Lat pull downs vs pull ups

[olddawg]

think of the shock your back will get once you switch from one to the other, shock, adaptation and growth, plateau, repeat

When I was a soldier in Germany in the 80's I went out drinking one night and couldn't remember where I parked my car the next day. had to bike 18 k each way to the base every day for 10 days, my legs got shocked and grew a ton quickly to compensate for the new exercise. Eventually the polizi came and got me to pick up my car, it was down this hill parked on a sidewalk lol Point is if you shock the hell out of your muscles, they'll adapt cause they have to. if you do lose anything during a month's rest it won't be much and will be more than made up for during the growth cycle

[Jelisej]

Burly,Olddawg- nice to hear your feedback. Lot of knowledge and experience.
Anyway- what is your's opinion of towel pull-ups? I've got impression that they hit back muscles big time?

[olddawg]

I tried to do them once, but when I took my towel off everyone started laughing so hard that I had to put it back on

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nah lol, I've never tried them so no experience here sorry jj

[burlyman30]

In regards to this, don't the other areas of your back kind of.....stagnate if you don't work them for a whole month? Or do the other exercises use the muscles enough to compensate? I'd be paranoid that I wasn't getting a "full work out" if I just focused on rows and no pull downs or vice versa.

I can't speak for anyone else, but for me, specializing on one area still provides enough stimulation to keep most of the other attributes. Anything "lost" seems to come back in a week or two.

[burlyman30]

Burly,Olddawg- nice to hear your feedback. Lot of knowledge and experience.
Anyway- what is your's opinion of towel pull-ups? I've got impression that they hit back muscles big time?

Have to have someone on the other end of the towel who is equally strong, so that's a disadvantage. However, you can use tension bands wrapped around a pole to get the same effect. Great stretch, targets lower and outer lats, and gives a great pump.

[Cobalt]

Missed this topic.... whats a pull up exactly?