[quote]fr0IVIan wrote:
[quote]y0lked wrote:
Anyone can kick their legs in a pullup just as easy as someone swinging their back back and getting under the bar on a lat pull down.
Why do people insist on looking at pro body builders for their techniques and imput, it has little to no correlation to every day people in the gym. thoes dudes are on soo many hormones and their bodies are nothing like mine or yours. its like rebuiding a transmission on a muscle car based on what the guys use at the drag strip on alcohol fueled cars.
Yes they are cars, and yes they use similar mechanics, but in no way are the cars comparable. cutler, yates, and heath probably do pulldowns because they weigh 300 pounds in the off season. [/quote]
serious…?
I can achieve a much tighter MMC with pulldowns as opposed to pullups. additionally, while I’ve been bulking I have been fuck-all clueless as to how much I am actually progressing. I had to drop down to BW pullups again after admitting to myself that my bis and some kipping had been keeping me afloat with my pullup progression. however, there is no doubt with pulldown progression. the weight stack stays the same no matter how much you weigh.
edit: you are 6’1" and 180? Jesus Christ eat something. I weighed just ten lb less than you in my old avi and I’m 5’9".[/quote]
I agree. The best indicator of growth is progression, but the progression gets screwed up with pullups if you’re constantly gaining weight.
Either way here’s a thread that I started a while ago on the topic in case it helps