In defense of the vertical band assisted pull ups, if the bands ever snap up like that, you might end up doing your first pull up in surprise earlier than you ever expected!
yeah all the tips she has a great. That's what I've been doing, without watching a video on it. They've helped a lot. Especially holding at the top. THat's one of my weak spots.
Active deadhangs were great for me aswell as negatives. After youre done with your pullups. Just reset, let your hands rest, catch your breath. And do an active dead hang for as long as your hands allow you to. Or 30 sec to a minute. Do that a couple times as well. I just suck with my dietary needs .. so im not seeing much gains and im hitting a plateau. Might need weights but not willing to go that far yet
@@anonanon7553not gonna lie, my endurance is ass. I get to a certain point and all of a sudden its like what the hell. Anyway, i do not know if this is beneficiary or the opposite. After a while hanging at the top gets a bit boring for me. So i just do a slow pull up, going up as slow as i can, and going down as slow as i can . Again my endurance sucks so my thought was to make it as intensive for a longer period of time. My muscles shouldnt have too much trouble doing the normal ones. But im stuck at a certain point so this might achieve the opposite
Agreed, may sound weird but I hated my figure which is an hourglass because my hips were so wide and my shoulders are broad (I’m tall) I felt huge and wide in middle school/highschool but I’ve come to appreciate being able to fit into most retail clothing. Jeans are a struggle though but with my continued muscle growth they’re fitting better
Building foundational pull strength is so essential. I did most of the other things mentioned in this video, but could never get past 5 pullups, let alone do multiple sets of them. My old trainer told me to just hang from the bar for as long as possible and work myself to holding on for a minute, and then, once I felt confident to just start pulling up. After a couple of months, it worked like magic. Now I can do 10-12 reps in 4 sets (so 40-46 total pullups) warming up even on bad days. This has been one of my top achievements at the gym and I am so happy about it 😁
I appreciate this! Been able to do pull-ups for quite awhile, but I max out at about 2-3 and haven’t progressed much in a long time. I only really do home workouts, and I think it’s hard to find alternatives to the equipment in this video to use at home. I just have a door pull up bar
There are so many places for imbalances, so you have to slowly work on the whole chain or you’ll get stuck or injured. I’m now restarting the whole process after some years off doing legit pull ups.
best vid explaining how to get the pull up. i have never seen all of these tips compiled in one video with such good visual demonstrations. thank you!! hoping to get my pullup by the end of the summer, maybe sooner if im consistent with it :)
It’s been a slow grind for me, but after a few months of assisted pull-ups I can now do a solid 5 unassisted in a row🫡 Keep grinding y’all. We got this🤝🏽
But lat machine doesn't prepare your core for the balance needed for pullups. For most people, after their first pull up, they start swinging like a pendulum and waste energy because they got no core control.
I got my first pull-up yesterday. It has taken me 3 months of strength training to go from 50kg on the lateral pull-down machine to being able to easily rep about 70-80kg with assisted chin ups and dips, and finally I attempted a chin up yesterday on a random bar unaided. Didn't expect to get it, but apparently, I'd sailed past my goal because it came with ease! For reference, I weigh in at around 103 kg or around 225 lb.
I remember my first pullup (as a woman). I got one of those bars that hang on to your door and it came with instructions about form. I had been doing a fair amount of pushups every day, maybe 100, but trying pull-ups before reading the instructions I could do nothing. After, I could do 7. I forget the instructions, it's been a while since I've paid any attention to fitness but I learned just how important form could be in the successful conpletion of a muscular task.
@@Icystedwell It is relevant. When I was 16 I was able to do a couple of pull ups without having really needing to exercise at all. I’m a guy and I also seen the girls my age struggle to do them too.
Wrong, there's a a difference of about 1 N here and as long as the door jamb is properly installed there's no real risk. It's slightly better to have that half N pressing against the wall than down on the door jamb, but if that's going to cause a slip, then the set up is outright unsafe and shouldn't be used at all. As long as she's not kipping or working on explosive movement, it's fine.
Try switching your grips? I used to struggle with my pull-ups, and then some friends told me to do underhand grip. Did that with some negatives and band help then managed to finally do one after so many attempts. Then eventually when I got 3 I switched grips again to over hand and did more. Now anytime I go to the gym I always do pull ups cause I dont wanna eventually go back to 0.
