Pullups: God's gift to your upper back

Hec said:
These are good to bring a full range of motion into it:
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Muscleups own me. I cannot do a single motion one like he does and I don't know anyone who can. I sent him a message on youtube a few months ago asking him how he does it and for any tips. He told me that the speed was the most important part, and that swinging the legs will help, especially if you are new. Besides that, there is a reason why they are called "muscle" ups. I can do cheating ones where I stop and climb slowly up, then press, and basically do dips on a the chinup bar, but that doesn't really count.
 
Pullups and its variations are great exercises. I was a pull-up and muscle-up fanatic back during my crossfit and wierd strength days...then came powerlifting for me. Some good tips that helped me achieve respectable weighted chin-ups and one-arm chins was www.dragondoor.com also www.crossfit.com which I'm sure some of you already are aware of, if not then I recommend reading some of the articles on dragondoor.

I noticed someone asked if muscle-ups are harder on a straight bar or rings? from my experience and many others is that rings are much easier, especially if you master the false grip. Straight bar may be easier if you are very good and quick at kipping. Some may think otherwise though.

I could go on and on about different training methods of the pull-up but it really depends from person to person and their starting point.
 
I, too, love pullups. On occasion I would be sitting around, thinking, "Damn I want to do some pull-ups right now." But I have no place or equipment to do them. I actually have tried to do them on the top of door frames, but there is but 1" of grip there, so I'm doing pull-ups on my fingertips. I manage 1 or 2. A year ago I actually bought a door pull-up rack on Amazon. It attached to the doorframe. However my doorframes are too thick, and it doesn't "latch" on, so I had to return it.

That one beastskills website has some pull-up rack I am thinking of getting. Dude says its only $25. http://www.beastskills.com/equipment.htm


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I think I might look into getting this. I would get a power rack/cage instead, since it's about the same size/dimensions, but I don't have much room, and so I figure this rack can easily be moved around when necessary, as opposed to a power cage.
 
pull ups are one exercise that I always do every week, I usually alternate exercises to keep my body and mind fresh but I alwyas do pullups.
 
I suck at pullups, really I do. So I'm going to give a few of the tips that you mentioned Remy, thanks.
 
muerteverde said:
I found what may very well be the worst pullups video ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrYlzb2s4yw

Mr T style! note the incredible range of motion....
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Bad, but not quite as bad as Big Doughy's. He'd just grip the bar, lean his head back and look at it for two seconds, then walk off with a swagger like he had achieved something momentous.
 
Question, Dose it really make a difference whitch way youre palms are face while doing them? becosue theres 2 ways of doing them, are they both the same
 
Sikk said:
Question, Dose it really make a difference whitch way youre palms are face while doing them? becosue theres 2 ways of doing them, are they both the same
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yea..theres a big difference. the normal overhand grip (palms facing away from body) works our your lats and back more. the underhand grip? (palms facing towards you) works out your biceps more.
 
niagareven said:
More than likely 100x harder on rings..
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not really

as someone else said, rings allow you to roll your wrists over more and that makes it a lot easier
 
and the rings are also suspended from dangling ropes or whatever. Not on a fixed bar. Ever try doing pull ups on rings without them rotating? It is much harder than on a fixed object.
 
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