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@pablob This is only my opinion, and what has gotten my big ass to 20+ pullups. Take it as you will. I would attack it from two directions. On one day, I would use the lightest band necessary to allow you to perform negatives without dropping like a stone. Note that the point is to wean off...

@moskva I really like the Mountain Tactical Institute programming to increase pullups. I don’t have it on me at the moment, but I can give you some examples to start. So first thing you do is get a reliable max effort. We’ll say it’s 10 pullups. Then you do something like the following twice a...

@moskva Yep. 22 pullups in a single set, and that’s my reliable day-to-day PR. Lifetime best is 26. It sounds like a ton, but it’s really not. I’ve got guys just in my platoon who can do even better. One is at 45 right now - his power-to-weight ratio really is outstanding.

@pablob It’s 100% the training. I am 6’ 1” and 260 lbs, and can reliably bang out 20-22 pullups at a max effort. Now granted, this is because I’ve trained them for years, but that is my point Pullups require a lot of lat strength, and losing weight is not going to change that. What it will do...