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shredder89 Posts: 38 Joined: 2004/09/30	2005/01/27, 02:36 PM My basement ceiling is only 6 feet, and its winter so I cant go outside, what sort of things can I do instead of chinups?
detox174 Posts: 115 Joined: 2003/10/28	2005/01/27, 03:51 PM what kind of equitment do you have?... check the excersise resource on free trainers and jsut subsitiute chins for something you can do with your equitment.
shredder89 Posts: 38 Joined: 2004/09/30	2005/01/27, 04:43 PM I have freeweights, thats about it
	2005/01/28, 08:08 AM why can't you go outside? I understand it's winder but just put on some mittens and get to work....the mittens will make gripping harder....strengthening your grip as well... chin ups can be replaced with pull ups=with different grips, pull downs with variation of these with different handles on a cable station.........
shredder89 Posts: 38 Joined: 2004/09/30	2005/01/29, 10:08 AM Iv looked around my house any everywhere but I can't find any bar type thing to do them on. (the tree's branches are all pointed up)
Pritchard Posts: 1,212 Joined: 2004/03/02	2005/01/29, 10:40 AM you can buy bars that you put up in the doorway, they cost about £10-15, they do the job. -------------- wax on, wax off
froshman Posts: 441 Joined: 2003/07/12	2005/01/29, 11:03 AM Yeah, I have that bar. About 20 bucks.... By the way, which is better, chin ups or pull ups?
Pritchard Posts: 1,212 Joined: 2004/03/02	2005/01/29, 11:06 AM to be honest i thought they were the same thing, so i dont know which is better. -------------- wax on, wax off
detox174 Posts: 115 Joined: 2003/10/28	2005/01/29, 04:36 PM depends what you wanna work. If you do pull ups your working your biceps if you do chin ups your working your back and shoulders
froshman Posts: 441 Joined: 2003/07/12	2005/01/30, 02:56 AM I though it was vice versa, that pullups concentrated on back primarily, with chinups concentrating on back with biceps sharing the load. No?
crispy01 Posts: 130 Joined: 2004/09/08	2005/01/31, 09:59 AM With chinups you use an underhand grip (palms facing away from you), with pullups you use an overhand grip (palms facing towards you) With chinups your hands are closer than shoulder width apart, and with pullups your hands are shoulder width or further apart. They both help build the width of the back, but chinups slo uses the biceps more than pullups.
ace-dragoon Posts: 58 Joined: 2002/02/17	2005/02/04, 08:05 PM Someone correct me if I am wrong but I pretty much have only free weights on a machine. I do have access to pully's. I could do chin ups but would rather do pull downs. I figure I'm doing the same thing from a different angle. Instead of pulling myself up I am pulling weight down. I can do close or wide grip which both work different parts of the back. That is my alternative to doing chin ups. What does everyone else think?
Pritchard Posts: 1,212 Joined: 2004/03/02	2005/02/05, 11:35 AM i think it wont be the same, you wont be using all the same muscles - you wont have to control the rest of your body, and the weight wont be the same, the mechanics are just different. -------------- wax on, wax off