Pullups?

[Dr.M]

Tall, long arms, and 14.x% bodyfat, I can only do about 6 or 7 genuine pullups, after that NEGATIVES as mentioned. I love rows as well, and pullups blow away pulldowns.

 

[SofaGeorge]

everyone talks deads, bb rows

but the truth is weighted chins are what builds a great back bar none

That's the gospel. My back always sucked no matter what routine I tried as a kid. Then one day I went up to the guy with the most awesome back I had ever seen. (He was even YOUNGER than me too.) He told me he always had a sucky back till someone had suggested his back routine be:

80 pullups... no matter how many sets it took

He told me when he first started he would be doing a lot of sets where he was only getting 2-3 reps.

I tried it... had a huge learning curve... and still remember how excited I was when I could finally get 80 reps in less than 10 sets.