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    Quote Originally Posted by JamesFazz View Post
    Can you tell me a bit more about how you program / progress on Chin Ups? I want to make them more of a focus in my own training this year too.

    Otherwise, amazing lifts - we're a similar bodyweight so it is very inspiring to see such large numbers. Hope you have an excellent 2025.
    Hey James, I'm probably not the best person to ask about progressing chins. I'm an apprentice at on of the SS gyms so I do have some idea.

    I had heard Rip say something to the effect of "Chins are part of the program so you have to do them, but they are an assistance exercise so do them however you want to as long as you do them". I'm pretty focused on driving up the other lifts, personally I feel like whenever I try to chin too heavy too often, I just end up beating up my elbows and the main lifts suffer.

    Might not be the best way, but I just do bodyweight sets of 5 on my upper body days, and I do them in between my volume presses/benches. I'll set a 5-6 min timer between sets on the bench for example, and do a set of 5 chins at about the halfway mark. If I leave them to after my workout I'm likely to skip them.

    Hopefully this is good advice. Good luck with your training!

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    Thanks for that Robert, it was quite helpful, I just need to suck it up and get in some more sets throughout the week I think, the method you mention is a good idea.

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    14Jan2025
    Bench Press: 285x2, 260x3x2
    Volume Press: 155x5x5
    Chins: 5x5

    16Jan2025
    Squat: 365x5, 325x5, 325x4 (lost my balance)
    Pin Press: 227.5x1x5
    Deadlift: 405x5

    18Jan2025
    missed my Press day

    21Jan2025
    Bench Press: 265x5
    Light Squat: 300x5
    Volume Press: 157.5x5x5
    Chins: 3x5

    23Jan2025
    Squat: 370x5
    Pin Press: 230x1x5
    Deadlift: 420x5 (dropped my hips on at least the last two, gotta cut it out)

    25Jan2025
    Press: 175x3x3
    Light Squat: 300x5
    Volume Bench: 225x5x5
    Last edited by Robert D; 01-26-2025 at 11:48 AM.

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    28Jan2025
    Bench Press: 267.5x5
    Light Squat: 300x5
    Volume Press: 160x5x5

    30Jan2025
    Squat: 405x1, 345x3x2
    Press: 177.5x3x5
    Light Deadlift: 365x5x2

    04Feb2025
    Pin Press: 235x1x5 (going to make 5 lbs jumps for a while, now that I remember how to do these its too light)
    Light Bench: 230x5x3
    Chins: BWx5x3

    06Feb2025
    Deadlift: 500x1, 425x3x2 (still dropped my hips a tiny bit)
    Press: 180x3x5
    Light Squat: 275x5x3

    11Feb2025
    Bench Press: 270x5
    Volume Press: 162.5x5x5
    Last edited by Robert D; 02-11-2025 at 08:53 PM.

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