Will pull-ups build mass?
A Weighty Matter. If your goal is to build muscle, push-ups and pull-ups will definitely add to your muscle mass if you do enough of them. … With body weight exercises like push-ups and pull-ups, you might add weight by wearing a weight vest or ankle weights, but you’re still more or less tethered to whatever you weigh.
The minimum is eight pull-ups with no time limit, but you cannot touch the ground or let go of the bar. You should be able to do 15 to 20 to be competitive.
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Navy SEAL PST Standards.
| PST Event | Minimum Standards | Competitive Standards |
|---|---|---|
| Pull-ups | 10 | 15-20 |
| 1.5-mile timed run | 10:30 | 9-10 minutes |
Is 10 pull-ups a day good?
If you can perform 15 or more pullups in a single set before failure, doing a few sets of 10–12 pullups without going to muscular failure is probably safe to do every day. If you already have some training experience, you likely fall somewhere in between those two levels.