Improve Your Pull-Up Strength Fast

Pull-ups and chin-ups are basic bodyweight exercises. If you want to learn how to increase your pull up strength, fitnessfaqs has you covered.

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[flowmotion_sw]

Matt is so grounded and his knowledge is gold. Thanks for uploading this part of the interview.

[dirt_dert_durt]

I have a pull/chin assist machine at my gym that I tried for the first time a couple days ago. You stand on a bar that's weighed up by whatever amount you set. It allowed me to do the pull up movement for the first time in about a decade. I'm gonna have to get 35 pounds lighter and 35 pounds stronger to be able to do one unassisted, though.

[gmelliot]

Four ways to get better at pull-ups:

1. Lose weight

2. Do more pull-ups

3. Use a variety of rep ranges (should be training everything from 1-30 reps; for lower reps add weight; for higher reps do assisted pull-ups or lat pulldowns)

4. Use accessory exercises for weak points. That includes exercises for: grip endurance, elbow flexion (biceps, brachialis, Brachioradialis), shoulder extension (lats, rear delts), shoulder adduction (lats), scapular retraction (traps), scapular depression (traps, lats).

[Ruudwardt]

Great comment on the simplicity of pull-up. It is truly hard to do badly wrong. Technique improves over time and it matters little bit, but it is got to be the least technical strength feat there is. Sure, people trained in lat pulldown appear to be relatively weak in weighted pullups.
It is hard to do pulling up wrong from joint alignment perspective like you can do practically any pushing movement.
Deadlift is 10x more technical. Clean and jerk with a barbell is 1000x.

[robertwhite]

Those weighted wide grip chins (i.e. undergrip) absolutely murder my elbow tendons

[saudude]

that neck really is impressive.
and i love the topic of this conversation, it's something I've been focusing on in my pull up training since childhood. It really does come naturally, once you reach a certain level, you tend to do each rep more technically and slower, stopping at crucial, toughest points to maximise that muscle strain. And boy, is it satisfying to feel that "tearing-up" feeling in your muscles as you try to be as still as a sculpture in the critical point. Once you finish a set like that, you feel all the muscles bulging.

[houuukou]

I already listened this episode, but this part resonated in me and it's great to hear it more than once. Great talk, thank you both.

[Peter-cpxx]

More with this man! Pick his brain! I want to pull and dip like him!

[monkeyd.luffy-taro]

My mantra since i read steve lows masterpiece: PERFECT TRAINING makes perfect not training makes perfect, Rep Quality 4 LIFE!

[thequickwit]

If Matthew sells one streetlifting course, I'd most definitely one.

[gutierrezgainz]

It's cool to know that I unconsciously use the non-stop into dead stop technique on pull-ups! I never thought about grip much, but I like going wider on pull-ups for extra mid back gains and shoulder-width on chinups for lats and maximum strength.

[Pechanni]

Cool tips! Also, pretty mindblown about 00:55, I had no idea you could grow a thick neck by neck-locking at the top of a rep. I'll do that for sure.

[devserendipity]

LETSS GOOOO MATHEW!! ITS NICE TO SEE YOU HERE!

[billking]

I'm the wrong side of 60 and just started getting back into pullups. I can currently only do 2 at a time and am aiming for sets of 10 and max reps higher than that. Usually practice every second day, unless I have sore shoulders. I find shoulder width or slightly narrower easiest. I have tiny little arms. Coz I climb, I usually stop and hold at the top. Any tips?

[madmaxiemartialartsnerd]

First guy was on point. With many exercises, you can cheat through good technique, posture, and swinging. But when it comes to Chin ups it's either you can or you can't, which is honestly what makes them such a frustrating exercise to learn.

The more frustrating part is if you can't do them it isn't really your fault either It basicaly depends on what sports were you doing when you were younger. If you trained your body to do chin-ups when you were young and you were consistent with it, then you can most likely still do chin-ups in your adult years as long as you aren't to out of shape. But if you were like me a soccer and TKD guy, where basically the entire base of your spot is lower body demanding. Then well you can most likely do proper full plates on each side of a barbell on your first try ever going to the gym, but most likely have shit-tier upper body strength.

And oh boy will you be in for a rude awakening when you try pull ups

[travishickman]

I recently started doing pull-ups again after an illness where I didn't workout for almost a year. I can do about 6 but, had to quit because I have developed "Golfers Elbow". How to I proceed from here? I believe I have to develop my Forearms. Do you have any suggestions?

[fave]

Should i change pull up grips from week to week? I am currently doing only wide grip weighted pull-ups, but i heard that doing only one variation can hurt your elbows in the long run

[JackAcid]

My favourite exercise of them all. An absolute beast of a move.

[adonisvillain]

he's not looking like gigachad.
I watched ian batseagle - he really inspired

[Severed]

Can you please make a video on uneven shoulder blade retraction during pull ups ? I recently developed this and dead hangs and scapula retractions aren’t working