Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up vs Chest-Supported Cable Row
Compare your strict bodyweight pull-up and chest-supported cable row against strength standards for your sex, age range, and bodyweight. Add a recent result for each exercise to review strength levels, next targets, and priority.
First exercise: Strict continuous Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up reps. Second exercise: Weight used and a whole number from 1 to 12 reps. Use the units shown. For the first exercise, pronated grip with chin clearly above the bar at the top. For the second exercise, return under control to full extension without lifting, sliding, or rebounding the chest. Repetitions are never converted into weight. Each exercise keeps its own measurement type. Age range changes only an exercise whose standards use age.
Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up vs Chest-Supported Cable Row Strength Standards
The men’s and women’s tables show the exact Novice-through-Elite targets for both exercises. Weight-based targets use bodyweight and display actual pounds and kilograms. Repetition and time standards keep their exercise-specific units and use age only when the individual exercise standards require it.
Age and bodyweight are never combined as row dimensions. Internal bodyweight-ratio scores are never displayed. When the exercises use unlike measurements, the table presents an explicit reference crosswalk instead of inventing a conversion.
Men’s Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up vs Chest-Supported Cable Row Standards
Reference crosswalk: Unlike measurements are not subtracted or converted. Each column states its own reference and preserves the exercise’s real unit.
| Strength level | Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up, Under 30 | Chest-Supported Cable Row at 120 lb bodyweight |
|---|---|---|
| Novice | 4 reps | 53 lb24 kg |
| Intermediate | 8 reps | 73 lb33.1 kg |
| Advanced | 13 reps | 99 lb44.9 kg |
| Elite | 18 reps | 127 lb57.6 kg |
Women’s Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up vs Chest-Supported Cable Row Standards
Reference crosswalk: Unlike measurements are not subtracted or converted. Each column states its own reference and preserves the exercise’s real unit.
| Strength level | Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up, Under 30 | Chest-Supported Cable Row at 100 lb bodyweight |
|---|---|---|
| Novice | 2 reps | 38 lb17.2 kg |
| Intermediate | 4 reps | 54 lb24.5 kg |
| Advanced | 7 reps | 71 lb32.2 kg |
| Elite | 10 reps | 87 lb39.5 kg |
How Your Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up vs Chest-Supported Cable Row Result Is Calculated
The two exercises can use different measurements. The calculator rates each result against the standards for that exercise first, then compares the resulting strength levels and progress toward the next level. It never invents a reps-to-weight conversion.
1. Estimate the weight-based result
For Chest-Supported Cable Row, one rep uses the weight entered. For 2–12 reps, the calculator runs both estimates and keeps the lower result.
- Epley: weight × (1 + reps ÷ 30)
- Brzycki: weight × 36 ÷ (37 − reps)
For a useful Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up vs Chest-Supported Cable Row comparison, use clean, recent sets performed with consistent technique and range of motion. Lower-rep sets usually require less extrapolation.
2. Rate the Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up result
The exercise-specific tool supplies sex-, bodyweight-band-, and age-specific repetition thresholds plus a stretch target. The calculator uses strict continuous bodyweight repetitions and does not convert the repetitions into an estimated weight.
3. Rate the Chest-Supported Cable Row result
The standards use the sex-specific thresholds from the individual Chest-Supported Cable Row tool. The target adjusts to bodyweight using reference target × (user bodyweight ÷ reference bodyweight) to the two-thirds power.
4. Compare strength level and progress
The lower strength level is the priority. When both exercises reach the same level, a priority appears only when one is at least 10 points farther from its next target. Otherwise, the result is Balanced. Age range changes only the exercise whose standards include age; it remains an analytics field for the other exercise.
| Stage | What happens |
|---|---|
| Rate the strict bodyweight pull-up set | Compare strict repetitions with the applicable exercise-specific thresholds without an estimated-max conversion. Measurement: Strict continuous Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up reps. |
| Rate the chest-supported cable row | Use the exercise-specific estimated max and adjust targets to exact bodyweight with the two-thirds scaling rule. Measurement: estimated one-rep max. |
| Compare levels | Use each exercise’s own level and next target; do not compare or divide results that use different measurements. |
How Men’s Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up and Chest-Supported Cable Row Standards Differ
What the men’s standards show:
Elite direct-performance targets from the youngest to oldest listed age range at 120 lb bodyweight.
Elite weight targets from 120 to 300 lb bodyweight.
Raw repetitions, seconds, and weights are not divided or converted. The calculator compares each exercise’s strength tier and progress within that tier.
The line chart below preserves each exercise’s real standards measurement in its own panel. Repetitions, seconds, and weights are never converted into one another.
Line chart loading. The standards tables above contain the exact values.
How Women’s Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up and Chest-Supported Cable Row Standards Differ
What the women’s standards show:
Elite direct-performance targets from the youngest to oldest listed age range at 100 lb bodyweight.
Elite weight targets from 100 to 240 lb bodyweight.
Raw repetitions, seconds, and weights are not divided or converted. The calculator compares each exercise’s strength tier and progress within that tier.
The line chart below preserves each exercise’s real standards measurement in its own panel. Repetitions, seconds, and weights are never converted into one another.
Line chart loading. The standards tables above contain the exact values.
Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up and Chest-Supported Cable Row Exercises Used by This Calculator
The calculator expects repeatable strict bodyweight pull-up and chest-supported cable row results. Follow each exercise definition below so the two ratings are based on valid tests. Use strict, repeatable Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up and Chest-Supported Cable Row tests that follow each exercise’s setup, range of motion, equipment, and load rules. Do not mix variations, assistance, partial range, momentum, or different load conventions.
Use the Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up setup and load convention
Strict, unbroken set of dead-hang pull-ups. Pronated grip with chin clearly above the bar at the top. No kipping, hip drive, or leg swing. Full arm extension at the bottom of each rep. One continuous set with no rest.
Use the Chest-Supported Cable Row setup and load convention
Set a rigid bench back pad at 45 degrees facing one floor-level cable. Lie prone with sternum through xiphoid continuously supported and feet planted symmetrically. Use a rigid neutral parallel-grip handle with hand centers 40 cm plus or minus 2 cm. Inline-measure working resistance at full reach; enter that measured attachment resistance, not stack mass. Begin with elbows fully extended and shoulders protracted under control. Row simultaneously until the handle contacts the underside of the bench/lower-sternum line, keeping elbows within 30 degrees of trunk. Return under control to full extension without lifting, sliding, or rebounding the chest. Count 1–12 reps. Chalk and wrist wraps allowed; straps/hooks and assistance prohibited.
Enter one recent Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up result and one recent Chest-Supported Cable Row result
First exercise: Strict continuous Strict Bodyweight Pull-Up reps. Second exercise: Weight used and a whole number from 1 to 12 reps. Use the units shown.
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