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Amateur Bodybuilder 
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I cant get my chin ups to go up, any suggestions will be nice.     | ||
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chins are a killer exercise..but unfortunately its hard...if you work out at a gym, see if they have the chin support machine..where you place your knees on a support pad that takes some of the weight of..if not, get a training partner, and make him help you.and work negatives like a mofo..slowly downward..make him pull your torsoe while you try to hold back..it will help you. ------------------ "...damn you for not giving my TEST" - Metallica "After this show i'll be fat and happy again.....If i make it to the show...." - Lee Priest "Lets put some weight on the bar.." - Shawn Ray "IT DOESN'T MATTER" - The Rock | ||
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If your all over training is going well and your gaining weight, your chin up strenght is going up! think about it, if you've gained a couple of pounds over the last few months, this is the equivilant of hanging weight around your waist, you have gotten stronger.If you are really concerned with your progress in the chin, re-assess your bicep and shoulder routine, if your overtraining these area's it will weaken your chin.Also do you do your chins at the start of your back workout or the end, this too could be a factor.Good luck. | ||
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chinups are my strongest exercise i make sure to do them first. i have rafters im my garage that i use, i do about 7 sets 6 reps each, it works out well | ||
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Cool Novice 
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do as many reps as u can, then jump to the top and lower down slow till u cant do any more. give it 3 weeks and you'll double your reps. trust me. seen it work more times than it's failed. good luck. | ||
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Cool Novice
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If you haven't been doing them for a while they will be very hard. You have to be consistent. The problem is that your body is not used to stabalizing itself during that exercise (ie. when doing regular pulldowns you are sitting) now you have to not only pull yourself up but also stabalize yourself so that your body does not swing back and forth. These stabalizing muscles are usually the weak link in regards to pull ups, Once these muscle adapt, the amount of reps that you can do will improve. Keep it up Pullups are second only to Daedlifts for back mass. �Some succeed because they are destined to, most succeed because they are determined to� | ||
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Cool Novice
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I could never get past 11 no matter what I tried,climing up for negs etc. Then I tried doing 7 chins twice/day.This was the ticket for me.I started daily chins in april and I now do 1-2 sets/day of 12.My last record attempt I got 17. The "to failure"methode just didn't pan out for me and I was resigned to 11!I didn't use any A.S.while making this improvement so I just do better on daily sub failure chins.Plus it's easier! | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 114 |
OK chins are difficult,you can already chin so no problem,first you need mental strenght not just brawn,then focus & whenever you're about to chin tell yourself you can do it! Try this, when you're standing under it,tell yourself this is shit,I can only do 6,believe me you can only barely do 6,if you say no problem you are strong & can do ten,you can actually do at least nine &focus. I think I'm the oldest here 45+, & I can still complete 110 chins & 100 pushups in half hour,But I'm trying to reduce the time to complete it,it's kind of a challenge against myself. | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 229 |
i was wondering exactly how you go about strapping weight onto yourself when you are doing dips, chins, etc. i need to start that cuz my reps are too high on chins and pull ups now. im not a big guy, and most ppl will smoke me on the power lifts, but i can always challenge ppl to chin up/pull up contests. currently can do 26 chins and 19 pull ups when i'm fresh. | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
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posted August 15, 2000 06:39 AM