Chin ups/Pull ups

[TheSupremeBeing]

Of course it's my opinion, who else would have written it?

I never said an exercise widens or thickens anything, the "back" is not muscle, it's a region containing many muscles. Some of them will add width to your back when developed, such as the lats because they are on the "outside" of the back and stick out. Some will add thickness to the back, because they are on the "inside". I wasn't talking about an individual muscle, as Scotty was.

 

[Maki Riddington]

*** I'm not gonna waste my time arguing semantics.
The bottom line is that you stated someone was wrong in their statement and you yourself then decreed that it was the opposite.

Supreme said,
That;s not a correct statement, but if you rephrased to: Chins build width in the back, and rows build thickness in the back...you'd be about right.

*** How can someone be wrong if it's a opinion especially concerning a topic like this?
There is no right or wrong, but you seem to think there is with the above.

 

[TheSupremeBeing]

*Throws beer bottle at Maki*

I think I'm right, I think he's wrong, I think you're just an angry drunken asian who needs something to do right now.

That better?

 

[Scotty the Body]

Originally posted by bharminder
I do have a question though...for anyone..I heard bent over rows are great for the lats..so why am i doing both chinups and bent over rows?

To that I said: Its said that chins or pull downs are for width in the lats and rows are for thickness in the lats.

I don't know why I put lats and not back, sorry if I confused anyone. Thankyou for corecting me TSB and Maki.

 

[bharminder]

bharminder

I have a question about chinup pullups...
Say someone weighs 200 lbs and he can do 5 pullups. Now obviously that doesnt mean that he can curl 200 lbs 5 times..What i'm asking is..does your back just absorb a lot of the weight or what?

Also, why can my cousin do more pullups than chinups?

 

[Pianomahnn]

It's the way your arm is turned. A chin up is kind of like a preacher curl. People can always curl more normally than they can Preacher. Just as people can pullup more than they can chinup.

And about your 200 lbs 5 times thing, I have no idea. I'm 145 pounds, and can almost do a one armed pull up. Now, it would be great if that meant I could curl about 300 pounds with both arms, but I know that can't be true. Any ideas? Although my bicep still needs to bend....same as a curl.

 

[bharminder]

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It's the way your arm is turned. A chin up is kind of like a preacher curl. People can always curl more normally than they can Preacher. Just as people can pullup more than they can chinup.

It should be the other way around. Your biceps are strongest in there supinated position, so logic would have it that u should be able to do more chinups

 

[Mule]

Hey dont bring my nuts into this!!!

 

[Pianomahnn]

Hey, Prince had them in his hands, I only pushed him into this thread.

 

[Arnold]

Prince laughs at Pianomahnn!

You cannot use the word moderator in your title!

 

[Mule]

YOur my ASS Pianomahnn!! THats what your title says!

 

[Pianomahnn]

PRINCE IS A NAZI!!!

Dude, I can have no fun around here if you keep replacing words with *****. No one will know what I'm talking about. OMG!!!

So, uh, Mule, what were you saying about your ass?