Chinup Competition on Elite

[SofaGeorge]

But I was right in saying I was being bold and stupid

Sofa, that is very impressive stuff!

I'm honestly busting at the seams with pride over this one. Weighted pullups has always been one of my best lifts (that and weighted dips.)

I think IronLion and B-fold could probably out lift me on this one if they were lighter. My advantage here is that I only weight 220-225lbs.

I do my sets with 100s, though, not 90s.

 

[revexrevex]

prove it! jk

 

[SofaGeorge]

prove it! jk

Okay.

Cool part about this is I didn't even think anybody would consider this impressive. I used to do full work sets at 100 lbs at Gold's Venice every back day and nobody ever said a word about it. It didn't impress anybody. (I never saw anybody else do it, though. For that matter I never saw anybody there ever do weighted pullups at all... at least not that I remember. The pros I saw always only did body weight... but hell... they weighted like 280 lbs.)

I knew Artie Zeller very well. He was legendary for doing some enormously strong lifts. He would do work sets with 200 lbs... and 200 lbs for a single rep was sort of one of those goals that bounced around in the back of my head. (I decided I probably wouldn't get there just because of arm length. I'm a good bit taller than Artie.)

 

[revexrevex]

I genuinely think its achievable, especially for someone like you, who has been training for decades

 

[SofaGeorge]

]Originally posted by revexrevex
I genuinely think its achievable, especially for someone like you, who has been training for decades [/QUOTE]

I guess I should share why this is such a source of pride.

My wife was hardcore. She decided she really wanted go for her best in bodybuilding... but she had a very high ideal for what kind of physique she wanted... and a part of that was that she wanted to be a true strength athlete. She was very very beautiful... hair down to her ass... and a fabulous body naturally. She wanted dense muscle... but to still emphasize the "womanly" look.

She didn't want to be a bodybuilder that wasn't strong. She really took pride in hitting good highs on strength lifts.

She was a bodybuilder... but her guiding influence was Kent Keuhn... Arnold Swarzenegger's old training partner. Kent helped her shape her workouts and plans... a part of that was pushing for strength goals.

One of her goals was her pullup. (She competed in bodybuilding at about 165 lbs ripped so she wasn't light. 165lbs is a lot of weight for a woman to pull up the bar.) We worked for years on her pullups.

We were training partners for 10 years. I will never forget the days when I first used to lift her because she couldn't do pullups yet... but could still work the negative... I'd lift her rep after rep... set after set. Then one day... she did a rep on her own. that was a major celebration breakfast day. Within a week or two she was doing multi reps. Then soon she could do reps with weight tied to her.

Her pullups were our biggest weightlifting project together.

She got to the point she could do 12 wide grip pullups behind her neck in perfect form... full up... slow down to a full hang. Flawless.

I honestly think her pullups was the lift she was proudest of... and it was amazing to see. She was very strong... stronger than most men... and her back was amazing.

 

[revexrevex]

Wow you have crazy stories.. thats an enormous inspiration

 

[SofaGeorge]

Wow you have crazy stories.. thats an enormous inspiration

More inspiration - knowing she was going to die the next day she still went into the gym and did her full leg workout.

She was a one of a kind.

 

[cockdesiel]

I guess I'll be the first to post my results. I incorporate chin-ups in all of my back routines. I weigh in at 240lbs and I can do 46 reps ( without rest, palms facing away from me, chin over bar and alittle farther than shoulder length). So when I strapped on 100lbs in a back pak(palms facing me, closer than shoulder width, chin over bar) I was able to complete 22 reps....any contenders

 

[revexrevex]

That is so tragic? How did she know about it? Most people would be in serious denial and anger! She went to do legs???? Was iron that important to her life?

 

[SofaGeorge]

That is so tragic? How did she know about it? Most people would be in serious denial and anger! She went to do legs???? Was iron that important to her life?

Not a topic for this thread... but she was training for the Miss Muscle Beach show... and her leg went numb. We thought it was a training injury... I took her to the ER... and they told us she'd be dead in 2 weeks. She lived 5. It was kind of an odd reality... she was in perfect health, perfectly lucid and ware, happ... and knowing she had just days to live. She made the best of it.