The idea of doing a one-arm chin is one that chases a lot of people into madness, or sore elbows at the very least. However, I would say that unless you’re a very big man, you’ve probably got a half-way decent chance of getting one. Why do I say that? Well, I’m nothing special and [...]
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Possible 2010 goals
December 28th, 2009 Comments Off
As the New Year rapidly approaches, I have started thinking about my goals for 2010. The problem is that there are so many to choose from! At the moment I have some concrete goals to see me through to Easter. They are: a double-bodyweight pull up; a 2.5x bodyweight deadlift, probably 187.5kg (415lbs); and bench [...]
Tags: 2010 · bench · deadlift · Goals · one-arm chin · pistol · pull up
Introducing: assisted one-arm chins
December 21st, 2009 Comments Off
This is just a quick post on how my assisted one-arm chin pulley system is set up. So what is this pulley system? It’s a pulley attached to my chin up bar. The pulley has a short length of cord running through it. The cord has a carabiner at either end. The system looks like this: [...]
Tags: assisted one-arm chin · assisted one-arm chins · one-arm chin · one-arm chins
Top 10 Articles: The Tight Tan Slacks of Dezso Ban
December 7th, 2009 1 Comment
I have been meaning to write this post for a while. Eagle-eyed readers will have noted the huge number of links each week in my Don’t miss these great links! series to The Tight Tan Slacks of Dezso Ban, an old school weightlifting and strongman blog, featuring articles written (mostly quite a while ago) by [...]
Tags: chinning history · old school weightlifting · one-arm chin · strongman
