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Anonymous
If you really want to increase your chins, completely stop doing bicep curls for a while, and lat pull downs.
Chin ups are a very effective compound movement that will hit your biceps more than enough.
Google "greasing the groove". Essentially, you should do chin ups like this to increase reps and strength in this area:
Put your chin up bar in an area where you are mostly. For me, I put mine in the doorway of my computer/media room. Every time I walk past (bathroom, kitchen, etc.), I hop on the bar and knock em' out.
Reps: Always keep your reps to "one before failure". Never try to max out, if at all possible.
Negative reps are great with a small stool, just pop up, and resist the negative.
I went from being able to do one rep to 16 in about 3 months. That is a complete dead hang.
I can do more underhand than overhand.
Once you can do more than 10 or so, it is best to begin weighted, like wearing a backpack with heavy books, for example. I will hit 20 reps in about 6 months, I figure.
For pushups by the way, use the same basic principles. I can do 100s. For extrra resistance, raise your feet on a stool, chair, table, counter, etc. Don't max out.
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