Death by Pullups

Back at the gym today resulted in lots of blisters on my hands thanks to the workout, Death by Pullups!  For those of you out there who feel they need to toughen up their hands a bit more and give your biceps, lats and forearms a good workout then this is the workout for you. 

I started with warming up the shoulders and arms with single arm kettlebell snatches.  Just working on technique really and range of motion through the shoulders.

WOD:

Death by Pullups:

·         1 pullup in the 1^st minute

·         2 pullups in the 2^nd minute

·         3 pullups in the 3^rd minute

·         Etc....

I managed to work my way up the ladder and complete 16 pullups in the 16^th minute.  I started on round 17 but stopped prematurely after 5 as my hands were ripped in 4 places and threatening to go deeper still (136 pullups in total).  I have a competition coming up in two weeks time so thought I had better stop.    

As a result I have just purchased some gymnastics hand grips so next time Death by Pullups comes at me I will be able to protect the hands a bit more and hopefully get to 20 pullups in the 20^th minute.