Pull-up variations: beginner to expert

[DeuxTrux]

This is an great exercises tip video, especially if you got an chin up bar at home.

[JeffVlahovich]

nice video! Was doing around the worlds this morning, loving them.

[skaterkid154]

thanks for the nice video!

[SuperElectr0nic]

I wish One day i could be Like that man in that Vidieo Iam About to be skeleton No Muscle i just wich to have a good tut I will start with those exerscise

[XXXCompAssesXXX]

Your doing really well in these! Keep up the good work!

[Ricis666]

Man i really wana know about if i can do pull ups train morning and afternoon or just 1 time for day cause it force arms a lot if u do with all strengh 1 section and u cant keep doing it... so i wana know if i can do monrning and afternon and it will be good?

[locolopelocolope]

Nice vid !

[trollMACHINE]

weak



[aadamissocoollike]

@trollMACHINE STRONG

[MrGip1990]

Not full exercise's - diagonal pull-ups - when shoulder touch bar and hands horizontal in this moment...

[anujkumar1001]

hey dude ..i must give credit to your hard work for this video..i hope if i could find dese sort of guys in india too..

[Obsidian1392]

i love your vids. so chilled

[MrIrock4life]

I wish I had a place like that in my country :(

[13andincrediblycut]

Amazing vid! I have a reached expert on endurance and strength skills over many years of consistent training. :)

[shenkeey]

@13andincrediblycut THANK GOD YOURE ACCOUNT IS GONE, finally no spamming anymore :D

[InciteFitness]

Hey are you in the UK? Where are those bars?

[GreenwaldTom]

@InciteFitness Thanks! I'm feeling great. A bit hard to cope with studies and everything, but otherwise I can't complain.

Unfortunately those bars are in Latvia not UK.

[DuckHeadlolz]

Perfectly put together video, was a please to watch from the start to finish! Thank you.

[AGreenWallSnipes]

It's bad to go all the way down like how you do at 1:55.

[thepineapple1]

calisthenics...the benefit of being light weight

[0ldmanstew]

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.

[GreenwaldTom]

@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 ;)

[mohdzo95]

@GreenwaldTom I'm a kickboxer and I recommend core exercises to make you punch harder and faster. For arms do dumbbell curls and for triceps do skull crushers and pushups :)

[leafblowinSK8]

@GreenwaldTom Thanks, i will try to as many to-chest-pull-ups, and keep good form and try to max everytime, and 3-5 sets ?? Sound god to increase both endurance and explosive strength and i should do this 3times a week?

[GreenwaldTom]

@leafblowinSK8 Yes, give it a shot 3 times a week. As long as you don't feel over-trained, you should be fine. See what happens, you might have to implement some changes in the near future. We all are different, but 3-5 max sets 3 times a week should be a good base. Let me know about your progress :)

[negron2108]

i think you are completely wrong about what you think advance is , and you didnt even show a muscle up

[GreenwaldTom]

@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.

[leafblowinSK8]

@GreenwaldTom so talking repetition wise, what is the best way to increase both explosive strength and amount of pull ups??

[stawg007]

@leafblowinSK8 explosive strength you want to be doing6-8 reps of 3-4 sets, if you can do more reps than that on each set then make each set harder e.g. add weight, do a more advanced pull up etc

[GreenwaldTom]

@leafblowinSK8 you simply need a bit different strategy for both - explosive strength and endurance. For explosive strength I would suggest clapping pull-ups or chest to bar (high) pull-ups. Just do as many reps you can with good form. For increasing reps your only way to increase them is to work at your maximum output level. You can also try some static holds. They have helped me in the past. I would do both kinds of pull-ups 2 - 3 times a week for 3 - 5 sets at a time.

[Arjaayy]

@negron2108 muscle up isnt a pull up though... Its a pull then transition to push.

[masterexploder83]

@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

[madmardygan]

Cool work out, excellent form, great advice too.

I'm curious what your point of view is or kipping or butterfly pull ups?

[GreenwaldTom]

@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.

[boombapswag92]

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

[GreenwaldTom]

@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

[vladosaber]

Nice tips for the begginers - bravo :)

[fastx21]

Excellent how-to video, and agreed your pull-ups were very accurate.

[DirectorInLabor]

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!

[jaw141]

@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 :) PM with the info.

Thanks Ahead

- Markus

[clos8a1]

if you can make another video with more advanced variations

[sunnysideupzZz]

1:42 BOB? BOB practicing. phail.

[mcrishTV]

u r very good trainer, i wanna have a motivation liek u

[Ratay06]

FINALLY!!!!!! Some 1 who can do proper form deadhang pullups. Ur chin was over the bar everytime, keep up the good work

[GreenwaldTom]

Thanks for your appreciation! I will definitely keep on progressing. Check back in a while.

[backtohali]

dope routine, had to turn off the music though

[GreenwaldTom]

Cant please everybody. :) But Im glad you enjoyed the workout! Thanks!

[Shokeybutsi]

the rows are actually hard for me, i can do pullups, but the rows are challenging

[123shinryuuji]

Hey, well made video there. It has some good progression ideas. Thanks for sharing.

If you can, try make a video how you progress to even harder types like the one arm and such.

[GreenwaldTom]

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.