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I used to pull the bar to touch my shoulders / upper chest, but it gave me serious shoulder pain which put me out of action for a few weeks.
Yesterday I was pulling my 'chin to the bar' and feeling some serious shoulder stress. I started pulling so only my eyes got to the bar and it felt a bit better.
I notice a lot of really really strong guys limiting the ROM even more.
Everyone's built differently, just go up as far as you can, what's important is to get a good stretch at the lats and a good contraction at the shoulder blades.
That's a pull-up not a chin-up.
People generally focus too hard on trying to get their chin over the bar, which causes them to roll their shoulders forward. The rolling increases the ROM but is totally unnecessary.
You just want a full contraction of the lats. The aim should be to pull your chest towards the bar, contracting your lats/scapulas like a reverse bench press.
I remember when I said I did this and posted videos of KK and Kroc and Wendler doing similar things and people saying it was wrong and no-one logically thinking "so this is how +800lb deadlifters do their chin-ups"
"I'm being really good and using a full ROM, getting the maximum benefit from this exercise" was my thinking.
3 weeks later I had to stop chin ups altogether due to a very very aggravated and painful left shoulder. (btw I cant do pull ups for some reason - they destroy my elbow)
People generally focus too hard on trying to get their chin over the bar, which causes them to roll their shoulders forward. The rolling increases the ROM but is totally unnecessary.
You just want a full contraction of the lats. The aim should be to pull your chest towards the bar, contracting your lats/scapulas like a reverse bench press.