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Fukkenshredded

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Can anyone here do any?

I don't mean the kind where you hold your wrist with your free hand, I mean straight out one hand only chin the bar all the way, starting from a full extention one-arm hang.

If you can do one, how many regular pull-ups can you do?

I can do thirty-eight regular two handed pull-ups, slow and deliberate, but I cannot do a single one-handed pull.

When I could do about 50 regular, I could do ONE single-handed pull, and only with my right arm, not with my left.

Also, what about push-ups? How many can you do and what relationship does that have to your max bench?
Right now I can only do between 150-160 push-ups, and my bench max is not high (about 285) at a bodyweight of 175. At my strongest ever I could do 335 at a bodyweight of 165, but that was while on a heavy winstrol cycle five years ago.

What about you?
 
Fukkenshredded said:
I can do thirty-eight regular two handed pull-ups, slow and deliberate, but I cannot do a single one-handed pull.
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Do you come down to a full hang? Whenever I see people post numbers above 25-30 on pullups they never have good form when I see them in the gym.

Ronnie Coleman deads 800lbs+. He only pulls about 12 pullups in good form. He comes to a dead hang and goes all the way up every set.
 
I would like to see someone do a one-handed pull up, without the help of the free hand. Have never seen it, but I am sure it can be done
 
I just think it would be too awkward ya know. It seems to me that you would kinda rock from side to side or something. not sayin i would be able to do it anyways tho.
 
i thought about this before, i figured the only was it would be possible is if you find the skinniest dork in like middle school, then give him steroids and tell him he can only work his right or left arm for the rest of his school career, as long as he doesnt get fat and his right arm or left arm gets huge he will be fine! otherwsiet theres too much extra body weight not being used to help bennifit the pull up! tada! least now we know who can do it!
 
tempest2003 said:
i thought about this before, i figured the only was it would be possible is if you find the skinniest dork in like middle school, then give him steroids and tell him he can only work his right or left arm for the rest of his school career, as long as he doesnt get fat and his right arm or left arm gets huge he will be fine! otherwsiet theres too much extra body weight not being used to help bennifit the pull up! tada! least now we know who can do it!
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Fukkenshredded is it true you used steroids in middle school???
 
Can't do a one handed pullup, but can do about 250-300 pushups(depending on the day).

I once knew this rock climber who could do about 5 one handed pull ups.
 
Corleone said:
Can't do a one handed pullup, but can do about 250-300 pushups(depending on the day).

I once knew this rock climber who could do about 5 one handed pull ups.
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The record for one handed pullups is held by a girl... I think she was 17 at the time. She was a gymnast... and a tiny little thing.
 
shit, without a supporting hand I couldnt doi that shit. I suck at chins, my record is like 14 wide grip. Never seems to get any better either.

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I used to do some of these when I was 80lbs lighter... LOL

I'd hold on with one hand and grip with my off hand to the wrist of my other hand... so, in a sense.. .I'd kind of be pulling on my gripping wrist with my other wrist... hence, making it like a 1.5 hand pullup... don't know if that was cheating or not...

I'm moving this to the training forum LOL

C-ditty
 
Corleone said:
Can't do a one handed pullup, but can do about 250-300 pushups(depending on the day).

I once knew this rock climber who could do about 5 one handed pull ups.
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how much time do u need to do that much pushups??
 
Citruscide said:
I used to do some of these when I was 80lbs lighter... LOL

I'd hold on with one hand and grip with my off hand to the wrist of my other hand... so, in a sense.. .I'd kind of be pulling on my gripping wrist with my other wrist... hence, making it like a 1.5 hand pullup... don't know if that was cheating or not...

I'm moving this to the training forum LOL

C-ditty
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Those are about as easy as regular pullups. He said no hand gripping the other.
 
This was written by Charles Poliquin, taken from:
http://www.t-mag.com/html/body_88cp.html

Q: In your "Poliquin Principles" book, you briefly mention one-armed chin-ups. Are these just showoff exercises, or do they have some value to a bodybuilder? How about one-armed push-ups, same deal?

A: The one-armed chin-up isn't exactly a showoff exercise, as very few individuals can even dream of doing them (well, for those individuals, I suspect that it's a showoff exercise at times). It's been estimated that only one out every 100,000 trainees has the genetic potential to achieve a single one-armed chin-up. The athletes most likely to be able to do one or more are mountain climbers or gymnasts.

Once, one of my client's bodyguards who, aside from being a sharpshooter, was also a very accomplished mountain climber. He told me that he really liked my concept of changing tempos and that he was getting much stronger. So I asked him what exactly it had done for him, and he explained that it had really improved his chin-ups. To illustrate his great strength gains, he handed his Glock to his partner and then proceeded to do a full-range, one-armed chin-up, taking 20 seconds for the concentric phase and 20 seconds for the eccentric phase. What was even more impressive was that he was doing it with only his middle finger wrapped around the bar.

