Top 10 Tips to Improve Your Pull Ups
The Memorial Day Murph workout is coming up so we figured to post up a few tips to help improve our pull ups to get ready for Murph.
Tip #1 – Top 10 Tips to Improve Your Pull Ups
Get on the pull up bar and test to see how many pull ups you can do. If you can’t do a pull up then do Australian pull ups or ring rows.
Get on the pull up bar and test to see how many pull ups you can do. If you can’t do a pull up then do Australian pull ups or ring rows.
Print out this page and put your pull up number here______X_______
The goal is to improve our pull ups over the next few weeks.
I am just like you – I need to work on my pull ups and improve. Even though I try to keep my body still in the dead hang – I have a slight kip when I get tired. I know and am working to improve that.
Tip #2 – Top 10 Tips to Improve Your Pull Ups
Use a variety to pull ups. Don’t limit yourself to regular pull ups. Use chin ups, australian pull ups, mountain climber pull ups, narrow grip, etc.
Use a variety to pull ups. Don’t limit yourself to regular pull ups. Use chin ups, australian pull ups, mountain climber pull ups, narrow grip, etc.
Tip #3 – Top 10 Tips to Improve Your Pull Ups
Work on your grip strength. How many athletes have you heard say that they could do more pull ups but their hands gave out? Train your weakest link by training your grip.
Work on your grip strength. How many athletes have you heard say that they could do more pull ups but their hands gave out? Train your weakest link by training your grip.
Tip #4 – Top 10 Tips to Improve Your Pull Ups
Lose a few pounds/kilos if needed. This is a no brainer. If your carrying around 20 extra (unneeded) pounds then that is like wearing a weight vest. Drop the extra weight by increasing your cardio and eating clean fuel (paleo diet).
Lose a few pounds/kilos if needed. This is a no brainer. If your carrying around 20 extra (unneeded) pounds then that is like wearing a weight vest. Drop the extra weight by increasing your cardio and eating clean fuel (paleo diet).
A good cardio pull up workout we like to do is the CrossFit workout “Nicole”
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
Run 400 meters
Max rep Pull-ups
note rounds and reps in comments below
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
Run 400 meters
Max rep Pull-ups
note rounds and reps in comments below
Tip #5 – Top 10 Tips to Improve Your Pull Ups
Do a variety of pull up workouts each week. Don’t just go out and do regular pull ups. Mix it up. A pull up workout we like is the workout “Cindy”.
Do a variety of pull up workouts each week. Don’t just go out and do regular pull ups. Mix it up. A pull up workout we like is the workout “Cindy”.
Tip #6 – Top 10 Tips to Improve Your Pull Ups
If you can’t do pull ups – do “negatives”. Pull yourself up on to the bar with your chin over the bar. Slowly lower yourself down. When you first start you may drop quickly. Slowly build up to where it takes you 5 long seconds or more to lower down.
If you can’t do pull ups – do “negatives”. Pull yourself up on to the bar with your chin over the bar. Slowly lower yourself down. When you first start you may drop quickly. Slowly build up to where it takes you 5 long seconds or more to lower down.
Tip #7 – Top 10 Tips to Improve Your Pull Ups
Use a stretch band
or have your buddy assist you (grab your hips and help you up). This is a good method to work as a team and help you get your pull ups.
Use a stretch band
Tip #8 – Top 10 Tips to Improve Your Pull Ups
Mix up the rep count. Try to do 50 pull ups for time. Add weight and do sets of 3 to 5 reps to build strength. Confuse the muscles by mixing it up.
Mix up the rep count. Try to do 50 pull ups for time. Add weight and do sets of 3 to 5 reps to build strength. Confuse the muscles by mixing it up.
Here is a workout we like to do
21-15-9 reps
Pull ups
burpees
21-15-9 reps
Pull ups
burpees
Tip #9 – Top 10 Tips to Improve Your Pull Ups
Use a thicker bar to strengthen the hands and forearms. You can wrap a towel around a bar – or make a bar with PVC pipe (double it for strength. You can place a thick device like the Fatgripz on a regular bar to make it thicker.
Use a thicker bar to strengthen the hands and forearms. You can wrap a towel around a bar – or make a bar with PVC pipe (double it for strength. You can place a thick device like the Fatgripz on a regular bar to make it thicker.
Tip #10 – Top 10 Tips to Improve Your Pull Ups
Try something different like a Spartan Race where you have to climb over walls and up a rope. If you have the ability – go to climb outside on boulders or walls (Parkour) or an indoor climbing gym. This will give you variety and let you test your skills on real world stuff.
Try something different like a Spartan Race where you have to climb over walls and up a rope. If you have the ability – go to climb outside on boulders or walls (Parkour) or an indoor climbing gym. This will give you variety and let you test your skills on real world stuff.
Test your pull up progress monthly and see how you do
insert your score here________
insert your score here________
Tip #11 – Top 10 Tips to Improve Your Pull Ups
Read and watch videos – and be inspired – check out the SGPT interview with Lee Wade Turner – one of the Bar-Barians.
Read and watch videos – and be inspired – check out the SGPT interview with Lee Wade Turner – one of the Bar-Barians.
Tip #12 – Top 10 Tips to Improve Your Pull Ups
After a hard workout like Murph you should take a day of rest. Foam roll your muscles, stretch them and do some yoga. In order to be a long term athlete – rocking workouts in your 40s and 50′s – you need to take care of your body and stretch.
NOTE: SEE THE COMPLETE ARTICLE ALONG WITH VIDEO HERE
After a hard workout like Murph you should take a day of rest. Foam roll your muscles, stretch them and do some yoga. In order to be a long term athlete – rocking workouts in your 40s and 50′s – you need to take care of your body and stretch.
NOTE: SEE THE COMPLETE ARTICLE ALONG WITH VIDEO HERE
