Thread: Chins ups opinion

As many as you can do with good form. If that number gets too high, you can always add weight.

not really sure what u mean by this. why would u stop when u have more in u? do u mean low reps with weight?

The question doesn't really make sense without further information imo. You should always be seeking to make progress whether that's increased reps, increased weight, decreased rest intervals, etc..

yeah op, that made zero sense. Do as many as you can do. Which im guessing isnt many. But if youre looking to get bigger, do them weighted. If you can do more than 8-10 reps, add more weight. repeat as necessary for desired bigness.

If that number gets too high, you can always add weight.

My bad. I'm just curious if people stick to the low rep range or high rep range when chinning. What I mean by low: 6 or less reps with heavy weight or 7+ reps with lighter weight. I find at my gym it varies so I was just wondering. Maybe should have put a poll. Again I'm sincerely sorry.

And Im not searching fir advice at all. I'm just curious. I've found what works for me.

Originally Posted by MDR

As many as you can do with good form. If that number gets too high, you can always add weight.

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screw chin-ups. Do wide grip pullups and mid/neutral grip pullups. Much better IMO. But I go 8-15 weighted wide grip and superset with bodyweight neutral grip.

I do them till failure and It works for me. Add weight when you can do more then twelve.

My preference is for moderate reps per set (about 5) weighted. Sometimes I will do them as explosively as possible.

That said, I am training for strength and not aesthetics.

high reps

Both.

It is like asking what is better rows or chin ups, they both serve different purposes and both are necessary to develop balanced physical ability.

I progress best in any exercise when I incorporate high and low reps.

What's a chin up? (joking)

I hate weighted chin ups so tend to gravitate to the lat pulldown for lower reps.

I usually use a couple sets of chin ups to warm up for my back work.

Recently I added pull overs (like skull crusher with straight arms) and am really liking them so far.

Just do them. Use different grips and hand widths. Do them weighted and not weighted for high reps and low reps. Do a few between sets for giggles or devote a full workout to them or do both. Just do them.