Generally the best way to get better at pull ups is to practice pull up variations i.e. bands and negatives. If you’ve been trying that and not seeing any progress then chin ups (underhand grip) can definitely help or at least be a different way to train to add some variety
Active hangs are super important imo. Maybe even the most important thing. I notice so many people do pull-ups with shrugged shoulders and only use their biceps
They are hard. I’m just now beginning my health journey and I’m struggling. However, one day I’ll get to the point where I can do pull-ups. It’s not easy for those of us that haven’t trained much. You’ll get past it if you just continue on. And do not listen to the haters. They know nothing.
Currently my best is 7 pull-ups. Goal is 10. Guess that's why I'm here. I upload my results every so often. It's been a bit since I went to Disney but I definitely need to get back into it.
@@Lijslocombe. how so? I never did pull ups always did lat pull downs when I started the gym now I can do 10+ pull ups without training them directly and that's due to having a strong back which lat pulldown can help you build
@@Scycho assisted pull ups will get you there a lot faster the hardest thing about pull ups initially is the movement, you can have the strength and not how to use it
TBH, the last time I was big into pullups, I started by doing one with about a minute wait for the next one. Over the course of a few weeks I shrunk the time in between until I was doing them back to back.
TBH the opening stitched video is most effective Imo. Band assist has never gotten me anywhere and the TRX row is a different angle that doesn’t seem to translate, for me.
Do you know if a doorway pull up bar will hold between 2 walls instead of a doorway? Worried it will slip between walls cause my doorway not sure is strong enough.
@@selohcin Yeah but I mean if you can use the simple straight bars between walls instead of on the sides of the doorway. They seem to be attached with like small suction pads and pressure which holds better on smooth surfaces like a door frame but walls have paint so not sure if it will hold on a wall.
Just make a friend that has a gym membership and ask to bum off him most memberships give you a plus1 and create a routine and go workout with him whenever he shows up
No need for any equipment besides a bar. Use a stool to start a the top of the bar, and lower yourself down as slow as you are able. This is how I started off with pull ups, and it took me about a week and a half of doing that every other day before I was able to do a pull up. Only took a few months before I could do ten reps at a time.
I built up to pullups with rows and jackknife pullups alone. I stilp use bodyweight rows in my training to this day, only the rings are a lot lower than they were back then. Rows are an amazing back exercise. I once saw someone say that the key to calisthenics training is just spam rows until you win😂
@@malindarayallen You're not reading the title. You're reading the first thing it says in the video. It has the channel name at the bottom left and a little subscribe button then under that it has the title of the video, see the difference?
It doesn't really matter unless you're either a lot heavier or working on some explosive movements.Somebody her size is not putting much stress on the trim doing that. A guy my size that's probably double the weight could definitely have issues doing it from that side.
I should definitely try these. I just set up my power station and working on holds only. It's a killer for hands that no longer have grip strength or calluses.
assisted pull up machines if you have access to them are great, theres 2 at my gym and i usually do 2 sets on each of the different grip angles and after a few months im now able to do about 3 pull up in assisted, i can hold myself and go down great but going all the way up and bringing my chin above the bar is something i can usually do like 2 or 3 times at once but i can technically still pull myself up after just not as high
Shout out @lizbethdaniii for the opening stitched video!
Thank you 😰
@@johnc9781🤣
@@johnc9781 nah I found you at it again that's crazy.
@@whaaaaa2722😂
Always dream of being able to do pull up... this tutorial looks so progressive.. interesting, Thank you
In defense of the vertical band assisted pull ups, if the bands ever snap up like that, you might end up doing your first pull up in surprise earlier than you ever expected!
I didint see any reaction of her, feel like she is used to it lol
@@skydivenexthe probably meant for men. 😂
If shes got a real man, a little band should be nothing. 😂
@@skydivenextit usually hits the side of your inner leg before touching your groin.
😂🤣
🤣🤣🤣
Pullup negatives work wonders I couldn't do a single pullup a couple months ago now I can rep out 9 full pullups.
yeah all the tips she has a great. That's what I've been doing, without watching a video on it. They've helped a lot. Especially holding at the top. THat's one of my weak spots.
How many sets of negatives do you do? And how many times a week? Thanks
@donniedo9431 I do hit training but I would do about 3 to 4 sets of negatives to failure once a week.
