Can you do pull ups?

[instantblue]

Now that so many of you have made it all or most of the way through the program, I'm wondering about this. If you can, how many? Pull up or chin up? Did you start the program being able to do any, and if so, how many?

Thanks for indulging my curiosity !

[beach_plums]

YES! I can do 2 chin ups in a row, followed by 5 sets of 1 with 30 seconds rest between. I was nowhere near able to do any at all when I started the program and made it my goal to do them. I'm still working my way up and am hoping to do 3 followed by 6 sets of 1 tonight...we'll see how that goes.
Oh, I'm starting stage 5 tonight-just to let you know where in the program I am.

[zmoney]

Yes, I can do both pull-ups & chin-ups & I haven't started the program yet. Several months ago I decided I wanted to do chin-ups, & worked up the strength solely with body rows on the Smith machine.

My chin-up sets usually look like this: 8-10 reps, 30-60 secs rest, followed by 3-4 sets of 5-8 reps.

4 weeks ago I started working on pull-ups & my PR is currently 7 consecutive, followed by another set or two of 2-3 reps.

I do my best to strictly use my arms/upper back for the work, leaving my legs are limp/relaxed as possible. They're definitely one of my favorite exercises!