Weight assisted chin ups

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Firefightergirl18
Firefightergirl18 Posts: 40 Member
edited January 3 in Fitness and Exercise
I have been trying to do them. So I need help

Do I decrease the weight as I lose weight or do I keep the weight the same and increase my reps?

I can only do 5 on the heaviest weight. I weigh 220 and WILL be going down.

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  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    I have been trying to do them. So I need help

    Do I decrease the weight as I lose weight or do I keep the weight the same and increase my reps?

    I can only do 5 on the heaviest weight. I weigh 220 and WILL be going down.
    The more weight you decrease, more of your own body weight you're using. The goal is not to use any assistance.
  • themushroomx
    themushroomx Posts: 1
    Hey i'm no expert but if you want to get stronger with the chin ups i would try get to a point where you no longer need assistance.
  • thooks0614
    thooks0614 Posts: 68 Member
    Not sure if this is what you mean, but as I get lighter and stronger I decrease the amount of weight that is assisting me...for me the goal is to eventually be able to do them on my own without assistance. Hope that helps.
  • kinmad4it
    kinmad4it Posts: 185 Member
    No idea what the machine is called, but I love it!!

    My goal is to eventually be able to do wide grip chins using just my bodyweight with no help. My strategy is to do 3 sets of 12 and as soon as I can do all 3 sets I'll reduce the assistance. This machine is fantastic! Letting you do chins without the frustration of hanging off a bar unable to do even one and then giving up.

    I'd actually ignore how your own weight is going and just try and keep reducing the assistance the machine gives you as often as you can.
  • SashThompson
    SashThompson Posts: 130 Member
    if you keep the weight and increase the reps you'll be aiming for more of a muscular endurance, if you decrease the weight and keep the same amount of reps you'll be aiming towards more of a muscular strength.
  • Yogi_Carl
    Yogi_Carl Posts: 1,906 Member
    OK - you may laugh at this one but heh!

    I do pullups at home on a bar that is slung under a main wooden beam in the garage - and I could use some weight assistance. If I attach a pulley to the other side of the beam and run a rope from a waist belt (lifting belt maybe?) with a karabiner (so I can escape if I need to) over the pulley and attached to a stack of weights or dumbbell I could use this as a counter-weight until I can perform regular pullups.

    What d'ya think? Visions of me pulling up there but not getting back down!
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    I'd avoid the assisted chin up/ pull up machine at all costs. It does nothing in regards to the proper form you need for chin UPS and pull ups.

    The three exercises you need to look up to do are Chin/pull up negatives, jump up pull ups, and inverted body weight rows.
  • kcoftx
    kcoftx Posts: 765 Member
    Bump
  • McBully4
    McBully4 Posts: 1,270 Member
    inverted body weight rows.

    This is the only acceptable time to use the smith machine.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    inverted body weight rows.

    This is the only acceptable time to use the smith machine.

    Qft
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    I'd avoid the assisted chin up/ pull up machine at all costs. It does nothing in regards to the proper form you need for chin UPS and pull ups.

    The three exercises you need to look up to do are Chin/pull up negatives, jump up pull ups, and inverted body weight rows.

    I'd disagree.
    The assisted machine they had at my old gym was great. it was just the platform that goes under your knees. So it basically helped you out, while preventing cheating.

    I've even seen the guys at Westside using assisted chin machines.
  • Yogi_Carl
    Yogi_Carl Posts: 1,906 Member
    inverted body weight rows.

    This is the only acceptable time to use the smith machine.

    When using the Smith Machine - or bar across two solid objects for that matter - are you supposed to row until your chest touches the bar?

    Why I ask - when I do this my chest stops short of the bar by about 3 - 4 inches but my arms have locked (forearm touching bicep) so I can't raise any further without turning the pull into a forearm push or backbending on toes to get higher.

    I just make sure I lift as far as I can in good form and hold the squeeze before slowly down again.
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