I hate to say it…all of the pull-up advice on this sub is 100% correct

[q490264]

@bebe127 Why would it put you at risk of injury?

 

[bebe127]

@q490264 Sorry, I was talking about "dropping"! There are some issues with bands but the bigger issue is to always make sure you're doing controlled movement with shoulders engaged.

 

[christiancosmos]

@q490264 So, especially the "stronger" bands, if you are incorrectly using them, which happens even for correct usage when some folks get tired, or if the thing breaks, it can snap back and smack the absolute crap out of you! Testicles have been lost, concussions and knockouts have happened, and cases of dislocations and strangulation from the knocked out folks or just people dismounting improperly. I used to work at a rock gym where folks did a lot of pull up training and one of the team folks got really hurt while using a band. She missed a big comp for her recovery and they banned them at the gym.

 

[q490264]

@christiancosmos So because sometimes people get hurt using a particular type of equipment that means it shouldn’t be used? Some people get hurt deadlifting, that doesn’t mean nobody should deadlift. I’m not trying to be contrary, but I don’t see any reason why bands can’t be a great aid for those who can’t yet do pull-ups or negatives.

 

[christiancosmos]

@q490264 I'm not saying should or shouldn't. I just happened to know the particular injuries involved having seen it happen.

 

[q490264]

@christiancosmos gotcha, that just seemed like what the previous commenter was saying

 

[joycebowling]

@bebe127 If the bars can’t be lowered, would standing on a chair work?

 

[bebe127]

@joycebowling Yes, I think so! Just be careful

 

[tiressa]

@ashleye23 Congrats! Honestly, that is all it takes. I did negatives and arm hangs and got my first 3 consecutive pullups within a couple months. Then got up to 13 within the year just doing pullups every time I passed the bar.

 

[churchboi]

@tiressa That’s awesome! My goal is to be able to do 1 before the end of the year so it sounds like that’s going to be totally doable

 

[wofly27]

@ashleye23 As someone who took forever to get a pull-up done, yeah. Unfortunately it takes work lol, and consistent work at that

 

[care1981]

@ashleye23 This is motivating. Thank you for sharing and congrats

 

[mymondays]

@ashleye23 So about 3 weeks and about how many negatives did you do per day and how long did you hold your dead hangs?

 

[tanya31]

@mymondays I did 5-10 negatives a day for 3 months before I got my first. And rock climbing hehe

 

[mymondays]

@tanya31 Yeah but should they be done every day rather than giving the muscles a day of rest? I generally do split training.

 

[tanya31]

@mymondays Up to 4-5x a week I’d say. Make sure you’re doing push-ups to do the opposite motion.

 

[mymondays]

@tanya31 Well negatives are just part of my my overall upper body routine so yeah push-ups are included.

 

[neddynelima]

@ashleye23 TIL - you can do negatives every day. Thank you so much for this!

 

[ashleye23]

@neddynelima Yep! Just stop if you tweak something (I did day 4 or so)

 

[mendicant]

@ashleye23 Thanks for this! I've been doing negatives consistently for the past year, but only once or twice a week. I've definitely gotten stronger and better at negatives, but now I realize maybe I need to increase my frequency to get that first pull up. How many negatives/how slow did you do them each day?