Quest for the One Arm/Hand Chin-up

I was working out last night thinking about the possibility of a one hand chin up and wondered if doing two handers with weight strapped around my waist would help. It would take out the balance necessary for a one hander but would help build the brute strength necessary to do a one hander. For example, if you go to the point where you could strap your body weight on and do some two handers, I imagine a one hander wouldn’t be too far away. I may send an email to my friends over at dragondoor.com and see what they have to say.

Arnow and Lechner at dragondoor.com say that youth and less bodyweight are the keys to success with the one hand chinup. I’m not exactly young at 37 and not really light at 175 but maybe I can drop five pounds more and aid my cause. Arnow in his 60’s and Lechner weighing in at 205 lbs. still did ‘em so I have a shot.

A week and a half until the Arnold Pump and Run and my bench press workouts haven’t been too great recently. I did the workout below except just did two of 260 and 1 of 270 and skipped 280 altogether. Some days you just don’t have it. Will report more on one arm comedowns part 2 soon.