Women and chin ups

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  • trail_rnr
    trail_rnr Posts: 337 Member
    What Punktorian said. That method requires you to stabilize more.

    For some reason, for me pull ups are much easier than chin ups. I have no idea why.

    I love this guy. He's my bodyweight exercise hero:

    Regular pull ups: http://www.alkavadlo.com/2010/09/learning-to-do-a-pull-up/

    Australian pull ups: http://www.alkavadlo.com/2010/01/all-about-australian-pull-ups/

    Other things that matter aside from strength and coordination for pull ups are length of lever (your arms--harder for people with longer arms) and of course your weight.

    Once upon a time, when I was stronger, I could actually do muscle ups on rings. And I'm a woman. Keep at it, girl!
  • lipglossjunky73
    lipglossjunky73 Posts: 497 Member
    Yes!!!

    I finally did my first full one after months of practice!!!

    I did it several times a week - 3 sets of 5 twitchy attempts, until one day - BAM - it just happened!!! Now I need to do 2!! :laugh:
  • Flippiefloppies
    Flippiefloppies Posts: 319
    They definatly do. I was not able to do any when I first started weight training. Now I can get 3 out haha. But, I do not try to do them very often. If I worked at it I know I could work up to at least 6. My workout partner is up to 10 I think.
  • Jeff92se
    Jeff92se Posts: 3,369 Member
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  • Picola1984
    Picola1984 Posts: 1,133
    Nope, no assisted machine!! Booooo

    I will learn the hard way!

    Some good replies thanks!
  • MariaMariaM
    MariaMariaM Posts: 1,322 Member
    I have a pull up bar I use for my p90x workouts at home. I have a chair I use to assist with the chin up n pull ups. I started with 1/ chin up and zero pull up. 12 weeks later I was able to do 11 chin ups and up to 4 or 5 pull ups. It gets better as you get stronger.
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