Several years ago I worked up to 18 straight hang pull-ups ,, no kip/kipping [swinging], age 50+. I didn't do any for 10-12 days preparing to do 20 then >. Injured in a fall, compound fractured right arm, 11 broken ribs, collar bone, back broke L1/t12, ++.
Can't do a single pull up now.
Saw a guy GM tech@ Chevy dealership at Golds he could do 40 dead hang pull-ups, you'd never think he could do 5 to look at him. Not overweight he just didn't show any muscle.
He said he used to be able to do 50 dead hangs.
That sounds like a hell of a fall.....
I consider 20 strict chin/pull ups to be rather good for a middle-aged man that's not a high-level athlete or a rock climber. I was really close just a couple years ago, then got lazy during Covid, and am working my way back toward it. Hope to get there sometime this summer.
