Group: I am overweight or obese

I am overweight or obese
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 381, Messages: 6449

Being overweight is a common trait these days and there is not enough help out there. Find out how you can shed those pounds and improve yourself from within.

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Wide-Grip Chins ~ to front

thisbeme
thisbeme
Posts: 5
Joined: 2007/06/29
United States
2007/06/29, 02:43 PM
I can not do this, I weigh 280. I put in my weight, so should it give me something else to do? Is there a way to modify the exercise? Thanks
dart368
dart368
Posts: 113
Joined: 2005/05/20
United States
2007/07/01, 10:59 PM
If you have access to a weight assisted pull up machine, you can do that. If not, you can substitute lat pull down machine exercises for it.

Last resort and a real good one for building up to your first pull up is to do negatives. Use a bench or step to get your chin above the bar and bend your knees so that you are using your muscle strength to lower your body until your arms are straight. Also, I would start with your grip shoulder width apart instead of wide grip as wide grip is pretty hard to do. Do the amount of reps specified. Good luck. :-)
thisbeme
thisbeme
Posts: 5
Joined: 2007/06/29
United States
2007/07/08, 08:24 PM
Thanks, I will try these.