Hey, I have some problems with chinups. Basically at some point during the ascent I protract my shoulders to meet the bar.
What do you cue yourself when you are doing pullups/chinups?
Crush bar.
Pull until chin over bar + don’t use lower body.
Repeat.
Chin ups: I drive with the elbows and imagine elbowing someone behind you as hard as possible at the top of the rep and this usually does it so I feel it in my back.
Pull ups: I have to initiate the movement with my scaps to feel it at the top.
It’s pretty much automatic at this point
I try to focus on pulling my elbows down, instead of pulling myself up, to work my lats more than the biceps.
But after a little while, it gets automatic, like Spar said.
ok so elbows down, I was thinking about down and back, maybe that’s the culprit
I was thinking about pulling down and back, maybe “back” is messing me up
[quote]pigeonz wrote:
I was thinking about pulling down and back, maybe “back” is messing me up [/quote]
I pull down and back for chin-ups, and straight down for pull-ups
[quote]Chris87 wrote:
I try to focus on pulling my elbows down, instead of pulling myself up, to work my lats more than the biceps.
But after a little while, it gets automatic, like Spar said.[/quote]
I do that exact same thing
Don’t wrap your thumbs
[quote]Kakarat wrote:
Don’t wrap your thumbs[/quote]
^This. It takes pressure away from your forearms and focuses it on your back, which is what you’re going for.
CS