I can do 8 strict pull ups as of Nov 1st. My goal is 10 by the end of year. I am 46 and can do 27 chin ups in a minute, 20 pull ups in minute and can do assisted 1 arm pull-ups.
The most an average guy can do is two or three. The idea that a regular guy should be able to do ten is laughable. Nobody I know can do ten.
People on here are fitness buffs not average people. I typically do 5 sets of 5 reps with a lb counterweight or I can do 3 sets of 5 reps with a lb counterweight. Without the counterweight I can do one, maybe two pull-ups now. As for the average being 9 for men on the Military Candidate Fitness Assessment, that might be true for Marines who tend to be young, motivated and know that pull-ups are part of their physical fitness test.
I know I did before Army Basic. And that was in the 80s. I suspect I will have been working out 6 months by the time I reach that level. Since I am starting from scratch I am doing 15 pushups and 4 pull ups. My goal is to get to 20 push ups and 8 pull ups and do that for the rest of my life, certainly into my eighties. So I think that any one can do this sort of stuff, you just have to do it. There is a kayak trip that I like to do, it is 13 miles long.
I will be really sad when the day comes and I can no longer do this. Further more I am not a really strong person, the old guy across the street from me is 84, does more exercise than I do. I hope to be doing as well as he is at the same age. I need to move slowly and carefully by comparison to what I would have done 25 years ago or my back or knees or shoulders will be screaming at me. Well it took two months but I got up to doing 24 pushups, 10 chin-ups and 50 sit-ups. I chose to stop at those numbers as I would like to be able to do them until my last breath.
I really thought it would get easier but I still intend to keep it at 10 forever. When I was pounds in high school, I could do around 20 pull-ups. Now much older, I let my fitness slide, then decided to work out hard for around 1.
I started doing the pull-up machine so I could get clean reps. I weigh pounds and my assist is 60 pounds. I can do 17, sloppy after 15, but I am struggling for bonus reps.
I was then went down to and up to , but lifting heaviest I ever have. Bench max Recently incorporated running into the mix and working up the speed and duration.
Also training for Savage Race. Lots of monkey bars. Today did 2 pull-ups on a tree branch at a park. We were training as a family for the Savage Race. Certainly if I can keep my strength the same and lose some weight, I can do more pull-ups. Would be great to be able to do Shooting for that!
As far as anyone doubting me, could care less and other people also should care less. I am working out to better my health and be manly. I want to feel right. Having goals give me motivation and something to work together towards as a family. Guess I am far from average! I never did pull ups before. How many time would it take for me to do about 8 repetitions? I do 4 — 5 sets on back days. Fun to do them! I just turned 70 about 2 weeks ago. I have been doing chin ups for about 4 years.
Yesterday, I did 4 sets 36,31,27, I have done 37 before and I am aiming for 40 reps Olympian status. Yes, my form is excellent. I do them quickly and consecutively. I have not tried to see how many I could do if I stop on the bar and hang between small sets.
I see your numbers, and need to drastically lift my game. I started a routine about a year ago doing push ups and pull ups. I figured I could not hurt myself doing pull-ups and push ups. Never did pull ups in school and remember being in 7th grade and being able to do only 1. Today I did 11 pull-ups on my first set with a short rest and 5 more, then pushups and another set of 10 followed by 5. My goal is 20 pull ups max; pullups and push-ups in an hour.
I work out about 3 times a week doing a little more than I am comfortable doing. This is a good body of work however, unfortunately there is no relevance to the aged. By factoring by age these standards would change significantly. I live part time in a very fit retirement area in northern Arizona. I see hundreds of fit men and women daily.
I rarely see anyone over 50 even hang from a bar much less do pull-ups on it. But now at age 61 the first set is painful and I can only do 20 at a time. Suggestions please. Ok, I have read all the responses. The true test of upper body strength is to take your pullup to bench press ratio, the smaller, the better. For example, after doing an hour of cardio, I can crank out 20 pullups and do a single rep max on the bench of lbs. I am 44 years of age and weight If you can do 15 pullups and bench , your score will be 0.
