Chin Ups and Pull Ups

[melodygirl]

RE: HB!

>>My champion chin-uper is a little 29 year old chick who
>weighs
>>110 lbs. and is an ecto body build.
>
>Tell her I'm not speaking to her.

Soooooooooooooosan


Well, it may be a kindergarten mentality, but I'm not speaking to her either.

Honeybunch, thanks for the inverted row post. I've just gotten a smith machine and will work on these. So you recommend working with the inverted row INSTEAD of chinup negatives; BEFORE moving to chinup negatives; or IN ADDITION to chinup negatives? TIA.

This skinny older chick is determined to do chinups, but I've got alot of work yet. x(

 

[briee]

RE: HB!

Honeybunch....has anyone ever told you that you are brutally honest? I'm sure they haven't so I feel this is my lot in life at present.


You are brutally honest.


There it's been done.

I've always felt that I'm using more legs whenever I do heavy rows. I now sub chins or negative chins for back work, almost without exception. Kathryn...if you try some eccentric chins, I don't think it would be long before you are doing real chins. You sound very strong.

Briee (HB....interesting article, and I'm feeling the urge to go to the basement and try these inverted rows...they look incredibly fun in an evil sort of a way

 

[briee]

RE: HB!

Question HB.....this 29 year old chick who Soosan isn't speaking to that can do mega chins, when you say she has an ecto frame, do you mean truly skinny/straight, or a "cathe type" of a frame. I've always claimed to be an ecto, but now I'm wondering if I'm more of an ecto meso mix. (a mutt so to speak). I'm about 5'2 and a half and around 110 lbs and can do chin/pullups - they are getting easier all the time(easier being a completely subjective kind of a word that is very LOOSELY used in that sentence).

Briee

 

[honeybunch1]

RE: HB!

She has muscle, but nothing like Cathe.

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." Mark Twain ;-)

 

[honeybunch1]

RE: HB!

Chins are my only back work now, also. That's all you need. Two upper body exercises do it all - chins and push-ups. I'm amused when people don't know what to do when they go on vacation - walking lunges, chins, push-ups, and walking or running.

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." Mark Twain ;-)

 

[honeybunch1]

RE: HB!

You could do the negatives along with the inverted rows.

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." Mark Twain ;-)

 

[melodygirl]

RE: HB!

Honeybunch,

You brutally honest person you...I'm reposting my earlier post in hopes of a brutally honest answer from you. Here it is:

Honeybunch, thanks for the inverted row post. I've just gotten a smith machine and will work on these. So you recommend working with the inverted row INSTEAD of chinup negatives; BEFORE moving to chinup negatives; or IN ADDITION to chinup negatives? TIA.

This skinny older chick is determined to do chinups, but I've got alot of work yet.

Melody

ETA: NEVERMIND I SEE YOUR ANSWER NOW THANKS HONEYBUNCH. (In addition, gee thanks)

 

[briee]

RE: HB!

Were you thinking you could get out of doing negatives Melody????

Briee

 

[melodygirl]

RE: HB!

>Were you thinking you could get out of doing negatives
>Melody????
>
>Briee



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[briee]

RE: HB!

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Briee

 

[Soosan]

RE: HB!

>Yep, practice, practice, practice. Also try inverted rows:
>
>http://www.trinewbies.com/StrengthTraining/strength_training2.asp
>
HB, can you put the ends of a barbell on two chairs and use the barbell to lift and lower yourself?

 

[kathryn]

RE: HB!

> Kathryn...if you try some eccentric chins,
>I don't think it would be long before you are doing real
>chins. You sound very strong.
>

Okay, I'm succumbing to peer pressure!
I'm making pull-ups (tougher than chin-ups!) one of my summer goals. Guess I'll have to clear the space around my pull-up rack and get started!

 

[honeybunch1]

RE: HB!

I don't know why you couldn't. I thought of that option myself for home when you don't have a squat rack.

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." Mark Twain ;-)

 

[Soosan]

RE: HB!

>> Kathryn...if you try some eccentric chins,
>>I don't think it would be long before you are doing real
>>chins. You sound very strong.
>>
>
>Okay, I'm succumbing to peer pressure!
>I'm making pull-ups (tougher than chin-ups!) one of my summer
>goals. Guess I'll have to clear the space around my pull-up
>rack and get started!


Yippee! Kathryn's in!