PULLUPS FOR BIG WIDE V SHAPED BACK

ACEPLUMBING · 07-09-2007, 01:19 PM

the 1st time I tried to do a pullup I couldnt even do 1...lol..so I worked on pulldowns till I got the courage to try again...now I can do 3 sets of 10 perfect wide grip pullups...to me this is the absolute hardest and most gratifying exercise of them all

So how do you feel about pullups? How many can you do?

**GG1** · 07-09-2007, 01:22 PM

i love doing pullups actually

i can get up to 8-10 reps depending on if its my 1st back exercise or not...i can still get around 8 if its one of the later exercises in my workout though

**lil_big_junior** · 07-09-2007, 01:24 PM

weighted pull ups on 2 full 45lb plates i can do 13 reps

normal chins 23 perfect form

pull ups is the ultimate mass builder for the back, nothing else beats weighted chins

ACEPLUMBING · 07-09-2007, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by GG1

i love doing pullups actually

i can get up to 8-10 reps depending on if its my 1st back exercise or not...i can still get around 8 if its one of the later exercises in my workout though

I always do my pullups 1st and only do 3x10 when I'm completely rested and 100% good to go...otherwise I do 5x6 or 6x5....I follow up with seated rows 3x10 and bent over rows 3x10 then do front and back bb shrugs 3x10 front and 3x10 back.....once in a while I do 1 arm rows or t-bar rows...

jmd85 · 07-09-2007, 01:28 PM

I love pull ups!

Actually when i started pretty quickly i got up to doing sets of ten. Gradually as i started putting on weight it fell down to barely being able to do 4.

After some work i got it back up, i found doing assissted reps & partial reps helped alot.

With regards the partials, now i find them a bit more effective than regular reps(for this excerise), i think of it as not quite going fully up & just not quite all the way down, kinda 20 - 80 % of the range of motion. Great burn!

**GG1** · 07-09-2007, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by lil_big_junior

weighted pull ups on 2 full 45lb plates i can do 13 reps

normal chins 23 perfect form

pull ups is the ultimate mass builder for the back, nothing else beats weighted chins

that is unreallll bro lol

patriceb · 07-09-2007, 02:27 PM

Im doing 3x8 reps, with an extra 25 pounds! Love doing that, I feel it so much in my lats!!

st.george · 07-09-2007, 02:58 PM

i do one set of 10 then 9 then 8...then finish off with some pull downs...need to work on my wide grip abit tho.

ACEPLUMBING · 07-09-2007, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by st.george

i do one set of 10 then 9 then 8...then finish off with some pull downs...need to work on my wide grip abit tho.

noone ever said it was easy dude keep going and it happens

**YM123** · 07-09-2007, 06:03 PM

my best has been 12, 10, 7

**bigbull** · 07-09-2007, 06:37 PM

i cant do wide grip pull ups but i am gonna work on it

ibanezman06 · 07-09-2007, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by lil_big_junior