Hannibal Ahmed Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I'm an early teen who's been "working out" for about 2 years and "training" for about 1. I've been programming pullups in my workouts for quite a while, and I can do more than 10 (I've never really tested my max). A year ago, I could only do chinups. When I stumbled onto this website I decided to take pullups out of my programming until I master Tuck (really tucked) Front Lever Rows. How far should I go with rows before I start reprogramming pullups into my workouts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Proulx Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I do not find pullups harder than tuck rows(on rings, bars are easier due to lower ROM). But 5x5 unassisted reps is generally a good gauge to progress to harder elements when it comes to strength. I never go above 5 reps anymore myself, instead I will switch to a different variation of a pull or push or whatever I am working on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenEagle Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 You need pull ups before tuck front lever rows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairbob Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 You should be doing both thought the front lever rows will be more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Egebak Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 And you need normal rows before pull ups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannibal Ahmed Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 Thanks guys, I have found Tuck Front Lever Rows to be far harder than pull-ups and if I went according to what MattProulx is saying then I should still be doing pull-ups. I've had normal rows down for a long time. But thanks again 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azarian93 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Something you could possibly do, to implent Pull Ups (without worry that you Volume increases too much) is to Start in a finished Pull Up Position (head above the rings) and from there lower yourselve into the tucked Front Lever Row, do a Row and come back up into the Pull Up Position.It's somewhat like a Yewkis (i think that's what it was called) but just with an added row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenEagle Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Something you could possibly do, to implent Pull Ups (without worry that you Volume increases too much) is to Start in a finished Pull Up Position (head above the rings) and from there lower yourselve into the tucked Front Lever Row, do a Row and come back up into the Pull Up Position.It's somewhat like a Yewkis (i think that's what it was called) but just with an added row.To quote Coach Sommer from his BtGB reference book. Yewkis "Begin from a straight-arm hang and then perform a pull-up while simultaneously pulling your body up to horizontal. This will result in a bent-arm front lever position." (Section: Upper body pulling, subsection: Multi-plane pulling, Difficulty 4.5) I think you might be talking about Front Lever pulls with an added row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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