@retr0id is trying to do a one arm chinup (OAC). Will I be able to do one before him?
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Today I did a 1rm of +72% bodyweight.
In 2019 Jul I did a 1rm of 79% bodyweight but was unable to OAC. I tried a variety of exercises to approach the OAC around this time but never achieved it.
- One arm lat pulldown at 69% bw for 4 reps
- OAC with 4% bw assistance (weight on a rope)
- OAC starting halfway up
- One arm lockoff for 15s
- One arm shoulder retraction for 8 reps
In 2020 I did a 1rm of 88% bw but was still unable to OAC.
I was a 3 min walk from the gym over the last year while regaining my strength, but just moved and am now a 13 min walk away.
The deadline will be extended until one of us achieves it, or it will N/A at the end of 2027.
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Today I did +82% bw for 1 rep.
Haven’t been doing almost any one arm/band practice. Throwing the band over the bar made it much harder than tying it and the difficulty measuring+progressing makes this exercise very unappealing. As a supplement I’ve tried some lat-focused cable pull downs and rows which are kind of nice.
I suspect some other muscles like serratus anterior and pecs are used in the one arm chin. Since I’m currently skipping dips these are getting no training and may prevent me from reaching the goal. Perhaps I will try one arm lat pulldown.
Today I attempted a chinup at +79% bw and failed. Earlier this week I did 7 reps at +48%.
On the resistance band front I did 5 reps on a band rated for 20% of my bw and 2 reps on a band rated for 12%. In both cases the band was doubled over and looped through to form a knot on the bar. Next time I'll try just throwing the band over the bar and grabbing both sides. This should be the same amount of assistance.
I did a 1rm test on Thu and pulled over 76% body weight.
I bought some bands and plan the following routine each session, 3-4x per week
2 sets of weighted two arm chinups
1 set of band-assisted one arm chinup/pullups
I will aim to cycle between 10 reps, 7 reps, 4 reps, and 1 rep for each of these exercises over cycles of length ~1 week.
Great question. There doesn’t seem to be much discussion of this online but it seems the hardest part is usually getting out of the bottom, for which kipping doesn’t help much. Kipping helps a lot more at the top but I’m inclined to allow it. Maybe we should find a judge and both send them videos once one of us claims to achieve it?