Chin Ups!!

[NotHappy]

Alright you big bodybuilders.. how many chin ups can you pull off before your knackered?


I'm 16 and manage 16 just!!

I'm 60kg's...



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[NotHappy]

Hmm 16 and 10.. can anyone beat this?


Hey good idea bout the reps target, i should set myself a target of 30 as well, then increase it as i go along to find the optimum target!!

i'll start doing that, cheers mate

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[Mule]

Chin-ups I can get about 8-9. Pullups I can get around 12-15. (210 is my weight) It all depends on the order my workouts are.

 

[Pianomahnn]

Chin-ups - 20-25 depending on how I'm feeling.

Pull-ups - about the same

Door frame pullups (tips of fingers only) - 3

Weight - 150

I'm a rock climber, so my muscles that pull me up are well toned.

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[frankm007]

hmm... i do 6-8 pullups when i work out (with a 35lbs dumbell wrapped around my waist). i weight around 170 right now.... i got strong lats (gymnastics helped).

 

[frankm007]

btw, i call them both pullups... but i was referring to my hands facing away from my body...

 

[Arnold]

I'm 190 and can squeeze out around 15.

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[EarWax]

Ok, I'll be the resident weakling. I can do 2 without assistance (pullups). Most of the time I do 3 sets of 10 reps assisted. I never really concentrated on the back until the last few months, and it's slowly improving with less and less assistance. When I was younger and less fat, I could do a lot more. Man, I miss those days.

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[NotHappy]

I think 15 is really good,
but i'm aiming at staying at 1 per year ..
if you know what i mean
so when i'm 20, do 20 chin ups..


i'm working on it!!
I just pigged out on chocolate fudge, ice cream, apple crumble, bbq chicken, bbq rissoles, bbq steak and some potatoe salad and some pasta dishes!! MAN I"M FULL!!

I think i just put on 10lbs!!

lol!!!

Now to reduce that fat so i don't look like a blobber

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"If Life Is A Waste Of Time And Time Is A Waste Of Life. Then If We Get Wasted We'll Have The Time Of Our Life"

 

[Danny Sullivan]

I use the same method as hulk, I shoot for about 60reps in total .

At present my sets are 15 12 10 10 9 8.

It has taken me almost 9 months when I started I could only do 8 for my first set and 4or5 reps on my last set.

Stick with it and gains will come, If you hit a sticking point I found that changing grips the first 2 sets helped loads .

I weigh in at 210lb at 23 years of age.
Good luck!


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[This message has been edited by Danny Sullivan (edited 03-12-2001).]

 

[ZONE]

The most I ever did was 28, that was about 5 years ago when I weighted in at 160lbs. Now at 190lbs I did 17 about 2 months ago. Now though when I work out I don't try to rep out, I mean just going up and down doing as many as fast as possible(I still go all the way up and all the way down). I now do 4-5 seconds in the negative and 3 seconds in the positive contraction, doing themthat way I got out 7 on Saturday.

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[NotHappy]

That's pretty good effort..

I should try those 4/5 second lowering things,
precisely how do they work?
can I do them wrong?
does it damage your muscles if you lift a weight higher than your 1RM and lower it slowly letting the muscles withstand a very high weight?

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[ZONE]

Why are you Not happy?

Well, I had read a couple different articles that deal with TUL Time Under Load and useing pure muscle/no momentum. The idea is to slow tha movement down so you are useing all muscle in a controlled manner and at the same time maximizing your time under load/weight. If you do 8 reps with 5 seconds in the negative and 3 in the positive you'd have a total time under load of 64 seconds as opposed to what most do and thats 1 up 2-3 down or with 8 reps about 28 seconds under load. I've been using this in conjunction with the HIT program I read about on wannabebig.com. And to answer your ? about doing it wrong, well its alot safer to do it slow because you're more controled and what you'll find is that you'll be useing less weight. I dropped the weights I used by 25% when I went to the 5 Negative/3 positive count. The article is gone but if you ask Hulk he might be able to get it to you.


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[Pianomahnn]

Adding to this...

I got done climbing today and decided to go up and do some chin up/pull ups. I started off in an almost fully extended position, then slowly, and I MEAN slowly (15-20 seconds), pulled myself up to where my chin was above bar, then held it there for 30 seconds are so, and then lowered myself at the same rate going up.

Being a climber, these kinds of things are good, because in climbing, nothing is ever a set rep, and nothing is controlled.

I like climbing.


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[NotHappy]

I wouldn't mind starting up climbing, would develop my shoulder muscles and be fun at the same time other than just pushing weights in a gym!

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"If Life Is A Waste Of Time And Time Is A Waste Of Life. Then If We Get Wasted We'll Have The Time Of Our Life"

 

[I Are Baboon]

I'm with Earwax on this one...resident weaklings. I can manage 6 pull ups using a "palms in" grip. I usually stick to Hammer Strength machines, bent over rows, and cable rows when I work my back.

 

[crowman]

I use the same basic methoud as Hulk and Danny Sullivan, except I only try to do 50, usually takes 5 sets like 15, 12, 10, 8, 5.



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