Does biking help with pull ups?
02-21-21, 05:49 PM
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If you'd seen weight loss fun bicycling, that would definitely have an impact on pull-ups. But you haven't seen that- probably me likely stable weight with some replacement of body fat for lower buddy muscle (maybe some core), but that can't really be recruited for pull-ups.
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02-21-21, 05:54 PM
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But if you have kept up with the multiple daily sets of pull-ups, even with adding bicycling, I still think that specific strength training what is giving you improvement in that specific strength. I ride a lot in the summer a lot and xc ski in the winter a lot. Neither has improved my pull-ups. Because neither works those muscles.
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02-22-21, 09:19 AM
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At 20, I could do 20 with 25lbs on me.
After a decade of rock climbing, I could do 12 but also a one arm on the right and nearly a one arm on the left. I was climbing consistently 5.13.
At 42, I can't do any. I climb mid 11 and sometimes more.
My cycling and riding have never been too much effect on my pull-ups. Having a youthful and energetic body though...
After a decade of rock climbing, I could do 12 but also a one arm on the right and nearly a one arm on the left. I was climbing consistently 5.13.
At 42, I can't do any. I climb mid 11 and sometimes more.
My cycling and riding have never been too much effect on my pull-ups. Having a youthful and energetic body though...
02-22-21, 11:02 AM
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At 20, I could do 20 with 25lbs on me.
After a decade of rock climbing, I could do 12 but also a one arm on the right and nearly a one arm on the left. I was climbing consistently 5.13.
At 42, I can't do any. I climb mid 11 and sometimes more.
My cycling and riding have never been too much effect on my pull-ups. Having a youthful and energetic body though...
After a decade of rock climbing, I could do 12 but also a one arm on the right and nearly a one arm on the left. I was climbing consistently 5.13.
At 42, I can't do any. I climb mid 11 and sometimes more.
My cycling and riding have never been too much effect on my pull-ups. Having a youthful and energetic body though...