Active deadhangs were great for me aswell as negatives.
After youre done with your pullups.
Just reset, let your hands rest, catch your breath.
And do an active dead hang for as long as your hands allow you to. Or 30 sec to a minute.
Do that a couple times as well.
I just suck with my dietary needs .. so im not seeing much gains and im hitting a plateau.
Might need weights but not willing to go that far yet
@@anonanon7553not gonna lie, my endurance is ass.
I get to a certain point and all of a sudden its like what the hell.
Anyway, i do not know if this is beneficiary or the opposite.
After a while hanging at the top gets a bit boring for me.
So i just do a slow pull up, going up as slow as i can, and going down as slow as i can .
Again my endurance sucks so my thought was to make it as intensive for a longer period of time.
My muscles shouldnt have too much trouble doing the normal ones.
But im stuck at a certain point so this might achieve the opposite
Lol the way she did it, so smooth and effortlessly, it wasn't even her 100th pull up.
But she's on the wrong side of that pull up bar. She will end up falling once she starts using more momentum
Well no kidding. The first half of the video was that woman teaching people how to do it, not trying it herself.
@@insanesamaritan7839 You shouldn't ever be using momentum unless you're specifically working to develop explosive power.
I'm here to look exactly for that comment.
This is totally misleading... None looks as controlled as her when doing the first correct pull up
Hourglasses are so beautiful
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Agreed, may sound weird but I hated my figure which is an hourglass because my hips were so wide and my shoulders are broad (I’m tall) I felt huge and wide in middle school/highschool but I’ve come to appreciate being able to fit into most retail clothing. Jeans are a struggle though but with my continued muscle growth they’re fitting better
@@oneyhoneyi m gonna find myself an hourglass oneday
@@oneyhoneyrlly? I thought everyone liked hourglass
@@oneyhoney😂
Building foundational pull strength is so essential. I did most of the other things mentioned in this video, but could never get past 5 pullups, let alone do multiple sets of them. My old trainer told me to just hang from the bar for as long as possible and work myself to holding on for a minute, and then, once I felt confident to just start pulling up. After a couple of months, it worked like magic. Now I can do 10-12 reps in 4 sets (so 40-46 total pullups) warming up even on bad days. This has been one of my top achievements at the gym and I am so happy about it 😁
Way to freakin go!!! 👏🙌🏼
I’m working on getting to where you are. I’m just now beginning my health journey. Pray for me 😂
I appreciate this! Been able to do pull-ups for quite awhile, but I max out at about 2-3 and haven’t progressed much in a long time. I only really do home workouts, and I think it’s hard to find alternatives to the equipment in this video to use at home. I just have a door pull up bar
That and using a chair or something to get to the top of the pull up and going down as slow as possible is great for improving pullups.
Can't tell if that was chatgpt or you love writing essays in yt short comments
There are so many places for imbalances, so you have to slowly work on the whole chain or you’ll get stuck or injured. I’m now restarting the whole process after some years off doing legit pull ups.
best vid explaining how to get the pull up. i have never seen all of these tips compiled in one video with such good visual demonstrations. thank you!! hoping to get my pullup by the end of the summer, maybe sooner if im consistent with it :)
It’s been a slow grind for me, but after a few months of assisted pull-ups I can now do a solid 5 unassisted in a row🫡
Keep grinding y’all. We got this🤝🏽
Wow... you comes a long way... gives me hopes 🙏
I just used lat pulldown machines and increase the weight. Helped me do pullups
Yeah that’s the best
Me too, that and barbell rows
But lat machine doesn't prepare your core for the balance needed for pullups. For most people, after their first pull up, they start swinging like a pendulum and waste energy because they got no core control.
@@hirokomlm131 maybe, but seems like it should be a decent option to get to that first or second pull-up.
@@hirokomlm131 Then do hanging leg raises? I did lat pull downs and leg raises and it worked for me...
he keeps getting away with it creatively.
Social media ain't real get to the real world 🦍
Getting away with what?
@@destinygarcia8993 you're not a man of culture, are you?
God the stiched video wasn't even that sexual this time. Yall thirsty as hell
@@taxximaxxi no one says that anymore, it seems like you have a problem with an attractive women doing more pull up than you.
