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Make pull ups a primary exercise. Train all sets to failure and vary your grip every workout to hit different angles. When I started I could only do 1 rep per set so I did 50 sets of 1 rep until my body adapted. Today my typical session looks...

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i was asked what i do in the gym: Back day: Weighted Pull ups 3 sets to failure Bodyweight Pull ups to failure Narrow Grip Row 3 sets 6-8 reps Wide Grip Row 3 sets 4-6 reps Tricep Pulldowns Heavy set 4-6 reps into 6-12 reps half weight Skullcrushers 6-8 Reps 3 sets Behind Back Barbell Press, 3 sets 6-8 reps Delt Flys 3 sets 8-10 reps Body Weight Pull ups to burn out
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i was asked what i do in the gym: Back day: Weighted Pull ups 3 sets to failure Bodyweight Pull ups to failure Narrow Grip Row 3 sets 6-8 reps Wide Grip Row 3 sets 4-6 reps Tricep Pulldowns Heavy set 4-6 reps into 6-12 reps half weight Skullcrushers 6-8 Reps 3 sets Behind Back Barbell Press, 3 sets 6-8 reps Delt Flys 3 sets 8-10 reps Body Weight Pull ups to burn out

Meecha Clause

398,420 views • 7 months ago

I’ve been obsessed with pull ups for a decade now. I train pull ups just as I do my squat, bench and deadlift. Pull ups are a primary strength exercise I train them with low rep sets using bands, chains, and other unique loading options specifically with an EZ curl bar on the feet I use at least 4-5 alternative grip variations just like I train 4-5 squat, bench and deadlift variations If you want a big back, and arms BTW, make sure you’re training pull ups Be on the lookout for my pull up guide in the very near future
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I’ve been obsessed with pull ups for a decade now. I train pull ups just as I do my squat, bench and deadlift. Pull ups are a primary strength exercise I train them with low rep sets using bands, chains, and other unique loading options specifically with an EZ curl bar on the feet I use at least 4-5 alternative grip variations just like I train 4-5 squat, bench and deadlift variations If you want a big back, and arms BTW, make sure you’re training pull ups Be on the lookout for my pull up guide in the very near future

Official Strength Debates

73,206 views • 2 months ago

How many pull ups can you do? Today I did 15, decent reps. On chin-ups I can probably hit a bit more. I think I can add one rep a week and get to 30 if I focused on it - haven’t done these in months! Wanna start a pull up challenge? Post your pull ups here and let’s keep it going!
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How many pull ups can you do? Today I did 15, decent reps. On chin-ups I can probably hit a bit more. I think I can add one rep a week and get to 30 if I focused on it - haven’t done these in months! Wanna start a pull up challenge? Post your pull ups here and let’s keep it going!

Marc Lobliner - IFBB Pro

81,528 views • 5 months ago

Only 2% of women in world could do pull ups effectively. And only 10% of men. To pull up your body weight, is a core strength program.
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Only 2% of women in world could do pull ups effectively. And only 10% of men. To pull up your body weight, is a core strength program.

Kome

28,608 views • 8 months ago

I don’t love programming in a way that feels like it limits or boxing you in For that reason I like prescriptions like this, try it on your next pull up session 12x2 weighted pull ups Then do sets of 4 body weight only until you can’t anymore I ended up at a total of 40 reps
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I don’t love programming in a way that feels like it limits or boxing you in For that reason I like prescriptions like this, try it on your next pull up session 12x2 weighted pull ups Then do sets of 4 body weight only until you can’t anymore I ended up at a total of 40 reps

Official Strength Debates

20,945 views • 5 months ago

Pull-ups are a full body exercise When performed correctly everything from your grip, arms, shoulders, lats, core, glutes and quads should be active There’s no reason to rush them Focus on full control throughout the whole movement to maximise your results
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Pull-ups are a full body exercise When performed correctly everything from your grip, arms, shoulders, lats, core, glutes and quads should be active There’s no reason to rush them Focus on full control throughout the whole movement to maximise your results

Tom Coppens

98,720 views • 6 months ago

One of the best ways to increase your pull-ups Pyramid sets You start with 2 reps and add 2 reps on the next set until you can’t complete an unbroken set anymore Then go you back down again It looks like this for example : 2-4-6-8-6-4-2 Rest 40-60s between sets
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One of the best ways to increase your pull-ups Pyramid sets You start with 2 reps and add 2 reps on the next set until you can’t complete an unbroken set anymore Then go you back down again It looks like this for example : 2-4-6-8-6-4-2 Rest 40-60s between sets

