[quote]Miserere wrote:
After about 3 months I was bored! 
I could do 45-50 pullups and 20-25 chinups.
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That seems very odd to me. Every individual that I have ever trained, or even noticed could do more Chin-ups than Pull-ups, as Chin-ups (supinated grip) get more of a boost from the bicep muscles. Pull-ups, palms away, do not have that advantage.
Thank you, so much.
I do have a bar at home, and I’ll try for a couple times a day. I def like the idea of alt chins and pulls.
Sure appreciate the help yall.
[quote]ZEB wrote:
Miserere wrote:
After about 3 months I was bored! I could do 45-50 pullups and 20-25 chinups.
That seems very odd to me. Every individual that I have ever trained, or even noticed could do more Chin-ups than Pull-ups, as Chin-ups (supinated grip) get more of a boost from the bicep muscles. Pull-ups, palms away, do not have that advantage.
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True, that is probably the natural, untrained state. I can do more pullups, probably because I train them more. Although with neutral grip I can do more than pullups or chins.
[quote]Miserere wrote:
After about 3 months I was bored! I could do 45-50 pullups and 20-25 chinups.
ZEB wrote:
That seems very odd to me. Every individual that I have ever trained, or even noticed could do more Chin-ups than Pull-ups, as Chin-ups (supinated grip) get more of a boost from the bicep muscles. Pull-ups, palms away, do not have that advantage.[/quote]
Am I confusing the two???
In my head:
Chinup: Palms away from you, wide grip.
Pullups: Palms toward you, narrow grip.
I’ve been calling them the wrong names, haven’t I…?
Right, dip me in tar, cover me in feathers, and chase me out of T-Nation.
[This is so fucking embrrassing…]
[quote]Miserere wrote:
Miserere wrote:
After about 3 months I was bored! I could do 45-50 pullups and 20-25 chinups.
ZEB wrote:
That seems very odd to me. Every individual that I have ever trained, or even noticed could do more Chin-ups than Pull-ups, as Chin-ups (supinated grip) get more of a boost from the bicep muscles. Pull-ups, palms away, do not have that advantage.
Am I confusing the two???
In my head:
Chinup: Palms away from you, wide grip.
Pullups: Palms toward you, narrow grip.
I’ve been calling them the wrong names, haven’t I…?
Right, dip me in tar, cover me in feathers, and chase me out of T-Nation.
[This is so fucking embrrassing…][/quote]
Hey don’t worry about it. I think more people confuse the two of those than most anything else in the gym!
As long as you are having success that’s all that really matters.
[quote]ZEB wrote:
Hey don’t worry about it. I think more people confuse the two of those than most anything else in the gym!
As long as you are having success that’s all that really matters.[/quote]
Thanks Zeb, but almost 15 years of confusion is a long time, huh? 
You’d think some if the people I’ve spoken to would’ve corrected me…
Ok, I’m in this for the long haul! If I can’t do even one of either chin~ups or pull~ups and am going to start with the negatives, can I try every day, or do I still need to stick with an every other day routine?
cq
[quote]camoqueen wrote:
Ok, I’m in this for the long haul! If I can’t do even one of either chin~ups or pull~ups and am going to start with the negatives, can I try every day, or do I still need to stick with an every other day routine?
cq[/quote]
CQ
Well, after reading this thread, this is what is working for me…
I used the suggestion about the bungee cord, and fixed it up on my bar at home. It’s just enought help that I can do sets of 5 wide grip pull ups! This is actually very exciting, I can get full range of motion and it’s getting easier so I know it’s working.
The other hint from the group was to try for a couple times a day, and this seems to be a good suggestion. Before I would hit them hard, go to failure, and be so sore for days that I didn’t attempt any more! Now I do my smaller sets twice a day, but I’m not ever sore.
Good luck!