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10-08-2008, 03:13 PM
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PULL UP and PRESS UP TEST IN 5 weeks...
Hey guys,
i just joined an international rugby side!! Had to do loads of fitness and strength tests....and these are gonna b done on a regular basis...every 6 weeks. so a week has passed and i just recovered from all the muscle pain and im ready to start gymming it hard again and hopefully impress the coaches next time....
i need to get better at bodyweight exercises : i did 55 push ups and 13 pull ups....
can any1 tell me how to increase these numbers more over this period of time?? ive been working on my back with a regular workout from this webstite once a week for 3 weeks b4 and didnt have too much improvement....however over the summer, i did a couple of sets of pull ups every single day and increased them from 5 to 10 in a couple of weeks.....should i just do pull ups more often?? i hear pull up stairs are good...like gradually increase the number of reps in the set...1 pull up...3 pull ups..5 pull ups...7 pull ups...and so on, so u get more time to rest and at the same time u complete more pull ups at the end of the day then if u were doing decreasing sets. OR should i be trying to do my max amount of reps each time??? and how many sets of those??
same goes for press ups....please help!!!
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10-08-2008, 03:52 PM
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What grip do you use for pullups?
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10-08-2008, 04:11 PM
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overhand grip...
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10-08-2008, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by vladimir
overhand grip...
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this is the grip you are using for your tests?
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10-08-2008, 04:53 PM
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this is the grip you are using for your tests?
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yepp...unfortunately lol |
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10-08-2008, 10:28 PM
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If I were you and you just wanted to improve pull ups I would...
- Do as many as you can, and as many negatives as you can. Do this 6 times over, literally until you can't do one more. Do this twice a week.
- Every second week get a step and strap some weight on with a dip belt and do as many 10 second negatives as you can
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10-09-2008, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Damien
If I were you and you just wanted to improve pull ups I would...
- Do as many as you can, and as many negatives as you can. Do this 6 times over, literally until you can't do one more. Do this twice a week.
- Every second week get a step and strap some weight on with a dip belt and do as many 10 second negatives as you can
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OK i will try that  ill see how many pull ups i can do in a 5 weeks!! THANKS |
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10-09-2008, 07:23 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien
If I were you and you just wanted to improve pull ups I would...
- Do as many as you can, and as many negatives as you can. Do this 6 times over, literally until you can't do one more. Do this twice a week.
- Every second week get a step and strap some weight on with a dip belt and do as many 10 second negatives as you can
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wat about push ups??? |
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10-09-2008, 07:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vladimir
wat about push ups???
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You could always wear a lightly weighted rucksack while you're doing them, once or twice in the week...not neglecting to just do them without the weighted rucksack, so that you know exactly how many you can do, since endurance press ups will not be the same as strength based ones, not entirely anyway.
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10-09-2008, 08:16 AM
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What position do you play?
And whats your current stats, weight, max bench, dead, squat, clean etc
Rugby sides never test strength with just pullups and pressups, as these do very little to help you in the game... and neither are great strength builders.
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