When I quit running and started lifting (only upper body) I quickly worked my way up to 10-15 chin ups once a week.
Then I started doing squats....
When I quit running and started lifting (only upper body) I quickly worked my way up to 10-15 chin ups once a week.
Then I started doing squats....
RandomRunner wrote:
130, 10 (lol)
The median answer on this forum will be about 25
I maxed out at 21 consecutive pull-ups a few days ago (Thanks, Pro Fit Iron Gym!). I haven't tried doing the same for chin-ups. 165 lbs.
Runningart2004 wrote:
These numbers are funny.
Arms straight, pull up to chin over bar, go all the way down. That's 1. 10 is strong. 20 is unlikely. More than that and you're lying.
Alan
I'm with you here
so many people don't do full extension
I do pull ups very very often and am fairly light, so on a good day I can do around 15-16 good form.
haven't tried in a while but last time i did it was around 15, 150lb
Alan, I have many HS athletes who can do more than 15 and about 4 who easily do more than 20. Not surprised that uni athletes and fit young adults can hit some of the numbers posted.
The most I have done is 20. Yes, pull ups going all the way down until my arms were straight. This was a few years ago when I weighed 145 probably. 140 now and could probably do 15ish max. Honestly I think the only reason I did 20 was because a pole vaulter (girl) did 19 so I tried really hard. Haha
I'm 6'3" and about 170 pounds, light for my height but also very long-armed. I do chin-ups and pull-ups about three times each week using various grips. I can do about:
9 pull-ups
10 chin-ups.
29chinups
23pullups
Both from a dead hang. I'm 6'3 175. At my max last year I could do 36pullups. Never really do chinups that often. Actually hardly ever do either anymore. At one point I was doing 140-200/day in sets of 20.
Runningart2004 wrote:
These numbers are funny.
Arms straight, pull up to chin over bar, go all the way down. That's 1. 10 is strong. 20 is unlikely. More than that and you're lying.
Alan
Not everyone is lying, I've seen plenty of dudes bang out 25+ with perfect form. The key is to train for it. If you do a ton of pullups, you're going to get pretty damn good at them. For most runners, this is useless training. At the time I was training for a military type pt test so I did them a lot.
Current max, from dead hang, no leg swing:
14 chin-ups
11 pull-ups
Weight: 146 lbs
Age: 45
It's funny how many people are proud to do strict isolation exercises.
When you run, try not moving your recovering leg forward before you're off the ground! Otherwise it helps your takeoff leg and that's cheating. Keep it behind your takeoff leg until airborne, then move it forward. Proper.
Bad Wigins wrote:
It's funny how many people are proud to do strict isolation exercises.
When you run, try not moving your recovering leg forward before you're off the ground! Otherwise it helps your takeoff leg and that's cheating. Keep it behind your takeoff leg until airborne, then move it forward. Proper.
You are an idiot
aquafina wrote:
learn the difference between pull ups and chin ups before you ask the question.
+1
Runningart2004 wrote:
These numbers are funny.
Arms straight, pull up to chin over bar, go all the way down. That's 1. 10 is strong. 20 is unlikely. More than that and you're lying.
Alan
Yep.
I came across a you tube video where I guy supposedly does 31 pull ups. I thought that was incredible until I started watching. His chin never even got to 3 inches below the bar and never once fully extended his arms. I don't think his effort was even equivalent to 15 good pull ups.
Runningart2004 wrote:These numbers are funny.
Arms straight, pull up to chin over bar, go all the way down. That's 1. 10 is strong. 20 is unlikely. More than that and you're lying.
Alan
When I was in the military, we had to do chin ups (proper chin ups, full extension, palms toward the face, no kipping) on entering and leaving any building. There was a chin up bar there for that express purpose (for just the students, not the staff). We also got assigned lots of push ups as punishment. In those days, our fitness test maxed out at 100 points for hin ups at 17 for men, 9 (I think?) for women. When I was fit back then, 17 was "easy" for me and I'm sure I could have banged out 25. Today, as an old man (> 50) I can do about 6 or 7 good chin ups without training. No idea what I could train myself up to.
In first year university, we had a rock climbing club and the coach could to something like 1500 proper chin ups. Literally, no exaggeration. He was a small, wiry little dude, like one ropey muscle. I believe he may have had some kind of world record. Or maybe I remember faultily through the fog of memory, but I know for sure he could do WAY more than 20 without breaking a sweat.
But I agree, not many people can honestly claim ability to do > 20 proper chin ups.
Runningart2004 wrote:
These numbers are funny.
Arms straight, pull up to chin over bar, go all the way down. That's 1. 10 is strong. 20 is unlikely. More than that and you're lying.
Alan
Maybe if runningfart is your coach.
You can easily train (CrossFit) and get to 30-40 pullups.
Don't believe the Debbie downer.
XFIT BRO THE REAL ONE 1 wrote:
Maybe if runningfart is your coach.
You can easily train (CrossFit) and get to 30-40 pullups.
Don't believe the Debbie downer.
30-40 X-fit pull-ups are equivalent to 6 conventional pull-ups.
Runningart2004 wrote:
These numbers are funny.
Arms straight, pull up to chin over bar, go all the way down. That's 1. 10 is strong. 20 is unlikely. More than that and you're lying.
Alan
No, if you work on pull-ups everyday, or most days of the week, there is no reason a fit runner cannot get up to 20 (or close to it).
I could do 20 when I was in the Marine Corps and those were very strict pull-ups. Now days I can get about 13 if I work on them 3 or 4 days a week.
155 lbs and trying to get back up near 20 in my mid forties.
I agree that 10 is strong for someone that never does pull-ups.
Guys, Guys, Guys!!!
Before we all get into a major row, remember that the OP is asking about chin-ups (despite calling them pull-ups).
I am a form fanatic and I do 20 every day. I go over the bar, stop, come all the way down, stop, and so on...
Chin-ups are so much easier than pull-ups. Doing 20 is really not that hard.
Pull-ups are a different story. I max out around 10-12 of them with perfect form and lots of training. I am sure others can do a lot more, but most people have terrible form or do the kipping ones...