Great video, gave myself golfers elbow when I first started hammering out as many pull ups as I could, now focus on quality over quantity. I essentially try and lean back and push my chest out as far as I can, and try and maintain that for the whole movement. Since doing this my elbow pain has gone.
Hi Matt !! I love the quality of your work as well as the straight-forward delivery of the core content. I have a question, I've been training with calisthenics for a long time, but I don't know why the bottom of my chest are not developed and also I have pecs that are far away between the right and the left (there is a gap in the middle), please can you give me some advice for these two problems? Thank you.
The shape of your chest muscles are purely genetic. Don't worry about it. About development it might be your tension control being lacking. Work on your tension.
Hey Matt, hope you're doing ok. I have a question. Can i expect improvement in my size (i dont expect anything crazy, just a little bit) doing 3 sets of pull ups and pushups to failure? I do the pull ups (also lower back via superman exercise) on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and i do the pushups (with some ab work) on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I take Sunday off I see an increase in the number of repetitions i can do (i plan to include some sort of weight to lower the number of repetitions) I like doing these mini workouts cause they only take like 10-15min to do and they make me stay consistent even though i know it's not optimal. I do plan to throw in some leg work eventually. I started 10 days ago (i'm a novice). Thanks!
So we should be squeezing the shoulder blades/traps together while we also use the lat to pull downwards? Are we supposed to release the tension of setting the lats at the bottom of each pull-up AKA dead hang?
Yes, squeezing inwards and downwards. No, you shouldn't release the tension at all. You should be proactively tensing all your muscles throughout the exercise.
I mean personally I like to “relax” and deadhang at least a second at the very bottom as in let my shoulders shrug right up, then I initiate by “anti-shrugging” and depressing my scapular to start the pull. It’s harder but I feel like it gives the ultimate stretch and incorporates more muscles. Maybe I’m wrong, I’m no expert, I just do shit that makes sense to me 🤷♂️
@@ydiabOThis is nonsensical. If you understand how to engage your back you can do so under the tension of a dead hang. It's scapular retraction and depression. I also prefer a slight amount of thoracic extension which helps me get my lats in the right position (slightly pre-engaged). The problem will manifest itself if you're pulling with a large amount of effort but don't have a chest up posture. You end up rolling your shoulders forward and crunching your torso to complete the rep. Feels like garbage personally 😅
@honkhonk1555 - I think that's personal preference. I personally prefer to "active hang" at the bottom. But that's up to you. Just keep in mind, if you dead hang at the bottom, then you need to re-activate your back muscles before starting the next rep. That will drastically reduce the number of reps you can do.
Great video, gave myself golfers elbow when I first started hammering out as many pull ups as I could, now focus on quality over quantity. I essentially try and lean back and push my chest out as far as I can, and try and maintain that for the whole movement. Since doing this my elbow pain has gone.
Great video! I do the same thing. When I get on the bar, I "set my back" before starting the exercise. Also, I use "proud chest" as a mental cue.
set the tension.. love it
I already do this stuff, but it’s good to be reminded/refine my cues before I go back into my next pull up frenzy after my deload 👍 good stuff mate.
Thanks mat. Saving us with every single video!
Hi Matt !! I love the quality of your work as well as the straight-forward delivery of the core content. I have a question, I've been training with calisthenics for a long time, but I don't know why the bottom of my chest are not developed and also I have pecs that are far away between the right and the left (there is a gap in the middle), please can you give me some advice for these two problems? Thank you.
The shape of your chest muscles are purely genetic. Don't worry about it.
About development it might be your tension control being lacking. Work on your tension.
Hey Matt, hope you're doing ok.
I have a question.
Can i expect improvement in my size (i dont expect anything crazy, just a little bit) doing 3 sets of pull ups and pushups to failure?
I do the pull ups (also lower back via superman exercise) on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and i do the pushups (with some ab work) on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I take Sunday off
I see an increase in the number of repetitions i can do (i plan to include some sort of weight to lower the number of repetitions)
I like doing these mini workouts cause they only take like 10-15min to do and they make me stay consistent even though i know it's not optimal.
I do plan to throw in some leg work eventually.
I started 10 days ago (i'm a novice).
Thanks!
I stared having left rear delt pain and twitching when doing Pullups. What a bummer 😕
So we should be squeezing the shoulder blades/traps together while we also use the lat to pull downwards? Are we supposed to release the tension of setting the lats at the bottom of each pull-up AKA dead hang?
Yes, squeezing inwards and downwards.
No, you shouldn't release the tension at all. You should be proactively tensing all your muscles throughout the exercise.
I mean personally I like to “relax” and deadhang at least a second at the very bottom as in let my shoulders shrug right up, then I initiate by “anti-shrugging” and depressing my scapular to start the pull. It’s harder but I feel like it gives the ultimate stretch and incorporates more muscles. Maybe I’m wrong, I’m no expert, I just do shit that makes sense to me 🤷♂️
@StopTheDamnTape what you're doing is exactly what's Matt preaching against
@@ydiabOThis is nonsensical. If you understand how to engage your back you can do so under the tension of a dead hang. It's scapular retraction and depression. I also prefer a slight amount of thoracic extension which helps me get my lats in the right position (slightly pre-engaged).
The problem will manifest itself if you're pulling with a large amount of effort but don't have a chest up posture. You end up rolling your shoulders forward and crunching your torso to complete the rep. Feels like garbage personally 😅
@honkhonk1555 - I think that's personal preference. I personally prefer to "active hang" at the bottom. But that's up to you. Just keep in mind, if you dead hang at the bottom, then you need to re-activate your back muscles before starting the next rep. That will drastically reduce the number of reps you can do.
so good