Who here does unassisted chin-ups or pull-ups?

[Seashell]

With good form and no cheating?

And how many can you do?

 

[jenscats5]

1

sometimes 1 & 1/2

 

[Daisy_Girl]

I can do as many as I want with no help.



(Wait, that was in my dreams. Shoot. )

 

[Seashell]

Bwahah! Daisy, I did a major double take when I read that, I was like "REALLY!!??" *lol*

JensCat, I'm in the same boat and that one I can do, is not pretty. Why are they so damn hard?

 

[lola]

I can do nine or ten chins - or, on a good day, three wide-grip pullups. Now I wanna be able to dip.

I used to do chins twice a week (even though I was doing everything else once a week), for some reason that helped a lot.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

I am going to have give them a shot I am not sure I hope I can do at least a few.

 

[Daisy_Girl]

I just think my butt is too big. I can't pull it up. lol

Chin ups are one of those things that you HAVE to do regularly. Like pushups and most bodyweight exercises. Once you start doing them regularly, they become a little easier. UGH!

 

[Seashell]

Lola: That's awesome! My goal is to do ten good ones, I'm a long way away, but I'll get there eventually. I haven't been doing 2x a week though..maybe I'll try that for awhile..

Daisy: Nothing makes me feel more of a lardass than when I'm struggling to do 2 chinups, and then the guy right after me does them effortlessly using weight... D'oh!

 

[Mrs_Thaibox]

I am struggling with chinups myself.
can't do any yet (unassisted), although I have been using the assisted chin machine with pulling up to 3/4 of my bw. usually 4sets 1x wk. as well as a few assisted chins on the bar occasionally...
Anyone have any suggestions?? thanks

Lola: ten chins! Wow, that's great

 

[JJFigure]

I mainly do neutral grip pullups, a little wide than shoulder width. These really hit the lats nicely, and don't bother my shoulders when they're healthy.

I usually do 4 sets of 6 or so; at one point I was weighting them with 15 lbs. for 5 sets of 4, but I had to back off for a while thanks to a bum shoulder. I just started them again and haven't tossed weight on yet.

 

[Sassy69]

When you are looking to establish your first chin up or increase, just as with using a spotter to pound out that last rep so next time you can do one more on your own - I've always made my best progress in doing chin ups by having someone "spot" me by holding my feet. Each time you try, you end up doing a little less pushing against the person supporting your feet until the day you get the big ONE.

I think chin ups are awesome. I so love watching the lats on a guy pounding out a bunch of them. I've personally managed 1 1/2. I've used the assisted chin-up thing over the years, however for some reason I've made the biggest progress with a spotter over a couple of weeks.

 

[Gymgurl]

I'm not feeling so bad now! I'm with daisy....lifting that wagon is hard work.....I can do about 4-5 unassisted..

 

[jenscats5]

I can do better with dips than chin ups or pull ups. I'll have to try today to see if I can do more than 1.

I find I can do them better if I really concentrate on using my lats instead of my arms to pull me up.

The other problem is is that I can't reach the bar so I have to move a bench over to stand on to climb up!! hehehehe

 

[lola]

I can't reach the bar either! I usually stand on a dumbbell ...

 

[PinkPanther]

I agree with Sassy69. It is much easier to have someone spot you to help as you need it. When I first started, I couldn't even do one chin-up. My ex-boyfriend would "spot" me and only help when I absolutely couldn't go anymore. Now, I can do like 6 or seven (depending on the day!). Assisted chin-up machines are pretty good, too, (that's what I have to use now) but I liked having someone there instead.

 

[SofaGeorge]

My wife could do 12 wide grip pullups behind her neck in perfect form.

She did one armed dumbell rows with 90 lbs for 8-10 reps in perfect form.

 

[RottenWillow]

My wife could do 12 wide grip pullups behind her neck in perfect form.

She did one armed dumbell rows with 90 lbs for 8-10 reps in perfect form.

Damn! I'm barbell rowing 50lbs now and that's a big improvement for me. Cant imagine barbell rowing 3x that weight.....