Chin-up tips

Awesome link!

Thanks for the link! This is definitely a long-term goal for me.

Fastest way to get more is to grease the groove.

Put a bar where you're going to pass it often and do 1 everytime you go by. Soon you'll be busting out a couple at a time multiple times a day. Varying grip widths and types is a valid option too - make it fun!

As a lift they respond well to a lot of volume and frequency.

Fastest way to get more is to grease the groove.

Put a bar where you're going to pass it often and do 1 everytime you go by. Soon you'll be busting out a couple at a time multiple times a day. Varying grip widths and types is a valid option too - make it fun!

As a lift they respond well to a lot of volume and frequency.

Yup that's what I did...it's by the washer...go figure right...and I have to walk by it to get to the freezer or feed the dog...so I do try to remember to do them as I go by...at least once a day...I have managed to get 2 3/4 in so far...full extension of arms and 1.5 pull ups...those suckers are hard.

The only thing I forget is to breath...

Convict Conditioning has a great series of progressions to build your way up to a pull up too. I think with a lot of the really tough bodyweight exercises like pull ups, a series of exercises to build your way up to it is probably best. Convict Conditioning seems to be the only source I've seen such a series of progression steps, but it's a bit heftily priced imo, even if the information would seem invaluable

It's $8 from Amazon for the Kindle.

*Note: you can get a Kindle app for your phone, or you can read it directly from Amazon on your computer.

Convict Conditioning has a great series of progressions to build your way up to a pull up too. I think with a lot of the really tough bodyweight exercises like pull ups, a series of exercises to build your way up to it is probably best. Convict Conditioning seems to be the only source I've seen such a series of progression steps, but it's a bit heftily priced imo, even if the information would seem invaluable

It's $8 from Amazon for the Kindle.

*Note: you can get a Kindle app for your phone, or you can read it directly from Amazon on your computer.

Ah, good to know, thanks. My comment mainly pertained to the expense of a physical copy, which was $40 from the publishers site, which just seemed a little excessive. I think I shall still try to hunt down a physical copy though, as even with a kindle, I would like a hard copy

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Thanks again for the link! It appears my cursory search was just that; cursory. I shall have a proper look and see if I can't find a reasonably priced copy shipped to Europe

Fastest way to get more is to grease the groove.

Put a bar where you're going to pass it often and do 1 everytime you go by. Soon you'll be busting out a couple at a time multiple times a day. Varying grip widths and types is a valid option too - make it fun!

As a lift they respond well to a lot of volume and frequency.

Any tips for a big guy (besides lose more weight since I'm working on that already LOL)? I can do singles but can't seem to string together a set to save my life. The assisted machine seems useless. I was able to use it to wean myself to bodyweight dips but it isn't working for pull/chin ups..

Grease the groove with lots of singles. Multiple times a day. You'll increase your neuromuscular efficiency for the movement without burning out.

You'll be surprised at how quickly you'll start doing multiples.

Once you can get 8-10 in a row, start adding weight and lower the reps.

Bump to read at home!

i wouldn't trust any of the doorways in my house to put a pull up bar in... it makes me sad... i have to deal with doing the assisted ones on the counter balance at the gym 3 times a week....

I just had this conversation with a coworker. I used to run a bookstore for over a decade, and I still like the way a book feels, so I haven't gotten a Kindle yet.

On a more related note, I really like startbodyweight.com for bodyweight progressions.

Yeah, books are nice. I like the kindle for easily carry-able fiction, but do like books too, especially when I know the title is something I will read again, and want a physical copy for easy reference

Great link by the way, had not come across that one before, and looks good. Will look further in depth into it tomorrow, but like what I see so far

Good luck. I did a search on Bookfinder.com, which has been my go to for years and there just aren't that many affordably priced copies out there - you were right about that.

I just ordered the startbodyweight.com poster because the progressions on there seem to round out the holes in Convict Conditioning.

And I can't stress enough the ease of using CC on the Kindle/computer/phone. Where ever I am, I have at least one fully charged device that can access it without having to drag the book around.

Yeah, its a pity about reasonably priced copies. A friend shared a little of his copy with me, and I know its a book I want to buy, so would love to kick some money back to the author, but I still baulk at the likes of $40 for an inprint paperback

Thats two mentions of startbodyweight.com now, something that can't be a bad thing!

Yes, you make a very good point about the e-copy. I was only thinking about the kindle I must admit, which I'm not inclined to use to read CC, but having it readily accessible on the phone is a different matter, and may actually go this route Must download the kindle app for the phone and play around with it - thanks again

I agree a lot with the "hang out" point from that article. Isometric work helped me a lot with my progression. If you can't hold you own bodyweight, then you won't be able to pull yourself.

Holding the position at different stages of the pull. You can also jump up and hold at the top position, hold 3-5 secs, lower, hold, lower hold.

And as other people suggested, do them , and do them often.

Good article.

I'd add:

negatives. Jump up and lower yourself down as slowly as possible. (can be done with a band also)

anti shrugs: from a dead hang over hand grip, let the shoulders rise so they are close to ears and then contract lats to raise your torso a couple of inchese. Hold at top for a few seconds. This works the hardest part of the chinup (for women especially) the bottom position.

I see many people who can do half chin-ups but from a dead hang just can't move.

Great tip. I struggle to pack my shoulders.