This has nothing to do with pull ups…but is my latest challenge:
Constant postings of puppies, long faces and pleads. My will power is growing thin, but I haven’t given in (yet)…on with the post now:
How are your pull ups coming along?
I’ve got some tips for you in this video below. You’ll see my pal, Mike Whitfield and me in Miami. He’s always grilling me for tips because he secretly wants to get back at me since I kicked his a$$ in this little workout here.
He got called out by people for doing ‘head up’s’ instead of pull ups, he’s a great sport. Good times.
So that you’re not doing ‘head up’s’, try this workout:
1-Stick ups
- 10 reps
- No rest
2-Scapular retraction
- Hang from a bar and try to squeeze the shoulder blades together, down and back. See if you can initiate any movement. (You need to connect the brain to your back muscles to get them to work for you!)
- Do as many Reps as possible
- Rest for 30 seconds
3a-Assisted pull ups with controlled descent – 10 reps
• No rest
3b- Cable Row (or bent over row) – 10 reps
- Rest for 30 seconds
- Repeat both exercises (2 sets total)
4-DB row (single arm, do the weak arm first)
- 10 reps
- Rest 30 seconds
- repeat
5-Hanging leg raises
- 10 reps
- Rest 30 seconds
- repeat
Here are a few tips:
Want more? Try my program and stop doing ‘head up’s’ 😉
Click HERE to see if it’s right for you.