The importance of Pull-ups! Keep it simple.

[PolishHammer1977]

I have never been able to deadlift bc of a previous injury. First and foremost.

I used Pull-ups as a warm up when I was younger. I didn't appreciate their value to me. I started hanging weights around my waist and I experienced a blast of growth. I tried different variations of grip and each new grip brought upon more growth. I have done pull ups with anything I could get my hands on in the gym. I have used the tricep extension rope and hung that over the pull up bar. The steel double gripped extension some of us use for low seated back rows on a pulley machine. I use and love the towels currently and my forearms hate them.

Pull-ups are underrated as are most basic compound exercises. Keeping it simple and adding to it is a surefire way to blast your body into oblivian. That assumes that you do follow a strict diet, regulater your sleeping patterns, and do not overtrain.

 

[Mindwraith]

Chinups=Pull ups? I do a lot of those if so, you're definately correct on that one. I try to do them twice a week, though right now I can only seem to pull off doing 10 reps per set max, I weigh 181, any ideas on how to improve that?

I don't always get a good amount of sleep though, maybe 7 hrs on weeknights and 11 hrs on weekends. My diet is shakey right now during the holidays, trying hard not to over do the sweets and other "horrible" things people keep giving me and bringing to work.

 

[PolishHammer1977]

Chinups=Pull ups? I do a lot of those if so, you're definately correct on that one. I try to do them twice a week, though right now I can only seem to pull off doing 10 reps per set max, I weigh 181, any ideas on how to improve that?

Chins are very similar. The grip is supinated (palms facing in) while hanging.....hold the squeeze @ the top for up to a minute.......then down......and back up again if you can. Start with 10 seconds for instance. Do not begin with a minute. That would be equivalent to never doing squats and then loading up the bar with 315.

Pull-ups are traditionally performed with a pronated grip (palms facing out) on the bar. Hang down to a complete stretch. Pull your body upward in a calm yet smooth motion. Squeeze your shoulder blades and contract your back muscles @ the top of the movement. Slowly allow your body to retract into starting position. Do not let yourself fully hang. Once you almost hit your starting point, it's time to go up again.

That is the best explination I can give you. Variate the way you hit your back when you perform pull ups &/or chins. Use different grips, attatch weights, and strecth. 10 is GREAT! There is a lot of people out there who can't even do one. Use variations, that's the the word for you.

Variation.