I got my first pull-up yesterday. It has taken me 3 months of strength training to go from 50kg on the lateral pull-down machine to being able to easily rep about 70-80kg with assisted chin ups and dips, and finally I attempted a chin up yesterday on a random bar unaided. Didn't expect to get it, but apparently, I'd sailed past my goal because it came with ease! For reference, I weigh in at around 103 kg or around 225 lb.
This video was very informative ✌🏾
I remember my first pullup (as a woman). I got one of those bars that hang on to your door and it came with instructions about form. I had been doing a fair amount of pushups every day, maybe 100, but trying pull-ups before reading the instructions I could do nothing. After, I could do 7. I forget the instructions, it's been a while since I've paid any attention to fitness but I learned just how important form could be in the successful conpletion of a muscular task.
weird to specify your gender but ok
@@Icystedbecause for women its harder to get a pull up. It's weird to specify to specify on her telling that she is a woman.
@@evicaf4e not rly weird but aight
Lol. They way you worded it was funny and confusing since your profile pic is of a man. So I was wondering if there was ‘transitioning’ also going on.
@@Icystedwell It is relevant. When I was 16 I was able to do a couple of pull ups without having really needing to exercise at all. I’m a guy and I also seen the girls my age struggle to do them too.
Talk about a perfect torso
That hip to waist ratio was amazing!
@@YakmonSaysItLikeItIs fkn love it
if only every girl had that
@@Interestinggirl-in2ne i love you anyway even if u dont have that
@@Interestinggirl-in2ne dude?
Why hourglass figure are so attractive 🥺
The girl in the beginning of the video was using the bar backwards. Good way to fall.
yeah that was my thoughts , for a moment i thought j was using mine wrong
@@joeroganpodfantasy42 yeah exactly me too 🤣🤣🤣
Came to the comments to see who noticed lol
Wrong, there's a a difference of about 1 N here and as long as the door jamb is properly installed there's no real risk.
It's slightly better to have that half N pressing against the wall than down on the door jamb, but if that's going to cause a slip, then the set up is outright unsafe and shouldn't be used at all. As long as she's not kipping or working on explosive movement, it's fine.
Whats her @?
These comments are wicked rn over that girl LOLL
I can do 15 band assisted pull ups but still not a single normal one. There's definitely a mental element
Try switching your grips? I used to struggle with my pull-ups, and then some friends told me to do underhand grip. Did that with some negatives and band help then managed to finally do one after so many attempts. Then eventually when I got 3 I switched grips again to over hand and did more. Now anytime I go to the gym I always do pull ups cause I dont wanna eventually go back to 0.
You're probably weak in the bottom part of the pull up because that's where the band helps you the most. Try working on scapula shrugs.
@@Pipa05 I can underhand grip but I never thought it could carry over, I'll definitely give it a try
@@deci I've been trying that out, hopefully it yields results
Generally the best way to get better at pull ups is to practice pull up variations i.e. bands and negatives. If you’ve been trying that and not seeing any progress then chin ups (underhand grip) can definitely help or at least be a different way to train to add some variety
Active hangs are super important imo. Maybe even the most important thing. I notice so many people do pull-ups with shrugged shoulders and only use their biceps
Shout-out to the little boy getting after it. Great to see the youth getting on this path
I felt like once I surpassed 3, I was able to progress a little faster than I had been up until that point
I started off with 5 now I’m aiming for 10(slow ones)
Good advice
I can do it
It’s just the matter of my arms being pretty long
This is a very strong pull up. You will do more quickly. Great job and discipline.
Wow, she looks gorgeous!
Pullups are hard AF.
Weakling
Don't join the Marine Corps if you feel that way...
Not really, no.
@@Sfaegbe
Shut the hell up
They are hard. I’m just now beginning my health journey and I’m struggling. However, one day I’ll get to the point where I can do pull-ups. It’s not easy for those of us that haven’t trained much. You’ll get past it if you just continue on. And do not listen to the haters. They know nothing.
I can now do eight unassisted from following advice on TH-cam.
Best advice was to pretend you’re trying to bend the bar as you pull!😮
bad advice, ended up bending the puil up bar from the gym and now have to pay for damages and got banned
@@itsjarcia9151 That’s harsh 😊
@@trinkabuszczuk6138 ye😂
@@itsjarcia9151is this real?
