01-30-11, 06:37 PM | |
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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This article has a lot of good info on how to build up to chinups and pullups. Personally I find doing negatives a good way to build up strength, but if you have gym access or a home machine, you may find lat pulldowns helpful. I would recommend starting with chinups first, as these recruit more biceps strength and are IMO easier (although still not easy) to do than pullups. It can take a lot of practice and patience to do these--so don't give up on them. I still can't do more than 1 or 2 reps per set, but hope to improve.
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01-30-11, 07:00 PM | |
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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Christmas I bought myself a assisted Chin Up Station. I have the GOFit Assisted Chin Up Station, I really like it is really hard for me to do pull-ups with my own body weight, but because I have that big rubber band to assist me. I can do a few admittedly even assisted it's hard, I believe Do a few every day I think consistency just might be the key, just keep working on them till you get strong enough, do a little each day whether it's one or two. Also some say negative and jump pulls help you to be able to do pull ups
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01-31-11, 09:05 AM | |
Join Date: May 2008
Location: TX
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Yes! I have only worked up to 1 chinup so far, and I haven't been practicing to improve, but pink_fortitude's method worked for me! Check this out:
Building Strength for Pullups |
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chin ups, pull ups, pull-ups |
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