General Chit Chat

[Va-Va-Voom]

It's 2019 and people like that still exist?

Meatheads are gonna meathead I guess.

Benching is a shit barometer for strength anyway, I'd be much more impressed if someone rattled off 30 pull ups or something.

[Dejan]

Pullups sucks

Bench >



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[Va-Va-Voom]

Pullups sucks

Explain

[LMAO]

It's 2019 and people like that still exist?

Meatheads are gonna meathead I guess.

Benching is a shit barometer for strength anyway, I'd be much more impressed if someone rattled off 30 pull ups or something.

Pull ups aren't a great strength indicator either tbh. I've found that after 12-15, it's about endurance more so than raw strength.

Deadlift >>>>>>>

[Dejan]

Pullups sucks

Explain

Just dont like them lol. Never have.

Rackpulls >

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[Rockape]

I love watching the worlds strongest man and think the dead lift is where there lift the heaviest weight, but straight arm pull ups are a massive test. The average person can’t do one, As their power to weight ratio is bobbins. So you can be a huge lump and lift heavy weights, of you can be slim and toned and do pull ups. I know what I’d rather be, but at 57 my best days are behind me.

[Va-Va-Voom]

It's 2019 and people like that still exist?

Meatheads are gonna meathead I guess.

Benching is a shit barometer for strength anyway, I'd be much more impressed if someone rattled off 30 pull ups or something.

Pull ups aren't a great strength indicator either tbh. I've found that after 12-15, it's about endurance more so than raw strength.

Deadlift >>>>>>>

Add some weights then, otherwise you'll just plateau.

[Zenith]

I love watching the worlds strongest man and think the dead lift is where there lift the heaviest weight, but straight arm pull ups are a massive test. The average person can’t do one, As their power to weight ratio is bobbins. So you can be a huge lump and lift heavy weights, of you can be slim and toned and do pull ups. I know what I’d rather be, but at 57 my best days are behind me.

Preach

[Dejan]

Speaking of fitness/bodies. My girlfriend has been having back pain for the last 2/3 years. The doctor told her she has a rheumatism disease(bechterew) because she is having pain and its in her family.

She changed doctor because the first one is a bit of a douche. Now this doctor says she probably does not have rheumatism but scoliosis so the pills and physiotherapy she has been taking for the last 2 years have been for nothing.

I swear the healthcare in the netherlands is a total joke. I have had the same issues for years.

/rant

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[StLGooner]

I love watching the worlds strongest man and think the dead lift is where there lift the heaviest weight, but straight arm pull ups are a massive test. The average person can’t do one, As their power to weight ratio is bobbins. So you can be a huge lump and lift heavy weights, of you can be slim and toned and do pull ups. I know what I’d rather be, but at 57 my best days are behind me.

Preach

I can do about 8 pull ups and that's it. Ha!

What's really amazing is watching the cross fit games, when they do those muscle ups, or some people call them body ups. Where they pull their bodies up to their waist, instead of just your chin. Those dudes are machines!!

[Rockape]

I love watching the worlds strongest man and think the dead lift is where there lift the heaviest weight, but straight arm pull ups are a massive test. The average person can’t do one, As their power to weight ratio is bobbins. So you can be a huge lump and lift heavy weights, of you can be slim and toned and do pull ups. I know what I’d rather be, but at 57 my best days are behind me.

Preach

I can do about 8 pull ups and that's it. Ha!

What's really amazing is watching the cross fit games, when they do those muscle ups, or some people call them body ups. Where they pull their bodies up to their waist, instead of just your chin. Those dudes are machines!!

I bet you can't do 8 if you lock out your arms straight every time.....it makes a massive difference!

Agreed though, Its amazing how strong some guys can get.....like the olympic gymnasts, 'kin incredible!

[StLGooner]

I love watching the worlds strongest man and think the dead lift is where there lift the heaviest weight, but straight arm pull ups are a massive test. The average person can’t do one, As their power to weight ratio is bobbins. So you can be a huge lump and lift heavy weights, of you can be slim and toned and do pull ups. I know what I’d rather be, but at 57 my best days are behind me.

Preach

I can do about 8 pull ups and that's it. Ha!

What's really amazing is watching the cross fit games, when they do those muscle ups, or some people call them body ups. Where they pull their bodies up to their waist, instead of just your chin. Those dudes are machines!!

I bet you can't do 8 if you lock out your arms straight every time.....it makes a massive difference!

Agreed though, Its amazing how strong some guys can get.....like the olympic gymnasts, 'kin incredible!

You're right, that's how we do them. I can get 8, but that's it. My 60 y/o step dad can do 15, so this isn't me bragging trust me, cause after watching him, 8 isn't anything to brag about.

[Phil71]

Pull ups depend on your weight too.

It’ll obviously be easier to do them if your fit and 8st than fit and 18st.

[CynicalGooner]

I'm 14 stone and can only do about 5 strict pullups. But I can deadlift and row more than most people. Whereas when I was 13 years old I could do about 20. So yeah it's all about weight ratio.

[StLGooner]

It is for sure. I'm 13.5 stone. Used to be able to do 10 about 5 years ago, then stopped doing them as much. Started again and could only do about 3. Got myself back up to 8 recently. It does seem that smaller people can usually do more. Or people with shorter arms have an advantage it seems. IDK, maybe not.