It was a good pullup set that night, the next day too, both 7 or 8 strict, and kipped to 10 with a brief bar hang to end.
Bigger guys can get good stimulus out of lightly kipped pullups.
I find the kipping to 10 and subsequent bar hang makes the set worth far more than the 7 or 8 reps otherwise.
There was this guy I knew a few years back ; 40 something, he’d used to fight mma, 5’10” 230, always doing conditioning work.
He’d super set combinations of burpees, rowing ergometer, 225lb deadlifts, and the like going hard for a good half hour at a time.
5’10” 230 is a good size to be both relatively lean, strong, and have wind at.
Props.
My nickname for him was “Mr. Intensity”.
He didn’t lift heavy much if at all when I knew him, a good portion of his workouts being the aforementioned superset conditioning style, and the other portion fairly light for 10×5-10 with normal minute or two rests.
However he looked and was far stronger than the plates he’d have on the bar.
Speaking with him he said he was good for a 405 bench – I didn’t doubt it.
Based on the leg press dropset, the 225 he almost never squatted heavier than was probably at most 50% of 1rm max. I figured him good for a mid 400 to mid 500 squat, similar deadlift.
Observation on the gym floor teaches those with eyes to see.
Kipping pullups is one lesson I gained from observing him.
He’d do 10×10 with a brief 45 second rest on lightly kipped pullups.
He told me he was good for 15 if not 20 strict pullups, but that would push the number of reps per subsequent set down far too much to get a good training effect.
With a light kip he got enough volume to get both a muscular and a wind training effect as he pushed the pace of the 10×10 which I regularly witnessed.