can't make my reps on chinsups so

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I don't think i am going to be able to make the 15's for this weeks workout (for chins) -- so what do you say I do, lat pulls or machine-assist chinup? or would it really matter?

 

[Guinness5.0]

I'd say assisted chins just b/c they're a bit closer to actual chins. When you're struggling on lat pulldowns you tend to use your legs to help (against the upper leg support).

 

[JL_204]

Yeah id say chin assist too

 

[Guinness5.0]

would it really matter?

I doubt it's a make-or-break type of difference.

 

[danaf1]

Why not try supersetting assisted chins using the least amount of help possible with lighter pulldowns?

 

[thelion2005]

I don't think i am going to be able to make the 15's for this weeks workout (for chins) -- so what do you say I do, lat pulls or machine-assist chinup? or would it really matter?

You need a punishment.
Place a small box/crate under the bar that you can touch
to give yourself an assist.

Hang 25lb db onto yourself and do 15 reps with a little help
from the box and a real fight on the negative.

 

[vin01]

I would definately do assisted chins.

Sometimes after I do 2x10 or 5x5 chins with weight I'll go to the assisted chins machine, and do 50 assisted reps, starting out light and as I fail adding more weight to help me.

That is one of the only vertical movements for my back that gets me good.


And, as I have read in other posts, the only way to get better at something (sprints, certain exercise, etc) is to train that exercise.

 

[Cuthbert]

Do whatever you can do and then negative reps until you hit your 15.

 

[cobra108]

Try "negative only"

 

[blut wump]

I'd avoid all the hints to take negatives if you're running a periodized program. I guess you're running HST from the comment on 15s so I can't help much further since I haven't done it.

What I usually do when I have a target volume, though, is try for sets of pull-ups until I'm wasting my time, which doesn't take long. I then go to the pull-down machine to get the remainder of the volume in.