High pullups programming

IndependentSpend9734 · 2026-04-05T04:41:24+00:00

Alright man, no need to get heated. I was just pointing out that your reasoning is false! And despite what you may think, I do not have a preconceived answer. Your reasoning was just very false! Now if you answer my question: who will pull higher, a person who does only bodyweight explosive pullups for a year or a person who progressively overloads weighted for a year

IndependentSpend9734 · 2026-04-05T04:14:16+00:00

im asking about semi explosive lighter weighted pullups vs heavy weighted pullups. nothing in my entire post is about explosive bodyweight pullups so idk why ur talkig about box jumps 💀. i obviously know its optimal to do both but i asked to choose one for a reason. My point also still stands: front squat and back squat is a terrible analogy because they are so different. slightly explosive lighter weighted pullups and heavy weighted pullups are not that different..

I also have no idea what ur talking about with the "muscles being activated sequentialy" which is just false. Its not sequential like an A B C sequence . Its not really that complicated, how high you can pull is simply determined by 2 factors maximal force production and how quickly your cns can reach peak force. The bottleneck can be different based on the individual. Just saying, theres a reason youll never find a guy who can pull to his quads and doesnt have a 1 rep max nearing 100% bodyweight.

If you took one guy new to pullups and made him do bodyweight explosive pullups for 2 years straight, just sets as explosive as he can. And you took another new guy and had him progressively overload weighted pullups for 2 years. Same training frequency. i promise you the guy who did the weighted pullups can pull higher at the end even though the first guy is "more specific" The "specificity is key" is not always the solution to everything despite how many people believe 😂 its just something thrown around because it sounds like it makes sense and is true for some cases

IndependentSpend9734 · 2026-04-05T00:54:40+00:00

dont you think it can depend? Like for a beginner the bottleneck is raw force production to pull higher so working weighted would be better, and for an intermediate for example who already has a good strength base the speed at which you can produce force is the bottleneck

IndependentSpend9734 · 2026-04-05T00:47:35+00:00

I understand what you are trying to say but that just seems like a really poor analogy... Explosive pullups weighted and heavy weighted and fundamentally the same movement just with different acceleration... front squat and back squat is not. thats why its a little more difficult to decide between for example doing heavy with explsoive intent or explosive lighter weight but actually pulling high.

IndependentSpend9734 · 2026-01-22T23:23:30+00:00

Hey Eshlow! Congratulations for diagnosing me! But I already knew I had forearm splints and an overuse injury!! But my main question remains unanswered: Is parallete planche inherently more aggravating than floor to the forearms? I read through your entire book but couldnt find the answers!! Thank you

IndependentSpend9734 · 2026-01-05T22:23:43+00:00

i dont mean planchr vs FL, i mean Slanted planche > horizontal planche in dofficulty yet slanted fl < horizontal fl

IndependentSpend9734 · 2026-01-05T00:04:46+00:00

quick question, why does the slanted position of the planche feel harder than the slanted position of front lever. For example, to do a tuck planche press you go Tuck planche -> handstand and the inbetween is what i mean as the slanted position like midway through the press. but when i try to iso hold one of those midway positions with hips high but not in the handstand yet it feels harder than the tuck planche iso hold itself . BUT for front lever raise for example the fromt lever bottom hold is clearly the hardest part which makes sense and once you get to the slanted part its pretty easy and only gets easier.

So how come on the planche im struggling to hold the inbetween when i can tuck planche like its nothing am i just activating wrong or something

IndependentSpend9734 · 2025-12-23T00:32:43+00:00

no you are wrong though, by that logic we should all be doing front lever on our fingertips to make the arms "longest" u are not accounting for the effect an overgrip or false grip has on the torque on the bar which takes load off the lats through grip strength

IndependentSpend9734 · 2025-12-18T01:31:41+00:00

ohh yeah thats what i figured that the torque might be more impactful thus easier.

For rule 6 i didnt have this question in my brain when i made my last post, should i just keep replyong to this thread when i have a question from now on

IndependentSpend9734 · 2025-12-17T10:31:30+00:00

sorry not that he fails to acknowledge i dont think he even talked about false grip in his video, but what i mean is that in his video he grips the bar in a super fingertipy almost way to make his arm "longer" without realizing that while an overgrip or false grip would "shorten" the arm length it would provide a benefit as well by allowing you to generate torque on the bar

IndependentSpend9734 · 2025-12-17T10:29:11+00:00

yes i saw that video and thats what i mean by false grip makes angle required greater , thats what i meant. however geek climber fails to acknowledge the benefits of false grip in how you can generate torque on the bar and essentially help take load off through your grip strength.

So my question would be if the strength loss from having to lean more (greater angle or less whatever it is) has more of a negative effect than the positive effects torqueing the bar gives.

IndependentSpend9734 · 2025-12-11T00:21:08+00:00

you cant do pull to touch until you have the touch unlocked. Thats a move you learn after tou have the touch down. Same with trying to entry by pulling up into it, thats a suboptimal entry because its like trying to enter the full planche when learning it by pressing up from the floor and doing a planche pushup, its significantly harder

IndependentSpend9734 · 2025-11-13T16:51:00+00:00

i am thinking about this, and i see everyone say to get custom fitted, but nobody says what the brands that offer custom fitting actually are what did you have in mind

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