I am 44 years of age and can do 25 dead hang proper pull ups. My goal is to get to 35 by 45 years of age. I have been incorporating weighted pull ups as part of my training. Seems to help a lot. When I was 12, In the 6th grade, I set a school record with 30 pull ups.
Like my father used to say, records are meant to be broken. I just turned 60 this past fri. Just turned 50, weigh lbs. I improve my numbers through a mix of different types of pull ups in sets of 20, but especially by using a 40 lb weight vest I max out at 21 with the weight vest. I do pull ups per workout, times per week, as a mix of muscle ups, archer pull ups, open grip, closed grip, neutral grip, and weighted pull ups.
Sounds like it is. And most cannot do even one. David, Look around online and you will see that plenty of people can do monster numbers of pull ups. You can find video evidence all over. If you think it is doctored, look for video of Murph competitions where you have to be able to run 1 mile, do pullups, pushups, squats, run another mile, while wearing a 20 lb weight vest.
I can see how it would seem improbable to you. You just add one pull up every two weeks or so, then you plateau for long periods, then broaden the type of body-resistance exercises you do and try to add another pull up, one at a time. Little incremental improvements just the way they teach kids gymnastics.
You are confused. Reread my post carefully. I said MOST men over fifty cannot do even one pullup. This is not a matter of opinion. It is an absolute fact. No biggie either way. In any case, I am also encouraged to hear that at 66 you can still do 10 pullups. I wish you continued good health. Most men cannot do 10 pullups. I have three sons-in -law. They are 32, 35, and 38 years old. They all look to be in relatively good condition.
They all go to the gym and work out. We had a pullup contest. So the average man, truth be told, can do between none and five. You may be right. I am 75 and have been going to the gym working out with free weights for 36 years. I workout 5 and sometimes 6 days a week during which time I work all body parts twice. However, younger people who sufficiently work all muscle groups can do multiple pull ups with ease. I used to do pull ups maybe 15 years ago and for some reason I quit doing them until about a week ago.
I decided I want do real dead hang pull ups the next time I see him on the machine. So a week ago on a Sunday afternoon when very few were there I decided to give it a try. To my surprise on my first attempt I did three. I waited a few minutes a did a set of 4, then a few minutes later did 5. I was shocked! I am and currently weigh , down from a few months ago.
I am driven! I believe that your mind is the driving force combined with resistance training and aerobics. They combine to produce the fountain of youth. I do not feel anywhere near my age. I also, start shooting baskets at the gym a couple of months ago. Now, as of yesterday I was ripping the net with 3 pointers. I currently workout out Genesis in Tulsa Oklahoma and I do take supplements regularly… Protein, creatine, glutamine, citrilene, beta-alanine, vitamins … the regular stuff and nothing weird.
I have no joint or muscular problems. I am shocked myself at what I can do. When I started working out I was your typical inactive, soft bodied programmer that sat on his ass for many years. I have no genetics, my dad was was maybe and tops, with zero activity. A few years ago my urologist put me on a low level of testosterone, which has not been sustained for various reasons.
My strength has been sustained for many years even though I had auto-immune hepatitis for almost 3 years, up until about a year ago. During that time I had no supplements or testosterone. Believe what you want, every word of this is totally true. My goal is to get up to 10 reps on pull ups and I will do it! If I can do it, so can you! Think young! I am 75 and have been going to the gym working out with free weights for 35 years.
I workout 5 and sometimes 6 days a week during which time I work all body parts twice a week. I used to do pull ups 12, 8, 4 reps maybe 15 years ago and for some reason I quit doing them until about a week ago. I currently workout out a local gym in Tulsa, Oklahoma and take supplements regularly… Protein, creatine, glutamine, citrilene, beta-alanine, vitamins … the regular stuff and nothing weird. Pull your shoulder blades back, and continue to pull with your arms to lift your chest to the bar.
Pause, and lower your body back to the starting position. Remember to keep that plank position throughout. Do at least three sets each workout. A few other exercises to consider adding to your routine: Bent over barbell rows, wide-grip deadlifts, and the T-Bar row. Want more? Check out Men's Health Maximus Body. United States. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. How to Eat Like Chris Hemsworth.
