Chinup Challenge, 2013

[KPj]

i failed.

You didn't fail, you found another way that didn't work, which takes you one step closer to what will work.

Failure is all in your head.

KPj

[ephs]

i failed.

No. No progress at all? There's still a day left for those of you in the Western hemisphere!

couldn't train that much this month. so unfortunately no progress after the deload week.

[ephs]

i failed.

You didn't fail, you found another way that didn't work, which takes you one step closer to what will work.

Failure is all in your head.

KPj

thx dude!

[Proper Knob]

I got my 12 reps. Last rep was only just though.

[Jungledoc]

Member          Type          Pre-test          Goal          Post-test
Dub             SW PU         NR                "6+"
Ephs            SW NG         [email protected]+1.25k           [email protected]+10k
Proper Knob     MW PU         11                 12              12
Jungledoc       MW PU         9                  10              11
robertscott     NG            NR                 [email protected]+10k
rbt-aus         PU            3                  6
JasonJones      CU            15                 [email protected] BW     [email protected]+4
Travis          MG PU         9                  10               11!
medic002        CU            8                  12
stuward         PU            1                  2          2--no, make that 3-- pain-free reps
leanmuscle13    PU            8                  15       (also with an injury)

SW=shoulder width; WG=wide grip; NrG=narrow grip; CG=close grip
PU=pullup (overhand, pronated); CU=chinup (underhand, supinated); NG=neutral grip (palms facing each other)
+10#=body weight plus 10 pounds

[Dub]

Didn't get the 6. I started with a 5, and ended with a 5. Those migth have been better in form, and I was maybe closer to the six, but no progress yet.

I think I migth have overloaded and approached the pull-ups in a wrong way. I try to loose the frequency a little (to 2/week) and include some eccentric only work. Focus on pure form with no twitching or other BS cheating.

[Travis]

11!

[Oscar_Actuary]

11!

overachiever

[Dub]

No wonder I didn't get the goal. I have "accidentally" bulked roughly 3-5kg. Whoops. Most of that is muscle, atleast according to the mirror. Of course a little fat along the way. Doing high frequency pull-ups got my lats bigger tho. So no time wasted there.

[stuward]

The trick to this challenge is to synchronize it with a cut so you finish the competition lighter than you started. That's usually good for a couple of reps. Of course an easier way is just injure your back in January and let it heal in February.

[robt-aus]

Ah, will need to record my result as 0.
Haven't retested and didn't actually train over the month.
I don't feel bad, wife and I had a great month on many other fronts.
And the running's not going too badly. I'm succeeding with getting some volume without injuring myself.

[Jungledoc]

Anybody else have results to report? February is pretty much over.

[robertscott]

I totally forgot about it to be honest. Trained back last night but was too keen to try out pre-exhausting my lats to remember to do some chins.

[Proper Knob]

You didn't do the 20 rep Christmas squat challenge either. Are you duckin'?

[robertscott]

You didn't do the 20 rep Christmas squat challenge either. Are you duckin'?

oh yeah, neither I did. I love high rep squats too. Not sure why I didn't do that one.

I promise, next challenge, I'm there (as long as it can be easily worked into my goals).