Can you do pull-ups?

[2Shy]

Hooray Wateengedoe!

 

[JJFigure]

I missed out on this thread, since I was off galavanting from place to place.

I've finally started doing weighted chins - either 4 sets of 5 or 3 sets of 6 with 10 lbs. I do them with two hand grips - under and hammer. I haven't done over, wide grips in a little while, but was doing sets of 6 when I did them consistently. Now I'm working on bumping up the weight. I'm eyeballing that 45 lb. plate...

That's the whole key - you have to do them consistently. At least once a week, or better yet, start every lift with one set to failure. That's how I developed my initial chinning strength.

 

[wilson6]

"That's the whole key - you have to do them consistently."

Yup, and the number of chins one can perform is inversely related to the mass of the ass.

Big lats and a small ass = lots of chins.

Some of the girls I train wouldn't have dreamed of doing chins when they first started, but now it is a reality because of both significant body fat loss and increased upper body strength.

W6

 

[makedah]

Some of the girls I train wouldn't have dreamed of doing chins when they first started, but now it is a reality because of both significant body fat loss and increased upper body strength.

I see you are on to my little plan...

 

[wateengedoe2]

"That's the whole key - you have to do them consistently."

Yup, and the number of chins one can perform is inversely related to the mass of the ass.

Big lats and a small ass = lots of chins.

Replace 'ass' for 'belly' in my case ... gained 4 lbs because of Christmas eating, some of it lean mass (did very heavy legtraining a few days before the biggest dinners), but mostly fat, and it's on my belly, that doesn't make ANY difference when chinning, because I can't do it anymore Well, I'm doing some strength oriented back training now (latpully with 3-5 reps, and negatives on chinning), once my back muscles aren't sore anymore, I'll do these at the start of my other workouts (so tomorrow probably). So I should be pulling myself up again next week or so... I hope!

edit: make that this week! I talked about it with some collegues and decided to try again (on a ridge above one of the fire safety doors here at my job). And it worked, even with all my heavy winter clothes on! LOL, I really managed to impress the guys here

 

[makedah]

Replace 'ass' for 'belly' in my case...

Mine, too!

 

[wilson6]

Used to be a National Level male competitor that trained at our gyms, he couldn't do many chins either because his legs were so big, and I don't mean fat. Now there's a problem I'd like to have.

W6

 

[Friscochick]

i CAN DO ONE, THIS WAS ONE OF MY GOALS. I FEEL THAT BUILDING MY BI'S AND TRI'S PLAYED A BIG PART IN HELPING ME ACHIEVE THIS GOAL. I'M GOING FOR TWO TODAY... HEE HEE

 

[wateengedoe2]

My sincerest congratulations, Friscochick!! I know what you mean, I did my first pullup just a few weeks ago!

In my case, I think not so much the arm training did the trick, but heavy back training incl. assisted pullups did it Now I use that one pullup that I can do to get myself up there and do a very slow negative rep for strength buildup about 3x a week (not on back day, because then I do the assisted pullups). I try to make the negative movement in half a minute, but haven't succeeded yet (best is about 25 secs). I feel these reps compromise my other training (especially triceps) when I do them in the beginning of regular training, so now I do them on my off-days.

 

[makedah]

Yay, Friscochick!

JJ- wow! Weighted chins.