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last week i decided to start working out again and I did 3 reps of pull up but now i cant even do one pull up properly. is it because im heavier or my muscle needs rest?
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sorry i phrased it wrong . last week i can do 3 reps but now i can't even do one pull upsCheck your form. It has a massive impact on your number of reps. Keeping a tight lower body and core (good form) will help you do more reps, but so will doing partial reps (bad form). A difference in form will translate to a difference in your number of performed reps.
Check your sleep, hunger, and hydration. Getting less than seven hours of sleep the previous night, working out hungry or fasted, and working out dehydrated will all negatively impact your performance on any exercise.
Since you could only do three last time, and none this time, it's clear that a bodyweight pullup is very close to your one rep max on the exercise, so everything counts. Try doing assisted pullups with resistance bands.
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I understood what you meant. There's no way you got significantly stronger or weaker in a single week. It's not your subhuman genetics or whatever. It's your form, or your sleep, or your nutrition, or some combination of the three.sorry i phrased it wrong . last week i can do 3 reps but now i can't even do one pull ups
I see i guess its my form. my muscle still quite hurts from my past work out maybe theres a problem in muscle tooI understood what you meant. There's no way you got significantly stronger or weaker in a single week. It's not your subhuman genetics or whatever. It's your form, or your sleep, or your nutrition, or some combination of the three.
It's either under-recovery (undereating and poor sleep are your primary culprits here) or delayed onset muscle soreness (happens when you do exercises you're not used to). As long as you eat somewhere around your maintenance calories, preferably slightly over unless you're fat, it should go away and your ability to do pull ups should increase.I see i guess its my form. my muscle still quite hurts from my past work out maybe theres a problem in muscle too
This.Check your form. It has a massive impact on your number of reps. Keeping a tight lower body and core (good form) will help you do more reps, but so will doing partial reps (bad form). A difference in form will translate to a difference in your number of performed reps.
Check your sleep, hunger, and hydration. Getting less than seven hours of sleep the previous night, working out hungry or fasted, and working out dehydrated will all negatively impact your performance on any exercise.
Since you could only do three last time, and none this time, it's clear that a bodyweight pullup is very close to your one rep max on the exercise, so everything counts. Try doing assisted pullups with resistance bands.
I see i guess its my form. my muscle still quite hurts from my past work out maybe theres a problem in muscle too