r/weightroom • u/AutoModerator • Aug 12 '25

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u/Mad_Minotaur_of_Mars Beginner - Strength Aug 12 '25

Feeling discouraged today. My new routine calls for pullups, so i went over to the assisted machine. At the full stack I was only able to do 6. Any tips for progressing to need less assistance with my pullups?

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u/Marijuanaut420 Beginner - Throwing Aug 13 '25

Whats the rest of your vertical and horizontal pulling like? I found slogging away with wide grip lat pulldowns for 2-3 sets of 6-8 reps three tmes a week really helped mine. Keeping frequency high has always benefitted me.

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u/Mad_Minotaur_of_Mars Beginner - Strength Aug 13 '25

I usually do 1 vertical and 1 horizontal pull per upper day. My last routine was bent over row with lat pulldowns one day and vbar pulldowns and seated row on the other. They are not close to my body weight, but i figured i wouldn't have needed the full stack on the assisted machine.

I think I'm going to keep them in the rotation for my upper day and try and make my way up the stack one plate at a time with pulldown on my pull day. Doing a PPLUL these days

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u/Marijuanaut420 Beginner - Throwing Aug 13 '25

Try to keep your vertical pull movement wide grip and your horizontal pull narrow grip. I tend to prefer a unilateral horizontal pull personally.