Pull ups and chin ups
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[quote name='MN5'][quote name='BartMan']show off!![/quote]<br />
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I reckon. OK now we've got a bench press contest how bout a pull up one Bartman ?<br />
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( although Toddy has beaten me in both !!!!!!! ) xzxmad[/quote]<br />
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As long as I don't have to write my results in a squats or deadlift contest eusa_whistle -
I can do 20 Kipping pullups (From the Crossfit workouts - [url="http://www.crossfit.com"]www.crossfit.com[/url]) and 8 deadhang pulls. I prefer the kipping pulls though, focuses solely on Power and gives you an aerobic workout @ the sametime.
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[quote name='Mojoman']I can do 20 Kipping pullups (From the Crossfit workouts - [url="http://www.crossfit.com"]http://www.crossfit.com[/url]) and 8 deadhang pulls. I prefer the kipping pulls though, focuses solely on Power and gives you an aerobic workout @ the sametime.[/quote]<br />
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Showoff.......<br />
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There are a couple of the trainers at the gym i go to that love the Kipping pull ups<br />
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That's a great site Mojoman.<br />
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I haven't done pullup/chin ups since I was 16-17 so am well off the pace. So started doing some assisted ones the other day. Now I remember why I gave them up.....<br />
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Have any of you boys tried a flexed arm hang after a bicep workout ? <br />
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Obviously these are done in the marines by women as a test as generally they can't do enough chin ups but after doing a few sets of curls try this to finish up and your guns will feel ready to explode out of your t shirt. They work freakin well....trick is to not let yourself go but as gravity takes over you fight to keep yourself on the bar. Anyone who can do a few normal chins can stay up there for awhile but if your arms are already tired these work great. Definitely mind over matter ! Gives your arms a good stretch and makes them grow, I'm sure the guns have gotten a wee bit bigger over the last few weeks of doing these....I think it works on the principle that it is a compound movement or whatever and works the whole arms ( and back ) as opposed to curls which are more isolation exercises and depending on who you believe can be a waste of time ( I've got back into them though, always cool to do a few concentration curls with big weights ! ) -
[quote name='MN5']I think it works on the principle that it is a compound movement or whatever and works the whole arms [/quote]<br />
Sounds like a really slow negative movement. The negative part of an exercise usually causes more micro tears for the body to repair which equals more muscle growth -
[quote name='Duluth'][quote name='MN5']I think it works on the principle that it is a compound movement or whatever and works the whole arms [/quote]<br />
Sounds like a really slow negative movement. The negative part of an exercise usually causes more micro tears for the body to repair which equals more muscle growth[/quote]<br />
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I think thats also why some bodybuilders recommend using weights that are too heavy on a bicep curl and using horrible form on the way up but to lower it as slowly as possible on the way down ie curling but swinging the back lots to get the weight up. -
Nothing beats pull ups and chin ups for building serious upper body strength. Which is why the pull up bars are usually one of the least used machines in every gym, along with the squat racks. There are plenty of really big guys in gyms who can't do more than a few of these. That's because it's easy to build beach tits by bench pressing. It's also easy to cheat. You can't really cheat doing pull ups. It is seriously hard work. It's also one of the best compound movements you can do. It works on traps, biceps, shoulders and chest. Few other upper body exercises can compare.
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I have always struggled with pull ups!! My best is about 7 or 8, and by 3rd set I'd only get to about 5...
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I've been concentrating on these a lot more over the last year or 2 as I took up Dragonboating and was looking to up the lat strength. Pretty much exclusively doing the wide grip, palm away variety. Have always found with chin-ups that I hit the wall pretty bady, ie. I can do 15 first set, then 9-10 for next one then decreasing from 8-5 over next 4-5 sets (I try to get to 50 total).<br />
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I'm finding it hard to break a plateau I've hit now too, so might have to look at a weight belt eusa_think
