The difference between pullups, chinups and kiping pullups

Today at 6:30am I did 100 Burpee pull ups on the rings in 16:37. I am really happy with this time :)

Taken from CrossFit Kinetics amazing pic!

 I want to talk a little bit about Pull ups. Pull ups are done with an overhand grip and Chin ups are done with a underhand grip. I would highly encourage practising both as they do work slightly different muscles.

So, the difference between a kiping pull up and a regular pull up as you can see in the picture here there is a large swing involved in the kiping pullup. THIS IS NOT CHEATING. This is a completely different exercise than a regular pull up. If you are able to do one regular pull up you can most likely do two to three kiping pullups. This exercise is done for both power and strength. It will help develop your muscles to enable you to do strict pull ups.

Congrats Anna on your first pull up!!

HOW TO GET YOUR PULL UPS

1. Start by doing pull ups with feet on the ground and holding on to a smith machine bar bring your chin up over the bar and lower slowly back to plank position. At home you can do them on a 2' wooden dowel between two chairs (the same way as described on the smith machine).

2. You can then add negative pull ups. On a bar jump hold your chin over the bar and lower slowly.

3. If you have portable gymnastic rings then doing ring rows in combination with the above two with in 3-6 months you will have your pullups (this depends how and how much you train).

This picture on the left is depicting strict pull ups this is mainly done for strength.

If you have any questions feel free to post it on a comment.

Until tomorrow. Jump high..lift heavy!