oh and for those of you who can do pullups, but only because you weigh nothing, i would suggest you work at the pullups and start working out. I used to be like that, i was a scrawny little [censored], then i did a lot of pullups and got my arms pretty big and defined, then i got into benching a little bit and just working out my whole body and got pretty strong.

im not a beast by any means but if you are lucky to have a fast metabolism like i do and some of you do then you can get into good shape and it really doesnt take all that much work once you get into it!

I gym it up for about 30-45 mins 4 times a week and im stronger then 90% of my friends even though they are bigger then me, its a nice little ego boost for sure haha.

You get better at pullups by doing more pullups, and by strengthening your lats and biceps.

Ive been going to the gym for a year now.

Damn i cant edit my post on my mobile.

I do 4 sets of 6 to 8 reps of pullups. Chinups i do according to my workout, the rep range is between 2 to 8, with a weight belt of course. Unweighted i do around 13 i reckon. I dont really focus on strength tho, size is more important to me.

Pullups are much harder than people who don't do pullups think. I blame Hollywood and all those "person of ordinary fitness hangs off rope by one hand for 10 minutes" scenes.

I can do quite a few. For you guys doing a lot of reps, you should try moving up to weighted pullups; I do some reps with 25kg of sand, and it makes more difference than you'd think. Or if you're feeling really light(!), muscle-ups - incredibly useful movement to be able to do, but hard. I find the basic bodyweight stuff gets boring pretty quickly; I can do like a million pushups and bodyweight squats, but it's just muscular endurance past a certain point.

Negative one-armed chins..? If you can actually do one-armed chins, I don't wanna hear it. :cryvaultboy:

PS: Forgot to add: don't forget to train your grip too. No use having Herculean back, shoulders and arms if you can't hold onto the bar/tree branch/bridge/doorframe.

I'm recently starting to do pullups as part of working out, and I can't do much in a set. I could blame part of it on being long with long arms, so it requires more effort to do certain types of things. I remember when I was smaller and only about 80 or so pounds it was much easier. In a month or so I should be able to do more than 10 in a set. Right now I feel good just doing 5.

My personal best when it comes to squats is around 140-150kg, I don't remember the exact weight and rep count, but I know it's very close to my personal best when it comes to deadlifts (150kg/330lbs for 4 reps and of that I'm 100% sure). Maybe one could add bench, deadlift and squats to their posts? To get a better perspective of strength overall, as said, someone with a light body will have an easier time with the pullups, but coupled with compound lifts it's a tad bit more accurate. I don't have a very strong chest though, so heaviest benching I've done was 100kg/220lbs for 1 rep.

And as for the OP, I've never pushed myself too far with the pullups tbh. The highest number of reps in one set has been around 20 I think, but then I was saving myself for a few more sets to come. I plan to try to max the reps one day, when I have the time and the energy to hit the gym.