Comments on: Kipping Pull Ups Provide Variety to Your Workouts http://www.healthandfitnessadvice.com/fitness-tips/kipping-pull-ups-provide-variety-to-your-workouts.html No BS Health and Fitness Advice Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:20:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sal m http://www.healthandfitnessadvice.com/fitness-tips/kipping-pull-ups-provide-variety-to-your-workouts.html/comment-page-1#comment-110 sal m Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:05:22 +0000 #comment-110 great point about the complimentary nature of these two variations. i don't look at variations as necessarily being better, but in most cases, helping improve overall conditioning. there's no doubt that kipping helps strict. just like doing pull-ups with a towel to strengthen the grip helps doing traditional method even if i do less reps per set with the towel. if you check out some of my videos, you'll see i do what i call cliffhangers, where i do a similar move to your monkey walk, but on my deck. great point about the complimentary nature of these two variations. i don’t look at variations as necessarily being better, but in most cases, helping improve overall conditioning. there’s no doubt that kipping helps strict. just like doing pull-ups with a towel to strengthen the grip helps doing traditional method even if i do less reps per set with the towel.

if you check out some of my videos, you’ll see i do what i call cliffhangers, where i do a similar move to your monkey walk, but on my deck.

]]> By: Guest User http://www.healthandfitnessadvice.com/fitness-tips/kipping-pull-ups-provide-variety-to-your-workouts.html/comment-page-1#comment-109 Guest User Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:04:51 +0000 #comment-109 Kipping pull-ups are used at such places as Crossfit, HyperfitUSA, GymJones and other "functional fitness" gyms. Even the Marine Corps leaves it up to the discretion of the Marine whether he wants to kip or not on his physical fitness test. There is arguement for doing strict pull-ups, as well as for kipping. I tend to agree with you that both have their place. I definitely do both and I find that each one helps improve the other. I also use a steel I-Beam in my basement to do a monkey-bar type of "walk" from one end to the other. If you want some other awesome ideas for pull-ups, go to bodyweightculture.com and check out some of their videos. Kipping pull-ups are used at such places as Crossfit, HyperfitUSA, GymJones and other “functional fitness” gyms. Even the Marine Corps leaves it up to the discretion of the Marine whether he wants to kip or not on his physical fitness test.

There is arguement for doing strict pull-ups, as well as for kipping. I tend to agree with you that both have their place. I definitely do both and I find that each one helps improve the other.

I also use a steel I-Beam in my basement to do a monkey-bar type of “walk” from one end to the other.

If you want some other awesome ideas for pull-ups, go to bodyweightculture.com and check out some of their videos.

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