Weighted Chin Ups

[Sean Plant]

Should you change to 3x3 or 5x3 once 3x5 stops working on chins? Or should you do something else?

[Mark Rippetoe]

Doesn't matter. It's an assistance exercise. It can't actually be trained anyway.

[Sean Plant]

Ok thanks.

[Rory M]

Doesn't matter. It's an assistance exercise. It can't actually be trained anyway.

Rip, sorry to jump on this thread, but my question is also related to chinups.

I think you said somewhere, I cannot find where, that is not recommended to do heavy chinups the day before bench press because it affects it. Is that correct? If yes, then, how it affects it?

[Mark Rippetoe]

It makes the upper-body muscles tired, some of the ones you're benching with.