one-armed pull up

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I'm getting close.

Not the cheating hanging on to your other wrist / jumping in the air kind, but a proper dead hang single arm effort.

I know climbers and weight-trainers are supposed to be able to do them, but I've never actually seen it done. Hoping to succeed before summertime.

popsider

No - I did holding onto the other wrist though - doubt I could now (in fact I know I couldn't).

Hilly

Of course, who wouldn't be able to do one of those?!


















Only kidding!:o)

Ultra Angelis

Yes I can do one armed lifts

Hilly

How many Angelis?

Ultra Angelis

best I've done is 17

[Deleted User]

Jealousy is oozing out of me. I was told that if you can do 30+ normal pull ups then a 1 arm one is possible. Would you agree?

I can do about 20, and can hold a one arm pull up static in most positions, but minimal upward movement is possible.

17 though??!

hats off.

Blisters

Meet one humbled ex-climber.

I never managed it, though some of the "extreme" grade climbers could do a few. I've never seen 17 done before though.

We used to practice lots of finger tip pull ups. Palms facing away and only holding onto a ledge 10mm wide. My skin's too soft now.

[Deleted User]

Yup, I can do one

Ultra Angelis

Blisters I try to do pull ups on occasion using the door frame and finger tips - these frames are at max 10mm wide but normally less

[Deleted User]

Nah, I lied. Can people really do that?

[Deleted User]

30 pull ups, impressive. I used to be proud of my 3 1/2 (

[Deleted User]

ooops, I meant if you can do 20 that is impressive, Forefeet.

[Deleted User]

Forefeet dearest, I see you are still battling your old nemesis. I shall expect victory by the time I return.

Do you think this is the first ever runnersworld post from Kindu? Nice of these UN guys to give us internet access.

Happy birthday again.

Blisters

Be warned Angelis. The University Mountaineering Club were responsible for ripping off more door architraves than I can remember. They are only lightly nailed on!

[Deleted User]

Hi Emer!

First post from Kindu - hey, it could be the first post from the whole of Maniema Province, or even all of central eastern DR Congo, who knows?

Great to hear from you this weekend.
xx

Jj

um...doesn't it depend on how heavy you are?

Or is that a blonde thing to say?

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Adult gorillas weigh 400+ lbs, yet can do it with ease.

So your weight is not as important as your species, I would say (Panthera Pardus?)

[Deleted User]

Morning Forefeet. Still in Kindu. Some hothead pilot had a tantrum at the airport in Goma and cancelled our plane. Going to try and gatecrash a different one...

Tried pull up just now and failed miserably. Need to install a bar in my jungle abode and eat more beans.

fat buddha

could do one donkeys years ago when I was much younger and much lighter - now struggle to do a 2 handed one!!

(and angelis only weighs about 3 stone!!)

popsider

17 one handers is amazing though - equivalent to a 2.30 marathon or something like that in running terms I'd have thought - I always think things like that are much more impressive than just shifting stacks of weights.

Sam Panther

17 one arm pull ups is amazing. Well done.

still doing two arm pull ups with a 15kg assist. But working towards no assist and then onto one arm pull ups.

[Deleted User]

I did one once when I was dedicated to climbing. Just one, with my dominant arm, but I was still very chuffed. Apparently the world record is 21 (by canadian Robert Chisnall).

[Deleted User]

So we have 3 successes and one of them a virtual world record holder - impressive.

Training tips welcomed for a lop-sided wannabe

Current training technique comprises trying, and failing, and trying, and failing, and trying, and failing, and...

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I trained by doing two handers with extra weight attached to my climbing harness. And by loading more weight than I could lift, and lowering as slowly as possible. I was also climbing an awful lot.

Jj

I don't think I've ever tried.

I shall let you know...

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You never know until you try jj.

Thanks kaskas, I do 2 arm lifts and lower with one arm - and sometimes do pull ups with 2 yr old hanging off me. Seems I'm on the right track, but just not there yet.
Does my equation,

30 with 2 arms = 1 with 1 arm

sound about right to you?

[Deleted User]

I'm not convinced there is a strict relationship between number of two armers and potential to do a one arm. I struggled to get beyond 17 or 18 two armed pull-ups, but know many people who can do loads of two armed pull-ups, but not a one arm. I guess it is similar to the difference between sprint and endurance in running.

[Deleted User]

Unless you're a climber or something, why bother?

[Deleted User]

Even if you are a climber, it is of limited practical use. (But excercise isn't necessarily about being practical.)

Ultra Angelis

heres another phyiscal test for you that tests your upper body/arm/stomach strength.

take a study kitchen table or office desk then put your hand palms face down with your arms straight lift your body with your head going forward from a vertical base to a horizontal base.
At this point your arms should be straight pressing on the table and your body completey straight. Try not to go to far forward as you might hurt your nose and make sure the table/desk can take your weight without breaking.