My little boy Nicholas got his first chinup a while back and he’s only 8 years old. I’m very proud of him! Here’s how we did it. We have pullup bars in each of the kid’s doorways. When Nicholas goes into his room, I have him jump up and hold onto the bar. He did this many times a day. As he got better at that, I had him jump up and hold his chin above the bar for as long as he could. We practiced that. At the same time, he often saw me and his mom doing real chinups at home on our own pullup bar. I occasionally test his ability to do a real chinup and a few weeks ago, he did his first one. Now, every time he goes under the bar, he does one chinup. This method is called “greasing the groove” and it’s a great way to get more volume on exercises that you need to practice often to get better at – like chinups or pullups. Try it!