Pull up form (Poll)

[nothingasfate]

i touch my shoulders on the chin ups and my chest in the pulllups or heaving as it is called in the armed forces.it is essentially a matter of flexibility of your back.

[Soofy]

I put a mental image of chest to bar, elbows to ribs for pull ups. It helps me use my back more and generate more power. It is much harder than chin over bar.

[22Alpha]

You know, I only really worry about getting my head over the bar. I figure they are called "chin ups" for a reason...

james

Word.

[Ray]

On chin-ups I touch chest to bar, on pullups I get my chin over the bar.

[Shoke]

chest to bar on the first 1-2 sets.....next 2 sets chin over bar....last set: eye over bar....

[rere]

Head over the bar whether pull-ups or chins

[Kaizen]

When i do pullups or chinups i allways do chest to bar, with a noticible pause at the top, maybe a second. I strive for quality over quantity, reps are not that important to me as currently i am only doing weighted pullups of 5 reps, or pullups on a Training board to strengthen my fingers (i rock climb), so again high reps is not used for finger safety. I have not tested for max reps in ages.

Reason for chest to bar?? Well when i squat i could stop at parallel, but i go ATG, same analogy here, i could stop at chins but i do chest.

End of the day whatever floats your boat , But i guess if you were competing with a friend or whatever, then before hand 'rules' could be established:P

[ProteinShake]

I generally start the set getting my chest to the bar, but as the set wears on - it ends up being chin above the bar