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strength training

  • 03-11-2008 11:53pm
    #1
    newby.204
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    im looking for advice on this program, its idea is , once you are fit enough to begin with, to get you to 100 pushups within 6 weeks. Now the pushups are going grand, however i decided to apply the same program to pullups. Now im using the column on the left for the pullups and the column on the right for the pushups.

    the pullups were going grand till the start of week 3 it seems the jump in reps was too much me any advice on tweaking the program a little tio suit??

    i am doing this in partner with the 20rep program as a good starting point for 5x5 which i should begin start of dec.


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  • #2
    brianthebard
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    There's a similar programme for pullups, but aims for twenty. http://pull-ups-training.com/
    Imo pull ups are far harder than push ups, so don't think you should be aiming for 100 (if that is what you were doing) at least not within the next two months.


  • #3
    rubadub
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    brianthebard wrote: »
    Imo pull ups are far harder than push ups,
    Yes, WAY harder. Following the left column means after 6 weeks you have to do 50max! which is not going to happen. Pushups are more an endurance exercise once you get past 20, while the pullups are more strength. You have a fixed weight, and 2 exercises which are very different. e.g. it would be like having a 25kg barbell (the fixed weight) and doing a training program to do 100 deadlifts with it, and then trying to do 100 bicep curls with the same bar.

    Pullups are harder than chinups too. I have done max 21 chinups, and max 78pushups. I no longer bother with pushups much, do dips instead. People seem to go for high numbers in bodyweight training, while you would rarely hear somebody aiming to do 100 deadlifts/curls etc with a given weight.

    This site has lots of tips for pushup & pull/chinups
    http://bodyweightculture.com/forum/index.php?


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