So, I did Calisthenics for 58 days
( -10 days illnes)
How many Pull-ups could you do When you started?
Because now I can do 3 clean Pull-ups because I Started at nothing
Gligor
Hey Max! When I started I could do... eh.. 0 lol. Now after half a year it's easy for me to do pull ups, my max was 14 the last time I tried.
Ok, you are motivating 😊
But, I'am stuck I can do Pistol squats, My ABS are Pretty good and Dips are okay but Pull-ups are Not so good :(
So I'am stuck at lvl 5
I Cant move on to lvl 6 because of the pull-ups
What Should I do?
Gligor
It's great that you can do pistols already.
You should be patient man. Firstly, if you're overweight you should really consider losing fat as it makes the exercises a lot easier, fat is just extra weight, kinda like you're doing weighed calisthenics if that makes sense (not really but you get the idea), yes you do make more muscle & strength gains because of the extra weight, but it's also harder to progress to harder exercises because of that extra weight. That is if you have a lot of fat to lose (well to be honest even 2kg makes a huge difference, try doing exercises by adding 2kg, you'll see what I mean - okay don't do it unless you're really warmed up, okay don't do it at all lol), if you don't have a lot of fat to lose, consider still following the CU program, it's only like what not even 2 months into your journey, don't worry, keep working hard on Pull ups & Australian Pull Ups and with time you will see yourself having immense strength trust me. You could go to level 6 and do as it's 4-6 reps, do your best on doing clean pull ups and then finish the required reps but with negatives or even assisted pull ups, that way you're still hitting the same muscles for reps , just a little easier. That's what I do when I can't do an exercise but I reach a level where the exercise is, I do the negatives of it just so I keep moving forward and not get stuck. Hope I helped. Salute!
So I'am the Skinny guy, I could eat unhealthy af and Eat 6000 kcal, but I dont gain weight, so thats Not the problem.
Okay, thanks for youre help
I will try and give My best to move on "fast"
Max
Hey Max,
i could not do any pull up at all. I began doing negative pull ups on my door. It was horrible :-D But i gained the strength through australian pull ups. In the beginning i was even to weak for them and not able to do a negative dip at all. It all comes step by step bro. I really recommend you doing the australian pull ups! In another thread i wrote about this about them:
Progression 1: This is the easiest progression. :-) Believe in the beginning i struggled a lot with this one.
Put your feet on, so that the knees are bent (90°). Hands shoulder width.
Your body is a straight line. Arms are bent. Lift your breast to the bar/table (waist high). At the highest point, you should contract your shoulder blades.
Progression 2:
The further the hands are apart from each other, the more you focus on your back muscles. The opposite that if you go tighter you focus way more on your biceps.
Progression 3:
Grip variatons :-)
Do not know the word in english but:
"Normal grip": hand surface shows to your feets. -> trains the extensor of your forearm
"side grip": you can do this on the sides of the table, hand surfaces show towards each other. -> trains the outside of your forearms
"unter grip": hand surface shows to your face -> trains the flexor of your forearm
Progression 4:
Put your feets on a chair/couch etc. You will definitely feel a difference. but be aware that your body is still on one line!
If you want it harder, lift up one of your legs. your quadriceps and the leg muscles have to work aswell to keep the body in his stright line.
Work with these! I also use them !
Joker, I did some search about the elbow position in rowing movments, and when you are keeping a wide grip, You are working more of your back like you said, but you work on a different area of your back, more rear delts, traps, rhomboids, and much less lats, which is the muscle that works in pull ups, so if your looking to improve at pull ups then do the australian pull ups with hands shoulder width apart, like in a bent over row, but with your own bodyweight. But avcourse that doing both is the best option, I just wanted to bring this up so you could progress the muscles you want faster, good luck 💪👌
Joker
Hey yam!
Thanks a lot for this great addition :D I did not know about this:-)
Yea I actually noticed that myself in the burnouts. Good call Yam! :)
That is an awesome observation!!! I guess that's why my traps and delts are a lot bigger than my lats. Thanks a lot!!!
Daniel Malo
Manuel
Gligor
Daniel Malo
As long as you practice man, you'll be hitting pull-ups like crazy! Work hard, that's key. I'm one year into training calisthenics. You're two months in. You still have a long way to go. Keep it up and don't get discouraged. We got you bro💪🏼
Gligor
Daniel Malo