Aug 28 • General discussion
You gotta keep your Chin Up
With the Chin-up or Pull-up, you can build a strong back and arms. For context, I refer to Chin-ups for the underhand grip, which targets the biceps more than the Pull-up, which really hits the lats well.
You can start this exercise like I do if you want. For pull-ups, I keep hands a little wider than shoulder width on the bar, or for chin-ups, I prefer my hand grip within the width of my chest. I start at the bottom, with my feet off the floor, then pull my body up, to where the bar is at my mouth, shoulders, or in-between, then lower myself in a controlled fashion.
If this exercise is too difficult, it's all good. You can assist yourself by putting your feet on a surface near your pull-up bar, and use your legs to help you pull yourself up. Just make sure your arms and back are doing most of the lifting. If the bar is a very stable apparatus, and not one of the pull-up bars you put in the doorway, you can jump to start pulling your chin up above the bar, then lower yourself slowly. Doing these "jumping pull-ups" can be dangerous if you do them with the doorway pull-up bar.
Great arms and back muscles help build an awesome physique, and can help with life's other tasks, like folding clothes while people still wear them (a jiujitsu joke), or bringing in more groceries from the car.
Work hard. Improve yourself. Be the Hero. You got this.
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You gotta keep your Chin Up
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