Build more muscle faster here – http://athleanx.com/x/my-workouts Subscribe to this channel here – http://bit.ly/2b0coMW Pullups can be one of the harder exercises to do a lot of reps of simply because they demand you have good strength and control of your own bodyweight. In this video, I’m going to show you how to do 20 or more pullups in a single set regardless of how many you can do right now. The key is to use the pullup progression I lay out as well as the instant fix that you can use to start doing more pullups in your very next set. First it is important to understand that a pullup is not just a back exercise. There is far more that goes into executing a proper pull up. You need strength in your arms, forearms, and core as well. That’s right. If your core isn’t strong enough or you are forgetting to activate it when doing this exercise then you are definitely costing yourself a chance to increase the amount of reps you are performing on this popular upper body exercise. To increase the number of pullups you are doing you need to learn the right progression. I like having people set up a bar at about neck height and then grabbing it with one hand. The angle at which you align your torso to the bar is dependent on the ability level and your strength. If you are just starting out or consider yourself more of a beginner, [More]

My Calisthenics Programs: 👉 https://fitnessfaqs.com Follow Me: https://www.instagram.com/FitnessFAQs https://www.facebook.com/FitnessFAQs MUSIC: https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/fly-with-me This video by FitnessFAQs is a tutorial for beginners pullups. This pull up tutorial will be discussing the differences between band assisted and eccentric training. Daniel talks about why band pull ups are a band idea as they do not match the strength curve of the pullup, leading to slow progress. Eccentric reps should be used to learn how to do your first pull up. This method can be used by both men and women. If you want do do your first chin up, take notes and apply the method taught in the video. Avoid the standard pull up mistakes and get strong for your first rep.

The pull-up is one of the most commonly performed, and misperformed, exercises in the gym. In this video, I’m going to show you how to never do them incorrectly again and give you the fixes for the 10 most common pullup mistakes. Whether you can do 10 pull-ups or more now or struggle to do one, you’ll find this incredibly helpful and I guarantee you will be doing more reps by the time the video is over. The first thing you need to be aware of is how you are gripping the bar. If you grip too narrow you will shift the focus of the movement from the stronger back muscles to the weaker muscles of the forearms. You want to make sure you are just outside of shoulder width with the hand placement for optimal performance on this exercise. That said, the brachioradialis and brachialis are muscles that are going to be contributing to the pullup and your ability to do the most reps possible so you are going to need to train them. You just don’t want them being the main drivers of the exercise. To supplement your back muscles in the exercise, be sure to include some cross body hammer curls as shown to increase the strength of the forearms and your overall strength on the pullup. Regarding the grip placement, it isn’t enough to just get the hand spacing down. You also want to be sure that you direct your pressure in the right way. Most [More]

Get better at more than just pullups (and see faster results!) with ATHLEAN-X http://athleanx.com/x/resultsfaster One of the most common questions that guys ask when working out is “how to do more pullups”. The pull up is no doubt one of the more challenging bodyweight exercises. That said, it can be one of the most rewarding back exercises in regards to the amount of size and strength you can get from doing it. The problem with pullups however is that most often, we don’t do nearly as many reps of this exercise as we can. There’s a saying, you can’t fire a cannon from a canoe. This refers to the fact that you lose strength along the kinetic chain if you have an energy leak. In the upper body, and particularly on the pullup exercise, your energy leak is going to come at the shoulder blade or scapula. The shoulder blade needs to provide a stable base if your lats are to work to their full strength potential. In this video, I show you two scapular stabilization exercises or drills that you can do to instantly increase the strength of your lats and start doing more reps of pull ups. By mobilizing your shoulder blades and then stabilizing them, you will quickly activate these often dormant muscles of the back so that you can increase those reps of pullups. Regardless of how many pullups you’re doing now, institute the techniques shown in this back training video and you will be doing [More]