Fitness Safari

Today I rocked the chinups, totaling the most ever in the fewest sets. Set 1 - 9 Set 2 - 7 Set 3 - 4 These are full chin-ups; I went all the way to lockout like the woman in the pic and back to the top where my chin was above the bar. What's better than doing 9 chins? Doing 9 chins, hopping down and seeing a 300 lb stacked dude smiling at me with the "way to go" look. :) Next time I'm adding weights. I'll look a bit silly with a 5 lb plate hanging from my waist, but you have to crawl before you can walk! Stats: Weight - steady - 119.4-119.6 BF - down to 27.1% (yay!) Tummy - FULL of chicken meat and jambalaya! Tonight's dinner? Homemade pulled pork sandwiches and sweet potato fries! If this is a diet, I'm in heaven.

The age-old debate...which exercise is better for you: the chinup or the pullup? There's a fairly scientific discussion on this issue on the Leangains site. My theory is that they're both pretty damn good exercises. As you can see, skinless man here is preparing to do a chinup. Palms facing in, arms locked out, forearms, lats, and posterior delts are engaged in preparation for the lift. As he pulls his chin above the bar, pretty much his entire back is engaged as well as his forearms and a bit of his rear delts. You can't see it in this picture, but I belive this grip also targets the rhomboids (middle back muscles). Now this guy here is performing a pull-up. As you can see through his range of motion, the pullup hits only the lats and teres major back muscles while the rhomboids remain inactive. His biceps and triceps are fully engaged, however, I think it's safe to suggest that incorporating both pull-ups and chin-ups into your routine is a great way to hit many mu...