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?

  • @[email protected]
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    41 year ago

    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.

  • @feedum_sneedson
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    11 year ago

    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.

    • gelberhutOP
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      11 year ago

      Do start with max rep sets, or a fewer-reps set?

      • @feedum_sneedson
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        11 year ago

        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.

  • @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    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.

    • gelberhutOP
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      11 year ago

      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)

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        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.

        • gelberhutOP
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          21 year ago

          I see. Question: it is unlikely to jump from 7,7,7 to 8,8,8 directly. What would you do in transition 8,7,7 or 7,7,8?

          • @[email protected]
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            31 year ago

            Increase the first set first and do 8 reps for as many sets as you can after that until you can do all of them. Then you start over with 9 reps.