Well, getting a heavier, weighted two-arm chinup and pullup might be a thing for you to work on as an alternative to the one-arm version. Maybe you need to cycle off the one-armers for a bit.
To be honest, OACUs are pretty demanding on my tendons and muscles, so doing them almost daily, several times a day? I feel like that's why I started developing some pains. But a couple of days off fixed it. So maybe the solution is to program my OACU training so that I do it 3 times a week, such that I have days of rest after each time?
I also feel like a warm-up is good for OACUs. I know Pavel looks down upon warm-ups, but at least when it comes to OACUs, I feel like it would help to prime my muscles and warm them up a bit, instead of "going cold" multiple times a day. If it's in a workout, it'll be after some plache and HSPUs, so I think my elbows would be a bit more ready? Or is this just in my head?
Those are sort of the reasons why I was thinking it might be better to do it 3 times a week? And also that it's difficult to get a bar that often for me.
There are all kinds of interesting ways to cook pullups/chinups, e.g. with one hand holding onto the other, and gradually moving the assisting hand lower on the bearing hand. That might be a good way for you to up your rep count without overtraining.
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I see. So do you think a routine where once a week, I try to get as many singles in a 20 minute period, then once a week, I do a single per side, then follow that with static holds, and on the third day, again, a single per side, followed by 3-5x3-5 of an easier OACU exercise?
Or is that just too much variability? I'm just really unsure as to how to program an exercise that is so difficult, I can only get a few reps on :/