Weighted chins
  photo credit: zukker |
As promised, I tried some weighted chins. It’s been over a year since I last did them. I strained my lower back the last time I tried these. Turns out, I may have not had the dip belt on right. Anyhow, I figured it out this time. I decided to back off the 135 weighted chin and only added 125 lbs to the dip belt. Add that to my current body weight and we’re looking at 310 lbs of chin up goodness. I can’t even bench that much. Least I don’t think so.
I did one with 125 lbs extra. The hardest part was near the top. Overall it was much easier than my attempt at 110 lbs a year earlier. I ended up doing another after some rest with 125 lbs again. |
Here’s the workout for tonight.
Warmup 2 sets of 10 wide grip pull ups.
2 sets of 1 weighted chin ups with 125 lbs.
alternate one arm come downs – 3 sets of 10 total then 8 total then 6 total
3 sets of 8 of neutral grip chinups
on April 1st, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Lower back was okay days after this workout although my neck felt like it had been cranked a little bit as did my wrists and forearms. Weighted chins are like a form of traction. I think there must be a better way to add weight to your body. I’m still thinking of a weight vest in combination with a dip belt.
on July 30th, 2008 at 10:44 am
I bought a dip belt yesterday i would like to know what is the best weight to start out on? My bw is 84kgs or 13 stone. I can do 10 pull ups without no weight, anyone of you guys have any suggestions?
thanks
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on December 6th, 2008 at 6:21 am
I would weight until you can get three of four sets of ten chinups before adding weight. After that I would add weight in small increments and see how it goes – perhaps ten pound increments.
on March 11th, 2009 at 7:43 am
Start with weight as soon as possible!!! The longer you wait to start training with added weight the longer you will have to wait for results. Start with 10-20kg. Do three set of low reps (1-3). As soon as you can do three sets of 3 reps add more weight. Do this 2-3 times per week