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Pitysister · 03-25-2008, 06:40 PM

do you guys take your chin all the way up over the bar...or just until your forearms are perpendicular to your upper arms?

Ross86 · 03-25-2008, 06:45 PM

allllllllllllll the way!

IronKitten · 03-25-2008, 06:50 PM

Your elbows should be darn close to your sides at the peak. So chin all the way over.

Ross86 · 03-25-2008, 06:57 PM

That's why I always do lat pulls after doing pull downs. I concentrate on the squeeze at the bottom of the rep...I bring the bar down very low and hold it for a second. I get my chin over the bar doing pull ups, but there are still a few inches of range that I have if I lose 20lbs or do pull downs.

iron_worker · 03-25-2008, 08:16 PM

If you're real good you can touch your shoulders to the handles.

Eric3237 · 03-25-2008, 08:20 PM

Just don't hyperextend you neck, pity like you were doing in deadlifts

. So don't reach for the pullup bar with the chin because you are thinking about getting the chin over the bar. Yes, I can see the future, haha. Try to keep a neutral neck.

1quick1 · 03-25-2008, 10:21 PM

Pullups I do chin over the bar. Pullups I like to do chin over the bar but if you really want to hit them hard pull up to your chest. The first time I did those my lats were sore for days.

widdoes2504 · 03-26-2008, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric3237

Just don't hyperextend you neck, pity like you were doing in deadlifts

. So don't reach for the pullup bar with the chin because you are thinking about getting the chin over the bar. Yes, I can see the future, haha. Try to keep a neutral neck.

I reached for the bar with my chin one time and "tweaked" it a bit. Hurt like hell for a couple of days and now I do my best to keep a neutral neck. Be careful looking into the future Eric....there is a lot of scary shit out there

Eric3237 · 03-26-2008, 12:44 PM

It's ok wids, my clairvoyance is limited to weightlifting injuries: Not that scary as long as their not mine

Pitysister · 03-26-2008, 01:32 PM

hehe...i definitely hyperultrasupermegaextend my neck to get the chin up there ;)

03-25-2008, 06:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Pitysister Rank: Lightweight Experience: > 1 Year Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 1,648 Country: Gender:	dumb pullup question. do you guys take your chin all the way up over the bar...or just until your forearms are perpendicular to your upper arms?
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03-25-2008, 06:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ross86 Rank: Lightweight Experience: > 1 Year Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,720 Country: Gender:	allllllllllllll the way!
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03-25-2008, 06:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ross86 Rank: Lightweight Experience: > 1 Year Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,720 Country: Gender:	That's why I always do lat pulls after doing pull downs. I concentrate on the squeeze at the bottom of the rep...I bring the bar down very low and hold it for a second. I get my chin over the bar doing pull ups, but there are still a few inches of range that I have if I lose 20lbs or do pull downs.
	Ross86's Sig:"Excuses are the building blocks to a monument of nothingness" - Anonymous "You hang out with monkey's you may get shit in the face. "Shit happens"...OPINION. "Monkey's throw shit"...FACT." - Eric3237 Stone Black

03-25-2008, 08:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
Eric3237 Moderator Rank: Heavyweight Experience: 7-10 Years Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,253 Country: Gender:	Just don't hyperextend you neck, pity like you were doing in deadlifts . So don't reach for the pullup bar with the chin because you are thinking about getting the chin over the bar. Yes, I can see the future, haha. Try to keep a neutral neck.
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03-25-2008, 10:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
1quick1 Rank: Member Experience: 5-7 Years Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 64 Country: Gender:	Pullups I do chin over the bar. Pullups I like to do chin over the bar but if you really want to hit them hard pull up to your chest. The first time I did those my lats were sore for days.
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03-25-2008, 06:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
IronKitten Rank: Bantamweight Experience: 10+ Years Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 618 Gender:	Your elbows should be darn close to your sides at the peak. So chin all the way over.

03-25-2008, 08:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
iron_worker Rank: Bantamweight Experience: > 1 Year Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Saskatoon, Sk, Canada Posts: 775 Country: Gender:	If you're real good you can touch your shoulders to the handles.

03-26-2008, 12:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
Eric3237 Moderator Rank: Heavyweight Experience: 7-10 Years Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,253 Country: Gender:	It's ok wids, my clairvoyance is limited to weightlifting injuries: Not that scary as long as their not mine
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03-26-2008, 01:32 PM	#10 (permalink)
Pitysister Rank: Lightweight Experience: > 1 Year Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 1,648 Country: Gender:	hehe...i definitely hyperultrasupermegaextend my neck to get the chin up there ;)
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