Tom Coppens

58,722 views • 7 months ago

I see way too many people do the hip thrust exercise wrong. STOP EGO LIFTING AND SLOW DOWN!!! Take a moment to set up, keep your chin tucked, SLOW DOWN, squeeze at the top, keep your back strong (don’t arch), push through your heels and feel every part of the movement. Aim for 6-10 reps, (max 12 on your first warm up “set”). Choose a weight you can control with good form but that still challenges you. Even when you’re struggling or going heavy, your form should NOT change.
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I see way too many people do the hip thrust exercise wrong. STOP EGO LIFTING AND SLOW DOWN!!! Take a moment to set up, keep your chin tucked, SLOW DOWN, squeeze at the top, keep your back strong (don’t arch), push through your heels and feel every part of the movement. Aim for 6-10 reps, (max 12 on your first warm up “set”). Choose a weight you can control with good form but that still challenges you. Even when you’re struggling or going heavy, your form should NOT change.

Velvet 🧬✨

67,913 views • 7 months ago

Chin-ups feel easier than pull-ups for a reason. It’s not just grip — it’s anatomy. In a chin-up (underhand grip): - Your biceps line up better with the force → they actually help pull - Your elbows stay in front of your chest → pecs assist with stabilization Result? The load gets shared, so the movement feels smoother and you can usually do more reps. Save this if you train back 👇
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Chin-ups feel easier than pull-ups for a reason. It’s not just grip — it’s anatomy. In a chin-up (underhand grip): - Your biceps line up better with the force → they actually help pull - Your elbows stay in front of your chest → pecs assist with stabilization Result? The load gets shared, so the movement feels smoother and you can usually do more reps. Save this if you train back 👇

Cardio Arena

25,806 views • 14 days ago

SWIPE AND SAVE FOR YOUR NEXT UPPER BODY DAY ‼️ This is a focus on back and chest but first we warm up with kicking the bag and imagining it’s nothingyahoo Set and rep ranges at the bottom arm platted row 2.Dumbbell flat chest press arm platted pull down 4.Tricep pulley push down Set and rep ranges: -Warm up: 20 reps -Work up to a 10 rep max (increase the weight each set until you can only do 10 reps) -Drop set back down to 20 reps with no rest from your 10 rep max. Set & rep range should look like: 20,15,10,15,20
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SWIPE AND SAVE FOR YOUR NEXT UPPER BODY DAY ‼️ This is a focus on back and chest but first we warm up with kicking the bag and imagining it’s nothingyahoo Set and rep ranges at the bottom arm platted row 2.Dumbbell flat chest press arm platted pull down 4.Tricep pulley push down Set and rep ranges: -Warm up: 20 reps -Work up to a 10 rep max (increase the weight each set until you can only do 10 reps) -Drop set back down to 20 reps with no rest from your 10 rep max. Set & rep range should look like: 20,15,10,15,20

PrincessFromBabylon

45,916 views • 1 year ago

Example of a true working set... You’re probably doing way more sets than you need Trust me ⁠ Back in high school and college, I would lift 7 days a week, doing anywhere from 30 to 50 sets per day I used to think those 30-50 sets were the key to growth, but over time, I realized that most of those weren’t true working sets ⁠ Here’s the thing... If you can do 4 sets of 8 reps with the same weight each set, you’re probably not pushing yourself hard enough A true working set should leave you near failure within the target rep range ⁠ For example, let’s say your plan calls for 2 sets of 6-8 reps After a few warm up sets, you try 135 lbs and hit 8 reps, but you know you could have done 6 more That’s still a warm up set since you’re not reaching failure in the 6-8 rep range You’d then go up to 145 lbs and aim to fail around 6-8 reps If 145 still feels too light, that’s another warm up set You keep going up in weight until you find the load that challenges you to fail within that 6-8 range If you don’t have a spotter, leaving one or two reps in the tank is okay ⁠ This is where true muscle growth happens, by pushing close to your limit Sleep and diet is actually where muscle growth occurs but you never push yourself hard enough in the gym and give your body a reason to grow, hypertrophy will never happen The gym is just the stimulus to give the muscle a reason to grow We then get bigger through sleep and diet ⁠ Back to the working sets... For example, in the video, I hit 540 lbs for 8 reps on this hack squat Looking back, I feel I had one or two reps left, but it’s a solid starting point and it was a new PR for me at the time The next week, I would aim for 540 for 9-10 reps or bump up the weight to 545-550 and try to hit 8 reps aka progressive overload ⁠ I typically keep my quad and hamstring workouts separate and do only about 4-7 sets per muscle group, but each set is intense, and I’m struggling by the last few reps on each set ⁠ Give this approach a shot, and I promise you won’t need nearly as many sets as you think
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Example of a true working set... You’re probably doing way more sets than you need Trust me ⁠ Back in high school and college, I would lift 7 days a week, doing anywhere from 30 to 50 sets per day I used to think those 30-50 sets were the key to growth, but over time, I realized that most of those weren’t true working sets ⁠ Here’s the thing... If you can do 4 sets of 8 reps with the same weight each set, you’re probably not pushing yourself hard enough A true working set should leave you near failure within the target rep range ⁠ For example, let’s say your plan calls for 2 sets of 6-8 reps After a few warm up sets, you try 135 lbs and hit 8 reps, but you know you could have done 6 more That’s still a warm up set since you’re not reaching failure in the 6-8 rep range You’d then go up to 145 lbs and aim to fail around 6-8 reps If 145 still feels too light, that’s another warm up set You keep going up in weight until you find the load that challenges you to fail within that 6-8 range If you don’t have a spotter, leaving one or two reps in the tank is okay ⁠ This is where true muscle growth happens, by pushing close to your limit Sleep and diet is actually where muscle growth occurs but you never push yourself hard enough in the gym and give your body a reason to grow, hypertrophy will never happen The gym is just the stimulus to give the muscle a reason to grow We then get bigger through sleep and diet ⁠ Back to the working sets... For example, in the video, I hit 540 lbs for 8 reps on this hack squat Looking back, I feel I had one or two reps left, but it’s a solid starting point and it was a new PR for me at the time The next week, I would aim for 540 for 9-10 reps or bump up the weight to 545-550 and try to hit 8 reps aka progressive overload ⁠ I typically keep my quad and hamstring workouts separate and do only about 4-7 sets per muscle group, but each set is intense, and I’m struggling by the last few reps on each set ⁠ Give this approach a shot, and I promise you won’t need nearly as many sets as you think

