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Posted: **Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:10 pm**

I did 70 pullups in 25 minutes yesterday...

It's a start I guess

Posted: **Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:27 am**

Back in the day, I did 1,000 pullups almost daily. 10 sets of 10 with a 20-pound pack, 10 times a day, 5 days a week.

Dislocated my shoulder in a fall skiing the U-Notch. Multiple operations. No more pullups for me.

Posted: **Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:33 am**

Back in the 1980s I worked at North Face shop with an old-timer named Barry Bates. He really didn't climb very much at the time, but one day we got on the topic of pull-ups. He mentioned something about being able to do a lot of pull-ups and promptly demonstrated 10 one-finger pull-ups on a pice of webbing hanging from the ceiling. IMPRESSIVE!

Posted: **Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:49 pm**

Sierra Ledge Rat wrote:Back in the day, I did 1,000 pullups almost daily. 10 sets of 10 with a 20-pound pack, 10 times a day, 5 days a week.

Dislocated my shoulder in a fall skiing the U-Notch. Multiple operations. No more pullups for me.

Holy cow, tones of pulleys + 20# that’s really impressive

. Just curious how long did it take for you to get all those pulleys each day :?:

I guess I’m lucky, I get to do all my pulleys with >20 extra pounds and I don’t have to wear a pack :lol:

Also, skiing the U-Notch is really impressive, but sorry to hear about the shoulder, bummer

Posted: **Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:15 pm**

jschrock wrote:I'm convinced pull-ups are over-rated...and mainly result in overtraining injuries and muscular imbalance issues rather than any significant increase in grade limit. It's a nice party trick to throw down a ridiculous number of pull-ups but I can't remember the last time I climbed anything that required that kind of repetitive, brute force maneuvering to get up. It's an over-used term..but "core strength" trumps all imho...followed closely by forearm conditioning of course.

ymmv

Fair enough….how about rope climbing for a little more core :shock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr-RrpBDrDw

Posted: **Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:54 pm**

graham wrote: Fair enough….how about rope climbing for a little more core
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr-RrpBDrDw

Damn that is crazy. That guy would jug el cap in ten minutes.

Posted: **Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:03 pm**

Sierra Ledge Rat wrote:Back in the 1980s I worked at North Face shop with an old-timer named Barry Bates. He really didn't climb very much at the time, but one day we got on the topic of pull-ups. He mentioned something about being able to do a lot of pull-ups and promptly demonstrated 10 one-finger pull-ups on a pice of webbing hanging from the ceiling. IMPRESSIVE!

Barry Bates, FFA of New Dimensions (.11a), a stout Valley classic. Also put up the stout Bates Problem on Columbia Boulder near Midnight Lightning.

I too think pullups are overrated. I used to be to crack off 50 at one time. Didn't climb any harder then than when I stopped doing them. More of a party trick than anything.

Posted: **Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:08 pm**

I find it helps my confidence knowing that I can bang out 25 pullups. I was getting a bit gripped on an ice climb once and I said to my self "Just do one F-ing pullup", and got past the issue.

Posted: **Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:48 am**

I can't even do a one-handed pullup. It pisses me off. I can do like 12 pullups normally, I'm gonna give it a shot with a pack now. (I'm gonna fail)

EDIT: Only 3 with 25 lbs...boooo

-Mark

Posted: **Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:18 am**

Oops double post :oops:

Posted: **Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:24 am**

….I too think pullups are overrated. I used to be to crack off 50 at one time. Didn't climb any harder then than when I stopped doing them. More of a party trick than anything.

Holy Cow 50 is superb. I suspect that by the time you can do ~30+ pulleys you've gain most of the benefits. I also suspect that >99.9% of SPers could climb harder & benefit if they could "crack off 50" pulleys at a time. I know I could....besides Halloween is coming up and I need a new party trick

Posted: **Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:05 pm**

fatdad wrote:
Sierra Ledge Rat wrote:Back in the 1980s I worked at North Face shop with an old-timer named Barry Bates. He really didn't climb very much at the time, but one day we got on the topic of pull-ups. He mentioned something about being able to do a lot of pull-ups and promptly demonstrated 10 one-finger pull-ups on a pice of webbing hanging from the ceiling. IMPRESSIVE!

Barry Bates, FFA of New Dimensions (.11a), a stout Valley classic. Also put up the stout Bates Problem on Columbia Boulder near Midnight Lightning.

I too think pullups are overrated. I used to be to crack off 50 at one time. Didn't climb any harder then than when I stopped doing them. More of a party trick than anything.

That's Barry!

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