Group: Strength & Powerlifting

Strength & Powerlifting
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 39, Messages: 16459

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pullups

edwardJ
edwardJ
Posts: 25
Joined: 2005/10/24
Australia
2006/04/03, 06:42 AM
hi, just wondering .. is doing 5 sets of pullups daily overtraining?

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jbennett
jbennett
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Joined: 2001/02/28
United States
2006/04/03, 04:19 PM
Simply put - Yes.

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gatormade
gatormade
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Joined: 2003/10/01
United States
2006/04/23, 11:21 AM
Yes and no. If you are really freaking good at them and the effort feels like a warm-up then probably not. Pavel calls this greasing the groove. If you are working hard to get your 5 sets daily then yes. Everyone is different.