Hrastnik Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Today I've tried them, after reading J. Brookfield's tips on IM. I don't have a rope, so I just put a towel over the bar. I think I will be doing A LOT of these from now on:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fissure Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 I love em to! I use 5 lengths of 3/4" rope with the ends taped together - they make your hands and forearms burn like nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 How are you doing them? I always seem them demonstrated with a single towel right in the middle held by both hands. I thought why not workout on multiple things by doing towel pullups shoulder-width apart. I started with rope from Home Depot but my hands slid down to the knot and was crushing my pinky, so I changed the rope to towels, and it is much better. Plus using towel instead of rope I found works better on your grip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Lemanczyk Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 I always did pull ups that way. All through college. Great stuff, hard on the fingers but it enabled me to make progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fissure Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 I started with rope from Home Depot but my hands slid down to the knot and was crushing my pinky, so I changed the rope to towels Did you use a single strand of rope?I could see that if you were using a single 1/2 or 3/4 inch piece of rope that it would be hard to get a good intitial grip on. If you try several pieces bundled/tapes together it gives you an irregular diameter of 2+ inches or so -makes it really hard to support your weight with basically a "thick handled" rope. I have to say that I found the rope pullups harder on the grip than towel pullups. The bundled rope is much harder (more solid) than a towel and for me way harder to crush and hold on to. Either way the rope or towel provides a much different experience than regular chins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerSteffens Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 I was just reading up on one arm pullups on the web and saw this post. I use a strand from a 3" rope, the strand itself probably an inch and not a true rope. I use a 70lb dumbell pinched between my legs, some chalk and do 3 sets of 8 reps. Wednesday I'll test myself and see how far from one arm pullup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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