so this youtuber said I couldn't do a 140kg chin up as he was doing them in his own video. Had to prove him wrong. Anyways, it was all for fun no offense intended to anyone :]

good job! congratz =)

 

Just a few extra words / some opionion:

 

i still agree with what the golden one said though, progression is the key. And once you can do your let's say 12-15 bodyweight pullups it is time to move on to either do even more reps with bodyweight or add weight.

 

In case you add weight, you will not right away be able to repeat the same rep range that you did when you did it without weight / or less weight.

So progression comes from 'increasing' the attached weight, and then increasing the amount of reps until you can rep that new weight your 8-15 times. (whatever your rep goal is) and then you add more weight again.

 

Progression can also come from overload, and having a week where you do only 3 reps for 3 sets, or even just 1 rep for 3 sets or just one set at all. And then you lower the weight in the next week, and do more reps and then step a bit further ahead again.. etc.

 

Progression comes with different tactics and increases in strength are a bit different from hypertrophy gains.

 

Hence the typical 5x5, or 5/3/1 progression structures. (Especially when you are programming for a longer period and leaving intermediate level, getting close to your genetic potential these tactics become more and more complex to even just add a bit more increase in strength)

 

 

So at some point you will have to add 'more' weight and you will not be able to do the same rep range with this new increased weight, but you will 'progressively' work your way up to there.

 

So i think we always need to keep in mind, if someone is hanging somewhere and repping out only 1-3 reps with some huge ass weight, that he might not necessarily be 'showing' off, but simply be working on his strength progression =)

 

Some strength athletes, especially when being advanced lifters, have to follow speciffic complex training pattern and progression tactics just to add 10 more kilo to their lift over the course of a whole year :) Whilst a beginner can easily just add more weight in every workout for a certain timespan, and then work a lot with hypertrophy gains and volume.

 

 

That being said: have agreat new year and may them gains be with you !

Cheers

 

thank you for the information, bro :] ! yea, I see your point. I have heavy and light weeks too just not with bodyweight exercises but it all makes sense. I guess I jumped to my conclusions too soon. And it was fun to actually try it out myself. Cheers, mate !