Exciting news! Just got my hands on Swissies45, and they've transformed my chin-up game. No more draping an EZ-Curl bar over the power cage – now i...
Read MoreDecember 05, 2023 | John Paul Catanzaro
Exciting news! Just got my hands on Swissies45, and they've transformed my chin-up game. No more draping an EZ-Curl bar over the power cage – now i...
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2022 | John Paul Catanzaro
Chin-ups and dips are two of the best strength training exercises you can do, but most people have a hard time doing them. They're a challenge for bo...
Read MoreJuly 21, 2021 | John Paul Catanzaro
Amanda and Heather show what hard work, consistency, and proper training can do. It was once a struggle for these ladies to do just one chin-up and d...
Read MoreDecember 08, 2019 | John Paul Catanzaro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9W4NQTu9-s That’s 15-year-old Joseph struggling with chin-ups in the first part of the video. The second part...
Read MoreSeptember 29, 2019 | John Paul Catanzaro
Chin-ups are difficult for most people to do, especially for females. The average number of chin-ups a female can do is zero. A lack of strength a...
Read MoreJuly 15, 2019 | John Paul Catanzaro
For several weeks now, 15-year-old Joseph has been working hard on hanging-band squats and assisted chin-ups. Friday night he was able to see what...
Read MoreMarch 30, 2019 | John Paul Catanzaro
https://youtu.be/zfu3AS-Cyto Inserting a pause at the bottom of a chin-up is a great way to reduce cheating and increase the muscular demand. It...
Read MoreFebruary 11, 2018 | John Paul Catanzaro
https://youtu.be/1FMioa0C1z8 Thick-bar training can be useful for martial artists, just don't do it too often. It can lead to tendinitis. Six...
Read MoreJune 12, 2017 | John Paul Catanzaro
Pull-ups are difficult for most people to do, especially for females. The average number of pull-ups a female can do is zero. A lack of strength and...
Read MoreJune 09, 2017 | John Paul Catanzaro
https://youtu.be/uDTm5wMwsUo When Jessica first came to me, she couldn’t do a chin-up let alone a pull-up, but that's no longer the case! Lear...
Read MoreMay 22, 2017 | John Paul Catanzaro
For years we've been told to avoid behind-the-neck pulldowns and pull-ups. They place a tremendous amount of stress on the shoulders when lifting a ...
Read MoreOctober 25, 2015 | John Paul Catanzaro
The act of grabbing an overhead bar and pulling yourself up until your chin clears that bar is pretty difficult for most people. In fact, some would ...
Read MoreApril 16, 2015 | John Paul Catanzaro
https://youtu.be/d8VLmojPCGo You'll recall from a recent post that my benchmark for complete recovery from distal biceps surgery was the abil...
Read MoreMarch 31, 2015 | John Paul Catanzaro
Before you read on, watch this video: https://youtu.be/yWCYG8OYOhg Now, you may be asking yourself what the big deal is? A few chin-ups, so w...
Read MoreDecember 22, 2013 | John Paul Catanzaro
https://youtu.be/Keg8g9rM2T0 You know you're supposed to vary the grip with chin-ups to avoid stagnation, promote balanced strength and size dev...
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