Originally Posted by
wolfchild
Very few people can do 10 strict pull ups with proper form. Majority of people cheat on their pull ups or end up doing partial reps.
Their fitness is very sport specific. They prioritize developing running or cycling fitness because that's what their main goals are.
10 pull ups of any kind is not so easy at my age, near 60. I'll check it every week or two, or three, and doing that I've worked up to 9 and I was pretty proud of that. I can only do the "proper" ones a day or two after a set of "partial" pull ups - if I start straight in doing them right it feels like I'll strain the elbows.