pullups?

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If someone couldn't do even one pullup but could get halfway up, could they do sets and reps of "halfway pullups" to strengthen thier backs and biceps enough to do full pullups?Or does getting halfway up not do anything as far as strength gains go?
 
i think a more effective way would be to do chinups first off, or assisted pullups, or even negative pullups.

chinups are usually easier for most trainees.
assisted pullups will allow full range of motion
 
yeah, try to get full rom. The bottom rom is easier because of more lat work. On the top you need more strenght from some smaller back muscles. Doing the bottom part doesn't nessicarily strenghten the upper part of the movement that much..
 
You can loop a band over the pull-up bar and stick your feet through it. Use different band tensions for different rep ranges. Once you get better you may not need the band anymore. It is still good to use for higher rep ranges.
 
I can do dozen or so pullups before it starts getting hard to do them, even more on chins.I was just curious because some guys at the last poolee meeting I was at could only get halfway up.
 
Tell them to get into chinup position (underhand grip), jump right up as high as possible, and lower themselves as slowly as possible, for as many reps as they can.

After a week of doing this, they should be able to do some no problem.
 
I can do about 4 good pull-ups where I go all the way back down before the next one. I used to not be able to do any though. I heard that it's really hard for girls to do them, so I feel pretty good about it. When I couldn't do any, I built up my strength on the lat pull down machine, but instead of pulling the bar down behind my back, I imitated the motion of a pull up by pulling the bar down to my chest. I started out at 60lbs and I have slowly progressed up to 100 lbs. I weigh 117, so I can do a few real pull ups. I think it's pretty effective. That way I could do the whole motion, just with less weight.
 
I can do 32536243563245 reps with 431553464256 Mg attached to my body. That's MEGA grams...aka 1 gram x 10^6 or whatever...

And I say, the best way to get better at doing pullups is partner assisted chins. This is as close to accomodating resistance as you'll get, without having to invest in bands.

Rowing is also a good idea. Even though vertical and horizontal pulling are kind of different, the similarities (like the muscles still being your back muscles) will help you chin.

And,

pullups=chinups

The only difference is if you use a pronated or supinated grip. Or overhand/underhand. It's better to use this notation because it's more specific.
 
I can only do around 3 wide grip pullups at the moment, so all i do on back days, the first thing i do is 3 x 6 rep pullups, to get them all out tho my partner assists my by picking my body up. It still seems to work me pretty good tho as im obviously doing most of the work.
 
I can do 7 chinups and 5 pullups (which is not bad for an old codger..). I couldn't do one of either a year ago and, like pumpkin, used the lat pull down machine to build up the arms and upper body.

But, I see a lot of guys at the gym do pullups/chinups by lying horizontally under the weight rack or smith machine and propping their feet on a bench so they are not lifting their whole weight. That sounds like a good way to go if you cannot do any. A third option is proteinboy's assisted pullup machine.
 
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