Pull ups are one of the best all-around moves for increasing your upper body strength, and overall fitness level.
They are a natural movement pattern of human beings!, not to mention basic and old-school.
When it comes to cranking out more, small form tips like the one we cover in today’s video can make a huge difference.
Today’s tip is about your eyes – that is, where you are looking during the exercise – and how that impacts the position of the rest of your body during the movement, the muscles you end up activating, and the “rhythm” you get into during your set.
Watch the video, try the tip in your next pull up workout, and let me know how it helps!
– Forest Vance
Master of Science, Human Movement
Certified Personal Trainer
KettlebellBasics.net
PS – If you’re stuck and can’t seem to make progress towards your pull-up goals, odds are you’re
performing exercises that will NOT improve your ability to perform more pull-ups.
Exercises such as:
– Lat Pull Downs
– Band-Assisted Pull-Ups
– Machine-Assisted “Gravitron” Pull-Ups
– Bodyweight Rows
Do NOT have much, if ANY, carry-over to actually helping you to do more pull-ups.
(Don’t get me wrong – these are fine exercises in their own right, and I use them regularly in my programs!… it’s just
important to know they they are not necessarily going to help you do more pull-ups, if that is your goal.)
If you want to improve your pull-ups, here’s what I recommend you try instead:
-> the “Physique Zero” Pull Up Progression Method
It’s called the “Physique Zero” Pull Up Progression Method, and it’s actually a free BONUS program you get when
you pick up a copy of the Physique Zero course.
Here’s how it’s set up:
1 – You “test out” at the beginning of the program. This helps you set a starting point, as well as a goal for
the end of the routine.
2 – You pick the “phase” to start at, depending on if you are just getting started, more intermediate,
or even more advanced. There are 10 levels total to progress through.
I followed a very similar routine, that used basically identical principles, to take my pull up total from 6
to 13 in about 10 weeks, leading up to the last Tactical Strength Challenge I competed in.
If you are looking to do more pull ups, this is a great resource I recommend you check out…
plus, you get a full at-home bodyweight strength program to go with it!
Details and order now at the link below:
-> “Physique Zero” Pull Up Progression Method + Full 12-week Bodyweight Strength plan
– Forest Vance
Master of Science, Human Movement
Over 40 Training Specialist
KettlebellBasics.net