Pull-up variations: beginner to expert
This is a compilation of different pull-up exercises. There are three levels of difficulty – beginner, intermediate and advanced. If you can’t do a single pull-up this is where you start. If regular pull-ups don’t seem challenging for you anymore, here you will find some interesting and challenging pull-up exercises.
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Thanks, I appreciate your opinion.
The plan is to progress, of course, but there is still a lot of work for me until I can do the one arm pull-up. Maybe next summer, who knows.
dope routine, had to turn off the music though
FINALLY!!!!!! Some 1 who can do proper form deadhang pullups. Ur chin was over the bar everytime, keep up the good work
Cant please everybody.
But Im glad you enjoyed the workout! Thanks!
Thanks for your appreciation! I will definitely keep on progressing. Check back in a while.
u r very good trainer, i wanna have a motivation liek u
1:42 BOB? BOB practicing. phail.
if you can make another video with more advanced variations
@GreenwaldTom
PM with the info.
@GreenwaldTom
Hey Tom!
i would like to know if you could share some beginner pull ups exerices with me , For example how many i should do and for how many sets , how many days a week and such . To get me starting
Thanks Ahead
- Markus
@GreenwaldTom
PM with the info.
Hey Tom!
i would like to know if you could share some beginner pull ups exerices with me , For example how many i should do and for how many sets , how many days a week and such . To get me starting
Thanks Ahead
- Markus
I’ve been doing pull-ups for a long time and I’ve never even thought of any of this stuff! I’m definitely going to go out and try it, thanks!
Excellent how-to video, and agreed your pull-ups were very accurate.
awww man this is an awesome video. thanks for makin this! very helpful!
Nice tips for the begginers – bravo
hey Greenwaldtom can you do damage by stretching out ligaments and tendons, when you do pullups and go all the way down???? please give me feedback
@boombapswag92 I don’t think so but anything is possible. I perform pull-ups from a dead hang position not because I think that this kind of technique builds muscles faster, but because it prepares your body better for real life situations. If you jump up to grab an edge or a tree branch you will need strength to pull up yourself from a completely relaxed position. Also if you need to hang by an edge for a long period of time the more relaxed you will be, the longer you will be able to do that
Cool work out, excellent form, great advice too.
I’m curious what your point of view is or kipping or butterfly pull ups?
@madmardygan
Thanks!
I believe that kipping and butterfly pull-ups are great. It’s the most energy efficient and fastest way to pull your body up to a bar, tree branch… Lately I have started to use many different explosive pull-up variations in my own workout routines and it has helped me to master muscle-ups. It seems that i will have to make a followup video because there are so many different variations I want to add to this list.
i think you are completely wrong about what you think advance is , and you didnt even show a muscle up
@negron2108 maybe you are right. Of course there are many different harder variations, but I believe that for the average person this is enough advanced. I didn’t incorporate muscle-up because I don’t consider it as a pull-up. It is a far more complicated move than a regular pull-up and incorporates many other muscles. For the same reason I also wouldn’t put a handstand push-up in a regular push-up progression.
@negron2108 muscle up isnt a pull up though… Its a pull then transition to push.
@Arjaayy You are right, it’s not a pull up. Although, in order to do a muscle-up (without kipping or swinging into it) you have to do an extremely high and powerful pull up in order to get your chest above your hands to begin the pushing or pressing part. I think we can all agree it’s a killer body-weight workout
Hey Tom, great video. Just curious what exercises you would recommend for a boxer who needs both strength and speed from their arms and core. I’m a beginner too at pull ups but willing to work my way up depending on what you think might be best.
calisthenics…the benefit of being light weight
@0ldmanstew I have no experience in boxing, so I won’t be able to provide an answer based on my experience in this sport. From what i understand… you need both – speed and endurance. So basically I your case I would concentrate my training efforts in two directions – explosive movements (clapping pull-ups, kipping pull-ups…) and exercises for muscle endurance (for example more than 15 regular pull-ups or chin-ups).
I hope this will help