4x5 pull up negatives

2 rounds were without a band and I dropped from the bar like a fly

last 2 were done using the blue band and I was able to hold about a 5 second negative.

(blog excerpt)
I did negatives for my pull ups since I cannot do them unassisted. The first two sets I didn’t use any band and plopped helplessly to the bottom of the pull up in about a second…but probably less. The last two sets I decided to use a blue band (a lighter one than the green) to assist me with the negatives. This worked out much better for me and I was able to do about a 5 second negative. I was happy with them but it did make me realize how little I’ve improved on my pull ups and how I should be working more on them than I currently do. (And for the record…I was sore from these for 5 days. Probably pulled my lats on the first two sets. It hurt horribly to put on deodorant because of it!)