@Dov Please see https://www.strongfirst.com/the-kettlebell-mile/
Duces
A peaceful man is capable of great violence, but he keeps it under control. If a man is not capable of violence, he is not peaceful. He is just harmless. (Jordan Peterson)
I only read the first three pages, but like the rest of the Marines here, I’ve done a damaging amount of pullups (labral tear, right shoulder/ tendinitis etc). After injuries, I use the following to get back in pullup shape.
-firstly, Wake is correct- the elastic band is extremely beneficial for increasing your strength and allowing you to focus on form
-now do pullups. We have bars everywhere at work like rbcusmc said, so every hour ill go knock out as many as I can comfortably do
another technique is pyramids:
1 rep, dismount.
2reps, dismount
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5 or however many you set as a goal.
4, dismount
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back down to 1 rep
For those who wish to nerd out on the issue of range of motion, for strength, hypertrophy, and athletic performance, this is a good start:
https://www.strongerbyscience.com/rom/
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"Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here I am. Send me." - Isaiah 6:8
I am with @blues: it's a basic primate movement that millions of children worldwide are doing right now.
If you need to start with a regression, then flexed arm hangs, negatives, and dead hangs teach the movement better than pulldowns, IMO.
I can see the use of the lat pulldown for therapy in case of injury or starting an obese person. They work great for specific lat hypertrophy for aesthetics. For strength/athletic hypertrophy, I'll take the pullups any day. Just my two cents.
"It was the fuck aroundest of times, it was the find outest of times."- 45dotACP
Prior to starting yesterday's workout session, I did three dead-hang pullups. My next gym session is Tuesday, I'll try for four.
"Everything in life is really simple, provided you don’t know a f—–g thing about it." - Kevin D. Williamson
This thread reminds me that I need to find a place to put up a bar.
I had an apartment years ago where the only place to out one was under the light well to the skylight so I had enough room for my head to poke up higher than the ceiling!
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Thursday was the last day I did pull ups, when I was able to do eight. After that layoff, I was only able to do six this morning, which makes me think recency is a thing with pull ups.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
Right before Covid I put up one of these in my basement next to my home office:
https://www.titan.fitness/racks/wall...aceSaving.html
At the time it was really cheap (~$150 shipped). It's very compact, way overbuilt, and always ready.
I don't do a ton of barbell work at home anymore. Usually just holidays or if I miss a core lift day at the gym I'll do a make up session at home.
I do wish I had used the 24" bracing as I'd then have enough space for toes-to-bar.