Negative pullups - help
Hi everyone!
I started with the RR some months ago from a quite weak position, specially in back and upper arms, and Ive been steadily doing progress since then! After being consistent with 3x8 arch hangs for some sessions, Ive finally moved to negative pullups, but it feels like too much of a jump:
This monday I managed to do 3x5 of them (painful and likely not the best technique, but I managed!). The problem is I didnt fully recovered by today, wednesday, so not only I couldnt repeat it but I also couldnt do some other arm exercises that I usually do with no problem, like incline rows (Im at 3x6 on those).
Ive read that I shouldnt really try doing negative pullups until I reach 3x8 horizontal rows consistently, so Im thinking on two posible solutions:
- Fully revert to 3x8 arch hangs and keep it that way until I git gud with my rows. I dont like this solution cause I feel like Im getting stagnant on a part of the routine that doesnt give me much anymore, and its gonna be like that for a while.
- Since I managed to do the negatives on monday, revert to the arch hangs only for wednesday and friday. I like this option more, but Im concerned it will affect my performance on the rest of the routine if, like this week, I cant properly recover by wednesday.
Id like to know your opinion on this guys, and also would like to know if theres a good 'bridge the gap' exercise that I could do between arch hangs and negative pullups🙏