4 Pull-Up Mistakes Seen on Social Media!

[calimove]

What was the worst piece of fitness advice you ever received?

[manumores]

FINALLY we get to see you talking!! Way to go Alex! This makes it so much more relatable and involving. Keep it natural and be yourself like you do now. You have what it takes to present on screen. Huge added value.

[TormodSteinsholt]

The editing and production here is really really good. It's one of the videos where I feel smarter and informed afterwards. Thank you for this gem.

[HuyenTueDao]

Thank you as always for the great info. I feel extra glad that you are promoting banded pull-ups as a progression. I have friends that did not want to use them as a progression for reasons that seem to spring from the advice you watched. But FWIW, I am a data point that you can progress from banded to unassisted pull-ups. In the last 6 months, I've gone from using quite heavy bands to getting to 5 reps unassisted. I never would have gotten there without the banded pull-ups. Thank you for being super inspirational but also practical, evidence based, and accessible.

[michaelblacktree]

I noticed the different pullup variations had different levels of difficulty for me. So I used that as a progression. For me, the neutral grip was easiest. The overhand grip was the hardest. And the underhand grip (i.e. chin-up) was somewhere in between. Now that I've been doing pullups for awhile, that doesn't really matter anymore. But as a beginner, it helped me to progress.

[sspeedy]

This is brilliant, watching other social media videos and explaining your opinion makes it almost like an FAQ session at the same time

[RiceNinja]

Thanks for dropping some real knowledge! Love your work, this channel is an authority for me

[ReigneOrShine]

Always the best sport educational video in social media. I started with zero pull up November 2018. My husband who is also a Sport Scientist included in my program band assisted pull ups including negatives and isometric hold with chest on bar because as you said it is hardest for most people. Fast forward to now, I can do 10 reps pull ups on bar with chest on the bar. I can also do 5 reps muscle ups. I used band assistance in exercises that were way too difficult for me. Bands are going to be your best friend when learning a new skill.

[suryadas]

Always coming back to learn. Thank you for the insight!

[Estoika_]

Personally, when I found out about the subject, I saw that there was not much difference in mechanical terms between the chin up and the pull up. However, with chin ups it is very easy for me to make a more demanding ROM, where I end up touching the chest from a dead hang.

So I treat it as an accessory exercise, where instead of focusing on explosiveness (as I do on pull ups), I focus on absolute control of the movement and make sure to add more volume of work.

[PauloHenrique-mmnn]

I’m watching this channel for a long time now and I’m really happy to see how the you progressed on the quality of the videos. The content (about calisthenics) have always been more than great, what I mean is about production, lights, visual identity.

Congratulations! Hope to get a course soon enough so I can improve my training!

[yeshibenti]

Eleggs thank you very very much. Your advices are really appreciatable

[lavatr]

After 2months of training
I now can do 6 pull-ups, 6pushups
L-sit 8sec... hanging L position 5sec
All this in proper form...

[erikdavisNC]

I was one who struggled with doing even 2-3 pull-ups for years while being able to do sets of ten on chin-ups. I was using an assisted pull-up machine where you can alter the weight, and it just wasn't doing anything for me, but I switched to using wraps on pull-ups and doing scapular pull-ups to develop and emphasize specific back muscles, and I went from being able to barely do 2-3 to doing 7-8 in two weeks. Part of my issue was definitely my grip, but the other issue was simply not activating my muscles properly due to the assist (stabilizers not being activated properly, and muscles not being used to the motion and the stress since the assist does that for you). Sometimes you have the strength but simply aren't activating the muscles properly so you don't get the output.

Pull-ups/chin-ups are still my weakest exercise by far, but I can actually do a set of ten all the way down/shoulders to the bar now. That said, I can do roughly 1.5-2x as many chin-ups as I can do pull-ups.

[HarryAGeorgiou]

Thanks for the clarification on arching my back during the Pull-ups, when I use rings, I find it easier to initiate and pull up my body arching my back then going to normal, otherwise I find the scapulars are not strong enough sometimes to get enough repetitions, so I would be worrying that maybe I'm cheating myself a bit

[marco.nascimento]

Excellent video!! Simple and direct to the point.

[NDemanuele]

This is a very educational channel!
The host is very knowledgeable!

I do Pull-ups at home. I can't do that many with good form. Maybe 5 on a good day, but I do hold at the top and also resist the eccentric a bit.
The way I do my sets is that I start by doing as many as I could on my own, then use a band to squeeze out a few more, lastly I do some negatives.
What I'm wondering is: What is more beneficial the band or negatives? I'm starting to think the band is more beneficial because it does add some tension
which seems to stretch my back a little more and also get a good squeeze at the top. While with negatives, although I really resist I don't feel any benefit
nor see any progress with more reps. I was also thinking of doing partial reps at the sticking point instead of negatives. I think focusing on the mid-rep to
the top of the rep might be more helpful than doing negatives?

My goal is to add more time under tension. I'm not stuck in the numbers game. I'm after developing my Back.

I'd appreciate your input on this.

Thanks and keep it up!

[jbcrazy]

This is a great video. Very helpful regarding hand and body position with respect to muscle activation.

[paulmcc]

Thanks Alex, you always come across as being extremely knowledgable and must be of one the best experts in this field of sport.

[RenielBernardo]

Thank you very much Sir it helps me alot