Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
Chin-ups! If you even do two or three you'll impress all the boys. When you've done as many as you can, do a couple-three more eccentric (climb up to the chin bar, then let yourself down slo-o-o-o-wly, 30 sec if you can), that's how you build up to doing more full ones. Or your gym may have an assist machine where you kneel on a cantilevered platform.
Yes, the chin up. I am still traumatized by the Marine physical fitness program (I think that's what it was called) that came to my high school all those years ago and had the women do the "flexed arm hang" and men do the chin ups.

My gym does have the assist machine. Thanks for the suggestions.