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what's the deal with.........???????
« 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..... ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Re: what's the deal with.........???????
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2014, 11:38:15 AM »
 ::)if you can't do this what's the shame in doing that. ::)
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Re: what's the deal with.........???????
« Reply #2 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.

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Re: what's the deal with.........???????
« Reply #3 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.

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Re: what's the deal with.........???????
« Reply #4 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.

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« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2014, 12:56:07 PM »

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Re: what's the deal with.........???????
« Reply #6 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.
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