How To Do Pull Ups For Beginners - From Zero To Hero

One of the questions I'm often asked is: "I can't do a single pull-up, what should I do?"

Not to mention the people still so much haunted by bad memories of 5th grade PE class that they don't ever attempt to do pull-ups again and just leave them out of their routine.

Which is wrong, because pull-ups are probably the best exercise you can do for your back! And you, too, can build the strength to do them! It just takes some perserverance and a place to do pull-ups.

The following pull-ups for beginners program is for those that already find a regular chin-up difficult, will show you how to do pull ups correctly and take you from zero pull-ups to your first one and beyond.

It is designed to fit into my beginner workout, which you can find here:

http://evilcyber.com/fitness/home-workout-plan-beginners/

If you don't have a pull-bar at home or don't belong to a gym where you can do them, get creative: a strong branch on a tree, a pipe in the basement or one of those steel structures on playgrounds can all be used for pull-ups. There are tons of possible places where you can do pull-ups:

http://evilcyber.com/fitness/pullups-without-bar/

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[Mdusiek1]

Hey. Thanks for another great video (also watched your pushup video).

I have a question, as I'm starting to train for the army PT.

I am very bad at pullups - I can do max 1 deadhang and a couple when my feet are on the ground) about 60% arm extension. My question is: Is doing chiunups going to be more efficient than doing the assisted pullups? How many would you recommend a day/every two days? Thanks :)

[Evilcyber]

@Mdusiek1 The used muscles are different: chin-ups do more biceps, on pull-ups the biceps is very much neutralized. Therefore one thing you can try is to do as many pull-ups as you can and then switch to chin-ups, which will be a bit easier. I'd do it three times per week. Also check my video on how to do more pull-ups.

[YourWifeyLuLu]

@Evilcyber Thanks :) I will do my research and hopefully be able to do pull-ups/chin-ups real soon! Thank you for the vid, it really helps.

P.S. Call me Leslie :D

[jonathankundinger]

@Evilcyber haha, cool, I'll practice(;

[Evilcyber]

@jonathankundinger Easy step one: pronounce every "th" as "s" ;)

[Evilcyber]

@YourWifeyLuLu Lulu, I know where you are coming from. But trust me, the program as outlined will get and keep you going. The only thing that you could do which is easier than negative chin-ups would be the inverted row (do a search). However, most people don't have the necessary equipment at home.

[YourWifeyLuLu]

@Evilcyber Yes I did haha. But I mean, I want to work on my back before I try to do pull-ups so it'll be easier for me. Are there other things to do to work your back other than pull-ups? 

[jonathankundinger]

@Evilcyber they did!! Haha, My grandfather was German, and I am 1/4 German, I wish I could have a German accent though