Exercise of the Month of July: The Chin Up

An exercise that is effective and popular (especially with those Cross-fitters out there), the Chin Up, is the exercise of the month of July.

To properly perform a chin up:
1. Grip the bar. Tighten lats, core and back stabilizers.

 
 
 
 
2. Pull using back and biceps to the top of the bar.
 

3. In a controlled manner, extend shoulders to starting position.




Jeremiah's Expert Training Tip:
To increase total number of pull-ups you can do at one time, train in  clusters;  i.e. 5 rounds of 3x(2 pull-ups w/15s rest in between each group of 2). You will be able to do more total pull-ups vs. doing straight sets, and your pull-up capacity will increase.