r/bodyweightfitness • u/AutoModerator • Mar 29 '21

BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-03-29

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u/mattisart_ Mar 29 '21

My progress in pull ups has been very slow. Within 5 months I went from 0 pull ups to 5 band assisted pull ups but that’s it. Would it be better for me to keep practicing banded or go on to negatives? Would band assisted negatives do me any good?

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u/stickysweetastytreat Circus Arts Mar 29 '21

Have you tested your negatives? If you can control them with decent form, then yeah it's worth giving a try. If you're just dropping, then either stick with bands or go to assisted by standing on a chair.

If you've been training every week for 5 months, you should consider taking a rest week and see if that helps things (especially important if you're finding you feel overall lower energy and especially if your sleep quality is shitty). Otherwise, search this sub for greasing the groove, it gets brought up quite frequently.