Myself and some old college buddies (54-57 years old) started challenging each other with doing pullups awhile back. A couple of us that started at around 8 or 9 have made it to 13 with my personal goal of getting to 15 by this spring.
Was telling some of my younger 30-40 something co-workers about our friendly little competition and most claimed they would be lucky to do 3-5.
I have never gone to a gym and I only do situps and pushups a few times a week to stay slightly fit. I never really did pullups prior to one of my college buddies issuing the challenge. Our wives think we are acting like kids, but the competitive nature is a good thing if it gives us a reason to stay a bit more fit later in life.
Just curious as to how many pullups an average man can do these days and at what age. I tend to think that people are getting less physically active these days than previous generations.