Any alternative to chin ups?

**Spartacus Sully** · 06-21-2010, 12:00 AM

Originally posted by JCM28

Im going to TRY to start P90X tomorrow and I was reading and saw that chin ups are a part of the routine. Is there any alternative that anyone knows to chin ups?

Pull ups??

**Idgas** · 06-21-2010, 12:15 AM

resistance bands. they show you in the video how to use them if you don't have a bar.

**Squirrel** · 06-21-2010, 10:21 AM

Standing military press.

**dustinr.waters** · 06-21-2010, 11:44 AM

Mountain climbers

**BrooklynBomber** · 06-21-2010, 12:08 PM

Originally posted by Squirrel

Standing military press.

That would be the opposite, no?

We are having a great pulling exercise against a great pushing exercise.

**Jean28** · 06-21-2010, 12:32 PM

Originally posted by Idgas

resistance bands. they show you in the video how to use them if you don't have a bar.

Thanks alot. Green K 4 you.

**halford_saints** · 06-21-2010, 01:39 PM

Narrow grip pull downs if you got access to a machine

**Squirrel** · 06-21-2010, 03:08 PM

Originally posted by BrooklynBomber

That would be the opposite, no?

We are having a great pulling exercise against a great pushing exercise.

True, though it works pretty much the exact same muscle groups and I assumed if he didn't have access to/can't do pull ups then any other kind of pull is ruled out also.

**Trick** · 06-23-2010, 12:11 PM

Perhaps you have one, but I'm yet to hear of a good reason for a boxer avoiding chin/pull-ups. There are few better basic exercises for a fighter.

Any alternative to chin ups?