Chin ups - is there any hope?

cloudatlas

Good article here that I was looking at the other day: Some suggested accessory exercises included that look good. https://www.t-nation.com/training/programs-for-the-pull-up-deficient

rubadub

Chinups are just naturally harder for women as said. In the US Marines females were not expected to even do chinups/pullups, just maintain a "flexed arm hang" for 15 seconds.

Holding like this


Then I was reading they introduced a 3 chinup minimum for female marines and over 50% could not do it so I think they had to either change the requirements or go back to the flexed arm thing or maybe replace it with pushups.

freemenfitness

Take many of those military fitness tests with a pinch of salt as they are now taking into account office clerks etc who will never be front line troops so fitness is not a major focus.

Also if you are struggling to do pull ups avoid / skip the kip it is a pretty advanced movement within gymnastics that is used by many to make pull ups easier but can lead to serious joint issues.

Tar.Aldarion

Definitely just use bands and use them to do your negatives and you will improve. Do a few sets each day.

I did the same when I wanted to do pullups and I could do them a lot faster than I thought. I bought a cheap thing off amazon to do them at home/get more practice and it worked great.

jive

Lose weight and practice negatives, eventually those negatives will turn into positives. It's not sexy and it's consistent work but that's how you'll get there

Gamebred

Anyone got a link to some bands for pull ups?

tomfoolery60

Gamebred wrote: »

Anyone got a link to some bands for pull ups?

https://www.d8fitness.com/product/power-bands-x-5-special-offer-41″1-04m-each/

SteelyDanJalapeno

72 euro for bands!

Mellor

TiltedBrain wrote: »

72 euro for bands!

Looks like there's 10 in that pack.

Tar.Aldarion

One strong one would be good enough and then you would be fine on your own, something like

https://www.amazon.co.uk/E-PRANCE-Resistance-Premium-Exercise-Fitness/dp/B00JJI3Y84/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1498000913&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=E-PRANCE%C2%AE+Premium+Latex+Pull+Up+Resistance+Band+%28Loop+Band+Resistance+Level%3A25+to+65+Pounds+of+Resistance%29

Triceratops Ballet

freemenfitness wrote: »

Take many of those military fitness tests with a pinch of salt as they are now taking into account office clerks etc who will never be front line troops so fitness is not a major focus.

Chins/pulls are still much more difficult for women. Even men I know who don't train at all and still pop out 2/3 while I still struggle with negatives.

Among the girls in my gym, even the girls who can do them and can do multiple sets of 5 still say it's the toughest exercise for them. where as new guys walk in and in a couple of weeks are like pull up machines

freemenfitness

@dottie_lottie I said the same earlier in this thread I have heard many people equate the pull up for women is like a muscle up for a male. It is still as you say possible for women to achieve pull ups. There are all sorts of physiological reasons for it which is why for females especially focusing on the initial pulling prep from dead hang should be a major focus which is often totally ignored.

My point was that many of the dropping requirements for military fitness tests have a lot of variables you don't need an office clerk to run 10km with a 20kg pack for example.

snapper1234

freemenfitness wrote: »

Also if you are struggling to do pull ups avoid / skip the kip it is a pretty advanced movement within gymnastics that is used by many to make pull ups easier but can lead to serious joint issues.

well said, stay away from the kip...it'll only bring trouble, and at that you may not be able to even perform a pull up from the kip.