Hi,

I am a 30 year old male (67 kgs not overweight for 5'9" height). I recently tried to do chin ups for the first time. I could not lift myself up even once . I found this surprising (shameful rather) because even small kids were going up and down 10 - 15 times on each trial :-[. How can I become strong enough to perform at least 10 chin ups. I am kind of averse to weight training. Is there any other way? Please help me.

Thank you.

viking

WHy are you averse to weight training and if so then why are you trying to do pullups?

Anyway, go onto the internet and purchase a pullup bar for your home. THere are inexpensive ones that will fit in your door. Everyday when you pass through the doorway try to do as many as you can. Initially you might want to use a stool or something to propel yourself from using the power of your legs to help your upper body.

Best of luck.

samunder_2000

Hi viking,

Thank you for your reply. As for ur question about weight training, I meant to say that I am for body weight only.. and not any external weights. Though I forgot the exact points, I have read quite an amount of material that recommended against (external) weight training and said body weight is the best way to build up strength. Is this wrong? :-/

thouvie

chin ups are a great assessment of physical fitness. they take into account overall upper body strenght because they use more than one muscle and also they rely on your body weight. so first off weight training can help your upperbody strenght . start with lat pull downs with the grip you would use on your pull ups. when you 1st find out you cannot do a pull up its depressing but dont worry you can do negatives by jumping up so that your head is above the bar and slowly lowering yourself do a couple sets of these but I dont recomend going to exhaustion because it takes longer to recooperate.
once your able to do one do trees three sets starting with 1, 2, 1 . then expand on these and throw in negatives when you cant get your self all the way up. remember form also dont kipp, use your feet to swing yourself up over the bar. just do pullups often and they'll come an added help is to lose weight it'll mean less weight to pull up
good luck

samunder_2000

thank you.

dave5150

I couldn't do chin ups in high school but I started doing push ups every day to build up my strength and now I can do 15-20 chin ups. Weights are still the best but push ups are good too.

haloumi89

hello iam 15 years old iam 93kg and 172cm tall i want to get to a good shape
iam doing push ups that i couldn't do before iam up to 10 push ups but zero chin ups please help i want the best ways to get to shape P.S. iam also am on a diet. please reply online or if possible on

sheriy

In my opinion weight management or weight training doesent mean trying too hard stuffs to lose weight or involving youself in those physical activities which are painful to your body. Its true that weight management do involve some practices which may be difficult but not painful. you can have some weight loss exercise from here: walking.about.com

Shidoshi

I am not very fond with the terms "No pain, no gain". I managed to loose weight and build my muscles just by following an online diet program and by taking things slowly (but steady). The key is to gradually increase your weight and don't forget to exercise every day (including weekends).