0 to 10 Pullups Log

[Nate]

Simple: can't do a pullup anymore and want to get to 10 asap. Hopefully this will be a short log with lots of posts. I'm 400 feet or so from a commercial gym, so going for a few minutes 3+ times per day isn't an issue. Until I can do one dead hang pullup, I'm going to be doing negatives, band pullups, machine assisted pullups, lat pulldowns and maybe other stuff if I think of any.

11/15

12PM

7 minutes of lat pulldowns. Approximately 50 @ 77.5#. This was part of my GPP in Izzy's program, but it kind of fits here too.

2PM

Machine Assisted Pullups

4 @ 40#
5 @ 55#
4 @ 55#

4:45PM

Negatives until arms didn't work.

6:45PM

Band-assisted

11, 10 - partial ROM, couldn't finish
8 - moved the band up

Only have one band. I might eventually need a thinner one. The people who work at the gym already? think I'm retarded.

[Nate]

7AM

Machine Assisted Pullups

1 @ 25#
2 @ 40#
1 @ 40#

1:something PM

Band Assisted

10, 8

5:20PM

1 negative
0 meaningful machine assisted reps

Full extension of the elbows is extremely difficult right now

[Jsutt]

Nice goal. How much do you weigh now? How long since you've been able to do pull-ups?

[Nate]

Nice goal. How much do you weigh now? How long since you've been able to do pull-ups?

171. I think the last time I was able to was March, which was probably also the last time I was under 190# BW.

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7AM

Machine Assisted Pullups

2x2 @ 25

My knees left the pad for part of the first rep.
I'm deadlifting tonight, so I'm skipping the lunch pullups.

6PM

Machine Assisted Pullups

3, 2 @ 25

After lifting, so I have to be close to one dead-hang. I'll probably stick with the machine assisted version for now. With 40 or 55 pounds of assistance, they didn't really look or feel like pullups. Bands are probably better at that point. With only 25 pounds, they look a lot more like pullups. I guess what I'm saying is that the specificity improves as the assistance decreases.

[Nate]

5:30AM

0 Unassisted, but figured I'd start trying

2 @ 20lbs Assistance
3 @ 25lbs

1PM

1 Unassisted Dead Hang Pullup

Negatives

Fully extending my elbows on or off the bar is still difficult.

5:30PM

1 Unassisted

2 @ 15lbs Assistance

[Nate]

9AM

3 Singles.

9:something PM

3 more singles.

[Nate]

11AM

0 Doubles
5 Singles

6PM

I'll call it 0 doubles and 3 singles, but it might have been 0-1 doubles, 3-5 singles. I'm getting stuck so close to the top that I can't really tell. Maybe I should add in some partial negatives at the end? Or heavy lat pulls?

9PM

Lat Pulldowns 4 @ 100lbs, 6 @ 85lbs

[Nate]

10AM

Singles
Negatives

Seem to be stuck at one.

4PM

Singles
3,2 20lb Machine Assisted

[Nate]

12PM

Single
4,3 @ 25lbs Assisted
2 @ 30 lbs

4PM

Single
6, 4 @ 35lbs Assisted

More volume maybe?

[Nate]

12PM

Single
6, 4 @ 35lbs Assisted

This single bs is getting old.

7PM

Single
6, 4 @ 35lbs Assisted

Same as the last two times. Time to try something new.