Learning how to perform a strict pull up is a common exercise that many fitness enthusiasts try to accomplish. It is a body weight movement that seems to challenge many people because of the amount of strength in the upper body and back that you need to perform this move.
Watching this video will teach you simple and effective progressions that will assist you in learning this simple movement. Once you master the strict pull-up, then you’ll have absolutely no problem later on with muscle-ups and other tough gymnastics movements.
For better performance, you can actually make a few modifications to increase the difficulty!
- Work the rings, but place your feet up on a box and let your hips sink as low as possible. This more vertical line of pull will have more correspondence to the pull-up.
- As you get stronger, try standing on a box that’s just slightly behind the pull-up bar. Start your pull, keeping the top of your feet on the box and pushing with the legs for assistance when needed.
- Do negative pull ups by controlling your movement in the “down” phase.
- Add WEIGHT once you become proficient at regular strict pull ups
Take some time to watch this progression video from Barbell Shrugged and they will have you on your way to practicing strict pull ups in no time.
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