US Marine - 5 Tips for Easier Pull Ups

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World Record Breaker for Pull Ups and Marine Sgt Michael Eckert teaches 5 tips that will dramatically help your Pull Up Game!!

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[weebspeakeasy]

I dont think the people complaining realize that these are tips to get MORE REPS. this is like a study guide to pass a test. I appreciate your tips man keep it up

[raulnenestean]

1. Hand placement 0:21
2. Look up 2:05
3. Straight legs / Uncrossed 3:27
4. Widen up the grip 5:23
5. Cut the eccentric phase / push yourself down 7:48

This video is amazing, it's funny how even without watching this video I realized these mistakes and corrected them by myself, this video just made me feel more focused on my training and that I'm on the right path! Thanks Michael!

[kaibarnwall]

Hi, thank you. I recall getting up to 20 pullups in 8th grade. Last year at 75 I couldn't do one. Pushup neither. Now after having a stroke on my 76th birthday in October, with physical therapy advice and beginning with learning on kitchen counter I have gotten to being able to do a few pushups, working on it daily. And I manage to do a negative pullup now and subscribed to you 'cause you're obviously the man to inspire me to be able to do pullups

[JacobTaylor]

Tip 1: "When you start doing more than 15 pull-ups...."

Me, who can barely do 3: Interesting

[joshuaduggan]

Coming from an old Marine, train chest to bar rather than chin over bar. Obviously for PFT you need chin over bar, but train the range of motion of chest to bar to protect that spine. Consider long term health over PFT score. Also, do not cut out eccentric phase furring training, only during the test.

[randystevens]

Most people cross their legs because their pull bars don't have enough ground clearance

[harshkaushik]

Just watch his face shadow on his chest... Its funny

[stevenrwilson]

59 years old 180lbs. I used a band to assist but did 15 on first set and 12 on second. For me that’s an accomplishment! Thanks Marine!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[shortycareface]

Pull-ups became so much easier when I stopped crossing my legs. Watched a video on this many years ago, and sure, pull-ups are still a tough exercise in general. But that little tweak makes a ton of difference.

Great pointers, will definitely incorporate these into my pull-up sessions!

[philipparson]

I’ve been following you now about 6 months and I went from doing zero pulllups to doing 100 pushups a day (4 sets of 25)… i tested myself today and could do 40 straight

[MichaelEckert]

Hey everyone! I hope you get something out of these videos. More to come! Please leave some constructive criticism/ideas for future videos! Thanks for the support!

[jamesa]

First tip and he's already changed my pull up life.

[logger]

As someone looking foward to enlisting in the Marines when I turn 20, this video will be greatly beneficial to me and many other future servicemen and women

[lurkytespaed]

i flew from 7 to 20 pull ups in 2 months via a beautiful discovery. After your normal pull up workout, do 3 sets of this exercise: hold 10 seconds all the way at the top of the bar, then 10 seconds half way down (elbows at 90 degrees), then 10 seconds at a dead hang. rest off the bar for 30 seconds or so in between sets. from what I've seen after experimenting with different workouts in the past few months(well after getting to 22 pullups), I've found that barbell rows do not help nearly as much as cycling 1 arm dumbbell rows and bicep curls after your normal pull ups. Hope this helps some other kids in the DEP who needed some workouts, from one novice to another.

[rastang]

Some of these tips seem more for competitive style of pull ups. All the other tips are good in general when doing pull ups. Tip 2 aka goose neck is cutting range of motion and considered cheating to some people. Tip 5 like you said is not good for the joints so people generally should not do this at all.

[mastodon]

You should preface this with “here are some tips to pass a pull up test” vs improving your pull-ups in a training session. Here is the difference: tips 2-4 make the rep easier; chin up = shorter Range of Motion, wider grip = shorter ROM. Making a movement easier doesn’t make you stronger or more proficient. Crossing the feet is debatable. However you can lock your lower body and extremities more rigidity will make your movement more efficient; behind, in front, or dangling straight down. If you train with a weight belt and cross your legs and push into the weight (taking out the slack from the chain) you create whole body tension and the repetitions become much easier. The only practical tips were 1 and 5.

[SDesWriter]

I love how he calmly talks about what happens when you get to 10-15 reps. working on ONE!!!

[drmitofit]

Great advice. I am all about pull ups and push ups for my strength training. I am currently at 50 pull ups in a row at age 60, with the goal of getting to 60 in a row to match my age. My advice is remove all extra clothing, gear, boots/shoes; cushioned grips to prevent skin tearing and calluses; look up instead of extending the neck at the top; neutral (perpendicular) grip to spread pull between the biceps, pecs, and lats; arch chest up to engage pecs more; also train with foot raised push ups and plank ring pulls for more pecs and scapular muscle engagement; intense cardio training (hill repeat bicycling for me) because it becomes cardio/blood flow limiting at high reps, lower BMI to 23 or lower (excess body fat and over developed glutes and quads are a hindrance); hyperventilate before; deep breath and hyperventilate with each pull up; two sets to failure training with one minute rest (I am currently at 50 and 30 reps); strength train every other day and intense cardio on the off days (i.e. don't over train and avoid tendonitis); add an extra day of rest before personal record attemps or competition; high quality protein; gelatin (Jell-O) for joints, tendons, creatine synthesis, and improved sleep; pre-workout beet juice or beet chews for nitrous oxide blood flow endurance.

[Jr-El]

Salute to all the U.S. Marines out there and wishing them success in their future endeavors. Great video. I'll try them today.

[ilovejesus]

Thanks for the help Mike! I felt hopeless being 43yrs old & only able to do 7 pullups max. Every thing you said worked like a charm! GOD bless you!