Pin Firing Questions

[skjill]

How is it that relatively high volume deadlifts, as per the Starr Rehab Protocol, aggravate tendonitis, whereas high volume chin-ups, as per the "pin firing method", alleviate it?

As an aside, can chins effectively by substited by lat pulldowns, for this purpose? How about curls?

[Mark Rippetoe]

Because the intensity is different between 3 sets of 25 and 25 sets of 3.

[Brandin138]

I'm currently dealing with a bad flareup of tennis elbow. Will the pin firing approach make the pain worse initially? Finished my first week of 25x2 chins on Mon & Thursday and will be upping it to 25x3 this week. Thanks.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Yes, typically hurts more at first.

[skjill]

Because the intensity is different between 3 sets of 25 and 25 sets of 3.

You didn't answer my second question.

[Mark Rippetoe]

You only get one question.

[skjill]

High volume curls it is!