30 standard pullups here. (Underhanded)
How many pull ups can you do? (In a row)
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What do you mean by underhanded...are you talking about curl ups because those are different then a wide grip pullup.
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I figured if thats the case then 50+
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Around 14, but I highly prefer weighted pullups.
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It's a trivial number because weight plays such a huge role, so comparing to another is pretty stupid. For example a few years ago I was a very skinny kid, but I could do more pull ups than anyone I knew. Could do like 70. But now that I've put on my adult weight I can barely get to 20 even though I have 10x the muscle I used to when I could get to 70. To even make the point more clear, most of the girls in my class back in High School could do more than the boys because they weighed like <90lbs.
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I can do about 40 wide grip pulls ups in a row, probably about the same amount of chin ups as well.
Good point BUUUUUT thats only assuming strength comes from muscle only my friend. Strength comes from practice and repitition muscle is but one of many mere side effects of strength training. Gravity is working against you in your case doesnt mean you couldnt do more than 10 you could.
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I'm in highschool, and am an elite Cross Country runner so I'm rather somewhat skinny, but used to workout so I have considerable strength)
Underhanded: 38
Overhanded: 23 -Always had hated these-
Underhanded: 38
Overhanded: 23 -Always had hated these-
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Overhanded or an actual pull up is all Lats with minimal biceps that is why everyone hates them lol.
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32 underhanded and around 24 overhanded. I haven't done any in a long time and I'm assuming I could do more now since I've worked out a fair bit since then.
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Believe whatever you want. But when I weighed like 120lbs or whatever it was, we worked out after school with our coach and it was sooo much easier to do them back then. Also I'm talking about chin-ups/underhanded pull ups, which is what the OP asked about and are easier than over-handed.
Like I said before, the number is so trivial unless you average it with your weight. There were two girls in my class who could do 50+.
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Unless your're a 5'1 manlet/olympic gynast at 120lb then I refuse to believe that number.
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My little teen cousins "boyfriend" can do 65+ lol. He prob weighs about what I did when I was his age too. Lots of young kids can do crazy amounts.
There's people who can do like 100+. Youtube it. Idolized above can do 40 wide grip pullups, he says probably same number of chin-ups, but chin ups are like half as hard, I bet he could do over 70 if he pushed and he weighs wayyy more than I did.
It's way easier than you seem to think it is if you're skinny and have lean muscle.
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