how do you do a chin up?

silverharp

or more to the point , how do I get my arms strong enough to be able to do 5 or 10 chin ups? any specific exercises? I'm mostly doing cardio at the moment (cycling/running), I'm not in a gym but at home I do about 30 min 3 times a week on an exercise ball, hand weights and pressups.

just find it annoying that I cant get beyond the start of a second chin up.

d'Oracle

Keep trying.

Use the search function, there have been a few threads on chinups over the last few months.

sharky86

check out this tread:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2055976188

Keep at it. I went from not been able to do a single one a few weeks back. now I'm at 6:4:3 and rising

AntiVirus

Best way to do chin ups is to keep doing chin ups! If you can do 1, do 5 sets of 1 rep. Take a minute break between each set if you need. Once you can do that try 5x2 etc.. Every now and then see if you can beat your max set.

Try to beat your max set at least once a week, good luck! :-)

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

ya, just do them. when i was in a public gym, i could only do one at a time. just did 10 sets of 1 twice a week until i got better. discovered after, that staff at the gym were taking the piss behind my back of my chinups, but **** them, now i've got a home setup and busting out 15 proper no bother. pull ups are another story though

sharky86

georgiecasey wrote: »

that staff at the gym were taking the piss behind my back of my chinups,

Hate that...even tho half of them prob couldnt do a pull up themselfs.
OP get yourself a home gym. I recommend the one from irishlifting.com

hooplah

I really like this video. its focused on pullups (different hand position) but it gives you options on how to work up to a proper chinup or pullup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlNkbeAq7yA

One thing I don't think features in this video are bands for assistance. You can see one in action here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TindOf7zyXM

I don't know where the best place to but the is but the gym I go to uses the Iron Woody brand.

Hammar

georgiecasey wrote: »

ya, just do them. when i was in a public gym, i could only do one at a time. just did 10 sets of 1 twice a week until i got better. discovered after, that staff at the gym were taking the piss behind my back of my chinups, but **** them, now i've got a home setup and busting out 15 proper no bother. pull ups are another story though

what type of ****hole of a gym is that place, with staff members mocking gym go'ers.
As a part-time gym instructor myself,that is beyond f**kin belief.

JJayoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzts1X8l4Rk

I always post this video up when a chinup thread appears

fakearms123

Some great advice already here but I had the same problem as you with my chin ups and my dips. Seeing as though you are not in a gym and instead doing it at home you wouldn't have the equipment for assisted chin ups via machine you could use maybe a resistence band as an assist



Or if that doesn't suit your equipment at home you can always do chin ups standing on a chair or a stool, this will allow you to complete the chin up from an elevated height making it a bit easier and when you are comfortable with this then you can move down to a small height (smaller chair), then maybe a block of wood until eventually you can complete your sets from a standing position, im not expert but it helped me out when I didnt have the machine assist

chadmustang

Do more chin ups.. Thats the only way! do sets of as many as you can and keep progressing! you can do chin ups every day too it won't hurt you!

silverharp

thanks for the tips guys! I'll start at reps of 1 then

AntiVirus

silverharp wrote: »

thanks for the tips guys! I'll start at reps of 1 then

It will work! You've done the hardest part so far. Good luck!