Augustus F-N
Level 7 Valued Member
Hello,
I'm currently doing pull ups every other day. I do 5-8 hard sets and my current max is usually about 16. I've been stuck at this level for a very long time, perhaps even as long as a year. I would like to increase my max without going down the Grease the Groove method. Daily pull ups just aren't practical for me. I'm pretty lean so I don't think my body fat is holding me back. Unfortunately adding weight is also not an option.
I have used ladders in the past to increase volume but I didn't like them so much because they dragged out my training time (I like to do my pull ups and other strength exercises in 30-45 mins every other day).
So - I was wondering whether I could use one arm pull up progressions (side to side, archer type pull ups) to increase my max on the regular pull ups? Has anyone had any experience of this effect?
I would quite simply jump into these harder variations, and see if it worked for me. But I've been put off by people saying elsewhere on the internet that it's no one's place to move beyond regular pull ups until achieving 20 or even 25 reps. Am I safe to move to such harder variations before I have built up my regular pull up numbers?
Cheers in advance (for what it's worth, here are some perhaps relevant bits of information: male, 23 years old, 6ft 2ish, 180lbs no injuries, current strength level - 6 reps on one arm push ups, 15 pistol squats)
I'm currently doing pull ups every other day. I do 5-8 hard sets and my current max is usually about 16. I've been stuck at this level for a very long time, perhaps even as long as a year. I would like to increase my max without going down the Grease the Groove method. Daily pull ups just aren't practical for me. I'm pretty lean so I don't think my body fat is holding me back. Unfortunately adding weight is also not an option.
I have used ladders in the past to increase volume but I didn't like them so much because they dragged out my training time (I like to do my pull ups and other strength exercises in 30-45 mins every other day).
So - I was wondering whether I could use one arm pull up progressions (side to side, archer type pull ups) to increase my max on the regular pull ups? Has anyone had any experience of this effect?
I would quite simply jump into these harder variations, and see if it worked for me. But I've been put off by people saying elsewhere on the internet that it's no one's place to move beyond regular pull ups until achieving 20 or even 25 reps. Am I safe to move to such harder variations before I have built up my regular pull up numbers?
Cheers in advance (for what it's worth, here are some perhaps relevant bits of information: male, 23 years old, 6ft 2ish, 180lbs no injuries, current strength level - 6 reps on one arm push ups, 15 pistol squats)