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DanaB
climber
CT
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Jun 29, 2015 - 07:47pm PT
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The most I could ever do in a single effort was 23. But if you take one arm off, shake out, repeat with the other arm and then keep going - much easier. Using that technique I was able to do 75, and the only thing that stops you is boredom.
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Jun 30, 2015 - 05:34am PT
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I could probably do a dozen or so pullups if I kip hard enough. Fortunately, I end up climbing a lot of roof boulders where straight arms, swinging to the holds, and toe/heel hooks can compensate for my weak arms.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Jun 30, 2015 - 11:00am PT
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Pullup strength is great, but when it comes to climbing.....da feet or defeat.
Truth! I had the privilege of watching a couple of superb gymnasts learn to climb. The "arms-only" problems were cake to them, but things I considered straightforward gave them difficulty until they learned good footwork.
John
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Jun 30, 2015 - 11:15am PT
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Supposedly, Diana Hunter couldn't do one!
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Jun 30, 2015 - 11:20am PT
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i can't do 44
but i have this game
i call it A4 pullups
and i go around town
pulling myself up on smaller
and smaller sh#t.
door jambs.
a hooker't toe.
dry branch? check
a prius hatch back.
mystery electrical coord hanging from
the decrepit hangman's tree sign.
i've taken naught whippers, yet.
after a few beers i might try
an A5 crank.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Aug 17, 2015 - 04:29pm PT
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-David Goggins
“I want to talk about my girlfriend Dawn. She is 39 years old. She never did sports. Never did running. Nothing. 6-7 months ago, she could do maybe 7 pull ups. Now she is doing workouts of 700 pull ups in 3 hours…anybody from any side of the street can do it.“
Mr. Goggins has attempted (twice) and failed to break the 24 Hour World Record Pull up record. Lives in Chula Vista (last I checked) in spare time is a Navy Seal and runs Badwater.
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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Aug 17, 2015 - 05:53pm PT
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I can't even do one...I just tried and failed.
Everyone else in my office can do at least 5. I'd feel way weak sauce except that my (climbing) rack is more balanced than any of theirs.
And I carry longer ropes.
So now I'm just weak, not weak sauce ;)
Cheers
LS
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Aug 17, 2015 - 06:02pm PT
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For a few months after college, I'd do as many as I could whenever I walked by an unfinished door frame in my room (maybe 5-10 times per day on average). I quickly went from 10-12 up to 17-18, but then it was like a brick wall. I could rest a few minutes and repeat that many times, feel solid and strong after 15 fast ones, but then the muscles just locked up by 17-18. I don't think I ever reached 20 in one go. I never really practiced after that, but when I go to the gym a few times per week I can do 15, and when I'm out of shape I can struggle through 10.
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Truthdweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA (stuck in Jersey)
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Aug 17, 2015 - 06:38pm PT
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I'm on my first week of "getting back into shape, after having been away from climbing pretty much since I got here in Jersey in Jan 2012. I'm about 10-15 pounds overweight but am back on the "good carb vs. bad carb" regimen. I had a C6-C7 disc-ectomy in late 2012 and rehabilitated fairly quickly. Well, just the other day, I'm back on a 2" door jam doing assisted pull-ups with my ten year old lifting my ankles. Felt pretty good, with a good burn after ten, a little stiff in the neck keeping my chin up, but good...or so I thought.
Throughout the next day I'm noticing that my neck is stiff and sore. I figure I slept on it wrong, as I've done so many times. It's been progressively getting worse over the last three days, where today it seems to have subsided. Piggybacking Motrin and Tylenol seemed to cut the edge, thank God. I finally deduced that I sprained the area around my surgical site for the first time from the pull ups. I'm not giving up though and hope to be back on the rock in Nov/Dec, on a vacation out west.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Aug 17, 2015 - 09:38pm PT
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Assuming it is possible. Sounds reasonable to me.
I would think any 5.14 climber can do it.
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Gunkie
climber
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Aug 18, 2015 - 05:52am PT
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Did 16 this morning, but then had to go to work.
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Bad Climber
climber
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Aug 18, 2015 - 06:34am PT
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Hey, Nutagain, I'm in exactly the same boat. I keep hitting a wall at about 17--18. Then I get bored, whatever, and don't work hard enough to break through. I always kind of wanted to do 20 in one set, so maybe I'll keep at it. I've led up to 11a without being able to do that many, so I guess it's not that big a deal for the kind of climbs I'm interested in. I am spending more time hanging off Rock Rings and doing rollups, which helps my climbing more than pull ups. It's amazing what some of these studs and studettes can do!
BAd
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Aug 18, 2015 - 07:02am PT
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20 is currently my limit
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Aug 18, 2015 - 08:09am PT
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18 three finger, first digit pull ups in a row was my max. But, like Nutjob, I hit a wall and couldn't progress to bigger numbers.
These days, meh, maybe eight in a row if I'm feeling strong.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 18, 2015 - 08:42am PT
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I was gonna slam that geezer for not extending but Tami has shown the light
of higher knowledge on my ignorance. I defer gratefully! :-)
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The Lisa
Trad climber
Da Bronx, NY
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Aug 18, 2015 - 10:33am PT
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The butterfly kip is a means to perform high volume pullups efficiently, and utilizes the legs and hips. It is not an easy movement to learn and, in the Crossfit world anyway, assumes you already have good strict pullups and good kipping pullups.
I am still working on regular kipping pullups (6 in a row) and can only do 2 strict ones in a row, le sigh.
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jstan
climber
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Aug 18, 2015 - 10:42am PT
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Always make sure the shoulders are "engaged" as not to hang full body weight from those joints for risk of ligament damage.
Many years ago out of irrational exuberance I started saving energy by hanging from relaxed shoulders. After just two days of this my shoulders started clicking while running. Fixed that really quickly.
Did you delete your Squamish photo? It answered the question as to how climbers are different.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Aug 18, 2015 - 07:01pm PT
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Dudes, dudettes, and doodahs - pull-ups are old school.
Muscle ups are whar it's at.
Jump and give me 75
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