Bailey Schober | Men’s Fitness & Nutrition Coach

23,353 views • 4 months ago

The back is the most important muscle in your body. Doing Lat pulldowns helps your back posture itself to keep your body upright. I personally do pulldowns every upper body day to make sure that my back is strong and healthy so that I can move around and do activities consistently. The wide grip pulldown emphasizes the width of your back and the close grip pull down emphasizes the lower lats (shapes your waist) and thickness of your back. I suggest doing both just to make sure that you’re not too wide or too thick.😉 Have an amazing day 🖤
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The back is the most important muscle in your body. Doing Lat pulldowns helps your back posture itself to keep your body upright. I personally do pulldowns every upper body day to make sure that my back is strong and healthy so that I can move around and do activities consistently. The wide grip pulldown emphasizes the width of your back and the close grip pull down emphasizes the lower lats (shapes your waist) and thickness of your back. I suggest doing both just to make sure that you’re not too wide or too thick.😉 Have an amazing day 🖤

PrincessFromBabylon

45,472 views • 1 year ago

Every home office should have a pull-up bar like this. Force yourself to do a few pull-ups every time you walk through the door. Every couple of hours, do a dead hang. Your shoulders, back, and neck will all feel better.
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Every home office should have a pull-up bar like this. Force yourself to do a few pull-ups every time you walk through the door. Every couple of hours, do a dead hang. Your shoulders, back, and neck will all feel better.

Cooper Mitchell - HomeGymGuy

127,046 views • 2 months ago

The pull-up is the one exercise I see people quit on the fastest. They try a few, can't do them, decide they're just "not a pull-up person," and move on. But the thing is, strength is a skill. A lot of it is just your nervous system learning the exact movement, and your body only gets good at what you actually practise. That's why you can lift heavy on a barbell and still struggle to pull your own bodyweight up. It's a different skill, and it takes time. So no, you're not bad at pull-ups. You just haven't trained them yet. Start with regressions like slow negatives or banded reps, and try grease the groove method (thread below). That's exactly how a skill gets built. One day the bodyweight that felt impossible starts moving. Genuinely one of the best feelings in the gym.
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The pull-up is the one exercise I see people quit on the fastest. They try a few, can't do them, decide they're just "not a pull-up person," and move on. But the thing is, strength is a skill. A lot of it is just your nervous system learning the exact movement, and your body only gets good at what you actually practise. That's why you can lift heavy on a barbell and still struggle to pull your own bodyweight up. It's a different skill, and it takes time. So no, you're not bad at pull-ups. You just haven't trained them yet. Start with regressions like slow negatives or banded reps, and try grease the groove method (thread below). That's exactly how a skill gets built. One day the bodyweight that felt impossible starts moving. Genuinely one of the best feelings in the gym.

