chinup problems

[stresscheese]

i know i'm risking of taking over every subsection of this forum, but when i do chinups my first set is really good, but the subsequent sets are horrible. When i started i could do 8 2 2, and now i can do 15, 3, 2. I rest between 3 and 5 minutes between sets, but i feel extremely fatigued after the first set.

i havent started with weighted chinups for this reason. Any ideas?

[mjh]

i know i'm risking of taking over every subsection of this forum, but when i do chinups my first set is really good, but the subsequent sets are horrible. When i started i could do 8 2 2, and now i can do 15, 3, 2. I rest between 3 and 5 minutes between sets, but i feel extremely fatigued after the first set.

i havent started with weighted chinups for this reason. Any ideas?

you could focus more on a consistent effort across the sets, by not going all-out on the first set. right now you're doing a total of 20 reps, but 75% of them are in the first set. You could try going for 7/7/7. This would be one more than your current level. You might even find you can do 8/8/8 or more. I guess just try and pay attention to the total reps as much as the first set.

[eLvarouza]

i know i'm risking of taking over every subsection of this forum, but when i do chinups my first set is really good, but the subsequent sets are horrible. When i started i could do 8 2 2, and now i can do 15, 3, 2. I rest between 3 and 5 minutes between sets, but i feel extremely fatigued after the first set.

i havent started with weighted chinups for this reason. Any ideas?

That's a very unusual problem. Without knowing any more information I'd say you're either not resting enough or your form is incorrect. Are you locking your elbows before you begin each rep?

If you go to failure on the first set your next sets will obviously not be as many reps, but the difference shouldn't be that drastic. If you're resting long enough and your form is fine and you still get these results, don't go to absolute failure on the first set. Try resting a bit longer to give your nervous system more time to recover.

I think you just shouldn't go to absolute failure on the first set. Also, I think you should start adding weight, as you can clearly do more than 10 chinups. With weight you're only doing 3x5, so you probably won't stall for awhile if you start at the recommended 2.5lbs and add 2.5lbs each time.