A lot of you say you want to do kipping pull ups.

This means you are going to have to practice them. Either in class or in open gym time. Give up the band and work on the kip. Why? Well...

When a WOD like Lynne comes up and numbers like 17 across the board show up for the pull up section - and that athlete is using a band... the reality of the situation is that the pull-up movement in question is becoming more of an activity than a strength movment an that a max effort was acheived.

In order to get stronger, you need to apply stress to your body. You recover from that stress and come back stronger. If you are pulling down 17 and 20's for a WOD that has, as a goal, max efforts with you moving you without assistance, you are going to be better served by getting less reps and making things harder on yourself. If you bring down a 10 on Lynne as Rx'd -- that is a big acheivement. You moved you! Exciting stuff!

With the bands (which are about to be banned in favor of jumping / kipping pull-ups) if you can do 15 or more resps  with one in any given situation, it's time to drop down to the next band for that given situation. Getting 17 pullups in a row? Drop the green band and go to the blue. Or better yet, drop the band, get on a tiny box and jump and pull yourself up using a kipping motion the whole way.

To help faciliate that concept: Here are some kipping pull-up video progressions from the mother ship, CrossFit.com:

Kipping Pullup Concepts...[ wmv]
Kipping Pullups, Step 1...[wmv][mov]
Kipping Pullups, Step 2...[wmv][mov]
Kipping Pullups, Step 3...[wmv][mov]
Kipping Pullups, Step 4...[wmv][mov]