Pull-up: start from max or from a "warm-up"?
Pull-up: start from max or from a "warm-up"?
For most exercises I start with smaller weight set and then increase it. Like 8rep 40kg, 3x8rep 45kg.
For pull-ups for, i do not know what reason, I selected opposite approach 9,8,7,6.
Should I better change it to something like 6 (warm up) and then do working sets of 9, 8, 7 pull ups?
I do the same thing - there is a lot of diminishing return, set-to-set for me so it’s the only way that makes sense. I do inverted rows, dead hangs and arm circles to warm them up.
Ok. Thanks!
I guess this is more straightforward when doing weighted pull-ups. For bodyweight lifts I just start with my first set, no warm up. Maybe I'm wrong to do that, but it hasn't injured me yet.
Do start with max rep sets, or a fewer-reps set?
For bodyweight pull-ups I do straight sets across, either 10x5 or 5x10 depending how I'm feeling that day. So I start with the same reps as I finish.
I do pull-ups twice a week, the other session weighted with a 531 progression. That's working pretty well for now.
I'm not sure I understand, but if your biggest set is your warm up I wouldn't call it warm up, then it's a working set. I never really warm up for pull ups since it's never my first exercise and I'm not worried about injuring myself doing them. But when I do warm up I only do like two reps between the last few sets of the exercise before.
I start my training with pull-ups (after a short generic warm up) and so far start from max pull-ups set (9 reps).
And my question is: should I better change the sequence and start from a lighter set (6 reps)
Probably doesn't matter much but I prefer not to max out on my first set. If I were you I would do something like 7, 7, 7, 7 and start working toward 8, 8, 8, 8 when I can do four sets of 7. If you feel like you got a set left in you after that then go for it.
Personally I like to change things up with my pull ups every workout. Sometimes I just do two amraps, sometimes i pause at the bottom and sometimes I barely go parallel. But I generally leave a few reps in the tank the first sets.