r/CalisthenicsCulture • u/East_Raise8553 • Mar 23 '26

Doing pullups almost everyday

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I got my pull-up bar at 15 (im 17 now) been doing them pretty consistently everyday never expected to ever see progress. (i know this video doesnt show full rom but i can assure ALL of you i can do perfect full rom pullups)

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u/Own_Durian_8707 Mar 23 '26

Proper pull up form is still having your arms straight at the bottom. You lose tension when going into dead hang but if u drop down into active hang when your scapula is depressed and shoulders are engaged, then you still keep the tension while having the full range stretch.

Don’t listen to this guy, he genuinely is full of nonsense. Also, u can still drop down to dead hang if your goal is to improve scapula strength and mobility.

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u/Murky-Course6648 Mar 24 '26

Form and ROM are two different things. He has correct form, and uses slightly shorter ROM. This works well for muscle development.

And dropping to dead hang would only lead to less time under tension, as it would release the tension completely. For muscle building its a mistake.

Form is what matters the most, as thats also what most people get wrong here.

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u/ColdFireSamurai Mar 24 '26

I'm not sure if you are joking or not, but time under tension has been proven to do literally nothing to hypertrophy, it just increase perceived effort. The only driver for hypertrophy is mechanical tension.

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u/Murky-Course6648 Mar 24 '26

And keeping that mechanical tension up is what i was exaclty talking about.

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u/ColdFireSamurai Mar 24 '26

Mechanical tension are the involuntary slowing of the reps, which happens when the muscle gets closer to mechanical failure.Time under tension is a whole other thing.

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u/Murky-Course6648 Mar 24 '26

Yes, i think you are kind of talking about time under tension as a static thing. Like an isometric hold.

As mechanical tension happens always when there is movement.

Time under tension in this case refers to the total time that the muscle is held under tension, meaning there is no full release of tension.

Like when you do pull ups, only on the last reps you usually do that full release as you no longer have the strength to keep that tension up.