Originally Posted by Don Woodson
Kerny! Thanks! Negatives! That makes sense. Last night, I went home and spent some serious time on my pullup bar. I did two in decent form. On the third I had to kick up, and the fourth was but a pathetic wish. I stepped back for a half minute, then tried again. That time I went as high as I could and just held it for a few seconds. Kinda isometric, inadvertantly turning negative.
But your suggestion of starting at the top is the great! One of them "lightbulb's on" kinda things. Thanks.
Hi don....I used to be heavily into bodybuilding,powerlifting and olympic style lifting..now I am a cyclist 1st and weightrainer 2nd.....I do most of my lifting with just a dip bar and a chin bar....on the chin bar I do both pullups with wide grip for the lats and chinups close grip palms facing me for biceps....on dips I do wide grip body tilted foward for chest and shoulders and dips with an upright body for triceps......I stap extra weight around my waist when I can do more than 10 reps...right know i strap 50 extra pds on for dips and 30 for chins (I weigh 195lbs).....thats all I do...Its a complete upper body workout...I leave my legs for cycling...good luck in your endeavours.
kern