Originally posted by GirlFiredUp:
[qb] Thanks for the info. Much appreciated! I should have mentioned that I have been training for 4 years and I‘m developed enough to the point where I can add 5 lbs and not get injured. Here‘s hoping.
I‘ll try experimenting over the next few weeks (chin-ups with and without weight) and see how it feels.
As far as not seeing people in the gym performing chin-ups with weight, I guess not all are planning on joining the army and will be required to pull themselves up wearing an extra 5-8 pds of clothing, boots, etc..
For me, that could be tough. Just trying to prepare.
Thanks again. [/qb]
I love this passive aggresive post where you dismiss everything I said while still trying to act as though you appreciate the advice.
Just for a point of interest, I know people personally at my gym who train chin-ups who work for the fire dept, and for various police dept‘s. They wear heavy gear also.
My intention was to offer you some advice, not to demand that you do what I say. If my advice displeases you it would be better to just ignore it, not make a clever remark that you can handle lifting 5 extra pounds because you‘ve been working out for 4 years.
A persons body weight can fluxuate 5 pounds in a day, adding/removing 5 pounds will have little to no effect. Plus your original post indicated that you were thinking about adding up to 20 lbs.
Maybe you missed the part where I mentioned that
With a body resistance exercise, you SHOULD NOT add any weight whatsoever until you are close to doing enough repetitions that you are putting yourself at risk for a repetetive strain injury.
Pushups, pullups, situps, torrso raises, are all examples of exercises that do not require any weight resistance for most people.
for pushups, situps, pullups, you are not likely to injure yourself if you consistantly do 20 reps. However when the number you can do before you start to feel a good burn is significantly higher than that, then it may be time to add some resistance.
You stated you‘re doing 8.
I‘m making this statement based on many years of working out, talking to people who have a lot of experience with sports injuries and with muscular development. Some professional, some just serious fitness enthusiasts.
Granted whats right for one person may not always be right for the next, but this is an area where I‘ve found literally every person I‘ve talked to are in agreement. Adding weight to a chinup, pushup, situp, torrso raise, dips, or any other body weight resistance exercise is "likely" to lead to an injury, if you are doing them before you can do 20 or more naturaly.
Obviously thats not to say you‘re going to seperate your shoulder if you add 5-10lbs a couple of times, even if you weren‘t developed and hadn‘t worked out for four years. It means when you start adding real weight (enough that it might make a difference) and training with it, you could develop tendonitous or strain your muscles, thereby having to cease doing the exercise at all for a period of time.
It should be understood without saying that I don‘t care if you add weight or don‘t add weight. You put up a question, and I offered an opinion and some advice. I was trying to be friendly and helpful.
