I've been doing 15 chinups every morning while I prepare breakfast for a couple of weeks now. I feel like it gives me some energy to start the day.
The question is, would that do any difference strength/looks wise long term? Of course I also go to the gym, but I'm wondering how much of an impact this could have.
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It makes you 15 chinups stronger than a guy who does none
Jokes on you OP because I do 16 everyday while I prepare breakfast. Consider yourself mogged
16 chinups and two breakfasts reporting
15 breakfasts and 1 muscle up
High freq is good for quickly increasing strength but just doing 15 everyday will mean you dont progress. Do 15 tomorrow, then wait a day, then do 16 the day after. Once you can do lots add weight and you should get big lats
Do some pushups too
I can do 4 or 5 of these tops. How do you get better?
Not "kipping" either.
Keep doing them. Do variations. If you keep stalling on the same rep, do kip and squeeze everything at the top and lower yourself as slow as possible.
I'll also add that you shouldn't go overboard with them and try and max out every day. I gave myself tendonitis from that. 3 times a week to failure should get you to 3x10 in short order than you can go twice a week weighted or whatever.
Thanks! Anything for pushups? After I corrected my abysmal form (back not totally straight, lunging forward instead of hinging on my feet) the number I could do halved and Im back to like 20-25.
Also how do I make sure Im getting "muscle activation" with the chinups. Its always my arms rather than my back that feel like theyve done anything.
Pushups: wider=more chest, narrower=more triceps. Pushup stands or anything that increase ROM help a lot. Decline is a good variation to add.
You might feel your pullups in your arms more simply because you're just getting started. Try to keep your chest in line with the bar as if you were pulling yourself up a wall. To really feel your lats, you could do wide grip negatives.
wrong, narrow stance activates chest more
people think wide activates chest more; most of what you’re doing is just shortening the ROM
you cannot train chest effectively with a pushing motion that ends with the arms extended in a wide V
maybe it feels that way to me because I only do them on blocks and go deep
You have to do cheat reps and half reps and even just negatives at the end of your set. Anything to get more in
Look into Recon Ron Pullup program for progression.
I do 16 pull ups and I hold an L-sit while I do them
If the pullups are to easy it's time to do them weighted
>expending my body's limited glycogen and recovery ability stores will give me energy
It's funny how much I read this shit. If a workout "energizes" you, you didn't work out.
It'll probably make you stronger and improve endurance and recovery, and give you some looks to go with it.
I used to do pushups daily and it made me significantly better in terms of both looks and strength, so pullups are probably the same. I'd gradually try to increase though, maybe tomorrow you can do 16 and next week you can do 17 a day.