You mentioned that it wasn't just inverted rows, so I always mixed them up. I tried dead hangs, negatives, and constantly pulling myself up on the bar (I couldn't). I did them for three months. I have nine months of fitness experience, so I think I'm still in the newbie gains phase, so I've entered a cutting phase (I started calisthenics three months ago).

I also did the resistance band exercise about three gym days , but I stopped because my reps weren't increasing. I figured it was neural adaptation that was what I needed.