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Title: what's the deal with.........???????
Post by: funk51 on August 14, 2014, 11:21:03 AM
 ???   what's the deal with doing chinups with the assistance counterweight pad?   i went to a gold's gym the other day a guy probably weighed 200 blubberly lbs was doing reps on this machine with a 160 lb counterweight. my question is why not just do regular lat pulldowns until you can manage an unassisted rep chinup on your own????    i'm just saying..... ::) ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: what's the deal with.........???????
Post by: funk51 on August 14, 2014, 11:38:15 AM
 ::)if you can't do this what's the shame in doing that. ::)
Title: Re: what's the deal with.........???????
Post by: bigkid on August 14, 2014, 12:35:13 PM
I do them for a warm up sometimes with 40-50lbs of counter weight. 160lbs is pretty ridiculous.
Title: Re: what's the deal with.........???????
Post by: BigRo on August 14, 2014, 12:45:59 PM
big guys like Dennis Wolf will do them with the assisted machine, I don't see anything wrong with it, targeting the muscles with the right feeling and range of motion is important with pull ups for max back stimulus and growth.
Title: Re: what's the deal with.........???????
Post by: polychronopolous on August 14, 2014, 12:49:49 PM
I'll use that machine to do weighted pullups if the other 2 pullup bars are occupied but do so grudgingly because you are pretty fucking high up there when u do it so you better not fuck up.
Title: Re: what's the deal with.........???????
Post by: Skeletor on August 14, 2014, 12:56:07 PM
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Title: Re: what's the deal with.........???????
Post by: nasht5 on August 14, 2014, 01:01:19 PM
???   what's the deal with doing chinups with the assistance counterweight pad?   i went to a gold's gym the other day a guy probably weighed 200 blubberly lbs was doing reps on this machine with a 160 lb counterweight. my question is why not just do regular lat pulldowns until you can manage an unassisted rep chinup on your own????    i'm just saying..... ::) ::) ::) ::)

nothing is better for back development like chinups/pullups. LPD are ok. IMHO, it is better to do weight assisted chinups > LPD.