We do pullups. Do Pullups If you want to get good at pullups, do more pullups. Soon, those guys are able to perform one pullup. Trust me, it just works. Related: 4 Ways to Become a Pullup Powerhouse 3. However, if you are doing pullups every single day, the involved time and energy restraints will most likely make it difficult to adequately train your whole body in a way that eliminates the potential for muscular imbalance.
Overtraining is a complicated phenomenon that involves interplay between the nervous, muscular, endocrine, and skeletal systems. Researchers have not yet developed sufficient criteria for consistently diagnosing overtraining in resistance athletes 3. Nevertheless, the available knowledge of overtraining would suggest that performing the same exercise every day, particularly at high volumes or to muscular failure, would put you at risk of overtraining.
This is probably the most key thing that happens, or rather that does not happen, when doing pullups every day. Simply put, if you do not give yourself 24—48 hours of recovery after a pullup training session that has enough volume to matter, you will not achieve optimal results. You will still see some improvements to strength, technique, endurance, and muscle size. Yet, these will be less than if you had taken recovery time. This, of course, assumes you do not get an overuse injury after a week or two of daily pullup training.
If your goal is specifically to do a certain number of pullups per day, this lack of optimal gain may not concern you. However, most people who do pullups want the resulting strength and muscle development more than they want to do the pullups themselves. If you do pullups for the physical gains, you should seriously consider the fact that doing them every day is likely to hinder your maximal improvement.
If you do decide to do pullups every day for some period of time, you need to know how many you should be doing. If you cannot do more than 1—2 pullups but are still set on performing them every day, starting with 3—5 sets of just 1 pullup is probably a safe place to start.
If you can perform 15 or more pullups in a single set before failure, doing a few sets of 10—12 pullups without going to muscular failure is probably safe to do every day. If you already have some training experience, you likely fall somewhere in between those two levels. Performing sets of pullups not to failure is likely the safest option if you want to do pullups every day without suffering from major overuse or overtraining and minimizing the negative effects of insufficient recovery.
So, despite the risks, you have decided to pursue a workout plan that involves pullups every day. To minimize muscle imbalances, you must also plan to incorporate additional exercises. You want to complete exercises for all the major muscles of the body to ensure you do not develop muscular imbalances. Even excessive upper-back strength without developing your lower body puts you at risk if you lift something heavy and overcompensate with your upper body.
In this case, these muscles would primarily be the chest, anterior shoulder muscles, and triceps. Overall, incorporating the following exercises throughout your training week will go a long way toward minimizing muscular imbalances from your pullup routine and ensuring that your fitness program remains safe, practical, and effective despite heavily emphasizing one exercise. Try to pick 2—3 exercises from this list to add to each workout and cycle them throughout the week.
In the long run, a good fitness program will include heavier phases, phases using faster movement speeds, and phases of light weights focused on recovery. However, given that you are performing a pullups-every-day routine, which is already not optimal, adding these exercises as described above will be effective enough to offset the pullup imbalances. Eventually, your body, life circumstances, or sheer boredom and lack of continued results will force you to change up your routine.
Performing pullups every day is a catchy and trendy-sounding workout routine that is not optimal for long-term fitness goals. Should you decide to do pullups every day, keeping your sets to below failure and performing exercises that work the rest of your body will mitigate some of the potential downsides to doing pullups every day.
If your fitness goals are results-oriented, such as increasing your upper-body strength, adding more muscle, or improving your movement patterns and lifting technique, pullups are still a great exercise to have in your routine.
However, from a fitness gains perspective, taking 24—48 hours between pullup sessions and doing some workouts that do not involve pullups is your best bet.
If you want to build the strength needed to do regular pullups, here are 8 variations that you can do to work your way up to the classic pullup. Here are seven benefits of pullups.
Whether you can complete many pullups or none, working on this exercise can be beneficial for you. The wide-grip pullup is an upper-body strength movement that targets your back, chest, shoulders, arms, and core.
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