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Hello people! Today we will talk about bar widths and rotating bars.
For example we have my doorway bar.
I don't know the width of this bar but it's perfect for me.
The bar fits my hand perfectly and naturally.
On this bar I can do about 20 to 25 pullups in a row,
but on he bars in the park i can do about 10 to 15 pullups.
The fatter the bar the less pullups you can do.
Let's see why is that.
On this bar the grip is almost perfect but,
on the fatter bars our fingers are moving away from the center of the bar and,
we must use more power from our wrists to hold on to the bar.
We are only hanging from our fingers on the thin bars.
On the fatter bars our hands look like this and it is harder to hold on to them. Thats why we do less.
Second reason for dishing out 20-25 pullups is that this bar is rotating.
If the bar is rotatable we can focus more power on the upward motion.
It is easier to muscle ups on the rotating bar because we dont
have to think about our wrist placement because the bar turns our wrist automaticaly.
When using fixed bars we can use false grip to achieve the same result. This is harder.
Maybe you are asking where can i get this kind of bar. Irrelevant.
I know people that have been training on bars wider than a football and thin as wire,
The main thing is to train.
Let us conclude: Fat, thin, rotating = Irrelevant!
If you have only fat bars thats ok because, in the long run, you will be stronger than
those who train only on thin bars. Having stronger fore arms means stronger muscle ups,
front levers and other elements.
If you have no fat bars in the area you can do this:
On ebay find item Fat Gripz(I said Fat bars, srry about that).
Its a spongey item that installs on you bar thus widening it and making it harder for your wrists.
This is the first in a row of educational videos i mean to cover on Street Workout. Stay tuned.