@@amberpalmer3708 all gym bars start out straight. Any bars with bends are a result of well-meaning advice.
Currently my best is 7 pull-ups. Goal is 10. Guess that's why I'm here. I upload my results every so often. It's been a bit since I went to Disney but I definitely need to get back into it.
th-cam.com/users/shortsj_DLM4qny9o?si=ZljhcF0Kr34dSJt7
Also, lat pull downs really help. It's what got me my first pull up
My problem with pull ups is not so much my arms but that my hands and fingers hurt too much while doing it even with globes
Just push through it for a bit, your skin will harden and you shouldn't need gloves ever again.
i'm pretty strong but i only get 2... i should try weighing under 95kg/210lbs lol
@@Jekezio maybe, I always end up giving up and just trying other stuff
@@4bschaum i can get a couple but it gets too painfull for my hands and fingers and they ended up red and swollen
Keep at it, your skin will harden.
He knows what I like
😂😂 can’t even see her face, guess you like anyone that’s a woman 🤣
Whhhahaaaaaaa
I love that use of the band!
The thing that helped me THE most in getting my first pullup was combining dead hangs+ going a bit heavier on the seated latpull. Works like a charm!!
The monolopy of the medical / medicine is explained in the book " Owning the Sun" by Alexander Zaitchuk...great book
Ahhhh back muscles i can’t handle it loool
My weakness as well 😍
Nice tips for intro progress 😊
Well done ma'am. 👏🏾😎
HER BODY, AM I THE ONLY ONE HERE😭😭 wife material
fuckable material does not mean wife material
You're not alone bro 🤝
Someone's body doesn't make them wife or husband material. Be careful out there cause you are gonna get played around like a fool.
@@sigmaandpi2062exactly lmao
@@sigmaandpi2062 but better be played by someone super hot
yeah we're gonna need the @ big dog
🤣🤣🤣
STOP.SIMPIN.SON!
@@jnnx need the @ so I can specifically not simp for her and avoid her at all costs. PLEASE
I love this for you! Congratulations 🎉
Okay but if I got in the position to do a “top hold” I would’ve basically already done a pull up.
Better do Lats pull-down till you’re strong enough to do pull ups
trash advice
🤡
@@Lijslocombe. how so? I never did pull ups always did lat pull downs when I started the gym now I can do 10+ pull ups without training them directly and that's due to having a strong back which lat pulldown can help you build
@@Scychoexactly this, it targets many of the same muscle groups. These people tho got it in their brain that lat pull downs are of no benefit
@@Scycho assisted pull ups will get you there a lot faster the hardest thing about pull ups initially is the movement, you can have the strength and not how to use it
You can use me as a "Wtf did i just watch" Button.
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LMFAO the orange band! 😂
💓 I want that pull up ! love pull ups ! 💗
Jesus the hips ain't lyin...
They are. Look at the door curve
I don’t see a curve and I think they’re referring to the girl with the band anyway
Yo… where do you be finding these girls?! I’m noticing a trend lmaoo
1:36:25 Did dude just say “Beyonce put bootylicious in the dictionary” 🤣🤣
I tend to strain my jaw when I do them so posture and correct form have been my priority. Thanks for the start advice!
Little John ...one of Robinhood's crew or the rapper...Yeah !
Thank you ! I want to do get my first pull up
Needed this. Thx.
As a DJ/Turntablist, all I heard was some dope ass scratching....love vinyl. And pull ups are alr ig
Men of culture..we met again ❤
😂
That band understood the assignment
Whoever looking at this to work toward a first pull-up. You got this, I KNOW you’re gunna do it👍
I’m sore from doing pull up negatives with a band about 10 a day on day 3, my biceps are killing me when I try to make my arm straight lol
When you can’t even do the second one 😂
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TBH, the last time I was big into pullups, I started by doing one with about a minute wait for the next one. Over the course of a few weeks I shrunk the time in between until I was doing them back to back.
Thank you
TBH the opening stitched video is most effective Imo. Band assist has never gotten me anywhere and the TRX row is a different angle that doesn’t seem to translate, for me.
Are pullups harder for women? I am so out of shape i can barely do 20 pushups from being lazy but 5+ pullups is very easy
Nicely done, good video!
Very “well rounded” athlete. In whatever she decides to do I stand behind her.