There was another mountain climber who worked for our National Ski Team that performed 23 of them in front of me while using a pronated grip. He did them while holding onto the diving board of a drained swimming pool.

Both of these examples were quite slender and didn't sport excessively muscular arms. But obviously, they have superior motor-unit recruitment abilities. So, the direct applications of one-armed chins are rather limited because of genetic factors. Furthermore, this movement would be considerably harder for the average bodybuilder, as the rest of his body is generally a lot more massive than that of the average mountain climber or gymnast.

One-armed push-ups are more readily accessible to the average person as they require much lower levels of maximal strength. After all, if Sylvester Stallone can do them...

In my opinion, a more impressive form of the one-armed push-up is to have only the contra-lateral foot on the ground when doing them. If you're doing one-armed push-ups using the right hand, your left arm is extended in front of you, and your right foot is kept a few inches off the ground.

I first saw these being done by the late Kay Baxter at the Pro World Bodybuilding Championships in Toronto 14 years ago. What I like about this advanced form of the one-armed push-up is that it requires a much greater range of motion than the classic Rocky ones, and you also need to fire a much greater amount of motor units to stabilize yourself.
 
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And we're talking legit, one arm grabbing the bar, the other arm hanging to the side, starting from full arm extension to chin above bar pull-ups.
 
If you can stabilize your body with one hand, and can pullup twice your bodyweight , then logically one handed pullup is possible.
 
molnii said:


how much time do u need to do that much pushups??
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about a couple minutes. I pump them out pretty fast, but they're pretty legit pushups. I've done sports my whole life, wrestled for years including college and also do some professional NHB fighting. Push-ups have been a daily exercise for me and I used to do them every night. I started out alway's doing 100, then pumped it up to 150, then 200, if I'm feeling energetic I'll get it up to 300 some days, it just depends, sometimes I'll die at 250, others I'll feel like I can keep going forever.
 
Usually the people that do the most pull ups are the skinniest ones, would be same with one-handed ones ... so I guess it makes sence the person that did the most was a girl. :)

Question though, why would anyone even attempt a one-handed pull up? Just for entertainment purposes or what?

-sk
 
revexrevex said:
and can pullup twice your bodyweight , then logically one handed pullup is possible.
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A two handed lift will always produce more force than either arm is capable of doing even if the weight is cut in half. Its like you see a guy who can Flat BB 200lbs. That does not mean he could push 100lbs with one arm. Kinda like if you can squat 200 on your back, that doesnt mean you can squat with 100 on your back with one leg. Kinda see what I mean? I know balance would be involved but I believe the logic is correct. However I am open to see if I am wrong.
 
You're right, definetely. I was just approximating.

With one arm pullup you have to worry about grip issues, stabilization (your arm doesnt come out from the middle of your body, and so your body will be swinging like a leaf), CNS being use to firing the muscles bilaterally, rotator cuff strength to be able to handle your entire bodyweight, among others
 
Hey revexrevex, you going to start another one of those challenges like the 90 lb pullup thread?

I'm sure someone will say they can do 20 one arm pullups with a hundred pound backpack on.
 
I just did it yesterday for my active recovery, how did you know???
 
I am working on completing one, and I am damn close. Next week or the week after, maybe.

I am not on anything at the moment, so perhaps when I get back on ox it will be easier...we will see.

As far as form for the ones I say I can do now...yes I go all the way to a dead hang, and yes I can get 30 at least on any given day. When I was doing around 50 with good form I could 'crank out' over 60 if I dodn't go to a full dead hang.

I know what good form is and I assure you that I can back up my claims of these reps.

I am skinny. Many people have seen pics of me and they will tell you. I am just ahair over 5'10 and weigh around 175 right now, maybe 7-ish percent bodyfat.

When I weighed about 165 on winny I was strongest, benching 335 and getting all those reps on pull-ups.
 
My buddies dad was a big time climber back in the day and still is to some extent. He had videos of pro's doing 1 and 2 finger holds, and pulling from complete extension 1 arm pull ups for reps, pretty damn amazing. these guys were very small though 120-130 pounds and less than 5'6". So yeah it can be done.
 
Missed again today. I can get to about eye level with the bar, but I just can't get that last six inches or so. Leverage is all messed up at that angle.

I remember Danny Osmond, the rock guru who died tragically on his 900 foot tether jump...he could do what is called a flag, right out there on the face of the cliff at 300 feet up in the air.

Can any of you do flags?
 
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