<p>Man, I've been practicing for a good two weeks on increasing my pullups (palms facing me) and I just re-looked at the USMA website and they're requiring your palms facing away!</p>
<p>This is a huge blow =/ I have to restart my total training.</p>
<p>Do they allow you to do either way?</p>
<p>nope. follow the directions explicitly.</p>
<p>Relax man, pullups are easier. Make sure you use the muscles in your entire back. To facilitate this you should probably lean back a little bit as you're pulling up. Keep practicing and it'll be a piece of cake come time for your pt test.</p>
<p>when training - do as many as you can normally then do 2 sets of 12-15 negatives to really feel the burn. you'll be rockin and rollin in no time!</p>
<p>oh and do 4 counts down on each rep***</p>
<p>Thanks, I can only do two right now :( I think the MINIMUM is 3, but I'm shooting for the average (8).</p>
<p>Any other suggestions?</p>