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re: What’s the most pull ups you could do in your prime vs now?
Posted on 4/23/21 at 6:00 pm to PeteRose
Posted on 4/23/21 at 6:00 pm to PeteRose
I can’t recall a max count but at know at my peak, we’d strap 25lb weights on our waist and do sets of 10.
Now I typically start my back workouts with just 3 sets of 10 body weight. The 3rd set is a struggle to squeeze out 10. Im prob 20-30lbs heavier (fatter) than I was then so strength wise its prob a wash.
20 year difference.
Now I typically start my back workouts with just 3 sets of 10 body weight. The 3rd set is a struggle to squeeze out 10. Im prob 20-30lbs heavier (fatter) than I was then so strength wise its prob a wash.
20 year difference.
This post was edited on 4/23/21 at 6:11 pm
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Posted on 4/23/21 at 6:06 pm to BabyTac
Do you use one arm or two?
Posted on 4/23/21 at 6:08 pm to PeteRose
Prime: 8 at 290lbs
Now: 3
Now: 3
Posted on 4/23/21 at 6:16 pm to TexasTiger1185
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Maxed at 35, but I was a swimmer and weighed maybe 165.
Swam in college... this sounds extremely out of the norm for anything I've witnessed.
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I could maybe do one right now. Maybe.
Probably sadder than your first statement.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 6:23 pm to PeteRose
I think I hit 23 when i was on my second round of p90x. Now it’s a big goose egg
Posted on 4/23/21 at 6:27 pm to PeteRose
20/0
Posted on 4/23/21 at 6:41 pm to PeteRose
I weighed all of 130 lbs. in HS, so I could do 20-22 with ease.
Now, I'd be lucky to do 3....
Now, I'd be lucky to do 3....
Posted on 4/23/21 at 6:48 pm to PeteRose
Preparing for Airborne School in 1985 I could do 15 no sway/swing pull ups.
Today: Zero. I will never do another pull-up.
Today: Zero. I will never do another pull-up.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 6:51 pm to PeteRose
In HS, there was a weekly competition with push-ups, sit-ups and pull-ups and every classroom had a monitor where they would show the names of the best every week. I didn't work out or practice . My name was constantly on the leader board for push-ups and pull ups. 15 to 16 pull-ups was my max. They said it was cause I was 120 lbs. BS. Strength is strength. My arms were long.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 6:52 pm to PeteRose
13 in my early twenties. Worked up to sets of five as of now.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 6:54 pm to PeteRose
I can do like 12 now. Almost 47 years old.
My prime was probably senior year in high school. I could do about 30. But, I was 125lbs and wrestled, so my functional strength was close to the best it's ever been.
ETA; Just noticed the post about arm length. Definitely made a difference. I've got T-Rex arms.
My prime was probably senior year in high school. I could do about 30. But, I was 125lbs and wrestled, so my functional strength was close to the best it's ever been.
ETA; Just noticed the post about arm length. Definitely made a difference. I've got T-Rex arms.
This post was edited on 4/23/21 at 6:56 pm
Posted on 4/23/21 at 6:57 pm to PeteRose
I was a in the upper half of athletes in my high school, but I always suuuucked at pull ups. I think the most I ever did at one time was 10 or 12. Pullups really are one of my weakest exercises for some reason. I do have semi-long arms which never helped me bench press either. But, I was at least average to above average benching. I could bench 200lbs when I weighed about 135lbs.
I just went outside and tried on a beam in my garage...I got 2 and a quarter.
Thanks for reminding me how out of shape I am.
I just went outside and tried on a beam in my garage...I got 2 and a quarter
. Thanks for reminding me how out of shape I am.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 7:02 pm to PeteRose
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What’s the most pull ups you could do in your prime vs now?
Lol - 0 now for sure. I had it in my mind to start practicing in January as one of my resolutions - but I haven’t gone to the park with the pull up bar
In high school I played basketball and ran track - as part of our conditioning we lifted weights and did pull ups - I could maybe do 5 then?
Posted on 4/23/21 at 7:02 pm to PeteRose
I’m 42. I can do about 20. I workout a lot more due to fat blood and refusal to take meds. Better shape now than when younger
Posted on 4/23/21 at 7:03 pm to PeteRose
When I was in the Marines and it mattered I did 18 now that it doesn’t I can do 35-40 I’ll be 41 next month.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 7:08 pm to HempHead
Flexed arm hang was the move
Posted on 4/23/21 at 7:10 pm to stuntman
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. I could do about 30. But, I was 125lbs and wrestled, so my functional strength was close to the best it's ever been.
yea this exercise has variables galore.
I was training for a tryout with a pro rugby team the Summer after graduating LSU. At 6'3 245 lbs I could do 15 pull ups and run a 20 minute 3 mile. If I was 125 lbs, that's not very impressive.
This post was edited on 4/23/21 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 4/23/21 at 7:10 pm to PeteRose
15 and I’m in my prime at 40 as far as being in shape goes
Posted on 4/23/21 at 7:48 pm to PeteRose
Held my High School record for a few years.
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