nonsense I say! wrote:
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.
I'm sorry, but there is 0% chance your rock climbing instructor could do 1500 pull ups.
I climb with some of the best climbers in the world and they couldn't do 50 proper pull ups.
Is that possibly a typo? Or is this an "Up hill both ways" kinda story?