Do you know if a doorway pull up bar will hold between 2 walls instead of a doorway? Worried it will slip between walls cause my doorway not sure is strong enough.
Mine broke the door trim. Be careful. As you can see at the beginning of the video, her bar is anchored above the door trim, not inside it.
@@selohcin Yeah but I mean if you can use the simple straight bars between walls instead of on the sides of the doorway. They seem to be attached with like small suction pads and pressure which holds better on smooth surfaces like a door frame but walls have paint so not sure if it will hold on a wall.
Great job!
I need that training
Step 1. Get equipment. I'm broke
Just make a friend that has a gym membership and ask to bum off him most memberships give you a plus1 and create a routine and go workout with him whenever he shows up
Get a job
Find a park that has some equipment
Improvise with what you have
No need for any equipment besides a bar. Use a stool to start a the top of the bar, and lower yourself down as slow as you are able. This is how I started off with pull ups, and it took me about a week and a half of doing that every other day before I was able to do a pull up. Only took a few months before I could do ten reps at a time.
I built up to pullups with rows and jackknife pullups alone. I stilp use bodyweight rows in my training to this day, only the rings are a lot lower than they were back then. Rows are an amazing back exercise. I once saw someone say that the key to calisthenics training is just spam rows until you win😂
This is awesome 👏 thanks for the tips!
I wish I was the second band
I actually think a girl being able to do a pull up is incredibly hot
That band snap tho👀
That band living the dream
Way too smooth to be her "first" pullup.
Probably, but she's probably sharing how she got her first one
@@Tay-ol4ig Just commenting on the title.
The title is "How To Get To Your First Pull-up". Not "This Is My First Pull-up". See the difference?
@@malindarayallen You're not reading the title. You're reading the first thing it says in the video. It has the channel name at the bottom left and a little subscribe button then under that it has the title of the video, see the difference?
Must be difficult living an insufferable life with that low of an iq.
want to see her more
why are you so thirsty
Negatives were what helped me build the most pullup and weighted pullup strength.
He always came in with them
Baddies 🎉😂
Whats her @???
There's 0 chance thats her first pullup.
A real first pullup have you shaking the entire way up
Woah you must've been top of your class Einstein 😐
No shit it isn't her first pull up it's a fucking tutorial
@@Cass.k.kcalm down. You’re going to have a stroke.
When i got my fist pullup I didn't shake bro
@@Cass.k.k calm down. It’s not that serious.
Always giving us at least *ONE* for the culture. When the video didn’t begin with a female I was like wtf, that was out of the ordinary lol 😂😂
You're right, those methods are the best foundation to your first pull ups
Doing deadhangs in a doorway is impressive on its own. She’s like 4’11 😂
I'm 4'11. I assure you, it's not hard. It actually feels really nice. Before you realize that it's about to get hard. 😊
bruh if you can do top holds, just straighten your arm again and that a pull-up
Thanks coach.. muchas gracias entrenador👍
Love this thank you!!
She's using the bar the other way around
Who cares
It doesn't really matter unless you're either a lot heavier or working on some explosive movements.Somebody her size is not putting much stress on the trim doing that. A guy my size that's probably double the weight could definitely have issues doing it from that side.
just use the lat pulldown machine lmao
Lat pulldowns, also getting a chair and just holding the pull-up position as long as you can and lowering yourself back down slowly helps a lot too.
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Body goals
I wish i was that band.
Very helpful. I’ll try right now.
I should definitely try these. I just set up my power station and working on holds only. It's a killer for hands that no longer have grip strength or calluses.
When did you get in my girlfriends bedroom to film her? 😡
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@user-sb7he3vq2m You got DS or something bro? Slow af??
So dangerous to use the pull up bar the wrong way lol
This is awesome!
That band just went straight into her 🐱😭😭😭😭
Men of culture. We meet again
I gyatt to try this
amazing tips 👌
sauce pls
“How to get your first pull up”
Do a pull up and hold
lol
😂
lol it got clipped, you’re supposed to jump before doing the hold and negative
assisted pull up machines if you have access to them are great, theres 2 at my gym and i usually do 2 sets on each of the different grip angles and after a few months im now able to do about 3 pull up in assisted, i can hold myself and go down great but going all the way up and bringing my chin above the bar is something i can usually do like 2 or 3 times at once but i can technically still pull myself up after just not as high