Negative Pull Up (offensive line weight training)

[virtualreal]

Way too fast for a 'negative'

[piecharthosen]

skip to 0:16

[CrossfitRJG]

Awesome Video!!!

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[chiconspiracy]

For someone who can't do a single pullup, It's a good idea to warm up REALLY well when doing these, unless you like DOMS. In fact, use a chair to stand on so you don't have to jump up. It would be like having someone bench something beyond their max, and forcing them to catch the weight by dropping it on them.

[hamza1991]

so how long after doing negatives can you actually try to attempt a pull up?

[chiconspiracy]

@hamza1991

You'll start to notice that you can really slow down your descent. For me, I realized I could descend in 15 seconds, and went ahead and tried it. Sure enough, a pullup. Once you get that magical "one", it's easier to progress from there.

[Draykid]

@hamza1991

Arthur Jones built 4-1/2 reps in the chin-up in a 280 pound football player without the ability to do any reps or even a forced negative, in 12 days.

[hamza1991]

@Draykid yeah but thats Arthur Jones, that mofo is HUGE!

[samurphy]

Forced negatives are excellent for any muscle group. Trying to slow an elongating muscle is more effective at building than the normal contracting under load. Walking down a hill for a long time makes my quads sore the next day, while walking on flat or uphill does not. Same thing, you're trying to slow you're downward momentum as your quads are elongating in the latter portion of your stride.

[xXAnthony619Xx]

I weigh 300 pounds and haven't trained lats extensively to the point where I can do them at my weight. These are friggin' awesome for hittin' lats!

[papalolita]

They say negatives work better when they're done after you have done your normal ones till muscle failure.

Also, try weighted negatives. They kill.

[samurphy]

@papalolita I can see that. That would be pretty quick for me, at 290lb, I can do one, some days two pull-ups before failure. Switching to negatives after that lets me actually do a proper body-weight workout at home.

[Inferno0619]

also i forgot to add, the first time i did negative pull ups, my god, my lats really were sore the next few days, it felt good though

[cigar323]

I've been doing weight-assisted pull-ups to work my way up to full on normal pull-ups. Does either exercise have an advantage over the other?

And thank you for the video.

[Inferno0619]

@cigar323 hey cigar, i was doing weigh-assited pull ups too but soon realize they aren't worth it, i read a lot about them and they won't help you do real pull ups as good as negative pull ups, luckily, i found how to do negative pull-ups on the weight assited machine perfectly, just place a weigh for the pad can sit on the floor and make sure there isn't a pin inserted, then find a way to start the negative pull up using the machine itself to get yourself up and lower yourself, u

[cigar323]

@Inferno0619 That's awesome! I felt like I had reached a rut with my assisted-weight and even though I would struggle with the last few reps I never felt any fatigue the next day. So I'll definitely give negatives a try tomorrow. Thanks for the recommendation!

[olineworld]

you'd be surprised. give it a try.

[HerroHerrar]

does this work

[jumpsmarter]

put some chair so you don't need to jump around