How To Build Pull Up Strength

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Maybe this pull up workout advice was intended for people who can't perform body weight pull ups yet, but it wasn't mentioned anywhere in the video or description so it's not very clear what's going on here.⁣ Even in that case, your best bet is to just do an assisted pull up variation (using either bands or an assisted pull up machine) and progressively overload until you can graduate to using your body weight.⁣ You can also incorporate some eccentric-only training with this back exercise to further build your pull up strength where you simply jump yourself up over the bar then lower down as slowly as possible.⁣ Additional exercises in your back workouts can assist the process, but again, the best way to get stronger at a given movement is to simply perform that movement itself.⁣

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[thuyennguyen]

in order to poop im gonna squat 5 time a week

[jahjarbinks]

I will always remember this quote from brosciencelife :”you wanna know how to do more pull-ups? Do more fucking pull ups”

[damonmart]

I mean, the bodyweight row (which he showed variations for) are one of the main exercises to build pull up strength, because it IS a pulling motion. It's the same concept as building up pushup strength by doing wall pushups, incline pushups, knee pushups etc cetera. Building up strength by doing easier variations.

I don't know about the other stuff he showed, but the rows are great options to build pull up strength and overall a pretty underrated workout (you watch The Bioneer you'd know why)

[Fredman]

Not sure what he was getting at, but it makes sense to have secondary exercise to help you perform at a specific movement.
Yes do pull-ups, if you want better pull ups. But when youre not doing pull-ups, you can do other exercises that target those specific muscles.

Wouldn't call it a beginner tip, but it makes sense.

[Yaderix]

I gotta disagree with this one. When I was at 0 pull ups, I couldn't do anything to progress by doing that movement; things like supported pull ups, dead hangs etc. It was after consistent dumbbell rows and other back exercises that I was able to reach 0 to 10 pull ups in 5ish months.

[garbagegoober]

From not being able to do even 1 to now being able to do 10 in a row, some of these isolated exercises helped me grow a lot ....
Sean is a good fitness expert but nobody can be always right .

[zerogravity]

I disagree with this one supplementary exercises that replicate the same motion for an exercise definitely helps

[J-W_Grimbeek]

I mean, it makes perfect sense to strengthen the involved muscles seperately to strengthen them before performing the main movement you're working up towards using those muscles combined. Those seperate workouts can help you find your specific weak points so that you can focus more on strengthening them first, which you can't do with easier variations of the pull-ups themselves. I think pull-ups might be harder to do easier/harder variations of, especially if you only have a bar and don't have all the different bands for appropriate progressions

[artemtsarevskiy]

Honestly, my best advice to start doing pull ups: Start by hanging on the bar every day as much as possible. If you can, jump up and lower yourself down slowly. Do your bicep curls.

[treysterok]

Kneeling pulldowns actually helped me go from 0 to 5 pull-ups since the movement pattern is similar and it builds bicep and lat strength that helped me perform my first pull-up

[yws]

The way I got stronger at pull-ups was to start at the top of the bar and then use my muscles to slowly lower myself down… Then once I was able to do a couple of them that’s when I could actually train pull-ups.

[zebrom]

Have to disagree here… doing specific core work and back work definitely help a lot here. Biceps would help with chin ups too but at that point I’d agree with ur point in this vid.

[ebelesaurus]

stubbornly starting to do more isolation movements helped me bust through plateaus on all my compound movements. i think all calisthenics bros can relate to that. you'll hit performance plateaus on your compound movements if you have weak secondary muscles. inverted rows are a great way to build foundational pulling strength if you can't yet do a pull up

[SasukeUchiha-eogg]

Love this man his professional advice he is right in every video

[michaelch]

While you will need to do pull ups to improve your number of pull ups, doing isolation exercises that focus on your weak areas is the right approach. In fact this is what got me to progress beyond my plato of 12.

[SwishTalk]

In my experience kneeling lat pull downs have been a game changer for me. I did them twice a week, 2x12-15 reps and I went from only being able to perform 8 pull ups on a good day to doing 15 reps consistently in a matter of a couple months. I tried doing banded pull ups, utilizing cluster sets, negative reps. But the one thing that helped me the most was kneeling pull downs.

[SeanNalewanyjShorts]

Yes, you can use assistance exercises to aid in the process but nothing is going to compare to simply progressively overloading actual pull up variations.

If you’re a beginner and can’t do pull ups with your body weight then use an assisted machine or bands. This will have the biggest impact by far.

I thought the original video was quite bizarre in that it’s dedicated to “building pull up strength” but then talks about everything except pull ups and with no additional context given.

Further, the kneeling pulldowns he shows are a very poor exercise across the board. The amount of tension you can generate is limited since your legs are not braced against anything and so as you pull down, the weight stack is pulling you upward.

Planks are also not going to do anything significant as far as increasing pull up strength. The core will show activity in EMG since it’s working isometrically but that doesn’t mean increasing core strength is going to do much to assist the pull up movement itself.

The original video is not strictly WRONG but it’s just oddly presented and skips the most important factor of all (PULL UPS) and the actual exercises shown are not the best combination.

[ItsMarniman]

I do a reverse pull-up where I get a step and have my chin over the bar and slowly bring myself down to get my muscles use to the restraint.

[ATCTay]

It's a mixture of both concepts. Obviously you need to perform that movement but also accessory work is key. It's common sense to understand that you need to get stronger at that movement specifically but if you're also doing exercises that strengthen the individual muscles involved in that movement, you'll benefit. Neither is right, neither is wrong. Stop the cap!!