Who's considered stronger? Someone who can max out the pull down machine or the guy that can strap a bunch of plates to a dip belt and bang out a bunch of pull ups?
What's the difference?
Who's considered stronger? Someone who can max out the pull down machine or the guy that can strap a bunch of plates to a dip belt and bang out a bunch of pull ups?
What's the difference?
Clearly weighted pull ups!!
Pull-ups - I don't even see this as a contest.
pull ups hands down. Even for me at 230lbs, I start my back routine with 4 sets of pullups, usually 8-10 reps each. No kipping, keeping the body still and squeezing at the top.
No contest PULL-UPS!!!
They guy who can do both!
pullups are tougher because either you can do them or you can't. with the lat pulldown you can involve the biceps, back and whole body. you see those guys almost parallel to the floor with way more than they should have on the pulldown and yo just think, "why?"
I agree with all of you. But what about the guy that can't do many pull ups but can rack the pull down machine? That's some kind of strength, no? I guess I'm just not sure how they differ seeing they both focus on the same muscle group.
I'm looking to keep redundancy out of my routine, but thought there may be a reason for both.
I'm 210 at the moment and can hit 20 pull ups on my first and second set, so I'm looking to add weight. That's another question entirely....
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Do you alternate grip? Wide, neutral, etc?
Last edited by Cdsnuts; 05-21-2013 at 05:50 AM.