Pull-ups

How many pull ups?

  • 1

    Votes: 5 11.9%
  • 2-3

    Votes: 5 11.9%
  • 4-6

    Votes: 4 9.5%
  • 6-9

    Votes: 3 7.1%
  • 10+

    Votes: 19 45.2%
  • 0

    Votes: 6 14.3%

  • Total voters
    42
Can anyone recommend a good wall mounted pull up bar, trying to increase my current pull up count from zero to more than zero. :p
 
I can’t speak for the rest of them, but I train almost every day with an alternating routine consisting of weights, speed workouts, distance runs, distance swimming, pushups/sit-ups/chin-ups. I bust my butt to be in shape to outperform the =<40 year olds at Spartan events and trail races.

I love passing the young guys at those events!!! Hahaha!!! This old guy just passed YOU!!
Is it a top secret regimen or something you could share?
I would love to get into the Spartan races. Did a sprint years ago and had a blast, but that was before this nagging back injury I'm currently working on, lol.
 
Yeah... I'm calling shenanigans on that many people being able to do 10+ actual pull ups. Kipping don't count.

It does if you CrossFit :rolleyes:

10 really isn't that hard; it just takes time to build to them. Once you get there you can't stop; if you take a month off, you start near 0 again.
 
Is it a top secret regimen or something you could share?
I would love to get into the Spartan races. Did a sprint years ago and had a blast, but that was before this nagging back injury I'm currently working on, lol.

It is all about workload capacity (cardio and muscle). Legs, core, back and forearm/grip strength are going to need to be developed for most of the obstacles. Mobility exercises will pay dividends there too while cardio will help overall.
 
It is all about workload capacity (cardio and muscle). Legs, core, back and forearm/grip strength are going to need to be developed for most of the obstacles. Mobility exercises will pay dividends there too while cardio will help overall.
They got some new interns/trainees in at PT today and one woman did the trifecta a little while back. I'll see if I can get some detailed advice from her.
Hopefully I get this back/core "bullet proof" and figure out how to prepare for a Spartan Sprint to start with! ;)
 
They got some new interns/trainees in at PT today and one woman did the trifecta a little while back. I'll see if I can get some detailed advice from her.
Hopefully I get this back/core "bullet proof" and figure out how to prepare for a Spartan Sprint to start with! ;)

The Spartans, any of them, are upper body intensive. Don't skimp out on cardio conditioning and LE strength (i.e., squats, lunges), but most people poop out on the upper body stuff: backs, shoulders, and grip strength.
 
@Chuckman is correct. If you have decent cardio, you will do okay but if you’re lacking in functional strength, the obstacles will wear you out. My oldest and I completed the trifecta last year (she did the Beast with a torn ACL) and we focused mostly on core, back and grip strength. Get very familiar with farmers walks (dumbbells or trap bars work) as they work all three. HIIT or circuit training coupled with hill sprints and some longer distance jogging will get you ready in no time.

Spartan actually has a Couch to Sprint workout you could follow. I really only used it for the mobility routines but the workouts are a good starting point too

http://d1gzvc2c13psez.cloudfront.net/sites/6/2015/07/Spartan-Race-Couch-to-Sprint_Plan.pdf
 
Weight workouts are split: push days and pull days. I’ll invest an hour into the routine with medium weight, high reps. Typically 3 days.

I’ll do distance 2 days in the week. I shoot for 3-7 miles to maintain and build distance for longer races.

Speed falls on the same day as push-ups, sit-ups , chin-ups which is 2 days in the week.

Workouts run ~1hr each and I mix it up based on how I feel that day. I’ll add a lift or a run and drop something else ... maybe throw in a long swim for the fun of it.
 
It does if you CrossFit :rolleyes:

10 really isn't that hard; it just takes time to build to them. Once you get there you can't stop; if you take a month off, you start near 0 again.

I’ve never been able to do less than 10 my entire life. But the most I’ve ever weighed is 178. And I’m still in my lower 30s.

For me I have to work at it to get 15-20 but if I start slacking I’m back at 10.
 
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35 pull-ups in high School, I could still do a dozen when I was forty years old.
But, then my shoulder went out, so now it's zero.
In karate school I had the class doing one-legged squats during warm up one night. (holding your other foot out front in kicking position)
The Sensei said "don't do that anymore".
 
I always hated the skinny little marathon running looking dudes that could knock out dozens of pulls ups without breaking a sweat. When I was in the absolute best shape of my life, I could never do more than 3-5.

Today? I'd hurt myself stretching to reach the bar.
I had to take 4 tylenol just reading this thread!
 
35 pull-ups in high School, I could still do a dozen when I was forty years old.
But, then my shoulder went out, so now it's zero.
In karate school I had the class doing one-legged squats during warm up one night. (holding your other foot out front in kicking position)
The Sensei said "don't do that anymore".

Pistol squats....
 
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