I went from being unable to do a single chin to getting 5x5 comfortably in a pretty short space of time by using a technique called "greasing the groove". You will need a place to do pullups/chins at home. If as you say you can't do 1, then start by doing a couple of negatives (ie jump up and slowly lower yourself), but do it 5-6 times a day. Each set shouldn't be taxing, like i said you are only doing a couple of reps at a time. Within a couple of weeks you should be able to do 1-2 full reps, so now start doing 1-2 reps 5-6 times a day (again the set should not be too taxing). It won't be long before you can get a decent amount out in one go.
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I went from being unable to do a single chin to getting 5x5 comfortably in a pretty short space of time by using a technique called "greasing the groove". You will need a place to do pullups/chins at home. If as you say you can't do 1, then start by doing a couple of negatives (ie jump up and slowly lower yourself), but do it 5-6 times a day. Each set shouldn't be taxing, like i said you are only doing a couple of reps at a time. Within a couple of weeks you should be able to do 1-2 full reps, so now start doing 1-2 reps 5-6 times a day (again the set should not be too taxing). It won't be long before you can get a decent amount out in one go.
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Yeah for a while I started doing them whenever I was next to my rack - should really carry on doing this so I can do more reps as I've been stuck on 4 x 3 pullups for a while !
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I've no bar/ anything I can use at home, and I feel enough of a good being a 75kg weakling at the gym, without doing -ve pullups 
I'll stick with the assisteds until my general strength improves and I can do BW
I'll stick with the assisteds until my general strength improves and I can do BW
Down to 11st 8 now. Losing about 2lbs a week with my current cardio routine. Almost at the stage where I want to start weights and stuff properly to build muscle.
I know it would've been better to do weights with cardio and mix it all up but I feel much more comfortable doing it this way, cheers
I know it would've been better to do weights with cardio and mix it all up but I feel much more comfortable doing it this way, cheers
seen stuff of that guy before...and find it very hard to beleive he is still 16. He looks about 3-4 years older than what he showed in his first vids. He put on 2 stone of muscle in about a year according to other posts...without chemical help...id say impossible.
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I posted a link to a big thread about him on bodybuilding.com forums a while ago ...
I like the swining in the BB curls
I like the swining in the BB curls
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Hmm. This week is gonna be tough on training and diet.
Off work all week working on my house (snapped up a very cheap reposession - downside is it needs a lot of work). Gonna be doing 6am-7pm shifts in there and then hopefully get in the gym after. Diet is really the hardest part I find when working over there. In the office it's easy as I'm into a simple eating routine.
Off work all week working on my house (snapped up a very cheap reposession - downside is it needs a lot of work). Gonna be doing 6am-7pm shifts in there and then hopefully get in the gym after. Diet is really the hardest part I find when working over there. In the office it's easy as I'm into a simple eating routine.
Man, so many jealous kids over at bb.com still. I remember now why I never bother reading it
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He is indeed a monster, but it's difficult to comprehend how such massive gains could be achieved naturally in such a short space of time.
A little update on my progress.. since starting mid-January I've gone from 150lb to 170lb (though admittedly I lot of this will be fat) and put on around an inch or so onto my arms. I didn't really bother recording many of my stats when I started so I might note a few things down. What should I measure, and what sort of state should I be in when measuring (morning/evening, pre/post-workout, muscles relaxed/tensed, etc.)?
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I like the swining in the BB curls
Glad I'm not the only one to notice, and on the DB curls there's a lot of momentum being used. Hardly great isolation, but then again, I wouldn't care if I looked like him
.And reading that BB thread he doesn't work his legs. Pah, love to see that kid do a squat, he'd look a right muppet. Surely he must look top heavy aswell which is never a good look.
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Glad I'm not the only one to notice, and on the DB curls there's a lot of momentum being used. Hardly great isolation, but then again, I wouldn't care if I looked like him
And reading that BB thread he doesn't work his legs. Pah, love to see that kid do a squat, he'd look a right muppet. Surely he must look top heavy aswell which is never a good look.
Didn't really watch the whole thing just noticed the swinging at the beginning
According to his profile on BB forums, his stats 1RMs are :
Bench : 164.1 kg
Squat : 213.6 kg
Bicep Curl : 68.6 kg
Deadlift : 235.5 kg
Overhead Press : 116.4 kg
Probably not accurate at all, as it says estimated 1RM
I like the swinging in the BB curls
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I don't remember him saying he didn't work legs.
When he first started maybe... were a year and a half later on though
btw theres a newer thread than that on bb.com
Oh ok, it's just in that thread he posted his weights routine, and all he did was upper body, no legs at all.
Link to the newer thread?
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I've no bar/ anything I can use at home, and I feel enough of a good being a 75kg weakling at the gym, without doing -ve pullups
I'll stick with the assisteds until my general strength improves and I can do BW
Man up and do them, then feel like a man a week later when you can do more than one
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Be gone gypsy and take your evil wares with you 
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