Pull-up performance is determined by your relative strength, which is how strong you are compared to your bodyweight. You have two ways of making the pull-ups more challenging — either increase your body weight or add external load. When you become “too strong” relative to your body weig...
However, this exercise does come with a price. Pull-ups are generally one of the most difficult exercises to master. In fact, most individuals have yet to even achieve their first pull up. And for those who have, they’ll often struggle with learning how to increase their pull-ups rep s...
Pull-ups can be performed on anything that allows you to hang with your arms straight and your knees not touching the floor. Beginners can’t typically do a single pull-up, so we need a proper tutorial for increasing pull-up strength. This post will teach you how to increase your perform...
The 2nd easiest and fastest way to get better at pull ups is to lose body fat. If you have 5, 10, or 20 pounds to lose, or more, you are doing a weighted pull up every set. By losing body fat, the pull up becomes MUCH easier. This is one of the key reasons why I’m good...
There are also weighted pull-ups, one-arm pull-ups, archer pull-ups, kipping pull-ups, muscle-ups, and many more. The variation most commonly used are classic pull-ups with palms facing away and grip at shoulder width. The pull-up is a great addition to other compound lifts you may ...
Beginner routine to get that first pull-up Section 2: For Intermediate Athletes Who Can Do 3-7 Pull-ups Focus on Full Range of Motion Exploring Different Grip Variations Do Weighted Pull-Ups Increase Endurance Intermediate Routine to get to 10 pullups ...
Hang for as long as you can. Then increase the time gradually. It’ll help you be able to hang from the bar for as long as you need to do crank out those pull-ups. If you want to mix up the dead hang a bit, then add weights. You can wear a weighted vest or even just hold...
Coach’s Tip:Jumping into position while performing weighted pull-ups is ill-advised as the weight belt and attached plate(s) may sway and contribute to loss of grip or stable body positioning. Step 3 —– Pull With Purpose Once full body tension has been established, your lats should be ...
However, if you’re doing pull-ups once per week, this isn’t going to give you the gains you are after. I advise you to increase the frequency of your pull-ups (do them more than once per week).The best way to do this is to do pull-ups between your sets in almost every work...
Hey very interesting stuff you have posted. Currently I am working on my pullups. My current goal is to able to do weighted pullups. Now you mention packing your shoulders to your torso at the dead hang position and following that you emphasize using the back muscles. By packing my should...