>SO.......details, please. What's the difference between chipn
>up and pull up? Any secrets I need before I put the rack
>together and try it out?
A chin-up is done with your palms facing you, and you try to get your chin over the bar (I only count these as a full one, others are "nose-ups," "forehead-ups," "mouth-ups," etc.
A pull-up is done with palms facing away from you. I haven't read any guidelines for height (except one that said "as high as you can," which seems to allow for a lot of leeway!).
Chins are easier (but by no means "easy"!) than pull-ups, because the biceps are involved more and take some of the load off the back.
Secrets:
First, be careful when putting the top bar on the rack: I busted out the inside panel of a window because I wasn't paying attention to that end of the bar when I was manoeuvering it into place. (where is embarassed smilie?)
I've tried several methods during this challenge, and I've decided that two are best:
as-far-as-you-can-lift dead-hang pulls (I started with 1/3 - 1/2 range of motion) and negative reps (get yourself to the upward positin any=which-way=you=can and then hold for a count of two, and lower for a count of 10, or as slow as you can go).
Now that I've finally gotten to the point of doing 1 chin, I start with the dead-hang attempts, then add on some negatives, allowing for lots of rest between reps (I don't know if I'll ever get to reps in a row!).
Look back over our check-ins from the last 4 weeks (find them all easily by doing an advanced search, looking for "chin check" in the "topic" area of "check ins") to get more tips and inspiration, and to see how we've progressed.
