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.