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14-Nov-07, 10:38 PM
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Pullups
Can they be done a couple days a week like pushups?
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14-Nov-07, 11:19 PM
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My pullups are 3x a week.
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14-Nov-07, 11:38 PM
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There was a time when I was doing them 5 days a week, Monday through Friday, until I knocked some sense into myself.
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15-Nov-07, 08:15 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pierini
There was a time when I was doing them 5 days a week, Monday through Friday, until I knocked some sense into myself.
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Yeah, with that back, you probably knocked the sense into yourself by banging your head on the ceiling by pulling too hard.
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15-Nov-07, 09:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xtremetris
Can they be done a couple days a week like pushups?
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Read up on "Grease the Groove." |
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15-Nov-07, 11:00 AM
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So if my back is sore after 2 days of rest can i still do them?
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15-Nov-07, 11:20 AM
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yep. i do them when my back is sore. what rep range are you working in?
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15-Nov-07, 11:34 AM
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Well since i have not done pullups in months i can only get like 8 wide grip and 14 close grip. I did pullups yesterday my back is still sore, should i do them tomorrow too? |
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15-Nov-07, 12:05 PM
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Dr. Huge
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absolutely. if the soreness isn't holding you back from wanting to do them there is no reason you need to rest.
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15-Nov-07, 12:10 PM
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yeah but i also do NOT want to over train.. and then have my muscles shrink
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15-Nov-07, 12:32 PM
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Dr. Huge
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first of all you said you just started doing them. second, overtraining is not a simple cause and effect of any single thing. doing a lot of pullups is NOT going to make your muscles shrink.
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15-Nov-07, 03:37 PM
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XTT, you are thinking too much again.
Just eat, sleep, lift, and grow. Take a break when you need one. No more than 3-5 times a week and you'll be fine.
If you do it this way, nothing will shrink, nothing will fall off, and everything will recover.
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15-Nov-07, 03:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by .V.
XTT, you are thinking too much again.
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15-Nov-07, 04:41 PM
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So i can do pullups tomorrow for sure even if im sore?
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15-Nov-07, 04:54 PM
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That's one way to get rid of the soreness.
I suggest you do 20 sets of 5 reps, changing your grip every set. Really blast those lats so that you are so sore you can't lift your arms . . .
. . . and type at the computer keyboard. 
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