[GraemeA]

G.A hows tricks, am very old and weak, but not as old and weak as you.

Things are good, jacked in the BMC to set up The Climbing Works. Much nicer.

Didn't know you were a dad again. Congrats.

You maybe infinitely stronger than me but I seriously doubt you are younger.

[Paul B]

G.A hows tricks, am very old and weak, but not as old and weak as you.
Kirsty my daughter adds 8 pull ups, shes training for caving, well done birthday girl.
Paul B icecream makers are good, have you done windsreen wipers, or clocks-thats hanging from something by your hands and using your feet like windsreen wipers, or using your feet like an hour pointer, if you combine them in a set of pull ups and have ankle wieghts on you get a fairly nasty excersise. Whats the best numbers on a small metrolious rung for pull ups, without wieght and max wieght, thanks in advance. Stevie

Yes stevie, I've done those exercises before...

I don't understand your last bit, what do you want to know:
max number of pull ups on a metolius rung?
max weight added and still be able to do one pull up on a small rung? (if so should surely be relative to bodyweight?)

[Houdini]

add 3900 from me

Fag.   

[stevie haston]

G.a your right and well done with the new job, see ya soon.
P.B, yes max number of pull ups on a metrolious small rung ( with caveat , like not full lock or with kip, as you know full ups can be correct or sloppy and any where in between) and max wieght attached for one rep, thanks in advance. Laurence isnt feeling that well, but shes the proudest I,ave seen her in awhile. Munki, get these people motivated.Stevie. 

[Paul B]

About a month ago I had a laugh and tested all of these things to see where I was after having been injured quite a lot in the last year and a half (I'm not talking pulleys here), straight back it was something like 17 I think ( no doubt your pre-warmup).
Max weight straight back? well the walls here don't have plates and the school is dead so I had to make do with hanging my g/f off my back which interferes with your shoulders at the top. She weighs the same as me so it was an additional 100% bodyweight.
One armers currently is around 5 per arm on a bar (quite below p.b.) and slightly less on a rung.
Uncle and I have mucked around doing weighted one armers after he pm'd you. We're both around the 12.5kg mark which is again well below your 30 or so.
Currenty b/w = 54kg
n.b. everything is done with strict form.
The rest of the results are up on my blog somewhere if you're interested. Pray tell, why do you enquire?

[stevie haston]

Paul B, thanks Paul, I wanted to know for inspiration, for something to aim for, to help me, and you have done that with these numbers.  I desperatly want to improve, and as you know results are slow. thanks, Stevie

[Paul B]

no problem, I got your PM but don't really have the time right this sec to reply (well) so I'll get to it a.s.a.p.

[Nibile]

after a bit of a layoff, i started training properly today, so i can offer 54 pull ups on each arm. not big numbers, but something.

[roddersm]

 I can offer 120 (12 x 10). Whats the current total? cool thread.

[Houdini]

  

[roddersm]

did another 50 there (5 x 10).

[roddersm]

And another 45 (3 X 15)

[roddersm]

Think the running total is 10465

[davej]

add me 175 

[davej]

should of said thats 7min  for 25min whilst watching the great escape!

[Eddies]

Lets forget about doing sets for a min, whats the max amount you guys can do in one go?

long arm, palms out, no extra weight, no swinging/kipping!

[roddersm]

Not very many. Maybe 20ish at push but never really tried. Never thought it was that valuable to be able to do lots of pull ups. Usually I would do 5 sets of 10 on a finger board after a 90 mins or so of bouldering. I have a bar in the house and some times do assisted one armers with a sling. I could do about 6 or 7 on each arm when I'm going ok. Can't do a full one armer but can do one from about 120 degrees on my right arm and about 90 degrees on my left.

I'm not that good a climber though-I'm 27 and my bouldering pb is Font 7a and the hardest route I've done is E4 6b, although my general onsight standard would be about E2.

This year I'm aiming to boulder 7b, on-sight quite a few E2, E3s and maybe couple of E4's. The long term goal is to climb Right wall before turning 30! 

This is nothing to do with pull ups but I want to give a background to my climbing standard to give a perspective on my pull up ability.

What do other people think? How do you guys train pull ups? Most of the training articles I've read say doing lots of pull ups aren't that useful e.g. Binney, Mcclure, Mccleod etc. However Stevie Haston does loads and climbs really hard. 

[account_inactive]

None of this is useful

[roddersm]

In what sense dylan? the info or the training?

I was responding to stevies 's question. Also I can see that theres some really strong people on here and I'd like to know how there pull up abilities compare with mine, how and if they train pullups, how their pull up abilities compare to there climbing abilities and whether people rate pull ups as a useful training for climbing.

I know this was not the point off the thread but these are some interesting questions. I wonder what stevie thinks?

It would be interesting to see what level some of the people on here climb and what there pull up abilities. I wonder how someone like stevie who has incredible pullup ability and fitness feels his climbing level relates to his pull up strength especially now hes done his sport climbing pb (8c+, sorry if I've got this wrong).

Should some one at my level focus on trying to do one armers or try and build my level to be able to do say 30+ pull ups? or both? should you do pull ups on finger edges or dead hangs and pull ups seperately? or would none of this help me move up the grades to trad E5, Font 7b\c, red point sport f7c\8a?     

[erm, sam]

New Year, new pullups:
30

[erm, sam]

At this rate should only take 23 years to finish off that million. Keep it up chaps.

sam

[roddersm]

another 50 (5x10)

[account_inactive]

In what sense dylan? the info or the training?

I was responding to stevies 's question. Also I can see that theres some really strong people on here and I'd like to know how there pull up abilities compare with mine, how and if they train pullups, how their pull up abilities compare to there climbing abilities and whether people rate pull ups as a useful training for climbing.

I know this was not the point off the thread but these are some interesting questions. I wonder what stevie thinks?

It would be interesting to see what level some of the people on here climb and what there pull up abilities. I wonder how someone like stevie who has incredible pullup ability and fitness feels his climbing level relates to his pull up strength especially now hes done his sport climbing pb (8c+, sorry if I've got this wrong).

Should some one at my level focus on trying to do one armers or try and build my level to be able to do say 30+ pull ups? or both? should you do pull ups on finger edges or dead hangs and pull ups seperately? or would none of this help me move up the grades to trad E5, Font 7b\c, red point sport f7c\8a?     

This is a waste of time in both senses

[Bubba]

Is doing pullups really a waste of time?

[account_inactive]

Is doing pullups really a waste of time?

If you can't do about 10 of them no.  Beyond that point it has little relevance to climbing.  Areas like lock-offs, campusing, one-arms will help boost arm strength (and shoulder girdle) and your climbing. 

One old man climbing 8c+ doing loads of pull-ups does not make it the right way to train.  Maybe climbing juggy sport routes in Spain have similar pull-up moves, but climbing in England does not.