One-arm pull-ups are to pull the whole body to the height of the chin with one arm and cross the horizontal bar, which is far more difficult than the standard pull-ups Therefore, many bodybuilders are curious. How strong is the person who can do one-arm pull-ups? Compared with people who can do ordinary pull-ups.
I believe that many friends with big brains will think that one-arm pull-ups are equivalent to pulling up the whole body with one hand, and a person weighs at least 60 kilograms. This kind of arm strength is really too great, and ordinary people are no opponents at all. Is it true that people who can do one-arm pull-ups must be more powerful than those who can only do ordinary pull-ups? Interestingly, there is also a description of one-arm pull-ups in Prisoner's Fitness:
This passage has attracted many fitness people to vomit, thinking that this statement is not rigorous. Because when doing one-arm pull-ups, muscle groups such as biceps brachii, latissimus dorsi, brachialis and brachioradialis will participate in the exertion, and the degree of participation is still very high. Compared with dumbbell bending, pull-ups are really much more complicated and cannot be equated. Of course, the above is only a theoretical analysis. Let's look at a real example.
Ben is a senior rock climber with rich experience in rock climbing and training. Besides, the most important thing is that he can do one-arm pull-ups. His weight is very light, about 50 kilograms, less than 60 kilograms. According to everyone's idea, Ben should be able to bend 50 kg with one hand and 100 kg with both hands. Another exercise form of this idea is that you should be able to carry 50 kilograms to complete the standard pull-ups.
Coincidentally, Ben once did a weight-bearing pull-up challenge (he had never done weight-bearing training before). After testing, I can only do standard pull-ups with a weight of 22.5 kg. After a month of weight-bearing training, Ben raised the figure to 30 kilograms. However, this value is still far from 50 kg (extreme fitness itself has also done experiments and found that the weight that can be pulled up is about 60% of its own weight). In other words, everyone's ideas are of course wrong.
Generally speaking, those who can do one-arm pull-ups will certainly not be weak, but they will not exceed too much. This also reminds people who want to practice one-arm pull-ups: one-arm pull-ups require high coordination ability of various muscle groups, and the requirements for strength are slightly lower than everyone expected. When you can do pull-ups with 50% of your weight, you can safely practice one-arm pull-ups.
Above, I hope to help everyone.