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Default One-handed pullups

On 7/28/2015 3:16 PM, Grokman Grokman wrote:
On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 2:13:18 PM UTC-4, Harold McKinney wrote:
"Though I tried a fast rep of 25 pull ups [chortle] and started getting
some chest pressure at 20 [chortle], yesterday. I cant do more than
about 5 one handed pull ups anymore..sigh..old age is creeping up."

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!ms...o/rOC-Y63ENh8J

A scant three years later:
https://picasaweb.google.com/1040422...22097241260450


gummer has never done even a single one-handed pullup, of course.
gummer has never been able to do 25 pullups. At age 53, 210 lb, gummer
couldn't do *one* two-handed pullup.


Awwww, Gummer, Moi is proly yer biggest fan here. Only fan?? LOL
But goddamm, 1-handed pullups?? Those are hard to find even on youtube! You need gymnastic level strength/wt ratios to pull these off. The guys that can do these are sinewy bean poles. Frank Medrano might be one who can.


Not so hard to find:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EndhsgC2wCU

This guy did 10 before he had to stop. He's not a beanpole; gymnast's
build, probably about 150 lb.. He looks to be about 30 or so. gummer
said that at age 53, 210 lb, he could do five. Bull****.

I never attempted any, but I bet I could have done a couple in my early
30s. I went on a big pullup kick then, and got to where I could do 19;
never quite reached 20. I was about 150 lb, and lifted weights
regularly. I should have tried it. Today, I'd dislocate a shoulder for
sure.