I set a goal to beat my CO in the next PFT which is about 20 days away, maybe a little more. The man is a beast and doeas the max set of pull ups of 20. That is were i am hurting the most I only got 12 last time I tried.
I am doing lat pull downs and pull ups to try to get the number up fast. I used to do 20 pull ups at a time so I think I can get it back relativly quickly. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
20 days to go from 12 to 20 pullups, don’t know if you can do it.
What I would do:
Skip the lat machine.
Either:
75% max pullup twice per day. Retest for max after 7 days. Repeat until PFT.
Or
Ladder Drills. Grab a buddy. You do 1 pullup he does 1 pullup. You do 2 pullups he does 2 pullups. You do 3 pullups he does 3 pullups. Etc… Don’t go to failure. If 12 is your max then stop at 10, and start over at 1. Repeat as long as possible.
Good Luck
Bujoz right,If you want to increase reps there is no better way than to actually perform the routine you are trying to improve.ie if you want to be able perform more push-ups well do push ups dont do bench press, although strengthing the muscle group will assist with the movement your trying to improve you want your body to develop specifically those muscles involved during a pull-up in order to improve them,At least its always been sure-fire prior to any of my APFT
[quote]Bujo wrote:
20 days to go from 12 to 20 pullups, don’t know if you can do it.
What I would do:
Skip the lat machine.
Either:
75% max pullup twice per day. Retest for max after 7 days. Repeat until PFT.
Or
Ladder Drills. Grab a buddy. You do 1 pullup he does 1 pullup. You do 2 pullups he does 2 pullups. You do 3 pullups he does 3 pullups. Etc… Don’t go to failure. If 12 is your max then stop at 10, and start over at 1. Repeat as long as possible.
Good Luck[/quote]
do the ladder up to the poitn you can’t do anymore, then stop. do it every day for th3 next 15 days. take 2 days off and do nada. two days before the test do 2 sets of 5 pullups. the day before do 4 sets of 5.
You have a good chance at 20. Don’t neglect your run and situps.
Good luck
jack
Work hard, Marine!
I’d agree that doing pullups is the best preparation.
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Go get 'em!
Renee
Thanks everyone, I am going to do what bujo said. I’ll update you after the test. oorah marine!
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