Dr Neha Chawla || FreeGym

24,223 views • 19 days ago

Here’s my take on technique/form/finding the right weight to use for a given exercise: Let’s say you do a set of 8 reps and if we were to rate each rep on quality, the breakdown would be… Rep 1 - 10/10 Rep 2 - 10/10 Rep 3 - 10/10 Rep 4 - 10/10 Rep 5 - 10/10 Rep 6 - 10/10 Rep 7 - 9/10 Rep 8 - 8/10 That is a perfectly acceptable outcome It is an indication that you selected the right weight and did the set properly Now let’s say you do a set of 8 reps and if we were to rate each rep on quality, the breakdown would be… Rep 1 - 10/10 Rep 2 - 10/10 Rep 3 - 10/10 Rep 4 - 9/10 Rep 5 - 8/10 Rep 6 - 7/10 Rep 7 - 6/10 Rep 8 - 5/10 That is a surefire sign you need to reduce the load and pick a weight you can actually handle with better overall technique/form for the FULL DURATION of the set Some minor slippages in technique/form are probably going to happen in plenty of instances when you’re training hard/pushing yourself I’ve often said “your first rep should look very similar to your last rep sans concentric rep velocity” Very similar = it should be close enough Ultimately, there is FINE LINE between (A) pushing hard yet maintaining technique to the point that it could still be considered “pretty good” even when approaching/reaching failure and (B) pushing hard but letting technique fall by the wayside in the pursuit of continuing to move weight from point A to point B by any means necessary Example of elite technique from end to end:
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Here’s my take on technique/form/finding the right weight to use for a given exercise: Let’s say you do a set of 8 reps and if we were to rate each rep on quality, the breakdown would be… Rep 1 - 10/10 Rep 2 - 10/10 Rep 3 - 10/10 Rep 4 - 10/10 Rep 5 - 10/10 Rep 6 - 10/10 Rep 7 - 9/10 Rep 8 - 8/10 That is a perfectly acceptable outcome It is an indication that you selected the right weight and did the set properly Now let’s say you do a set of 8 reps and if we were to rate each rep on quality, the breakdown would be… Rep 1 - 10/10 Rep 2 - 10/10 Rep 3 - 10/10 Rep 4 - 9/10 Rep 5 - 8/10 Rep 6 - 7/10 Rep 7 - 6/10 Rep 8 - 5/10 That is a surefire sign you need to reduce the load and pick a weight you can actually handle with better overall technique/form for the FULL DURATION of the set Some minor slippages in technique/form are probably going to happen in plenty of instances when you’re training hard/pushing yourself I’ve often said “your first rep should look very similar to your last rep sans concentric rep velocity” Very similar = it should be close enough Ultimately, there is FINE LINE between (A) pushing hard yet maintaining technique to the point that it could still be considered “pretty good” even when approaching/reaching failure and (B) pushing hard but letting technique fall by the wayside in the pursuit of continuing to move weight from point A to point B by any means necessary Example of elite technique from end to end:

Dean Turner

83,319 views • 7 months ago

Back on the grind 💪🏽 with a cool plug at the end ☺️ Weighted pull-ups with 50 lbs. Sets of 10 reps alternating pull-up with toes to bar. Add weight, build power! Testing the strength after a month away from the gym. Goes to show that discipline and consistency travel and
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Back on the grind 💪🏽 with a cool plug at the end ☺️ Weighted pull-ups with 50 lbs. Sets of 10 reps alternating pull-up with toes to bar. Add weight, build power! Testing the strength after a month away from the gym. Goes to show that discipline and consistency travel and

Jimmy Drew

22,846 views • 1 year ago

form tips👇🏻 •have a slight bend in your knees & hinge at your hips •as you do, engage your lats & core •control the negative & work the range of motion your body allows •focus on sitting back in your heels and feeling your hamstrings pull the weight up
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form tips👇🏻 •have a slight bend in your knees & hinge at your hips •as you do, engage your lats & core •control the negative & work the range of motion your body allows •focus on sitting back in your heels and feeling your hamstrings pull the weight up

Miranda Cohen

10,870 views • 1 year ago

Sooooo I just saw all the workout critics 🤡 on my butterfly pull-ups. Butterfly pull-ups are done in CrossFit workouts and should not be done unless you have good shoulder mobility and can complete at least 5 strict pull ups without fatigue. I also train strict pull ups during other training sessions. Always make sure you go down all the way to straighten your arms before pulling up again. And chin over the bar at the top. But more importantly I encourage everyone no matter how old you are or what level fitness you are at, always try to train and exercise to stay strong and healthy so you can live your best life and be the best version of you. Don’t sit on the couch and be a hater. We have enough of that!
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Sooooo I just saw all the workout critics 🤡 on my butterfly pull-ups. Butterfly pull-ups are done in CrossFit workouts and should not be done unless you have good shoulder mobility and can complete at least 5 strict pull ups without fatigue. I also train strict pull ups during other training sessions. Always make sure you go down all the way to straighten your arms before pulling up again. And chin over the bar at the top. But more importantly I encourage everyone no matter how old you are or what level fitness you are at, always try to train and exercise to stay strong and healthy so you can live your best life and be the best version of you. Don’t sit on the couch and be a hater. We have enough of that!

Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸

2,076,206 views • 3 years ago