Pullups

[PhilM]

Well, ive not done an undergrasp one in AGES, no need to apparently, i used to do them though, and i was improving.

However, with the overgrasp ones, I am sh*t I can do 3, just....what is the PRMC score for them? Its really getting to me as i dont seem to be improving

[PhilM]

...plus, my mate Ben (just come out of the Kings Royal Hussars....fat tanky bastard).....says i wotn improve, as I am skinny, and i need to put on fat (get fat) before i can then turn this to muscle to improve, sounds liek BS to me, but i am lanky, and becomming "bigger" is proving difficult, my running etc is fine, just my upper body isnt gaining mass. *confusion*

[Chester]

says i wotn improve, as I am skinny, and i need to put on fat (get fat) before i can then turn this to muscle to improve

Yes, he is either pulling your plonker or hasn't got a scooby

Fat doesn't turn to muscle, muscle grows in response to the work it has to do in conjuction with good nutrition. Increase the workload and increase the calories you consume and you'll gain muscle mass (compared with a couch spud)

Weight training / resistance exercise makes tiny macro tears in the muscle which repairs when in a rested state - the more work you put on the muscle, the bigger it gets to cope with the work it is given, thus increases in size and strength

Sounds like you may need to start eating more - healthily though, not chips & beer 5 nights a week

[nic k]

if you get this months 'mens health' they have a bit about pull ups and it gives about 7 different exercises to do. if you dont want to buy it just go to wh smiths and look at them

[m4tt]

Its been said before but I feel like repeating it - go to argos, buy yourself a bar that fits on your door and knock as many as you can out every time you pass it. When I first started I could only do 2 but by the time I got to prmc I had no problem doing the full 6.

[LMDAVIES]

Also don't waste your time doing weight exercises such as one arm dumbell rows and lat pulldowns hoping that it will improve your pullups. The way to get stronger at pull-ups is to simply do them - I remember at one point, I could only do "One" - just keep at it!

[Chester]

don't waste your time doing weight exercises such as one arm dumbell rows and lat pulldowns hoping that it will improve your pullups. The way to get stronger at pull-ups is to simply do them

So true!!

I seen a guy at the gym lift the whole stack on the lat-pulldown station (100kgs) for 10 reps, yet struggled to do 5 pull-ups when his mate challenged him

Pull-ups is the hardest of all the USMC type tests on the PRMC. If you are struggling, try doing 1 pull up then wait 20 seconds then do another and so forth until you have done 10, do this each day and bring the time down until you are a stage that you can hit at least 6 successively.

[dan]

I find pull-ups naturally easy, whereas I struggle with press-ups, particularly to beeps. Strange non? I suppose it's different for everyone...One real question, why do potential officers have to do so many (18) compared to the standard recruit (6)? That's 3 times as much, and 6 is a fairly reasonable number to begin with! I have no problem knocking out 6, but how can you build up to 18??

[TheCount]

I'm the same, Pressups are my nemesis, if there is one thing I might trip up on I expect it to be that.

[El Prez]

This may sound loony tunes, but people stop breathing when stressed and also when doing particular exercises, their muscles tire, and quickly. Count remember to breath out when lowering in the press up and then in again as you push out. Same as sit ups, breath out as you curl up and in as you unroll.
Then you can go on for days.

[Cronkilla]

I started parrys 'help' about 3 weeks ago and it does help. Just a slight question are point deducted for form e.g hands to far apart. I place my hands on the bar put my thumbs along it to just touch and use that position for my hands. Another tip you might like to use is keep your elbow pointing forward when pulling up as its much easier.