Need some Push???

According to world renowned strength expert Charles Poliquin, your Max Chin Up should equal only 87% of your Max Bench Press. So if you can do a chin up with an additional 25lbs. added on (belt or DB) and you weigh 175lbs., your Max Chin Up would be 200lbs. That means your Max Bench would ideally be 230lbs.

If your Max Bench is less than 230, then you need to increase the amount o…f pushing exercises in your strength program and decrease your pulling exercies until the ratio reaches the desired percentages. Obviously, the inverse is true if your Bench Max far exceeds your Max Chin Up goal ratio.

In doing Structural Balance Strength Ratio testing on many of our athletes, we often find that it is their Push strength that is lacking. Try it for yourself and let us know what you find…