Question on Pull Ups!

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luvmydane

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When you do a pull up and you let yourself down, do you go down far enough to COMPLETELY straighten your arms before you pull up again, or can there still be a slight bend in them? This question goes for regular pull ups, close grip chin ups as well.
 
Go all the way down! no cheating...

So yes, straighten your arms completely, get the full pull/full range.
 
I like to keep tension on the biceps when "down" as opposed to a complete lock-out -- if I didn't get this just right while in the Marine Corps, then the pull-up wasn't counted (during a test) -- occassionally, but rarely I had one or two not count before I reached my 20th good one (once, when a lot of folks were doing pull-ups on a large frame that was comming loose I ended-up doing 42 to get my 20 good ones). My arms flare out more than most guys (a condition common with most women... does that mean I'm a girly-man?... I digress), perhaps this is why my elbows give me problems when I try locking-out.

My "trick" to avoid initial lock-out was to jump up high & grab the bar with semi-bent arms & then come down a bit with control until it looked like I was locked out (but I really had my biceps tensed at near-lockout).
 
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