Al Kavadlo – We're Working Out! » Kipping Pull-ups to Failure

Home > Pull-ups! > Kipping Pull-ups to Failure

Kipping Pull-ups to Failure

March 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

As you may already be aware, pull-ups are my favorite exercise! I’m also all about training to failure–so for me, doing pull-ups to failure is a no-brainer.

However, like all exercises, there are infinite variations on the pull-up; some allow for a greater total number of reps than others. One such variation is the (often controversial) kipping pull-up.

Since my recent dead hang pull-up contest with my brother Danny, I have been curious to see how many pull-ups I could manage using the kipping technique.

We’ve finally been getting some nice weather here in NYC (not that weather has ever stopped me from exercising outdoors.), so I took to the park to challenge myself by doing one set of kipping pull-ups to failure.

Watch the clip below to see how it went:

Categories: Pull-ups!

SarahLaningham

I've been working on kipping pullups lately. I have enough strength but can't seem to get the coordination down. Guess I need to get more practice in.
http://www.AlKavadlo.com/ Al Kavadlo

You hit the nail on the head, Sarah–practice is the key. Also, make sure you check out my other post on kipping pull-ups–I linked to it in the text of this one. If you continue to have trouble with this exercise, consider recruiting a trainer to help you out.