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#506441 | Wed - Mar 25 2009 - 08:11:24
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Poop is primarily aimed at Chins but I'm open to anyone else's ideas.

The fiancée wants to tag along with me during my workouts but she is unable to do some of the necessary movements. So what I'm looking for are ideas to make pull-ups/chin-ups and push ups easier.

For push ups, I tried having her do them from her knees but she cant do more than 1 or 2. I then tried to have her do "wall push-ups" by increasing the distance between her feet and the wall. Other than that, I am flat out of ideas for her except for just laying on her back and doing dumbell presses.

There is no way she can do even 1/2 a pullup. She is just too small. Would she benefit from me picking her up and just getting the negative? Or should I buy her some resistance bands to wrap up around my pullup bar?
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#506483 | Wed - Mar 25 2009 - 12:29:13
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What about cable bar pulldowns instead of pullups with her sitting on the ground from a high bar? :donno:

btw this is probably the wrong name for it but i think you could get the idea
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#506485 | Wed - Mar 25 2009 - 12:41:26
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Quote (smoked @ Mar 25 2009 - 13:29:13)
What about cable bar pulldowns instead of pullups with her sitting on the ground from a high bar?  :donno:

btw this is probably the wrong name for it but i think you could get the idea


All my exercising is done in my home gym which is semi deconstructed atm. I can't image that I'd be able to get a lat pull down machine for less than a couple hundred bucks. :/ I was thinking that the resistant bands could do the same thing for only $15... Mind you that I have no idea the amount of resistance that resistance bands can produce, and this idea might just be a waste. :donno:
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#506689 | Wed - Mar 25 2009 - 14:30:15
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Just spot her on the chin/pull ups.
If you dont feel like it, let her do negatives.
Same with push ups, tell her to do negatives for them.
If you need more help lmk.
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#506980 | Wed - Mar 25 2009 - 22:23:59
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ideas

squats can be done with any amount of weight
assisted dips
assisted pull ups
plank (forward, sides)
sit ups
flys with light weight
dumbell presses light weight
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#507168 | Thu - Mar 26 2009 - 04:48:24
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Quote (pwnyrides @ Mar 25 2009 - 23:23:59)
ideas

squats can be done with any amount of weight
assisted dips
assisted pull ups
plank (forward, sides)
sit ups
flys with light weight
dumbell presses light weight


im gonna go out on a limb here and say you didnt even bother reading anything i typed
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#507212 | Thu - Mar 26 2009 - 08:46:42
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Quote (xstakemx @ Mar 26 2009 - 04:48:24)
Quote (pwnyrides @ Mar 25 2009 - 23:23:59)
ideas

squats can be done with any amount of weight
assisted dips
assisted pull ups
plank (forward, sides)
sit ups
flys with light weight
dumbell presses light weight


im gonna go out on a limb here and say you didnt even bother reading anything i typed


:euh:

you wanted suggestions for how to do pullups? assisted
pushups? dumbell presses

gave some other suggestions that dont require any purchases
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#507217 | Thu - Mar 26 2009 - 09:47:16
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Quote (pwnyrides @ Mar 26 2009 - 09:46:42)
Quote (xstakemx @ Mar 26 2009 - 04:48:24)
Quote (pwnyrides @ Mar 25 2009 - 23:23:59)
ideas
squats can be done with any amount of weight
assisted dips
assisted pull ups
plank (forward, sides)
sit ups
flys with light weight
dumbell presses light weight

im gonna go out on a limb here and say you didnt even bother reading anything i typed

:euh:
you wanted suggestions for how to do pullups? assisted
pushups? dumbell presses
gave some other suggestions that dont require any purchases


All I'm looking for is a way to help the beast keep up with me without feeling like a failure. I'm looking for ways of modifying the movements of pushups and pullups since she is too weak to do them. Just while typing this message I thought of something else we could try. Icould put achair under the pullup bar and let her assist herself in pushing up with her legs. Still at a lossfor the pushups, might have to make her just do presses with low weight until she can do pushups from the knees.

All I'm saying is if you were gonna poop here, itcould have at least been something not previously mentioned or on topic. :whistle:
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#507354 | Thu - Mar 26 2009 - 14:35:01
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For her push ups...tell her to do negatives only, very slow and controled. And then tell me if her chest is sore or not.
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#508642 | Fri - Mar 27 2009 - 14:31:02
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Just have her continue to do the knee pushups eventually she will do more... 1 the 2 knee pushups? What, is your girlfriend a muppet or something?...LOL
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#508658 | Fri - Mar 27 2009 - 14:48:09
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Quote (JackRabbitSlim @ Mar 27 2009 - 15:31:02)
Just have her continue to do the knee pushups eventually she will do more...  1 the 2 knee pushups?  What, is your girlfriend a muppet or something?...LOL


She can't do pushups from her knees. She is just a tiny little thing. She has trouble with bench pressing the Olympic bar.
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#508659 | Fri - Mar 27 2009 - 14:57:30
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Quote (xstakemx @ Mar 27 2009 - 14:48:09)
Quote (JackRabbitSlim @ Mar 27 2009 - 15:31:02)
Just have her continue to do the knee pushups eventually she will do more...  1 the 2 knee pushups?  What, is your girlfriend a muppet or something?...LOL


She can't do pushups from her knees. She is just a tiny little thing. She has trouble with bench pressing the Olympic bar.


Try the EZ curl bar, it weighs a little less
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#508661 | Fri - Mar 27 2009 - 14:59:23
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Quote (7_Deadly_Sins @ Mar 26 2009 - 15:35:01)
For her push ups...tell her to do negatives only, very slow and controled. And then tell me if her chest is sore or not.


You just want info on the beasts chest, I see through your trickery
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#508955 | Sat - Mar 28 2009 - 11:24:26
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Quote (xstakemx @ Mar 27 2009 - 14:48:09)
Quote (JackRabbitSlim @ Mar 27 2009 - 15:31:02)
Just have her continue to do the knee pushups eventually she will do more...  1 the 2 knee pushups?  What, is your girlfriend a muppet or something?...LOL


She can't do pushups from her knees. She is just a tiny little thing. She has trouble with bench pressing the Olympic bar.


Get her DBs..that's what Samantha uses.
Have her do them on the floor, not on a bench..it'll save her sholders.
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#509337 | Sat - Mar 28 2009 - 20:51:37
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Quote (xstakemx @ Mar 27 2009 - 14:48:09)
Quote (JackRabbitSlim @ Mar 27 2009 - 15:31:02)
Just have her continue to do the knee pushups eventually she will do more...  1 the 2 knee pushups?  What, is your girlfriend a muppet or something?...LOL


She can't do pushups from her knees. She is just a tiny little thing. She has trouble with bench pressing the Olympic bar.


well then good sir I believe it is up to you to work her body out
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