pull ups dilemma!

[TerraNoble]

Got into a controversy with a friend regarding inhaling and exhaling.

Do you exhale when you are up or down?

I have my opinion and I wanna hear yours!

 

[tzan]

On my way down.

 

[curling]

on my way up.

 

[bignate73]

exhale on the exertion. so with a pullup, its on the way up.

cant reallly create any abdominal pressure to help the exertion if you are inhaling while pulling now can you?

 

[110%]

exhale on the exertion. so with a pullup, its on the way up.

cant reallly create any abdominal pressure to help the exertion if you are inhaling while pulling now can you?

right on the money in my opinion, i dont see how you could inhale on the way up, that would just make it harder in my opinoin.

 

[TerraNoble]

I have been doing pull ups for almost 5 years..Now I am doing weighted pull ups(50lb) almost every other day, so I am very familiar with them.

Unfortunately, I beg to differ with those guys who said that you exhale in your way up..

You inhale when you pull yourself up.

Like every other exercise(bench press-you exhale when the weight is away from you or biceps=inhale when you contract the weight and exhale when the weight is away from you).

A boxer would exhale when he throws a punch(try to inhale when yo throw a punch) right?

To back up my opinion read this please:http://www.eworldofsports.com/action/chin_up.html

 

[GenDog]

Congratulations on your impressive chinning - but based on nearly every article I have ever read (and based on personal experience), exhalation is most comfortably done with the exertion phase of the lift.

So for your example, yes, exhale as the weight goes away from you for the bench press, but you have the curls backwards - EXHALE when you CONTRACT the biceps (exertion phase), INHALE when you lower the weight - it's a little confusing to talk about "when the weight is away from you" when you're comparing a pushing and a pulling exercise.

Your example of the boxer who would exhale when he throws a punch is correct - because throwing that punch IS the exertion phase.

That link to the article you posted doesn't really back you up with any proof or explanation - it's just someone else saying the same thing as you. Someone who says things like: "Chin-up are actually a back exercise - they widen your latissimus dorsi muscle - that's "lats" to us in the know." LOL!

 

[Deepsquat]

just breath when you need to! Not that damn important! Only exersice it is important on are squats deads, and legpress! On legpress you can pass out if not letting some air out while straining (called the valsalva effect)

 

[bignate73]

You inhale when you pull yourself up.

A boxer would exhale when he throws a punch(try to inhale when yo throw a punch) right?

To back up my opinion read this please:http://www.eworldofsports.com/action/chin_up.html

your analogy about the boxer is correct because his exertion is on the punch. with pullups, the exertion is on the pull. you misread the article though.

"Inhale and pull yourself up until your chin is over the bar. Then lower your body until the arms are completely extended again and exhale. "

you inhale, hold, do the pullup, come down, exhale. (its called the vasalva maneuver where you are holding your breath to create internal pressure)

you
may inhale before the pull, but there is not much of a way to inhale as you pull up, since your body is trying to create internal pressure to stabilize your hanging body and to exert force via the lats and shoulder girdle. exhaling can be done on the way up or the way down, it depends on how comfortable you are controlling the vasalva maneuver.

inhaling or exhaling has nothing to do with relative motion to the biceps or chest for that matter.

 

[bignate73]

damn, didnt read Gendog's reply before i posted. LOL.

now i sound like a parrot. <rawrk!>