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Help needed with pull-ups (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by SmashTheState@lemmy.world to c/fitness@lemmy.world

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I am kinda new to pull-ups and i am having a problem. So right now I can do 8 pull-ups in a row but if I try to do another set after some rest, I can only get 4 to 5 reps. Is there something I can change with my pull-up training?

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[–] MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

That's normal. Rest longer, keep going. Do 8 then 5 then 3 then 1. You'll see progress fairly quickly and soon you'll get to 9 then 10 etc. When I first started about a year ago, I could barely manage 5 pull ups, and maybe 10 pushups. Now I can bang out multiple sets of 10 pull-ups, and a set of ~100 push ups. Also worth noting that some people, depending on body type, have a harder time with pull ups. I think arm length possibly becomes a factor. Not a scientist. Every pull up is progress (: